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Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, has passed away. In a statement on 6th November, Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, announced the sad news. Lagbaja was appointed COAS by President Tinubu on 19th June, 2023, and played a significant role in the fight against insurgency until his demise. According …

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Major General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja was born on Wednesday, 28 February 1968 in Ilobu, now in Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State. He had his early childhood in Osogbo where he attended the Local Authority Teachers College Demonstration School Osogbo between 1973 and 1979. He attended St. Charles Grammar School and Local Authority Teachers College from 1979 to 1984. …

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