Chad’s troops have rescued most of the 100 people kidnapped by the Boko Haram sect, following a successful military operation against the sect. The terrorist group earlier this month kidnapped 100 people, according to a Nigerian security official and a local self-defence member. The Associated Press reported that the rescue operation took place on Friday.
Prelate/Moderator, General Assembly of Presbyterian Church of Nigeria,
The Nigerian Medical Association has vowed not to suspend the ongoing strike unless the Federal Government reverses the sacking of 16, 000 resident doctors. The Lagos State Chairman of the association, Dr. Tope Ojo, who spoke at a press briefing in Lagos on Saturday, vowed that the NMA would only resume negotiations with the Federal…
Hope raised during the week that the over 200 girls of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno, in the captivity of Boko Haram may soon be freed, following an alleged invasion of Sambisa forest by the military, was yesterday dashed as the military denied the said raid. The girls have spent over 100 days in…
Military officials claims that 85 have now been moved to Chadian territory for their safety, and that at least six men, with three reportedly dressed as women who accompanied them to the island, have been arrested. News out of the village of Doron Baga where on Sunday a Boko Haram raid was carried out is…
HOW did ousted governor of Adamawa State, Admiral Murtala Hammanyero Nyako, escape from Nigeria a few hours before his impeachment despite the presence of eagle-eyed security agents waiting to arrest him to answer for his actions? This is a question that has continued to prop up within the security establishment in Nigeria now that it…
Policemen attached to the Special Fraud Unit, Milverton, Ikoyi
Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Suleiman Abba yesterday denied allegations that funds deducted from salaries of police men for the ‘police cooperatives’ of which he is Chairman of the board was being siphoned through misappropriation. Speaking during the distribution of shares certificates of Nigeria Police Mortgage Bank to police men, the IGP said, “I…
IN spite of odds, delegates, yesterday, adopted the final report of the 2014 National Conference amid exchange of banters and pleasantries, thereby ending the five-month exercise on a positive note. They will now reconvene on August 21 for the closing formalities. The conviviality, camaraderie and hugs, which characterised the last plenary of the confab were…
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