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The rank of general (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank currently achievable by serving officers in the Nigerian Army. It is usually held by only the Chief of Defence Staff .
General (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank achievable by serving officers of the Nigerian Army.It ranks above lieutenant-general and is subordinate to the rank of field marshal, which is only awarded as an honorary rank to the incumbent president of Nigeria in his capacity as the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.
Nigeria became a republic within the Commonwealth under the Constitution of 1963 and the monarch and governor-general were replaced by a ceremonial president. Nnamdi Azikiwe served as the only indigenous governor-general of Nigeria. Since Nigeria became a republic in 1963, 14 individuals have served as head of state of Nigeria under different ...
A. Sani Abacha; Godwin Abbe; Ahmed Abdullahi (governor) Ahmed Aboki Abdullahi; Suraj Abdurrahman; Abimbola Amusu; Abdulsalami Abubakar; Sa'adu Abubakar; Yahaya Abubakar
Lieutenant General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede (born 1968) is Nigerian Army officer who is the Chief of Army Staff of Nigeria. He was appointed on 30 September 2024 by President Bola Tinubu to temporarily fill the position during the indisposition of Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja.
The governor-general of Nigeria was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom in Colonial Nigeria from 1954 to 1960, and after Nigerian independence in 1960, the representative of the Nigerian head of state.
Major General Mohammed Takuti Usman is a Nigerian military officer, who is the Commander of the 81 Division, Nigerian Army.. He was Commander of the Presidential Guard Brigade of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023, appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on 4 August 2019 to replace the outgoing commander Brigadier General Umar Tama Musa.
Shehu Musa Yar'Adua GCON ((listen ⓘ); 5 March 1943 – 8 December 1997) was a Nigerian general and politician who was the de facto vice president of Nigeria as Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters when Nigeria was under military rule from 1976 to 1979. He was a prominent politician during the later transition from military to civilian rule in ...