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Troops of the 21 Special Armoured Brigade deployed in Operation LAFIYA DOLE, in a joint trans-border operation with troops of the Cameroonian Defence Forces, killed five Boko Haram terrorists in the border villages of Yabiri Kote and Bula Dadobe of Bama Local Government Area Borno State. The joint operations, tagged: “Operation RAINBOW 15” which was conducted from Saturday 15 – Sunday 16 September 2018, came on the heels of the discovery of makeshift bases, established by the terrorists in Yabiri Kote and Bula Dadode from where they launched attacks on villages in Cameroon and Nigeria. A statement by Bigadier General Texas Chukwu, Director Army Public Relations said, during the joint trans- border operations, the gallant troops recovered some items from the terrorists. “The items include: 3 AK 47 rifles, Two Improvised Explosive Device ( IED) Shells, One primed Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Belt, Two motorcycles, Eight bicycles, Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Vest, and...

                            Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has once again written the Economicand Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), affirming his readinessmake himself available at the commission’s Abuja office after October 16, 2018 at 1pm. Fayose’s constitutional tenure is expected to elapse on October 16. He, however, accused the anti-graft agency of demonstrating what he tagged “hate prejudice, persecution and partiality.” Fayose said should the EFCC be so much in a hurry that its investigation cannot wait till October 16, 2018, “without prejudice to Section 308 of the Constitution, I will be willing to answer questions from your team of investigators should they be willing to meet me in my office in Ado Ekiti on the 20th September 2018. According to a statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said t...

A Presidential aspirant under the platform of the PDP, Senator Jonah Jang, has said that to ensure fairness, justice and equity, the Middle Belt region of the country should be supported by other regions to produce the next president. This was disclosed by the Acting Director-General of his campaign team, Professor Shedrack Best, while briefing journalists in Jos, the Plateau State Capital. Best said the Middle Belt needed to produce the next President of the country and that Jang from the region had all it takes to represent the people and give quality leadership in the country. It is with great pleasure that we bring to the notice of the public, that Distinguished Senator Jonah David Jang has picked and submitted his nomination form for the Presidential race. “Senator Jang represents the Middle Belt, the region with millions of registered voters who want the Presidency this time around. “We have supported others before. It is their turn now to also support us”...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday told Nigerians to resist the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019. He said this while submitting his nomination and expression of interest forms purchased for him by the Nigeria Consolidation Ambassadors’ Network (NCAN). Buhari submitted the forms at the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday. President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday told Nigerians to resist the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2019. He said this while submitting his nomination and expression of interest forms purchased for him by the Nigeria Consolidation Ambassadors’ Network (NCAN). Buhari submitted the forms at the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday. In his remarks, Buhari said “I here in person among friends and colleagues to put my name forward to my party, the All Progressives Congress, seeking nomination to contest the Presidential Elections next year, 201...

An undergraduate student of Lagos State University, LASU, Kingsley Gabriel, Monday, jumped into Lagos lagoon. Gabriel was, however, rescued alive by officials of the Lagos State Waterways Authority, LASWA. It was gathered that the student jumped from Falomo Bridge into the lagoon at about 11 am, leaving no reason for his action. Confirming the incident to newsmen in Lagos on Monday, the General Manager, LASWA, Mr. Damilola Emmanuel, lamented that the act was becoming rampant and worrisome on Lagos waterways. According to him, “the student was quickly rescued from drowning in the water by LASWA rescue officials who responded swiftly by jumping into the lagoon to prevent him from drowning.” He hinted that after his rescue, Gabriel was taken to the Falomo Police Station, for onward interrogation. It was not clear why Gabriel decided to end his life as efforts to interview him proved abortive. It could be recalled that a woman was said to have jumped into ...

Award-winning Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has revealed why men have a higher rate of dying by suicide. Giving a speech on Wednesday at Hubspot’s 2018 Inbound Conference taking place in Boston USA, Adichie revealed that men have a higher rate of dying by suicide as opposed to women. She attributed the situation to patriarchy, which the author says is both a blessing and a curse to men, adding that men are trained to suppress emotions, not to show vulnerability or ask for help. She said: “Both men and women suffer from the illnesses that lead to suicide but it is men that have a much higher rate of dying by suicide. “Why? Because men are socialized to suppress so many human parts of themselves, men are socialized not to ask for help, men are socialized to be afraid of fear, men are socialized not to show vulnerability. “From the moment we tell a little boy that ‘boys don’t cry’ or we tell a hurting teenager to ‘man up’ we are creating an adult man who ...

The president of a grade C customary court at Mapo, Ibadan, Chief Odunade Ademola, has dissolved the 23-year-old marriage of a commercial motorcycle operator, Nurudeen Adeoye, to his wife, Iyabo, over threat to his life.  Adeoye had prayed for a formal separation from Iyabo. He said, “I want this court to dissolve our marriage. Her trouble made us move from one house to another before she left my house five years ago to marry another man. She used to harass and embarrass me. I want this court to save my life.” Iyabo was not in court to defend herself on the allegations Adeoye levelled against her. Chief Odunade held that the fact defendant had left the plaintiff five years ago indicated there was no more love between them and dissolved the marriage.