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A press statement from th e Defence Headquarters below... "Troops have finally routed terrorists from Bara, the Headquarters of Gulani LGA of Yobe State and Gulag, the Headquarters of Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State in the early hours of today, Friday. The fierce fighting that preceded the clearing of towns and other communities resulted in appreciable casualties on the terrorists, the capture of some of them, the recovery and destruction of arms, thousands of assorted rounds ammunition as well as vehicles and other equipment including; Anti-Aircraft Guns, General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMGs), Grenades, Multi-barrel bombs, Multi-barrel Grenade Launchers, rifles and mortar guns.   Other locations also cleared in the course of the two days operation include, Shikah, Fikayel, Tetebah, Buza, Kamla and Bumsa. Chris OLUKOLADE Major General Director Defence Information

At a press briefing in Abuja today, the spokesperson of the PDP Presidential campaign organization PDPPCO, Femi Fani-Kayode alleged that a Chieftain of the APC, Bola Tinubu has compelled the Vice Presidential candidate of the APC, Prof Osinbajo to swear to an oath that he would resign as Vice President six months after inauguration (if their party wins) so that he can scheme his way into power if Gen Buhari dies in office. What he said below... “The PDPPCO wishes to use this forum to expose the ungodly plan by Tinubu to seize the presidency of Nigeria by subterfuge. The real reason Tinubu nominated Osinbajo has been made known to us and we hereby offer a public service to the Nigerian people by drawing national attention to it. Tinubu wanted to be running mate to Buhari in spite of the nationwide resentment for Muslim-Muslim ticket that he and Buhari planned to foist on their party men and women. But when he and Buhari could not push through the agenda within the APC,...

Khloe Kardashian took to instagram to talk about and share pics from the weight-loss journey she's undertaking. Seems to be working well for her. She wrote; "Looking back at pictures of myself I didn't realize at the time how unhealthy my lifestyle actually was. People love to call me the fat one but as weird as it sounds I still don't think I would consider myself fat back then. Definitely overweight and unhealthy, yes. About two years ago I decided to turn to fitness as a form of therapy and as a stress reliever. I started slow and eventually I started working out 4 to 5 days a week. We all have to start somewhere and doing something is better than nothing at all. Start small so you don't get discouraged and give up. Remember it is all about consistency.   There are no quick fixes if you want long-term results. Working out is a huge part of my life now. I genuinely enjoy sweating out my frustrations and living a healthier life. My workout...

A 26-year-old NYSC member posted to Cross River has reportedly committed suicide after his girlfriend jilted him. The body of the National Youth Service Corp, NYSC, member, identified as Ernest, was, Wednesday, recovered from his one room apartment after he reportedly took a poisonous substance. It was gathered that the young man, who was in love with Chioma Okewuru, a fellow NYSC member, went berserk when the girl came back from her village over the weekend with a ring from another man she had promised marriage. According to Vanguard, Ernest,an indigene of Edo State and a graduate of the University of Benin, was posted to Cross River State in October, where he met and fell in love with Chioma. Both were serving in Redemption Secondary School, Ofombogha 1 in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross Rivers State before the incident.  Mr. Noah Ntuen, Acting Divisional Police Officer for Obubra, while speaking with Vanguard on phone, said: ...

The eerie moment a one year old girl was pulled to the ground by an unseen force was captured on camera and it's a little scary. Little Lexi Hood was playing peek-a-boo with her parents in their home in Wales when she was suddenly knocked to the ground. Lexi's dad said Lexi said 'naughty boy' after she was knocked down as if she was telling someone off. See the video after the cut..it's quite strange

Chadian military captured and killed many Boko Haram members this week in Gambaru, North East Nigeria...and some of them are very young boys.  Photo credit: Reuters

The former president of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo has denied recent reports that he is deliberately avoiding President Goodluck Jonathan and other past leaders. Former president Shehu Shagari’s 90th birthday was met with fanfare on Wednesday and he was joined by all living former Nigerian leaders apart from Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo arrived only after the cake was cut and his fellow colleagues had left, fueling rumours that he is actively avoiding Jonathan. Obasanjo, however, described it as unfortunate that he did not meet his colleagues and blamed his lateness on a traffic gridlock in Lagos. “I have read with dismay the imputation of some section of the media to the unfortunate incident of my not being able to be with my colleagues at the birthday celebration of President Shehu Shagari on Monday 25 February,” Obasanjo said in a statement Friday. “Leaving Abeokuta at 6:45am and hoping to fly out of Lagos airport at 8:30am, to Sokoto, we ran into ...

Members of the Ebonyi state house of Assembly this morning served an impeachment notice on the state Governor, Martin Elechi over allegations of gross misconduct, financial impropriety as well as undermining the integrity of the House members. At their plenary session this morning, the acting leader of the House, Hon. Francis Nwifruru read the impeachment notification to his colleagues. More details later.

Above is a photo of Captain Mbene Matute, the most senior Cameroonian army officer who was killed during a battle with Boko Haram members on Wednesday Feb 25th. He was killed after the vehicle he was riding in with other colleagues struck a landmine, blowing up the vehicle. It happened in Gamboru, a Nigerian town. He and another soldier died in the incident.

The Federal government yesterday raised an alarm over the continued radicalization and recruitment of Nigerian youths, especially children of the rich studying abroad, into international terrorist group, ISIS. Speaking at a joint media briefing at the National Information Center in Abuja, the DG of the Center, Mike Omeri said intelligence report indicates that children of the rich and affluent studying abroad are being recruited into ISIS via social media and other other sources. "At this point, we wish to alert the nation that intelligence report indicates the continued radicalization of our youths through the social media and a variety of other sources. The reports also indicate these youths who are mostly children of the rich and affluent are being recruited into ISIS. We therefore call on parents and guidance especially those whose wards are schooling abroad to closely monitor the activities of these students who may be substitutable to the antics of the p...

A Nigerian girl identified as Gift from Edo state, (pictured above), has been found dead one month after she gave an interview to  PM News , about how she was trafficked to Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso for prostitution. According to PM News, Gift had told them in January 2015 during an investigative report on Human trafficking that she and some girls had been lured to Ougadougou in April 2014 with the hope of getting a better life in Europe but in the end were made sex slaves at the ‘Bar Dancing Petit Ouaga’, a brothel in Toudoubweogo village in Ouagadougou. During the interview in January, Gift had expressed hope that once she has paid the traffickers their money, she would be free to leave. Sadly she has died. They didn't say how she died and when.

Not the real image There was pandemonium in the Ajegunle area of Lagos State on Wednesday afternoon when a motorcycle passenger suddenly ran mad and started stripping himself in public. According to Leadership report, the passenger had boarded the motorcycle at Boundary market, Ajegunle, enroute Ojo road. On the way, he suddenly started shouting and ordered the rider of the commercial motorcycle to stop. When the rider stopped at Babani street junction, along Bale road, the passenger got down and started screaming, “ my head! my head !!” An eyewitness simply identified as Tajudeen said: “ Before anybody could bring cold water to sprinkle on his head, he began to remove his clothes very fast and also pulled off his pant. He started to run and we had to give him a hot chase so that he would not enter the market. We managed to apprehend him and he even bit one man called Andrew in the hand. He was just saying, ‘’leave me, I want to die now’’. Later, he began t...

Former Fist Lady Mariam Abacha pictured with her billionaire Cameroonian son-inlaw and husband to Gumsu Abacha,  Mohamadou Bayero Fadil. .

A Warri-based businessman, Mr. Larry Otu, has called for investigation and justice into the brutality allegedly meted out on him by men of the Nigerian Air Force at the Osubi Airstrip, Warri, where security was beefed up over Dame Patience Jonathan’s visit to Delta State, yesterday. Narrating his ordeal to  Vanguard , Otu, Chief Executive Officer of LYM Consult, said he was at the airstrip to receive his technical partners from Canada when men from the Warri Air Force Unit stationed at the facility attacked him.He said:  “It happened at about 9am, when our foreign partners arrived the airport and I was there to clear them at the Immigration desk. I drove to the gates to face interrogation from the Air Force men. “One asked if I knew the President’s wife was coming today. I said yes, but that I have come to pick my foreign partners. He asked what I do for a living; I said I own the company being visited by our technical partners and he said ‘as smal...

Kanye West showed the world how lucky he is to own the world's most famous butt..Kim and Kanye were spotted on a date Dorchester Hotel... Images-GC/Rex

Members of the All Progressives Congress in the Senate on Thursday   alleged that there was a fresh plot by the Federal Government to   prevent the   Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman,   Attahiru Jega, from superintending over the forthcoming general elections. The APC senators, led by George Akume, told   a news conference in Abuja that they heard from a reliable source that the Head of Service would direct Jega to proceed on his pre-retirement leave next week. “We have received information from a very credible source that next week, the Chairman of INEC will be given a letter from the office of the Head of the Civil Service   to proceed on a terminal leave,” they said. The opposition senators alleged that the Federal Government was trying to use a circular from the HoS   dated August 11, 2010 to place Jega on compulsory pre-retirement leave. They said, “Whether the letter emanates from the HoS office or...

Bruce Jenner reportedly plans on being a lesbian once he completes his gender reassignment and becomes 'Belinda.' The 65-year-old Olympic gold medalist has told loved ones that he 'can't imagine himself being attracted to men.' According to  Star Magazine . ' He's not sure if the hormone treatments will change how he feels about men.But right now he says that he still likes women .He's always loved the ladies. He longs to be feminine and pretty - and also to feel the touch of another woman.'

The first photo of Jihadi killer, Mohammed Emwazi has been published by MailOnline. He went to mosque with his family, who spoke Arabic to each other, but wore Western clothing and became popular with his British classmates at St Mary Magdalene Church of England primary school in Maida Vale, West London. Former schoolmates were yesterday struggling to believe that the quiet boy they knew had been unmasked as the world’s most notorious terrorist. In a chilling twist, in a school yearbook from when he was 10, Emwazi lists his favourite computer game as shooting game "Duke Nukem: Time To Kill" and his favourite book as "How To Kill A Monster" from the popular children's Goosebumps series. He also lists his favourite band as pop group S Club 7, and when asked what he wants to be when he is 30, writes: 'I will be in a football team and scoring a goal.' Emwazi also listed his favourite colour as blue, his favourite animal...

The police in Abia state have arrested George Maduabuchi pictured above for allegedly selling his 14 month old son for N300,000 to a herbalist. According to a report by  Punch , George, a native of Owerrinta in the Isiala-Ngwa South Local Government Area of Abia State had connived with his accomplice, one Obinna Erondu who is now at large, to sell his own child Narrating how her son was allegedly sold by her husband, Ebere, the pregnant wife of George said after her child had developed cough, her husband had asked to take him out to get some medicine only for him not to return with the boy. When she asked the man where their son was, he couldn't give her a good explanation. She said she quickly raised an alarm which attracted their neighbors who called the police "When I demanded explanations on the whereabouts of our son, he could not offer any convincing answer.” she said Confirming her statement, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joshak Habil...