No fewer than 150 persons were killed in a Boko Haram attack in Yobe State last Thursday. A local told AFP on Tuesday that the insurgents raided their Kukuwa-Gari village, killing and destroying several properties belong to them. “They opened fire instantly, which forced residents to flee. They shot a number of people. Unfortunately, many…
The immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, has reacted to a report by Punch on Saturday that during his tenure, the Government House in Uyo, was used a ‘slaughter slab’ for girls. Akpabio, who is now a Senator, made this known in a statement issued by his media aide, Anietie Ekong. The…
Many chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC, were absent at the presentation of three books written in honour of immediate past governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola. The occasion was held in Lagos on Tuesday, August 18, 2015. Some of the top members of the APC many would have expected to grace the occasion…
Authorities of the Nigerian Army have disclosed that Major General Yusha’u Mahmood Abubakar will lead an offensive against members of the terrorist group called Boko Haram in its ‘Operation Lafiya Dole’ codename. The insurgents have had a field day for a long time, carrying out several deadly activities in the north east region of the…