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Just in: Reps confirm Gen. Oluyede as Chief of Army Staff

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The House of Representatives confirmed Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede as the substantive Chief of Army Staff on Thursday following a successful screening by the Joint Committees on Defence and Army on Wednesday.

The committee chairman, Rep. Babajimi Benson, submitted the report during plenary and urged the House to confirm Oluyede, which was unanimously approved at the session presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Benjamin Kalu.

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