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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 .
A. Sani Abacha; Godwin Abbe; Ahmed Abdullahi (governor) Ahmed Aboki Abdullahi; Suraj Abdurrahman; Abimbola Amusu; Abdulsalami Abubakar; Sa'adu Abubakar; Yahaya Abubakar
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 ...
Lieutenant general (Lt Gen), is the second-highest rank of the Nigerian Army and generally it is the highest active rank as the Nigerian army do not have any appointment in the rank of full general but in the case of the appointment of Chief of Defence Staff, the rank of full general is given (if the chief is appointed from the army and not from the navy or the air force).
In June 1951, Thế broke from the Cao Đài hierarchy and took about 2,000 troops with him to form his own militia, the Liên Minh, devoted to combating both the French and the Việt Minh. Thế's father and one of his brothers formed their own military group in the Liên Minh and were later killed in combat by Việt Minh.
Ike Omar Sanda Nwachukwu mni ((Listen ⓘ); born 1 September 1940) [1] is a retired Nigerian Army major general and politician who served twice as Foreign Minister of Nigeria during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida, and as a Senator for Abia North from 1999 to 2003.
Donaldson Oladipo Oyeyinka Diya GCON, BL, PSC, FSS, mni ((Listen ⓘ); 3 April 1944 – 26 March 2023) [1] was a Nigerian general and lawyer who served as Chief of General Staff (de facto vice president of Nigeria) under military head of state General Sani Abacha from 1993 until his arrest for treason in 1997.