Tag: Tukur Buratai
My father’s love for Buhari made me become chief of staff...
Immediate past chief of army staff Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd) says he was appointed to the position in 2015 because of the loyalty...
Buratai speaks on opposition to ex-service chiefs’ appointment as ambassadors
The immediate past chief of army staff Lt Gen Tukur Buratai (retd) says he owes no one explanation over his recent appointment as one...
Buhari nominates Buratai, Olonisakin, other ex-service chiefs as non-career ambassadors
President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated the immediate past service chiefs and the chief of defence intelligence as non-career ambassadors-designate.
Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina disclosed this...
I left army better than I met it – Buratai
The immediate past chief of army staff Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has officially pulled out of the Nigerian Army in a parade at Mogadishu Cantonment,...
Attahiru resumes as chief of army staff
Major-General Ibrahim Attahiru on Thursday resumed duty as the new chief of army staff.
The handover ceremony was held at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja.
Attahiru...
Anxiety as Buhari appoints general removed for failing to stop Boko...
Nigerians have begun responding with anxiety following the appointment of Major General Ibrahim Attahiru by President Muhammadu Buhari as chief of army staff.
Attahiru is...
127 soldiers quit Nigerian Army
No fewer than 127 soldiers have concluded plans to exit the Nigerian Army amid lingering security crisis in the country.
Chief of Army Staff Lt.-Gen....
20 army generals test positive for coronavirus
About 20 generals of the Nigerian Army have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 following the death of the General Officer Commanding, 6 Division, Port-Harcourt,...
Buratai bars conference participants from son’s wedding
Chief of Army Staff Tukur Buratai has cancelled the ongoing 2020 Chief of Army Staff’s Annual Conference after a participant tested positive for COVID-19.
He...
Nigerians knock chief of army staff Buratai over statement on terrorism
A Facebook post by the Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Tukur Buratai about terrorism likely to persist in Nigeria till 2040 has attracted...