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May
Just In: President Appoints New Chief Of Army Staff President Mohammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. This follows the demise of the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in a plane crash along with 10 other senior military officers. This disclosure is contained in a statement issued and signed by the military spokesperson, Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu. The statement said that prior to his appointment, Major-General Yahaya was the General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and the incumbent Theatre Commander of the…