Tag: Abubakar Attahiru

BREAKING: Buhari appoints new Chief of Army Staff +His identity, antecedent

Aliyu Aliyu

  Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. Yahaya, described as a gallant soldier, replaces Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in an air crash in Kaduna last Friday.   READ ALSO: Kaduna Crash: Co-Pilot Dies 2 Months After Wedding, Pilot weeks to Marriage REVEALED: Three Times Kaduna Plane crashes Killed Top Army Chiefs, Governor Buhari’s absence at Army Chief, Others’ burial sets Twitter on fire   Attahiru who died alongside 10 other officers in the plane crash was buried…

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Why Buhari Absent At Late COAS Attahiru’s Burial, Presidency Breaks Silence

Aliyu Aliyu

  The Nigerian Presidency has on Monday speak on the absence of President Buhari at the Funeral Ceremony of Late Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 others in Abuja on Saturday, May 22nd. According to the Presidential Spokesperson, Lauretta Onochie, Buhari needed at least 48 hours clearance before he would depart Presidential Villa to any event. She wrote on her social media page;   READ ALSO: REVEALED: Three Times Kaduna Plane crashes Killed Top Army Chiefs, Governor Kaduna Crash: Co-Pilot Dies 2 Months After Wedding, Pilot weeks to…

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How Nigeria’s Army Chief, Attahiru, 10 Others Killed in Plane Crash

Dawud Rabiu

“It was raining heavily in Kaduna Airport this evening and all of a sudden we heard a bang at the location of the crash followed by a thick smoke bellowing from the scene. None of those onboard could have escaped. It was so sad.”   Details have emerged on how the Nigerian Chief of Army Staff Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 others were feared killed in a plane crash in Kaduna. A flight manifest obtained by Platforms Africa showed that Attahiru’s wife, Fati, was not on the flight. The training aircraft…

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