{"id":20653,"date":"2024-11-06T14:59:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T14:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=20653"},"modified":"2024-11-06T15:02:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T15:02:11","slug":"with-heavy-hearts-nigerias-first-lady-and-others-pay-tribute-to-late-chief-of-army-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=20653","title":{"rendered":"With Heavy Hearts, Nigeria\u2019s First Lady and Others Pay Tribute to Late Chief of Army Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Taoreed Lagbaja.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Accompanied by the wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima, and the wife of the National Security Adviser, Hajia Ribadu, the First Lady was received by Mrs. Oghogho Musa, wife of the Chief of Defence Staff. Together, they prayed for the family.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20656\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20656\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20656\" src=\"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/64e8feb6-9de7-4e9f-9414-8a9f03eb0379-300x184.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/64e8feb6-9de7-4e9f-9414-8a9f03eb0379-300x184.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/64e8feb6-9de7-4e9f-9414-8a9f03eb0379-1024x630.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/64e8feb6-9de7-4e9f-9414-8a9f03eb0379-768x472.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/64e8feb6-9de7-4e9f-9414-8a9f03eb0379-750x461.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/64e8feb6-9de7-4e9f-9414-8a9f03eb0379-1140x701.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/64e8feb6-9de7-4e9f-9414-8a9f03eb0379.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2022L-R: Wife of the National Security Adviser, Mrs. Bilikisu Ribadu; First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu; widow of the late Chief of Army Staff, Mrs. Mariya Abiodun Lagbaja; wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima; and wife of the Chief of Defence Staff, Mrs. Oghogho Musa, during a condolence visit by the First Lady to the home of the late Lt General Taoreed Lagbaja on Wednesday, 6th November 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIt is with a heavy heart that I received the sad news of the demise of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Taoreed Lagbaja.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThroughout his career, the late Chief of Army Staff exemplified valor, patriotism, and unwavering dedication to the service of our dear country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI extend my deepest condolences to his wife, Mrs. Mariya Abiodun Lagbaja, his children, family, friends, colleagues, and associates. May Almighty God comfort them and grant them the fortitude to bear this irreplaceable loss. May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace ,\u201d Senator Tinubu stated. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While comforting Mrs. Mariya Abiodun Lagbaja and the children, Senator Tinubu noted that only the Lord can determine when a man dies. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">She urged them to be comforted by the good life and legacy he left behind and encouraged the children to remain focused and pursue the ideals their father stood for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The late Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Taoreed Lagbaja, passed away after a period of illness at the age of 56.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Taoreed Lagbaja.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20654,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9408,9410,9409,5153],"class_list":["post-20653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro","tag-heavy-hearts","tag-late-chief-of-army-staff","tag-nigerias-first-lady","tag-tribute"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20653"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20653"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20659,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20653\/revisions\/20659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}