The Senator representing Borno south, Ali Ndume has denied ever claiming that Tukur Buratai, the former chief of army staff, narrowly escaped a Boko Haram attack. Ndume was reacting to media reports suggesting he said Buratai was the target of an ambush in Borno state last Friday. The reports followed his appearance on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, where …

Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai (rtd.) has expressed concern over the high rate of cervical cancer in Nigeria. Buratai raised the concern in Abuja at the Public Presentation and Launch of a book titled: Nadama, authored by the Head of Public Affairs, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Mrs Fatima Usara. The former Army chief quoted …