Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, says the N3.5 million the federal government spends every month to feed Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also covers the security around him. Last week, Lai Mohammed, minister of information, had said the federal government spends N3.5 million every month to feed El-Zakzaky. The statement had generated a controversy, with many [...]
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Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, on Saturday said the Nigerian army will begin the production of combat vehicles in 2025. Buratai made this known at the 77 Regular Recruits Intake Passing-Out Parade at the Nigerian Army Depot in Zaria, Kaduna state. He said through research, the depot had already produced five patrol vehicles named 'TYB'. The army chief said: “Let me at [...]
Suspected herdsmen have killed 19 people in an attack on Ariri village in Bassa local government area of Plateau state. According to witnesses, the attackers invaded the village on Wednesday night. Women, young children and local farmers were said to have been shot to death in their sleep. Earlier on Tuesday, 14 people were killed at Jol village in Riyom local government area [...]
Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, says the Boko Haram sect is no longer in control of any territory in the country. He said this on Tuesday during the graduation of 55 soldiers from Advance Water Markship Training in Jaji, Kaduna state. He said the insurgents have suffered high degradation since 2015 till date. He added that the 55 soldiers would be included [...]
Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, has called on internally displaced people (IDPs) in Borno north to return home. Speaking on Saturday at the inauguration of nine gunboats for the task force detachment at Baga, he told the IDPs their communities are now safe and secured. He urged residents in the area to leverage on the deployment of ‘Operation Last Hold’ to [...]
Armed bandits have killed at least 10 people in five villages in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state. The bandits were said to have struck around 5pm on Thursday, shooting and burning down house in the process. The incident happened less than three days after Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, gave his men a three-week ultimatum to "flush out" [...]
Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, says the days of the rump of Boko Haram inurgents are numbered, in spite of occasional attacks of Nigerian targets. Buratai gave the assurance while addressing troops of the 8 Division at Monguno, headquarters of Monguno local government area of Borno state. He, therefore, charged the troops to be determined in the efforts to stablilise their [...]
Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, has warned that any act of disloyalty, disobedience to constituted authority and insubordination by personnel of the Nigerian army would henceforth be decisively dealt with. Speaking at the passing out parade and commissioning for 205 officer cadets of 'Executive Commission Course VII' of Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Buratai said defaulters would be shown the [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the first set of Nigerian Army Pilots trained by the Nigerian Army Aviation School. The ceremony was one of the series of focal events lined up for the on-going 2017 chief of army staff (COAS) annual conference in Ibadan, Oyo state capital. Performing the commissioning, Buhari commended the feat achieved by the army saying it is evident [...]
Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, says soldiers pursued a truck loaded with weapons into the family home of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), in Abia. In September, several people were said to have been injured after soldiers and members of IPOB clashed in Kanu's family home. The army later raided the house and since then, Kanu's [...]
Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, says the two months' allowances owed soldiers involved in Operation Lafiya Dole, would be paid this week. In a statement issued on his behalf by Sani Usman, army spokesman, Buratai said the release of funds by the ministry of defence would facilitate the payment. He made the promise less than 24 hours after TheCable published the [...]
Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, and Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, were among the dignitaries who witnessed the burial of Victor Malu, former chief of army staff, on Saturday. Malu, who died on October 9, was buried around 12:23p.m on Saturday at his country home, Tongov, Katsina-Ala local government area of Benue. He died in Cairo, Egypt, after a protracted illness. Speaking at the [...]
Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, launched Operation Crocodile Smile, a military exercise, at Takwa Bay Island in Lagos state, on Friday. He said the increase in crimes in coastal areas compelled the army to step up training and operations in the amphibious environment. According to him, the ‘order of battle’ 2016 provides for amphibious battalion on the island to keep the coastal area of [...]
Ifeanyi Ejiofor, counsel of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has asked a federal high court in Abuja to order Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, to reveal the whereabouts of his client. Last week, Ejiofor filed a suit at the court asking it to vacate its order proscribing the group. The military had declared IPOB a terrorist [...]
Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff, says the Nigerian army is not under any pressure because of the issue of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). IPOB was recently declared a terrorist organisation by the defence headquarters -- a move that has been criticised by some Nigerians, including Senate President Bukola Saraki. But Buratai said the military did not go against the [...]
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