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Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by abdeefggh: 12:14pm On Nov 10, 2023
Major-General Aderonke Kale (Rtd) passed away yesterday, aged 84. In 1990, she became the first female General not just in Nigeria but in West Africa, and in 1994 the first female Major-General in West Africa. She was also a psychiatrist and the first female Commander, Nigerian Army Medical Corps.
May her soul rest in peace, Amen.


Aderonke Kale, Nigeria’s first female major-general, is dead.

E. O. Okafor, president of the Alumni Association of the National Institute (AANI), confirmed Kale’s demise in a statement on Thursday.

Okafor described her passing as an “irreparable loss”, adding that burial arrangements would be announced by her family.

“AANI and indeed the nation will continue to remember the remarkable legacy of the iconic Major General Aderonke Kale (rtd) mni, who had been a trailblazer in Nigeria’s medical and military history. May her gentle soul continue to rest in peace, Amen,” the statement issued by S. K. Usman, former army spokesperson, reads.

Although the cause of her death is unclear as at the time of this report, Kale is reported to have died in London on Wednesday.

Kale who was born on July 31, 1939, trained as a medical doctor at the University of Ibadan before specialising in psychiatry at the University of London.

The former major-general worked briefly in England before returning to join the Nigerian army in 1972.

She rose through the ranks in the army, becoming a colonel and deputy commander of the Nigerian army medical corps by 1990.

In 1994, she was promoted to major-general and retired from the army in 1997.

Aderonke was married to Oladele Kale, a professor of preventive and social medicine, and was a mother of five sons, including Yemi Kale, former statistician-general of Nigeria.

https://www.thecable.ng/aderonke-kale-nigerias-first-female-major-general-dies-at-84/amp

Tinubu mourns Nigeria’s first female Major-General, Kale

President Bola Tinubu on Friday described the death of Nigeria’s first female Major-General, Aderonke Kale, as a painful loss to the country.

Kale, also the first female Commander of the Nigerian Army Medical Corps died on Thurday at the age of 84.

Tinubu, in a condolence statement signed by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Ajuri Ngelale, also sympathised with the Kale family, the Nigerian Army, and the society of medical practitioners in Nigeria on the passing away of one of their own.

Tinubu stated that as a pioneer in her field, the late Major General ” embodied the courage, professionalism, capacity, and resilience of the Nigerian woman”

The President prayed for the repose of the soul of the late officer and encouraged her beloved family to take solace in the peerless legacy she left behind.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/tinubu-mourns-nigerias-first-female-major-general-kale/%3famp

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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by whizzler: 12:16pm On Nov 10, 2023
Hmm, all the firsts are leaving

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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by whizzler: 12:17pm On Nov 10, 2023
Hmm, all the firsts are leaving. Adieu trailblazing amazon

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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by Optimum2023: 12:18pm On Nov 10, 2023
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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by Corn247: 12:18pm On Nov 10, 2023
May her soul rest in peace!
Odua women always the first in everything

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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by LeoDeKing: 12:24pm On Nov 10, 2023
A doctor and a soldier.

No doubt, you have contributed your own quota.

May your gentle soul rest in perfect peace.

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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by ican2020: 12:27pm On Nov 10, 2023
Farewell
Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by Dotherightthing: 12:33pm On Nov 10, 2023
RIP
Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by Kukutente23: 12:35pm On Nov 10, 2023
LokoH:
R I P Quota Major-general
You dropped your brain before making this comment

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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by Racoon(m): 12:42pm On Nov 10, 2023
RIP ma. I knew her back then in Military Hospital Ibadan and 68 AFRH Yaba. Check this below thread; .

Aderonke Kale: The First Female Army Major-General in Nigeria
https://www.nairaland.com/7764334/nigerias-first-females-army-general#124414722

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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by seanfer(m): 12:47pm On Nov 10, 2023
LokoH:
R I P Quota Major-general

So to you someone who is a psychiatrist belongs to the quota system?

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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by MightySparrow: 12:54pm On Nov 10, 2023
Omoluabi.

Sun re

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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by EmperorCaesar(m): 12:56pm On Nov 10, 2023
She fine

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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by FreeStuffsNG: 12:56pm On Nov 10, 2023
whizzler:
Hmm, all the firsts are leaving
New firsts are emerging wink

She was a Patriot. She lived a great life. Raising 5 Sons in a house is not beans cheesy.

One of her 5 sons is Dr Yemi Kale, the brilliant patriotic former Statistician-General of Nigeria.
Adieu General!

That more recent picture looks like that of Gen Amosu(rtd), another female General that once held same office she held.Check my signature for free stuffs.

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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by jeromestarks: 1:02pm On Nov 10, 2023
When women have value.

Today's women are very useless: thinking only with their pvssies. Shame on them.
God btthe women of the 80s.

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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by Zooposki(f): 1:13pm On Nov 10, 2023
jeromestarks:
When women have value.

Today's women are very useless: thinking only with their pvssies. Shame on them.
God btthe women of the 80s.

Fvcking hypocrite. Value ko, value ni.

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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by Iamanoited: 1:26pm On Nov 10, 2023
FINE GENTLEMAN(LADY) RIP. MAY GOD GRANT YOU ETERNAL REPOSE.

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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by StreetFight: 1:27pm On Nov 10, 2023
Corn247:
May her soul rest in peace!
Odua women always the first in everything

Not the first in drugs trafficking or baby factory merchandising

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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by id4sho(m): 3:19pm On Nov 10, 2023
SOJA come, SOJA go, BARRACKS remain
Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by whizzler: 3:33pm On Nov 10, 2023
FreeStuffsNG:
New firsts are emerging wink
She was a Patriot. She lived a great life.

Her son is Dr Yemi Kale, the brilliant patriotic former Statistician-General of Nigeria
There can be no firsts where firsts have already emerged. Abi can there be another first female general in west Africa? Dr. Kale is her son? Oh wow, greatness begets greatness

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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by jeromestarks: 4:11pm On Nov 10, 2023
Zooposki:


Fvcking hypocrite. Value ko, value ni.
Have you read the narrative of one 22yr old Malo girl who refused to marry a 52 year old man but kept fvcking him for his money?

Do you think such a girl can ever amount to anything in her life?

Her attention is on her pvssy not her future. Not the mark she will leave behind. Not the record she will break. Not business she would develop. Not people she would help. But her pvssy.


That's how most girls in this generation are.

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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by Zooposki(f): 4:24pm On Nov 10, 2023
jeromestarks:

Have you read the narrative of one 22yr old Malo girl who refused to marry a 52 year old man but kept fvcking him for his money?

Do you think such a girl can ever amount to anything in her life?

Her attention is on her pvssy not her future. Not the mark she will leave behind. Not the record she will break. Not business she would develop. Not people she would help. But her pvssy.


That's how most giryin this generation are.

Are you men not worse?

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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by JohnAOne: 4:31pm On Nov 10, 2023
LokoH:
R I P Quota Major-general
You are a FOOL!

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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by Enugurangers: 4:37pm On Nov 10, 2023
A Major General. That's a big feat.

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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by Raskimonojendor: 5:18pm On Nov 10, 2023
RIP Madam General.

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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by UnwillingColony: 5:18pm On Nov 10, 2023
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Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by nepapole(m): 5:19pm On Nov 10, 2023
Eeya... rest well General
Re: Aderonke Kale Is Dead! Nigeria’s First Female Major-General Dies At 84 by SavageResponse(m): 5:19pm On Nov 10, 2023
Every human being must get to this bus stop

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