In December 2022, Reuters reported that the Nigerian military terminated the pregnancies of over 10,000 women rescued from Boko Haram captivity. The military authorities swiftly dismissed the content of the report as false. However, the human rights commission set up a panel to investigate the allegations in February. Eko Hot Blog reports that the Panel … Read more
President Buhari performed the brief ceremony just before this week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday. EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has on Wednesday decorated the new Chief of Army Staff, Major-General Farouk Yahaya. Major-General Farouk Yahaya was decorated with the Lieutenant-General rank at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. President Buhari, … Read more
The Senate has affirmed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Senate, on Tuesday, confirmed the appointment of Major General Farouk Yahaya, as the new Chief of Army Staff. The Senate affirmed Yahaya as the COAS following the consideration of the report of the upper … Read more
Major General Farouk Yahaya will on Tuesday appear before the House of Reps. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the House of Representatives will on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, screen the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Farouk Yahaya. Yahaya, it was gathered, will appear before a joint sitting of the House Committees on … Read more
President Buhari has disclosed the reason behind the appointment of Farouk Yahaya as the Chief of Army Staff. EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why he appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the Chief of Army Staff. The President, who justified his choice of appointing Yahaya after the appointment had forced … Read more
The logic is that it is an aberration for senior military personnel to take orders from their juniors. Following the appointment of Farouk Yahaya as Nigeria’s Chief Of Army Staff, the Nigeria Army has forced 29 Generals to compulsory retirement to balance the scales within the Army’s hierarchy. According to a report by Premium Times, … Read more