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Airstrike on Jilli Market Was Justified Strike on Terrorist Hub — Buratai

Daily Dispatch April 12, 2026

Former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has defended the recent airstrike on Jilli Market along the Borno–Yobe border, describing it as a necessary military action against a known terrorist stronghold. In a statement issued on Sunday, Buratai expressed concern over reports that more than 50

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Buratai sues retired General for N1bn over alleged defamatory terrorism claims

Daily Dispatch January 8, 2026

Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai (retd.), has instituted a N1 billion defamation suit against a fellow retired senior military officer, Maj. Gen. Danjuma Hamisu Ali-Keffi (retd.), at the Kaduna State High Court. Court documents indicate that Buratai is seeking damages over alleged defamatory statements purportedly made by Ali-Keffi, which

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Buratai Urges COVID-Style National Mobilisation to Tackle Insecurity

Daily Dispatch August 22, 2025

Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd.), has urged the Federal Government to adopt a nationwide mobilisation strategy similar to the measures enforced during the COVID-19 lockdown in order to effectively confront terrorism, banditry, and kidnapping across the country. Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday, Buratai stressed that

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Imoke, Buratai, Maida, others to headline GOCOP 2024 conference in Kogi

Daily Dispatch September 4, 2024

Lagos, Nigeria, September 3, 2024:_ A former Minister for Power and Steel, Senator Liyel Imoke has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) scheduled for October 3, 2024 in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. This is just as attendance and participation by other highly […]

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Tinubu: Abdulmalik, Olonisakin, Buratai, others visit Lagos, meets Lagos Speaker

Daily Dispatch January 4, 2023

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Mudashiru Obasa, on Tuesday evening received the Security and Intelligence Committee of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC), who were at the House on a courtesy visit. The visit comes few weeks before the general elections which has Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu […]