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Three days after the extremist Boko Haram sect overran the commercial town of Mubi in Adamawa state, the Nigerian military says it has intensified deployment of troops and equipment around the area. It also said it has revved up aerial bombardment with a view to restoring normalcy to communities sacked by the insurgents. “Necessary deployment of troops and equipment is ongoing to reverse all recent violation and breach of security by terrorists and criminals operating in parts of the country,” the spokesperson for Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters, Chris Olukolade, a Major General, said in a statement Saturday. “The highly coordinated air bombardment is already yielding required results in the mission to repel the unwarranted attacks on citizens especially in Adamawa and Borno States as land forces are also conducting mopping up operations to apprehend retreating terrorists and facilitate restoration of normalcy in some of the affected communities.” Mr. Olukolade, who pr...

Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau allegedly released a video yesterday October 31st where he said a lot of things, including that all the abducted Chibok girls have converted to Islam, that they have all been married off, and that there was never a ceasefire agreement with the Nigerian Govt. Below is the full transcript of the video he released... "Without wasting time, we hereby send a message to the tyrants of Nigeria and other infidels as well as their world tyrants as a whole in Hausa language. "You people should understand that we only obey Allah, we tread the path of the Prophet. We hope to die on this path and get eternal rest in our graves, rise up in bliss before our Lord and enter Paradise (quotes from the Koran). Our goal is the Garden of Eternal Bliss. May Allah protect us. “Oh you followers of constitution, have you forgotten your laws? Since the time we were preaching in Maiduguri, in your constitution in Section 8, verse (paragraph) 2 to 3, i...

Fox News will broadcast an exclusive interview with the Navy SEAL who shot dead Osama Bin Laden during the raid on Bin Laden’s Pakistan compound on May 1, 2011.  The SEAL, commonly referred to as  “The Shooter,” will reveal himself for the first time almost two and a half years after the stealth Abbottabad mission that killed the man behind the 9/11 attacks and leader of the international terrorist network Al Qaeda. According to the network’s  press release , Fox’s Peter Doocy will interview the SEAL over the course of a two-part documentary called “The Man Who Killed Osama Bin Laden.” Although some information is known about “ The Shooter ,” he is expected to share his first-hand account of the training, mishaps, and secretive details that went into Operation Neptune Spear, the mission to hunt and kill Bin Laden. Source: AFF

Photos show many northerners fleeing their villages after members of Boko Haram attacked their homes recently .  Photo credit: National Coordinator of the APC Youth Vanguard, Jibrilla Madu Gadzama

You can always trust Rihanna to take the game to a whole new level. She is dressed as a ninja turtle..Creative

In case you haven't heard, TV & radio broadcaster Dayo D1 Adeneye, is going for Ogun State House of Assembly under APC. Below is a press release to know more about the man. Enjoy... History was made last weekend as one of Nigeria’s renowned entertainment guru and media baron, Otunba Adedayo Olumide Adeneye(D-One) joined the political race on a mission to rescue and rebuild the future of his people at Odogbolu Constituency of Ogun state, South West Nigeria. The Entertainment guru and co-founder of Primetime Entertainment who is vying to be a member of the  Ogun state House of Assembly  under APC has been in consultations with various interest groups in hisOdogboluconstituency before now. Otunba Dayo Adeneye  who has been frequently summoned by his people at the Odogbolu  constituency of Ogun state finally succumbed to the yearnings of thousands of young and old people in the constituency who...

Men of the the Civilian Joint Task Force, a.k.a Civilian JTF, at Biu, Borno State, are said to have killed and beheaded no fewer than 41 suspected members of Boko Haram sect , following a failed attempt by the insurgents to overrun the Sabon Gari village, in Damboa Local Government Area of the state, Thursday.  Sources told Saturday Vanguard that the combine efforts of military officers and members of the Civilian JTF pursued the insurgents to Gur area, around Mandafuma village where they engaged them in a fierce battle which lasted for about two hours killing 41 members of the sect, before beheading them and hanging their heads on sticks. The victorious Civilian JTF members displayed the heads of their victims as the returned to Biu amid fanfare. A member of the Civilian JTF, Umar Hassan who confirmed the incident said.. “we beheaded the insurgents after the shoot out which lasted for about two hours and took their heads to Biu to show the people that th...

She has gone insane, sometimes i wonder if she has a home that she came from. She partied with friends at a Halloween party at Caliente night club last night...and put her massive boobs on display. 

I don't understand what is happening these day, the news of a woman turning into a bird or a bird into a woman is becoming too much, Is it not possible that these people are mentally disturbed individuals instead of witches? This photo was circulating  online today. According to the people who claim they witnessed it, a bird suddenly dropped as it was flying by and it turned into the woman above. When people gathered around her, she allegedly confessed to killing four people this week.   This incident happened at Imulokanle street, Ishaga bus stop off Ebule Egba Ekoro road, Lagos. They say she's been wondering around since she fell and they want the police to come take her out of their area. 

From Lagos, Port-Harcourt, Abuja, Ibadan to Benin, Nigerians were today overwhelmed as the leading telecommunications and ICT Company in the country, MTN, ushered Nigerians into its much expected Season of Surprises. To the surprise of many, popular Nigerian artists, most especially MTN ambassadors were on ground at various locations all over the country to unveil surprise packages to Nigerians, while giving out various eye-popping gifts to the delight of many. Limpopo crooner Kcee, Timaya, Sound Sultan and popular comic actor Saka were among the celebrities that kick-started the MTN Surprise Campaign, where-in MTN is giving Nigerians pleasant surprises, while encouraging the general public to surprise one another, as life is more meaningful when you surprise someone. MTN subscribers are to text 11 to 400, to receive pleasant surprises. The MTN Surprise Campaign is also trending on social media platforms via #YelloEleven. Check out more photos below: ...

Even when most of them don't even know what Halloween is all about and the motivation behind the "evil" practice, Naija Celebrities still go all out to copy the tradition. On parade with their Halloween Costumes are: Toolz, Moet Abebe, Praiz, Sarah Ofili, Morticia Adams, Munachi Abii, Oluchi Orlandi and DJ Cuppy [who probably know a bit about the tradition].