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.
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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…
Major General Chris Olukolade TIME Speaking at a media interaction organised by INigerian Initiative, a non-governmental organisation active in the redefinition of Nigerians’ perception of their country, Olukolade insisted that either in hardware or in training, men of the Nigerian armed forces have everything it takes to combat the current enemy. “The Nigerian military is…
Babangida issued the warning in an interview with newsmen in his Hill Top Mansion in Minna, Niger State, to mark his 73rd birthday, which comes up tomorrow.President Goodluck Jonathan, as the Commander- in-Chief, has developed a template for providing security during elections using soldiers along with other security forces.He did this in the governorship…
by: Tony AKOWE, Abuja Northern Delegates to the just concluded National Conference say their opposition to the draft constitution stemmed from the fact that it did not reflect the decisions of the conference.The Northern Delegates also accused the leadership of the conference of manipulating the conference in favour of the South through the use of…
By Ezekiel Attah The Presidency on Friday distanced itself from a press release alleging that President Goodluck Jonathan revealed he knew the location of over 200 schoolgirls abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State by Boko Haram over four months ago. In a statement by Jonathan’s spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, the presidency said,…
The Imo state police command have successfully rescued and returned two babies abducted from their mothers a few hours after they were born. While presenting the rescued babies to their mothers at the Imo state Police command headquarters, the head of the anti-human trafficking unit of the Imo police command, Mrs Elizabeth Okosun, said the…
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…