Army chief warns Niger Delta militants: Don’t mistake call for dialogue as weakness

The Nigerian army has said the call for dialogue by the Federal Government with rampaging militants in the Niger-Delta should not be mistaken for weakness. Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai said this in an interview with newsmen during the commissioning of the new Administrative Block of the 2 Brigade, Port Harcourt. Buratai who […]

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FG TO DEPLOY 700 MILITARY PERSONNEL TO LIBERIA FOR PEACE KEEPING OPERATIONS

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, said 700 military personnel would be deployed to Liberia for Peace Keeping operations. Buratai stated this during the Graduation Ceremony of Nigerian Army Battalion (NIBATT) 38 United Nation Mission in Liberia, (UNMIL) in Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the COAS was represented at […]

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Arms probe: How the presidency doctored report to shield Dambazau, Buratai, – Junaid Mohammed

A frontline Second Republic politician and Northern leader, Dr. Junaid Mohammed told The Guardian yesterday that some cabal in the Presidency doctored the Arms Procurement Probe Report to shield the former Chief of Army Staff and Minister of Interior, Major General Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd) and former Director of Procurements, Defence Headquarters, who is also current […]

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Atiku: Buhari failing to learn from the past as Army vows to crush Niger Delta Avengers

Following the renewed militancy in the Niger Delta and related agitation by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has said that the All Progressives Congress-led government under President Muhammadu Buhari, has not learnt from the past administrations on how to tackle such challenge. Atiku, an APC stalwart, also called for a […]

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