Gen Buratai Archives - Security Digest https://securitydigestng.com/tag/gen-buratai/ Reporting Nigeria security Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:57:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://securitydigestng.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-Security-Digest-Favicon-32x32.png Gen Buratai Archives - Security Digest https://securitydigestng.com/tag/gen-buratai/ 32 32 Buratai hails Army expansion to 12 divisions as historic boost to Nigeria’s security architecture https://securitydigestng.com/2026/07/27/buratai-hails-army-expansion-to-12-divisions-as-historic-boost-to-nigerias-security-architecture/ Mon, 27 Jul 2026 10:57:44 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=24099 Buratai hails Army expansion to 12 divisions as historic boost to Nigeria’s security architecture Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai (Rtd), has described President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s approval for the expansion of the Nigerian Army from eight to 12 divisions, alongside the recruitment of 28,000 additional personnel, as a landmark decision […]

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]]> General Buratai Says Military Overstretched By Internal Operations, Calls For Sweeping Security Reforms https://securitydigestng.com/2026/07/03/general-buratai-says-military-overstretched-by-internal-operations-calls-for-sweeping-security-reforms/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 06:49:43 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=23797 General Buratai Says Military Overstretched By Internal Operations, Calls For Sweeping Security Reforms Former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai (rtd) has called for a fundamental overhaul of Nigeria’s security architecture, warning that the country’s military-led approach to internal security has become unsustainable as insecurity can only be tackled through a […]

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]]> Fact Check: No attack on former COAS Buratai – what really happened in Buratai, Borno https://securitydigestng.com/2025/06/09/fact-check-no-attack-on-former-coas-buratai-what-really-happened-in-buratai-borno/ Mon, 09 Jun 2025 09:39:45 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=20600 Fact Check: No attack on former COAS Buratai – what really happened in Buratai, Borno By: Zagazola Makama Recent reports claiming that former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai (rtd), narrowly escaped death in an alleged Boko Haram ambush in Borno State are categorically false and misleading. Zagazola Makama can confirm that there […]

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]]> One Year After, is General Buratai Still the Centre of Gravity? by Suleiman Uba Gaya https://securitydigestng.com/2022/01/28/year-general-buratai/ https://securitydigestng.com/2022/01/28/year-general-buratai/#respond Fri, 28 Jan 2022 07:50:32 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=18090 His Excellency, Amb (Gen) Tukur Yusuf Buratai When he was appointed the Chief of Army Staff by President Muhammadu Buhari in July 2015, the one thing that did not cross the mind of then Major-General Tukur Yusufu Buratai was his tenure of office becoming somewhat controversial. Those who knew him way back say the man […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2022/01/28/year-general-buratai/feed/ 0 OPINION: Nigerian Army, General Buratai and EndSARS Protests By Yushau A. Shuaib https://securitydigestng.com/2021/11/27/opinion-nigerian-army-general/ https://securitydigestng.com/2021/11/27/opinion-nigerian-army-general/#respond Sat, 27 Nov 2021 19:43:53 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=17885 Nigerian Army, General Buratai and EndSARS Protests By Yushau A. Shuaib “You have started again! You should know that PR is not a licence to support atrocities…. Innocent persons (at Lekki) were deliberately murdered by your clients (Nigerian Army) and for you, profit is more important than those souls.” – Omoyele Sowore, Publisher of Sahara […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2021/11/27/opinion-nigerian-army-general/feed/ 0 Revealed: How Olonisakin, Buratai, Other Ex-Service Chiefs Misappropriated Arms Fund-NSA Monguno https://securitydigestng.com/2021/03/12/revealed-how-olonisakin-buratai-ex-service-chiefs-misappropriated-arms-fund-nsa-monguno/ https://securitydigestng.com/2021/03/12/revealed-how-olonisakin-buratai-ex-service-chiefs-misappropriated-arms-fund-nsa-monguno/#respond Fri, 12 Mar 2021 14:34:37 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=16755 Revealed: How Olonisakin, Buratai, Other Ex-Service Chiefs Misappropriated Arms Fund-NSA Monguno Listen to the Audio: https://youtu.be/pNQPmnCS66I The National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd) has accused the immediate past service chiefs of squandering funds allocated for the purchase of arms to fight terrorists and bandits. President Muhammadu Buhari, in January, removed […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2021/03/12/revealed-how-olonisakin-buratai-ex-service-chiefs-misappropriated-arms-fund-nsa-monguno/feed/ 0 War against Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorism may not end in 20 years, General Buratai reiterates https://securitydigestng.com/2021/02/18/war-against-boko-hara-iswap-terrorism-may-not-end-in-20-years-general-buratai-reiterates/ https://securitydigestng.com/2021/02/18/war-against-boko-hara-iswap-terrorism-may-not-end-in-20-years-general-buratai-reiterates/#respond Thu, 18 Feb 2021 19:29:32 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=16699 War against Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorism may not end in 20 years, General Buratai reiterates Former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai (rtd), on Thursday said the Boko Haram/Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorism may not end in 20 years time. General Buratai told members of the Senate Committee on […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2021/02/18/war-against-boko-hara-iswap-terrorism-may-not-end-in-20-years-general-buratai-reiterates/feed/ 0 Army Denies Executing 6 Soldiers, Says Secret Trials Not Military Culture https://securitydigestng.com/2021/02/02/army-denies-executing-6-soldiers-says-secret-trials-not-military-culture/ https://securitydigestng.com/2021/02/02/army-denies-executing-6-soldiers-says-secret-trials-not-military-culture/#respond Tue, 02 Feb 2021 21:37:22 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=16518 Army Denies Executing 6 Soldiers, Says Secret Trials Not Military Culture The Nigerian Army says it is not part of its tradition, nor a culture of the Nigerian military to secretly try erring personnel and officers. This is just as a senior Army officer, has also debunked a report that six Igbo Christian soldiers were […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2021/02/02/army-denies-executing-6-soldiers-says-secret-trials-not-military-culture/feed/ 0 Buratai visits wounded troops in hospital, commissions projects https://securitydigestng.com/2021/01/13/buratai-visits-wounded-troops-in-hospital-commissions-projects/ https://securitydigestng.com/2021/01/13/buratai-visits-wounded-troops-in-hospital-commissions-projects/#respond Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:21:43 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=16346 Buratai visits wounded troops in hospital, commissions projects   The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai on Tuesday visited the 44  Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna, where he checked on troops of Operations LAFIYA DOLE and SAHEL SANITY who are recuperating, inspected upgraded facilities as well as commissioned some completed  projects. The […]

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]]> https://securitydigestng.com/2021/01/13/buratai-visits-wounded-troops-in-hospital-commissions-projects/feed/ 0 Buratai to new recruits: get ready for action in Sambisa forest https://securitydigestng.com/2021/01/12/buratai-to-new-recruits-get-ready-for-action-in-sambisa-forest/ https://securitydigestng.com/2021/01/12/buratai-to-new-recruits-get-ready-for-action-in-sambisa-forest/#respond Tue, 12 Jan 2021 11:19:57 +0000 https://securitydigestng.com/?p=16338 Buratai to new recruits: get ready for action in Sambisa forest The Chief of Army Staff (CAS), Lt Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Monday, told the newly recruited soldiers who are currently undergoing training that all of them must be ready to go to Sambisa forest to face the insurgents and other border areas in order […]

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