The late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, was on Friday laid to rest in Abuja, amid tears and tributes. President Bola Tinubu conferred a posthumous award of the Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) on the late Chief of Army Staff. The burial took place at the National Cemetery in Abuja…
The Chief of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja is dead. Special Adviser to the President, Bayo Onanuga, in a statement on Wednesday confirmed his death. He stated that the COAS passed away on Tuesday night after a period of illness in Lagos. The statement partly reads, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, regrets…
The Nigerian Army has debunked reports circulating that the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has died. Several online reports, originating from a social media post by one Jackson Ude announcing the death of the Army chief, had gone viral. Ude claimed that Lagbaja had died of cancer 48 hours ago but…
