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JTF spokesman, Sagir Musa Nigerians have consistently maintained that the dreaded sect Boko Haram must surely have sympathisers in government and security agencies, considering how effective their attacks have been. Finally, there is proof.   A high profile Boko Haram member, who is an officer of Nigeria’s Immigration Services, Ahmed Grema Mohammed, has named some security personnel among those carrying out terrorist attacks in the country. His confession came after he was arrested by the men of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Mohammed, who is an officer of the Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS) attached to the Nangere office of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Yobe State, was apprehended at a checkpoint on the Maiduguri-Damaturu road while on his way to kill a former special adviser to the immediate past governor of the state. Most of the personnel named by Mohammed have been arrested, whi...

As many unemployed Nigerians come face to face with the reality of high rate of unemployment, a few others have considered waste as a veritable source of income generation and employment and so, rather than gnashing their teeth, they resort to making a living out of waste managment. In most parts of the country, especially in the major cities, scavenging is a common phenomenon. Unemployed youths comb the streets in the urban areas where there is high level of waste disposal to pick what had been consigned to the bin, sell them to recycling companies and return home happy with a token usually less than N400. From what we gathered, most recycling companies pay not more than N20 for a kilogramme of rubbish in plastic or iron form. Many of the scavengers we ecountered in Lagos who are mainly youths said, “we have to put food on the table, we have to live and care for our families.” That is the situation they found themselves. A visit to Oke-Afa dump site reveals a sodid ...

ADDRESS By PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR President Federal Republic of Nigeria AT THE REGIONAL SUMMIT ON SECURITY IN NIGERIA PARIS, FRANCE – SATURDAY 17TH MAY 2014 PROTOCOL: 1. It gives me great pleasure to attend this Special Summit to deliberate on the current security situation in Nigeria. 2. Let me start by first expressing my deep thanks and appreciation to the President of the French Republic, His Excellency, Mr Francois Hollande, for convening this Summit. This is the second time within a year that we have come to Paris to discuss what are essentially African security issues. This present Summit further underscores President Hollande’s commitment to Africa’s stability, peace and development. 3. I also wish to thank my colleagues and brothers from Nigeria’s neighbouring countries, namely, His Excellency President Boni Yayi of Benin Republic, His Excellency President Idriss Deby Itno of Chad, His Excellency President Paul Biya of Cameroon and Pres...

The ex-Niger Delta militant is obviously still convinced that there are no missing school children. He shared photos of children campaigning against Chibok. See more pics Below

One of CNN's respected news anchor, Jim Clancy has supported President Jonathan not going to Chibok, tweeting that the president can act without traveling there. Trust Nigerians, they responded. See their tweets below

Mr Iweka Nnamdi, a 32-year-old man, a graduate of Nnamdi Azikiwe University has been arrested by the Lagos Police command for allegedly blackmailing and extorting money from unsuspecting female victims. Nnamdi used multiple Facebook profiles, where he impersonates notable persons in the society such as the Secretary to the State Government Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, House of Rep Speaker Aminu Tambuwal, Michael Adenuga, actor Van Vicker and a host of others, to deceive cheap women. Here's what Nnamdi do to ladies:  "He met a female banker on facebook where he posed as one of the big shots in Nigeria. After chatting with her for sometime, he invited her to a hotel in Ajah on March 14, 2014, where he had her. Unknown to the female banker, a camp coder was placed in a corner of the hotel room, where all that transpired was recorded... He later abandoned the lady while she was sleeping. Next day, the lady called him on the phone, saying she was no l...

Ghanaian actress Nadia Buari has reportedly ended her engagement/relationship to Nollywood bad boy, Jim Iyke.  According to the report by GhanaCelebrities.com, the sexy actress couldn’t cope with Jim Iyke’s temper issues. Buari had reportedly tried to cope and hoped she might have been able to change him, but to no avail. “The relationship has ended and if you see them together again, then they are trying hard to play the media. She just can’t take his temper anymore so she has ended it. It is not worth it for her and all that she thought Jim could do for her career did not also materialize” a source told the website.

How he became radicalised in British varsity Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, the alleged mastermind of the Nyanya bomb blast is said to have been radicalised while studying at university in South Wales, a report published in Daily Mail Friday revealed. Ogwuche who dubbed himself ‘The Lion of God’ threatened to cut the hands and feet of non-believers while he was living in Britain. The 29-year-old who was said to have escaped to Sudan was declared wanted by security authorities early in the week. But the terror kingpin was arrested by the Interpol in the Islamic country on suspicion of carrying out terror attacks in Nigeria which killed more than 90 people. Boko Haram is also behind the abduction of 300 schoolgirls who are currently being held captive in a forest near the border with Cameroon. But Ogwuche who dropped out of the university is said to have become radicalised while studying Business science at the University of Glamorgan from 2007 to 2010 while livin...

Earlier in the week, Limpopo singer, KCee received some knocks from fans for denying being married in a recent interview. The singer through his manager, Soso, said he neither denied nor accepted that he was married in the interview. He said that his client was joking with his interviewer when the question was asked because he likes keeping his marital life private. He said, “He does not want to keep his family life in the public glare. That is why he joked about it. Marriage is a good thing and it is good to keep it private.” His manager refused to comment on KCee’s actual marital status. He, however, debunked rumours that the singer was GAY as alleged following a picture where Phyno and KCee appeared in a seeming compromising posture. The picture which went viral earlier in the week showed the male duo as gay. “Phyno was talking very close to his ear because they were in the club and the music was very loud. It was a motion picture and the camera angle made the pict...

AFP) – A Chinese national was killed and 10 others were feared kidnapped after an overnight attack in northern Cameroon believed to have been carried out by Boko Haram militants from Nigeria, a police said on Saturday.  “Boko Haram Islamists attacked a camp (of road workers). A Chinese was killed. Ten Chinese cannot be found since the attack. We think they have probably been kidnapped,” a local police chief said on condition of anonymity

An Acting General Officer Commanding, GOC, has been appointed for the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Borno State. He is Brigadier General M. Y. Ibrahim. Ibrahim takes over from Major General Ahmed Mohammed who was removed from his position, after being attacked by soldiers under his command in Maiduguri Thursday. This was even as more facts have emerged on why soldiers attacked their former GOC, Maj. Gen. Mohammed. Director Of Defence Information, DDI, Major General Chris Olukolade, Chief Of Staff, 7 Division, Brig.-Gen. Enobong Udoh and Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Mohammed Dole, had confirmed the removal of Mohammed during a news conference on the attack of GOC. 7 Division. The DDI, General Olukolade, at the briefing in Maiduguri said: “The GOC has been redeployed based on the decision of the headquarters.” It was said that the soldiers who attacked Mohammed were grieving over the heavy casualty recorded in the last few days following t...