| Chris Olukolade | |
| Birth Date: | 18 March 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Idoani, Ondo State, Nigeria |
| Office1: | Director of Defence Information |
| Term Start1: | March 19, 2013 |
| Term End1: | July 30, 2015 |
| Predecessor1: | Brig Gen. Mohammed Yerima |
| Successor1: | Col. Rabe Abubakar |
| Allegiance: |  Nigeria |
| Branch: | Nigerian Army |
| Serviceyears: | 1982–2015 |
| Rank: | Major general |
| Commands: | 149 Infantry Battalion |
| Units: | 81 Division, 82 division, 2 division, army HQ & defense HQ |
| Battles: | Boko Haram Insurgency War, [peace keeping operations in Liberia, Sierra Leone & Sudan
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|alma_mater = [[Nigerian Defence Academy]] Obafemi Awolowo University |
Chris Olukolade (born March 18, 1959) is a retired Major general of the Nigerian army and former Director of Defence Information. He succeeded Brig Gen. Mohammed Yerima on March 19, 2013, and was succeeded by Colonel Rabe Abubakar[1] [2] Prior to his retirement on July 30, 2015, he was the Chairman of Forum of Spokespersons on Security and Response Agencies (FOSSRA) in Nigeria.[3]
Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade was born on March 18, 1959, in Zaria, Kaduna State Northern Nigeria but his parents were from Idoani, a town in Ondo State, Southwestern Nigeria. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife in 1983 and was commissioned into the Nigerian army as Second Lieutenant in 1982 based on the academic report of his third year in the University as a Nigerian soldier and student.[4]