Buhari names Major-General Farouk Yahaya as new army chief

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has named Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the new chief of army staff.

Yahaya, a major general, will replace the deceased Attahiru Ibrahim with immediate effect.

Prior to his appointment, Majo-General Yahaya was the General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and the theatre commander of a military counter-terrorism unit in the North East.