Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi was a Nigerian military officer who was the first military head of state of Nigeria. He seized power during the ensuing chaos after the 15 January 1966 military coup.
Mamman Jiya Vatsa was a Nigerian general and poet who served as Minister of the Federal Capital Abuja,and was a member of the Supreme Military Council
Owoye Andrew AzaziGSS DSS MSS CMH was a Nigerian army general who served as National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan,was Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of Nigeria,and Chief of Army Staff (COAS). Before his first service chief appointment (COAS),he was General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division,Kaduna State.
Domkat Yah Bali was a Nigerian army four-star general,who was Minister of Defence and Chief of Defence Staff from 1984 to 1990,and a member of the Supreme Military Council of 1984–1985,and the Armed Forces Ruling Council of 1985–1990.
Abdulsalami Abubakar is a Nigerian statesman and retired Nigerian army general who served as the military head of state of Nigeria from 1998 to 1999. He was also Chief of Defence Staff from 1997 to 1998. He succeeded General Sani Abacha upon his death.
Komba Sylvester Mansa-Musa Mondeh was a top-ranking officer in the Sierra Leonean army. Mondeh was one of six young soldiers in the Sierra Leonean Army that ousted president Joseph Saidu Momoh led All People's Congress (APC) government on 29 April 1992. He served as the deputy head of state of Sierra Leone in 1996,under Brigadier Julius Maada Bio of the NPRC.
Alexander Odeareduo OgomudiaDSS fwc psc(+) MSc FNSE is a retired Nigerian army general who served as Chief of Defence Staff of Nigeria from 2003 to 2006 and Chief of Army Staff from 2001 to 2003.
Robert Adeyinka Adebayo was a Nigerian Army major general who served as governor of the now defunct Western State of Nigeria,1966–1971. He was also Chief of Staff of the Nigerian Army and was Commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy.
Idris Garba was the Military Governor of Benue State from 1987 to 1988 and Governor of Kano State from 1989 to 1992.
Bashir Salihi Magashi is a retired Nigerian Army major general who served as the defence minister of Nigeria from 2019 to 2023. He served as governor of Sokoto State from August 1990 to January 1992 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida,and as commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy from 1998 to 1999.
Sunday Ajibade Adenihun was appointed military governor of Imo State in Nigeria from July 1978 to October 1979 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo.
Joseph Akahan was Chief of Army Staff (Nigeria) from May 1967 until May 1968,when he was killed in a helicopter crash during the Nigerian Civil War.
Gibson Sanda JaloJSS was a Nigerian Army lieutenant general,who was the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) from April 1980 until October 1981. He also served as the Chief of Defence Staff from 1981 to 1983 during the Nigerian Second Republic.
Kenneth Minimah,GSS,psc(+),fwc is a retired Nigerian army lieutenant general who served as Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff (COAS).
Ibrahim Ahmed Bako was a senior officer in the Nigerian Army who played a principal role in two Nigerian military coups:the July 1966 counter-coup and the December 1983 coup. The 1983 coup ousted the democratic government of Shehu Shagari while the July 1966 coup ousted the military government of General Ironsi. Bako was killed during the December 1983 coup d'état.
Abdulrahman Bello DambazauGSS,psc,ndc,fwc(+) is a retired Nigerian army general and politician who served as Chief of Army Staff from 2008 to 2010 and in President Muhammadu Buhari's Cabinet as Minister of the Interior from 2015 to 2019.
Tukur Yusuf Burataipsc(+) NAM GSS ndc (BD) is a retired Nigerian army lieutenant general,former Chief of Army Staff,and Nigeria's Ambassador to the Republic of Benin. He was commissioned into the Nigerian Army in 1983 and has had multiple command,administrative,and instructional appointments.
Raymond Matthew Dumuje OFR,fss,mni,psc,BEM was a Nigerian Army officer and businessman. He became the first Quartermaster general of the Nigerian Army. On 13 February 1976,as a colonel,he was shot and wounded in Ikoyi,Lagos during the failed "Dimka coup" attempt that saw the assassination of the then Military President,General Murtala Ramat Mohammed. The history of the Nigerian Armed Forces records this particular event as a mistaken identity for Lt-General Olusegun Obasanjo,the then Chief of Staff of the Nigerian Army. He was one of very few to have served both in the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Air Force. He was also a prominent indigene of the Udu clan in Delta state. He retired as the Director General,Nigerian Army,Army Reserve and Recruitment,in January 1984.
Joshua Nimyel Dogonyaro was a Nigerian army lieutenant general and a military administrator.
Lieutenant general,is the second-highest rank of the Nigerian Army and generally it is the highest active rank as the Nigerian army do not have any appointment in the rank of full general but in the case of the appointment of Chief of Defence Staff,the rank of full general is given. It is the equivalent of a multinational three-star rank.
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