Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai

When the army chief warns politicians to stop approaching 'officers and soldiers for undisclosed political reasons' as General Tukur Buratai did on 16 May and the government's top spokesman has to deny that the President is dead as Garba Shehu did two days earlier it's a sign that political intrigue is reaching crisis levels...

Several senior officers some close to the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai argue that the military can defeat the militants with a smarter strategy...

The Chief of Army Staff General Tukur Buratai said there would a crackdown if the current round of talks between the government and militants failed (AC Vol 57 No 3 Inside the war on graft & Vol 57 No 13 The Delta-naira yoyo)...

As the government prepares to push through some sweeping institutional changes some of its tough new appointees such as the Customs and Excise Comptroller Colonel (retired) Hameed Ibrahim Ali and the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai are already insisting that all senior officials should make public declarations of their assets as Buhari has already done...