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Nigerian Army Repel Boko Haram Attack, Denies Terrorist Have Taken Over Borno Village The Nigerian Army has revealed that its men, yesterday, engaged in a battle with Boko Haram terrorists who attacked a village in Borno state. According to a statement by Col. S.K Usman, the Acting Director Army Public Relations, suspected elements of Boko Haram terrorists, scavenging for food, attacked Kwang village yesterday at about 5pm. Vigilantes from Dagu (which is about 4 kilometres from Kwang), responded and repelled the terrorists attack. During the fire fight that ensued, one of the vigilantes sustained gun shot wound on his hand and was evacuated to General Hospital Uba while the terrorists fled with gun shot wounds. “Troops were eventually despatched to the area with clear orders to pursue and deal with the terrorists. They are still exploiting. Similarly, same day, at about 4.35pm some suspected remnants of Boko Haram terrorists attacked Boftari which is about 15 kilometres from Chibok tow...

‘I Never Said Buhari Begged Me To Make Him President’ – Bola Tinubu National leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has denied reports that he slammed and ‘bombed’ President Muhammadu Buhari. The reports followed the controversy involving Tinubu and the leadership of the party where he demanded for the resignation of National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun. Tinubu was quoted to have made some remarks about Buhari, including that the latter begged him to emerge president in 2015. In a statement by the Tinubu Media Office, Jagaban as fondly called, stated that the story was concocted by political enemies. The statement reads: “In the past 48 hours, we have noticed the churning out of fallacious and outright malicious stories in the social media concerning Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. “We want to state that the stories are patently false and we urge unsuspecting Nigerians to ignore the lies being spread and the wicked stories about what Tinubu purpo...

‘Nigeria Spends N5.6bn To Import Toothpick, N189bn To Import Fish Every Year’ – Audu Ogbeh The Federal Government has complained about the country’s over-dependence on imported products and the ridiculous amount spent to get these products. Chief Audu Ogbeh, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, described the situation as ridiculous that the country spends over $18million (about N5.6 billion) annually on importation of tooth picks. Asked how he arrived at the figure, he said it was from a recent Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) report, stressing that it was pathetic that Nigeria was spending its hard earned resources on non-essential items. Ogbeh said: “We depended on Thailand, India and Vietnam to feed us with rice, we depend on other countries to feed us with tomato paste; we depend on others even for tooth picks at the cost of 18 million dollars per annum. “We depend on Brazil for sugar; and we also depend even now on other countries for pepper and so on. We import 5million eg...

Former Abia Governor, Orji Kalu Re-arraigned By EFCC For N3.2bn Fraud In Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu alongside two others on a 34-count amended charge bordering on fraud. Kalu, his company, Slok Nigeria Limited and his former Commissioner for Finance, Jones Udeogo, were re-arraigned before Justice Anwuri Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday. The duo, however, prayed that the court should await the pending appeal by Slok before the Supreme Court. Justice Chikere had turned down the defendants’ objection to their arraignment and ordered that the charge be read to them immediately. Kalu and others were in the amended charge accused of diverting about N3.2 billion from the Abia government’s treasury during Kalu’s tenure as governor. They all pleaded not guilty to the charges and Justice Chikere allowed them on bail on the terms attached to the bail granted them on April 30, 2008. They had...

Lawmakers Abandon Sitting As 40 Senators Accompany Saraki To Forgery Trial Senators of the Federal republic of Nigeria, today, abandoned their sitting – one of the three days the National Assembly has for plenary in a week – in other to attend the trial of their presiding officers. Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, are facing trial for allegedly forging Senate Rules that brought them to power in a suit filed by the Federal Government in June before a High Court in Abuja. The trial resumed today, Wednesday, and like previous days of Saraki’s trial at Code of Conduct Tribunal for charges bordering on false assets declaration, the Senate did not open for plenary. Not all the Senators followed Messrs. Saraki and Ekweremadu to court today, but about 40 of them did. Since the National Assembly was inaugurated in June 9 last year, the Senate has sat for 112 days, giving an 11-day difference between the upper legislative arm and the House of Representatives which...

‘Prepare For Earthquake In Nigeria’ – Senate Warns The Senate has called on the National Emergency Management Agency and other relevant government agencies to take proactive measures on the repeated earth tremor in some parts of Kaduna State. According to the Senate, this measure should include educating Nigerians on what to expect and how to react when tremor occurs. While adopting a three-prayer motion sponsored by Senator Danjuma La’ah (APC, Kaduna-South) titled ‘Earth Tremor and the Preparedness of Nigeria to Deal with its Intending Consequences,’ the Senate urged all stakeholders to take the earth tremor being recorded in parts of the country seriously. The lawmakers also urged NEMA and security agencies to intervene through public enlightenment and drills to be prepared, saying minimal resources would be required at the warning stage. The Senate mandated the Committee on Environment and Solid Minerals to make a fact-finding tour of the affected communities and report to the chamb...

Win 1 million naira in the Olympic Milk 5-A-Side Football Championship Season 2! Are you a good footballer looking for an opportunity to shine? Do you coach a football team of talented youngsters? Born out of a desire to support the development of grassroots football in Nigeria, the Olympic 5-Side competition has been identifying and rewarding Nigerian soccer talents for years. This time, it’s back and is even bigger and better! With the success of the first season held in 2015, and an increased demand for participation, the 2016 championship will be held in 8 cities around Nigeria instead of 6 as in the first season. The locations for the season 2 championship are Lagos, Kaduna, Abuja Kano, Ibadan, Port Harcourt, Enugu and Benin City, in no particular order. Registration of teams for the competition began on Tuesday, September 6th and closes on Friday, October 28th, 2016. To qualify for registration, each team is required to buy a carton of Olympic Powdered Milk (400 grams), ...