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Meeting TY Buratai, the workaholic Army General

Ihesiulo Grace 6 March 2020 0

He is unassuming, unlike soldier. Nothing in his countenance betrays the brashness and ferocity of Army Generals. Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and leader of the counter-insurgency operations, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai belongs to what is called the “strong breed.” Each time he

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Nigerian Army through Gen. Buratai’s Lens

Ihesiulo Grace 14 October 2019 0

Loud wailings of a distressed populations, devastated by years of Boko Haram insurgency pierced the serenity of Aso Rock, the seat of Nigeria’s Presidency. Nigerians displaced by the fire of insurgents beseeched Heavens in piteous supplications. The Armies stood in defenselessness, untrained, unarmed and dodgy in battling the menacing and consuming outrage of Boko Haram

Opinion

Buratai’s Soothing Balm And The Courage To Fight On

Ihesiulo Grace 26 November 2018 0

I am charmed by the courage, mien and resilience of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and leader of Nigeria’s counter-insurgency operations, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai. The burden of leadership is quite hefty. Some Nigerians appear to be very angry at the b murder of some soldiers at Metele, in Guzamala LGA of Northern […]

Opinion

Buratai: Oasis of Buhari’s Change Agenda

Ihesiulo Grace 18 November 2018 0

Most times, some Nigerians feel predications of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari on the “Change” mantra should begin and end with Mr. President. However it is a junkyard thought. It explains why often, some Nigerians ask President Buhari to show them the “Change” he promised Nigerians, a psychological detachment from supposed roles. Leadership anywhere […]

Opinion

When Nigerians Abroad Stood Up For Buratai

Ihesiulo Grace 2 September 2018 0

It is normal for political jobbers in Nigeria, interested in the country’s Presidency in 2019 to spend precious time debating what President Muhammadu Buhari’s leadership has achieved with his first mandate to warrant his reelection. But patriotic Nigerians home and abroad, who have keenly followed the Buhari Presidency knows exactly the bliss that Nigeria is […]

Opinion

Buratai: A Nation’s Iconic Army General

Ihesiulo Grace 17 July 2018 0

Some years ago, something remarkable happened to Nigeria. On July 13, 2015, precisely, the Commander-In-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces , President Muhammadu Buhari appointed an unassuming, but patriotic and loyal Army officer, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai as the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), with a mandate to reposition the Nigerian Army and a […]

Opinion

Buratai: A General With Many Sides

Ihesiulo Grace 11 July 2018 0

Whether it is a fact or farce, in time past, Nigerians came to believe every Army personnel is brute, cruel, inhuman, and sadistic and almost like a beast. In Nigeria, they are stereotyped as permeated with the mentality of demigods of this world, who are very ferocious and hardly relate, with civilians on a template […]

Opinion

Tukur Buratai: Reflecting on the counsel of a master strategist

Ihesiulo Grace 29 June 2018 0

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and leader of the counter-insurgency operations, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai is one enigmatic leader. He is passionate and tenaciously works according to his convictions on service to fatherland. Every day he steps out for his official assignments, he faces multiple risks of death from enemy camps, together with […]

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Boko Haram: Coalition salutes Nigerian Army’s efforts in Northern Borno

Ihesiulo Grace 14 June 2018 0

…commends COAS, Buratai’s decision to relocate IDPs back home The Coalition Against Terrorism and Extremism (CATE) has reacted to the decision of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai, to relocate the Internally Displaced Persons back to their respective homes. The group also commended the gallant troops of the Nigerian army on […]

Opinion

Understanding How Army Earned Buhari Global Accolades On Security

Ihesiulo Grace 3 May 2018 0

Armed local conflicts are difficult to manage in any part of the world. Countries which have had this unfortunate experience and eventually salvaged, reserve a special chapter in their history to recount the disgusting tales. African nations like Sudan, Somalia, Rwanda and hordes of others like Syria and Pakistan have gone through hell on earth. […]

Opinion

Terrorism: Nigerian Army Soars At Continental Fiesta

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2018 0

It took America over a decade to hunt for Al Qaeda leader, Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the terrorists attacks on World Trade Center and the Pentagon House, September 11, 2001, also popularly referred to as 9/11 attacks. And for years, Bin Laden remained a fugitive, hiding in caves and forests in different parts […]

Opinion

Buratai: A Victim Of The Prevailing Post-Truth Era

Ihesiulo Grace 15 December 2017 0

The Oxford Dictionary in the Year 2016 declared the word “post-truth” as its international “word of the year”, reflecting a contemporary world where the truth no longer hold sway. It defines the word as “an adjective relating to circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than emotional appeals”. In other […]

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Buratai: That PMB’s “wiz-man” on counter insurgency

Ihesiulo Grace 14 December 2017 0

President Muhammadu Buhari knows the appealing burden of leadership. Anywhere a leader finds him, there are huge responsibilities and enormous expectations, no matter how infinitesimal the position entrusted to him. Buhari knows a leader who sets his eyes on honest and dedicated leadership finds the burden of leading less cumbersome. Such leaders take the right […]

Opinion

Re: Buratai, Biafra And The Guardians Of Empire Nigeria (Part1)

Ihesiulo Grace 11 March 2017 0

There is the mistaken notion frequently bandied that Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, the Northern oligarchy or Nigeria’s Northern region and now, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.Gen. Tukur Yusufu Buratai, are opposed to any clamour for self-determination by some sections of Nigeria. These days, it is further embellished with calls for Constitutional reforms and