{"id":69256,"date":"2025-06-28T21:37:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T21:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=69256"},"modified":"2025-06-28T21:37:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T21:37:36","slug":"army-chief-reaffirms-unity-troop-welfare-at-162nd-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/28\/army-chief-reaffirms-unity-troop-welfare-at-162nd-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Chief Reaffirms Unity, Troop Welfare at 162nd Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has urged officers and soldiers to recommit to national unity and service as Nigeria battles persistent security challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Abuja through Major General Abubakar Ndalolo at a Jumu\u2019ah service marking the Army\u2019s 162nd anniversary, Oluyede said: \u201cNigerians look to us to overcome the current security challenges. We must renew our commitment to protect the nation\u2019s sovereignty and rights of citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized troop welfare as central to the Army\u2019s transformation agenda, noting that this year\u2019s theme, \u201cDeveloping the Soldier First Concept,\u201d highlights renewed focus on morale and readiness.<\/p>\n<p>Oluyede paid tribute to the late Army Chief, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, and honoured fallen soldiers, stating, \u201cNigeria salutes their gallantry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Director of Islamic Affairs, Brigadier General Usman Musa, said the Jumu\u2019ah sermon underscored the importance of spiritual grounding and troop support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata &nbsp; Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, has urged officers and soldiers to recommit to national unity and service as Nigeria battles persistent security challenges. Speaking in Abuja through Major General Abubakar Ndalolo at a Jumu\u2019ah service marking the Army\u2019s 162nd anniversary, Oluyede said: \u201cNigerians look to us to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":69257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69258,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69256\/revisions\/69258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}