Once a game reserve renowned for its wildlife, Sambisa is now a key stronghold for Islamic insurgents, and a place of fear for the people of Borno State. A few months ago, the name Sambisa Forest meant nothing to many Nigerians. Not anymore. It has come to signify terror and home to the terrorist group…
Year: 2014
Real Madrid Lifts 10th Champions League Trophy
Christiano Ronaldo sealed Real Madrid’s 4-1 win against arch city rivals, Atletico Madrid in the 2013/2014 season of the UEFA Champions League final played on Saturday night in Lisbon, Portugal. The Diego Simone’s side took the lead 36 minutes into the match through Diego Godin’s header. However, Sergio Ramos levelled three minutes into injury time…
QPR Gains BPL Promotion
London club, Queen Park Rangers, QPR, will play in the elite Barclays Premier League next season. The Harry Redknapp’s side lost its premier league status in the 2012/2013 season after it was relegated into the Championship. In a play-off at the Wembley Stadium on Saturday, QPR beat Derby County 1-0. Bobby Zamora scored a late…
Another Bomb Blast Rips Through Jos
The city of Jos, capital of Plateau State, was again bombed by some suspected terrorists on Saturday. The latest explosion is the third in less than a week. Barely four days ago, two bombs exploded within the pace of 30 minutes in Jos Terminus Market, a very busy area in the cold city, killing more…
Aides By Day, Conspirators At Night By Prince Chuks Daniel
The truism of sincerity can best be described as the full basis of submission to whoever such loyalty is affirmed to. The true essence of a Personal Assistant or an aide as the case may be is to protect the interest of one’s employer, irrespective of whatever parallel interest that may interface outside the full…
Army Rubbishes Second Mutiny Report
The Nigerian Army has reacted to an online report that soldiers in Maimalari Barracks, Maiduguri, Borno State, manhandled their new GOC posted to them after the former senior officer was shot by some angry officers. In a statement released on Friday by Director, Defence Information in the Army, Maj-Gen Chris Olukolade, the Army stated that…
Police Foils Bomb Attack In Abuja
A bomb attack was on Friday foiled by the police in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. It was believed that suspected Boko Haram members planned to blow up the area until the men of the Anti Bomb Squad, ABS, of the Nigeria Police stopped it. It was learnt that a Golf car filled with…
Take Your Protest To Boko Haram, Not Me–Jonathan
Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, shocked the #BringBackOurGirls demonstrators who protested the abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State, over a month ago by the terrorist group called Boko Haram. At the protest on Thursday, the Minister of State, FCT, Mrs Olajumoke Akinjide, who conveyed Jonathan’s speech to the demonstrators, urged them to…
Gamboru Village Attacked Again: 32 Killed, Several Houses Burnt
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members attacked Gamboru community in Borno State for the second time in three weeks. In early May, some terrorists invaded the village, leaving over 250 dead in the attack. Several houses were razed by the insurgents without the military stopping them despite holding the village under siege for many…
Gov Akpabio Seeks N200m Annual Pay, Car, Mansion After Tenure
The governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, according to an exclusive report by Premium Times, has asked the State House of Assembly to pass a bill allowing him get jumbo pay after his tenure must have expired in May 2015. Here is the full report; Barely a year to his exit from office, Governor…