In response to the ongoing pressure on the Nigerian military to reclaim the towns in the hands of insurgents in the Northeast, the army has dispatched a fresh batch of 500 soldiers to support the combatants in the troubled region.
Confusion broke out at Bankole Street, Isheri-Oke, Lagos on Friday morning when residents woke up to discover that a woman was hanging on a tree. The woman, popularly called Kate, was found dead in a black sweater and orange skirt under a pear tree.
Oscar Pistorius has been cleared of premeditated murder, and the 25 year sentence that it carries. The judge said: “The state has not proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused is guilty of premeditated murder. There are just not enough facts to support such a finding.”
Peter Okoye has revealed the reason behind Paul’s absence from dance sequences in the group Peter Okoye has described his twin brother, Paul as a lazy chap. Peter made this known while the P-Square duo were guests
A female student didn’t bargain for what she got when she decided to wears shorts for a function lately. The attire didn’t suit the eyes of those who saw her and had caused an uproar and she ended up a victim of her dress.
Boko Haram on its part declared, yesterday, it was still in control of Bama, Michika and Mubi towns. Its spokesman, Abu Zinnira, in a statement said: “This is a rebuttal from the information dissemination and sensitization unit of the Jamaatul Ahlil Sunna Lidawati Wal Jihad (Boko Haram) on the series of lies that the Nigerian military have been feeding the world on our recent conquests.
National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, yesterday, explained that the N4,000 fee imposed on prospective corps members for printing of call-up letters on-line was for services and infrastructure to be deployed by the collaborating firm.
Lt Col Adeboye Obasanjo, son of former president Olusegun Obasanjo and an army engineer on Tuesday told his visitors in hospital that he got wounded during a fierce clash with Boko Haram militants. Reports had it that OBJ’s son, along with other officers and men of the Nigerian Army, was ambushed and shot by Boko Haram militants in Bazza, northern Adamawa State.
Another report has emerged following Australian negotiator, Dr. Stephen Davies, fingering a former Borno Governor, Modu Sheriff and the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika as Boko Haram sponsors. The latest high profile name to be added to the list of alleged sponsors of Boko Haram
The Supreme Court has declared as illegal the withholding of the result of a student, Stephen Olanrewaju Akinola, by the authorities of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN). Akinola, who got admission into the university in 1995 to study Statistics, got into trouble in the school for being part of student unionism, according to report from Leadership.