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Buratai Calls For Synergy Between Security Agencies

November 18, 2019 5:12 pm

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai has called for synergy between the Armed Forces, other security agencies and the media as a way of achieving success in operations being carried out by the force.

General Buratai spoke at a workshops organised for Commanding Officers, Defence Correspondents, Officers of the Directorate of Army Public Relations (DAPR) and Online Publishers, saying the present fight against insurgents in the North East , including the war against militancy requires high degree of coordinated efforts among security agencies.

The Army Chief who was represented by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division …

House Urges Buratai To Relocate Giwa Barracks To Outskirts

November 12, 2019 9:29 am

The House of Representatives has called on the Chief of Army Staff (CAS), Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, to as a matter of urgency commence the process of relocating Giwa Barracks to the outskirts of Galtimari, due to the increasing civilian population in the area.

The House took the decision following the adoption of a motion moved by Hon. Satomi Ahmed on the need to relocate the barracks.

He said that Giwa barracks, located in Galtimari Area of Jere Local Government Area of Borno State, was originally built as a military school for signals and communications, but later converted in

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We Have Placed Nigeria’s Security In God’s Hands – Buratai

October 23, 2019 6:57 am

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the Army has engaged in spiritual warfare to counter Boko Haram propaganda.

Buratai, represented by Brig.-Gen. Timothy Olowomeye, the Director of Civil-Military Affairs, stated this at the 2019 Chaplains annual Training Conference and Retreat on Tuesday in Sokoto.

” We were involved in a joint seminar on Spiritual Warfare as an effective means against insurgency and other forms of restiveness.

” Boko Haram and the likes cannot be defeated by kinetic military warfare alone.

” Finding appropriate counter-narratives against these violent extremist sects will immensely be a big push …

COAS Buratai Tasks Soldiers On Professional Competence

October 14, 2019 7:21 am

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai has charged soldiers to prioritise requisite training to facilitate the attainment of the highest standards of professional competence.

This was contained in a statement by the Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Depot Nigerian Army, Maj. Sydney Nbaneme made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Zaria on Monday.

Buratai discloses this at the presentation of prizes and beating retreat of 78th Regular Recruits Intake of the Depot Nigerian Army held at the institution in Zaria, Kaduna State.

The COAS, represented by Maj-Gen. Aminu Bichi-Maitama (Rtd), said: “You are to …

Nigerian Army to upgrade museum to international standard

Fake news worsening election violence – Lt.-Gen Buratai

March 17, 2019 9:31 pm

The Chief of Army Staff (CAS), Lt.-Gen Tukur Buratai, at the weekend in Bayelsa State, lamented that fake news is worsening violence during elections in the country and putting military operations in jeopardy.

The army chief, who spoke when he visited the 16 Brigade Camp Tukur Buratai, Elebele, in the outskirts of Yenagoa, the state capital, noted that the army set up a situation room real-time, commanded by its cyber warfare unit, to deal with the menace decisively during the last polls.

He was at the 16 Brigade Barracks to inaugurate several ongoing projects, including an Integrated Medical Centre, Quarter

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