{"id":92049,"date":"2024-10-30T21:35:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T21:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=92049"},"modified":"2024-10-30T21:35:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T21:35:24","slug":"nigeria-gets-acting-army-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=92049","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria gets acting Army chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">President Bola Tinubu has named Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede as the acting Chief of Army Staff (CoAS).<\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_241030_223126_765.sdocx--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">According to presidential spokesperson, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Oluyede would act as the CoAS pending the return of Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja. Lagbaja is receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Until his appointment, Oluyede served as the 56th Commander of the elite Infantry Corps of the Nigerian Army, based in Jaji, Kaduna.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">The 56-year-old Oluyede and Lagbaja were coursemates and members of the 39th Regular Course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">He was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1992, effective from 1987. He rose to Major-General in September 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">He has held many commands since his commissioning as an officer. He was Platoon Commander and adjutant at 65 Battalion, Company Commander at 177 Guards Battalion, Staff Officer Guards Brigade, Commandant Amphibious Training School.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">General Oluyede participated in several operations, including the Economic Community of West African States Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) Mission in Liberia, Operation HARMONY IV in Bakassi, and Operation HADIN KAI in the North East theatre of operations, where he commanded 27 Task Force Brigade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Oluyede has earned many honours for his meritorious service in various fields of operations. These include the Corps Medal of Honour, the Grand Service Star, Passing the Staff Course, and Membership in the National Institute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Others are the Field Command Medal, the Field Command Medal of Honour, and the Field Training Medal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Oluyede also received the coveted Chief of Army Staff Commendation Award.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">He is married and has three children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_241030_223126_765.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Bola Tinubu has named Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede as the acting Chief of Army Staff (CoAS). According to presidential spokesperson, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Oluyede would act as the CoAS pending the return of Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja. Lagbaja is receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment abroad. Until his appointment, Oluyede served as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":92055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,7],"tags":[3504,6832,56],"class_list":["post-92049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jobs","category-news","tag-coas","tag-oluyede","tag-tinubu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}