LAGOS, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff Tukur Buratai on Monday ordered soldiers to flush out bandits in troubled Birnin-Gwari area in restive Kaduna State within three weeks. Over 100 civilians, including 11 soldiers were killed by bandits at villages under Birnin-Gwari lo...
In 1985, the Chief of Army Staff and military strongman in Nigeria, General Ibrahim Babangida, dismissed his more senior and conservative colleagues in a palace coup, ushering in a populist-style government. He first set about the reform of the country's ailing economy, with a homegrown ...
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The chief of army staff, Olufemi Oluyede, inaugurated a ‘Counter Terrorism and Counter Insurgency Village’ at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna on Tuesday. Akwa Ibom assembly initiates measures to combat malnutrition Abia govt. set to boost oil production capacity ...
Chief of the Army, assumed power as Head of theNational Military Government. His government announcedthe death of Prime Minister Sir Abubakar TafawaBalewa.A Nigerian Ministry of External Affairs note ofJanuary 20 informed the U.S. Government that theCouncil of Ministers had "unanimously decided to...
The army had set up a cenotaph in the community, which was inaugurated by the Chief of Army staff in July, to immortalise officers and soldiers, who paid the supreme price in the fight to liberate Gudumbali. Residents of the town, who were displaced since 2014 began to return to the fa...
LAGOS, July 22 (Xinhua) -- At least 700 Nigerian military personnel would be deployed to Liberia for peacekeeping operations, the country's Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen. Tukur Buratai said Friday. The deployment was being undertaken by the Nigerian Army Peace Keeping Center (NAPKC) in northe...
Ever since the Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Tukur Buratai assumed office in July 2015, the battle against Boko Haram terrorists and all forms of insurgency in the country has gained momentum as the terrorists have been pushed away from places that they had earlier staked as their territory. ...
KALU CONDOLES WITH NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES OVER CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF, LAGBAJA’S DEMISE November 6, 2024 Reading Time:< 1minutesChairman, Senate Committee on Privatization and former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Kalu has commiserated with the Nigerian Armed Forces over the passing of… ...
“The ground war aginstBoko Haramhas been won”: that's whatNigeria's Chief of Army Staff told us when we managed to grab him for an on-the-hoof interview on the country's National Army Day. The annual celebration is a chance for the Nigerian military to show off its strength, and ...