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Following the
recent appointment of new General Officers Commanding the various
Divisions of the Army, the new General Officer Commanding 81 Division,
Nigerian Army, Kenneth Minimah has assumed command.

Mr Minimah, a
Brigadier General, was born on July 27, 1959, at Minimah in Opobo
Kingdom in Rivers State, and joined the cadet training in 1979 as a
member of 25 Regular Course. He was commissioned on December 18, 1981,
into the great Infantry corps.

Mr Minimah has
attended 13 courses, including the 81mm Mortar, Jungle Warfare and
Combat Survival, Young Officers Course Infantry, Basic Airborne Course,
Advanced Airborne Course, Junior and Senior Division Staff Courses, the
National War College. He has held several appointments, including
Commanding Officer, 149 Infantry Battalion, Directing Staff, Armed
Forces Command and Staff College and Colonel Administration, 82
Division Nigerian Army. Outside Nigeria, Mr Minimah was the Commanding
Officer, Nigeria Battalion 2, United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone,
Commandant Depot Nigerian Army. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in History
and International Studies and Masters in Strategic Studies and is a
recipient of the Forces Service Star, Meritorious Service Star,
Distinguished Service Star, the passed staff college dagger and fellow
of the war college.

Notable amongst his
achievements with the Nigerian army is the first Nigerian Armed Forces
officer of the rank of Brigadier General to jump from the aircraft as a
highly respected Jump Master. He has commanded the Infantry Battalion
in peace, for peacekeeping and in war.

He is happily married to Mrs Felly Minimah and has two sons and a daughter.