 The Chief of Army Staff Major General Farouk Yahya has approved the appointment of Principal Staff Officers, Field Commanders and other key staff officers to provide the needed vigour in his command of the Nigerian Army. The Director, Army Public Relations Brigadier General Onyema Ngwachiku announced these in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Ngwachiku disclosed that the Chief of Operations Army, Major General Ibrahim Yusuf, now becomes the Commandant Nigerian Defense Academy, while Major General Biyo Soya is the new Director of Defense Information. He also said that Major General T.A. Gagriga would move from Army Headquarters Department of Police, Policy and Plans to the Nigerian Army Artillery Corps as Commander and Major General Victor Izugu becomes the Commander Infantry Corps. According to him, Major General M.A. Yakinin is the new Chief of Defense Training and Operations. Major General M.S. Yusuf takes over as Chief of Defense Standard and Evaluation while Major General Anthony Omosege is the new Chief of Policy and Plans Army.