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Tukur Buratai

January 19, 2021

Residents lynch Nigerian soldier for killing civilian during argument

An army memo disclosed that three of the civilians who received gunshot wounds were currently being treated at a specialist hospital in Maiduguri.

Cameroonian soldiers
January 16, 2021

Army lieutenant, soldiers killed by Boko Haram landmine in Chibok

The fallen soldiers including a lieutenant, are troops from 117 Battalion from the 28 Task Force Brigade.

January 6, 2021

Insurgency: Non-Muslim nations have assisted Borno more than Arabs: Zulum

The governor disclosed that all entreaties made to authorities of wealthy Arab nations for aid yielded no results.

Babagana Zulum
January 1, 2021

We will disgrace Boko Haram this year: Buratai

Mr. Buratai gave the motivational speech at a sit-out night to usher in the 2021 new year.

Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Yusuf Buratai. [CREDIT: Thisday]
December 5, 2020

Soldiers deployed spiritual warfare to suppress #EndSARS: Army Chief Buratai

Military and civil authorities under the Buhari administration have been rendering false accounts of what transpired on October 20.

Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Yusuf Buratai. [CREDIT: Thisday]
November 30, 2020

Slain Farmers: Buhari rejects calls to sack ‘incompetent’ service chiefs, pledges additional funding

The Nigerian leader issued a second statement in the wake of the mass killing of farmers by Boko Haram insurgents.

President Muhammadu Buhari
November 30, 2020

Slain Farmers: Gbajabiamila proposes more funding for ‘incompetent’ service chiefs

The House Speaker sympathises with the victims of the weekend Boko Haram attack, which left at least 110 farmers killed.

Chief or Army Staff Tukur Buratai and Speaker of the House Femi Gbajabiamila.
November 21, 2020

#LekkiMassacre: Buratai gave orders to deploy soldiers: Army General

Ahmed Taiwo contradicts the Army Headquarters in his testimony before the panel on Saturday.

The Lagos panel of inquiry on #EndSARS. [CREDIT: Bella Naija]
November 21, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Army Chief Buratai orders soldiers to treat all Nigerians as Boko Haram suspects

A new memo from military brass-hats rallies troops behind a common threat that has dogged the nation for more than 10 years.

General-Tukur-Buratai
November 4, 2020

#LekkiMassacre: Pro-Buratai group gives Amnesty seven-day notice to leave Nigeria

Princess Ajibola of the Centre for Africa Liberation and Socio-Economic Rights advances Nigerian Army’s narrative of no civilian casualties.

Former Chief of Army Staff Tukur Buratai