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Taraba Police killing: Buhari’ll take action when…. – Presidency

Taraba Police killing: Buhari’ll take action when…. – Presidency

Following the killing of three policemen and one civilian by troops attached to 93 Battalion, Takum, Taraba State, which some Nigerians have accused President Muhammadu Buhari of treating the case with kid gloves, Presidency has on Monday debunked the report, saying that Buhari is taking his time to get facts right before he acts.
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No mercy, Buratai tells troops

No mercy, Buratai tells troops

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has charged troops of Operation Harbin Kunama 3 to be ruthless, aggressive and decisive against bandits in the North-West.

Shake up in Army as Adeosun becomes Chief of Policy & Plans

Shake up in Army as Adeosun becomes Chief of Policy & Plans

By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The Nigerian Army on Sunday night effected a major shake-up in its hierarchy with newly promoted Lt. General Lamidi Adeosun redeployed from the Department of Training and Operations (CTOP) to Policy and Plans as the new COPP. Major General Bulama Biu who was also recently promoted remains the substantive General […]

Coalition lauds Buhari, Nigerian Army for promoting officers

Coalition lauds Buhari, Nigerian Army for promoting officers

The Coalition Against Terrorism and Extremism (CATE) has reacted to the recent promotion of two senior officers of the Nigerian Army. The coalition said Lt General TY Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff has no doubt distinguished himself as a true selfless leader whose usefulness knows no ethnic or religious affiliation rather competence and excellence […]

Buratai as Nigeria Army’s Mr Commissioner

Buratai as Nigeria Army’s Mr Commissioner

Since 2015, there has been some remarkable improvements in the operations of the Nigerian Army. The Nigerian Army, though not my constituency I have over the years followed its affairs critically, and it has somewhat become my hubby to make analysis whenever there is a change in its leadership, when redeployments are carried out and […]

Dear C-in-C, why we still need Lt Gen TY Buratai

Dear C-in-C, why we still need Lt Gen TY Buratai

“We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us.” Winston Churchill I am writing this piece, not on the strength of ethnicity or religion, but a firm conviction of the true Nigerian spirit. As an officer of the Nigerian Army and from the South Eastern […]

Army Day: 2000 Lagos residents get free treatment from Army

Army Day: 2000 Lagos residents get free treatment from Army

THE Trade Fair complex, along the Badagry expressway in Lagos, was a beehive of activities as over 2000 residents, comprising pregnant women and nursing mothers, thronged the market to benefit from the one-day medical outreach organised by the Nigerian Army, in commemoration of the Nigerian Army Day Celebration, NADCEL.

ISWAP, Boko Haram remain evil that must be crushed by all ― Coalition

ISWAP, Boko Haram remain evil that must be crushed by all ― Coalition

The Coalition for Truth and Justice has condemned in the strongest terms the atrocities being perpetrated by the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, otherwise known as Boko Haram against the civilian population. The group described the sect’s existence as an evil that must be completely wiped out of Nigeria and the entire West […]

Relocate to Borno now, Atiku tells Army Chief

Relocate to Borno now, Atiku tells Army Chief

Following increasing concern about the level of insecurity in the country, former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has advised the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai to relocate to the North-East zone, particularly Borno for better coordination of the fight against insurgency.