The crash that killed Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru three brigadiers and seven other officers as their air force plane tried to land at Kaduna airport on 21 May is a psychological and organisational blow to the government's revamped campaign against the insurgents (AC Vol 62 No 10 A country at war with itself)...

The new high command is: Chief of Defence Staff – Major General Leo Eluonye Onyenuchia Irabor (from Delta State); Chief of Army Staff – Maj Gen Attahiru Ibrahim (Kaduna State); Chief of Air Staff – Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Oladayo Amao (Osun State); and Chief of Naval Staff – Rear Admiral Awwal Zubaru (Kano State) (AC Vol 62 No 1 Ready to rumble & Vol 61 No 4 Protest what protest...