Tukur Buratai
3 Apr 2017
Buratai made the announcement on Monday at the 1st quarter Chief of Army Staff conference in Maiduguri. According to him, the college will begin this month.
3 Apr 2017
The Borno State Police Command said yesterday that three suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers attacked Muna and Dusuma villages on the outskirts of Maiduguri before blowing up themselves.
22 Mar 2017
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday met with two security chiefs, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, Chief of Army Staff, and his Chief of Air Staff counterpart, Air Marshall Sadiq Abubakar over the security situation in the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
1 Mar 2017
Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole in the North-East have killed 18 Boko Haram terrorists who attempted to attack Kumuya Village in Gujba Local Council of Yobe State.
19 Feb 2017
The Chief of Army Staff, (COAS), Lt.-Gen.Tukur Buratai, has urged army officers and men to remain committed in the discharge of their duties to ensure peace and stability in the country.
5 Feb 2017
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has laid the foundation stone for the Forward Operation Base (FOB) of 2 Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna state.
4 Feb 2017
The Chief Of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has charged troops fighting insurgency in the north east to remain committed and be focused toward routing the insurgents.
4 Feb 2017
The Federal Government has proposed N70 million in this year’s budget for Para-military training of 250 personnel, who would rear and care for livestock and cattle at the various ranches in the country.
29 Jan 2017
When on Saturday December 24, last year, President Muhammadu Buhari announced the final crushing of the Boko Haram insurgents, not a few Nigerians expressed joy at the development.
23 Jan 2017
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has condemned the recent siege on the office of Premium Times, an on-line publication based in Abuja and the arrest and detention of its publisher, Mr. Dapo Olorunyomi...
22 Jan 2017
Sir, we had met sometime last year when the army invited editors to be part of a seminar on the national security challenges in Abuja. The editors left Abuja for Maiduguri for a guided tour of operational areas .....
21 Jan 2017
As many as 236 people may have been killed in the botched Nigerian air strike against Boko Haram that hit a camp for civilians displaced by the unrest, a local official told AFP on Saturday.
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