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Suspected members of Boko Haram sect yesterday attacked a military camp in Ngelzarma town of Yobe state, burning the military camp as well as a trailer load of grains meant for traders in the town. According to Daily Trust, the sect members arrived the town at about 4pm and started shooting sporadically into the air. A security source who doesn't want to be named said that the attackers came in a very large number. A resident of the town, Malam Hassan Aminu said residents in Ngelzarma had earleir informed the military men stationed in their area of an impending attack by the sect group as they got a hint that the sect members were sighted in a neighboring village. "We reported to the security operatives but surprisingly they didn't take any action. The boys (insurgents) entered the town and set ablaze military camp, a trailer loaded with grains and some traders shops in the town. The military camp was burnt by the Boko Haram last year, they r...

British singer Rita Ora wore  this seriously sheer black dress to the Vanity Fair post-Oscars party last night. You like or it's too much exposure?   Left; Rita with her boyfriend 

Photo taken at Seoul '88 Olympic qualifiers, January 1988. It shows national team players - From left; Ademola Adesina, Sunday Eboigbe, Samuel Okwarawaji, Stephen Keshi, Peter Rufai and Coach Yussuf Salami

Somalia-based terror group, Al-Shabaab released a video online over the weekend calling for attacks on shopping malls in Canada, the UK and the United States. In the propaganda video posted Saturday February 21st, the al Qaeda-linked terror group reminded the world of its September 2013 attack on Westgate mall in Kenya in which over 60 people were killed and called for similar attacks on major malls in the three Western countries. Al-Shabaab identified specific malls, but international media is not listing the malls...   The management of major malls in US such as the Mall of America however says it has increased its security personnel within and outside the mall following the threat by the terror group. “We take any potential threat seriously and respond appropriately. We have implemented extra security precautions, some may be noticeable to guests and others won’t be.” the Minnesota mall said in a statement. Jeh Johnson, the secretary of Homeland Secu...

Interesting development in Japan. The country's government wants to make it compulsory for married couples to go on more vacations - so they can have more sex...but there's a good explanation for this. The country has a low population growth. They say they are suffering from acute baby shortage. Only about 1million babies were born in Japan in 2014, the lowest figure on record for the country. Japan's health ministry also said that about 1,269,000 people died in 2014, indicating a natural population decline of 268,000. So basically, they were more people who died than were born. The country says its shrinking population is affecting their economy & want to do something about it. The government figured couples are too busy hustling they don't have sex. So Parliament is now debating compulsory vacation for couples so they can have more sex and make more babies.

The Governor of Ekiti State Ayo Fayose celebrates Obasanjo's exit with a front page advert on Daily Sun.

Pictures show Chisco Luxury buses allegedly burnt down by political thugs in Lagos on February 12th. Didn't even know this happened until president Jonathan said it in a recent interview; "I was surprised last night when the owner of Chisco, the company that runs transport business between Lagos and the South East told me that 18 of his luxury buses were burnt down in Lagos by youths of a rival party because my billboard was close to his facility. Is that the kind of people that want to take over the running of this country? Is this country going to be managed by people with that kind of background" he said The fire was said to have started after some hoodlums took advantage of a political campaign rally to throw substances suspected to be explosives into the premises of the transport company in apparent protest against President Jonathan’s poster on a building beside Chisco’s head office. A witness who identified himself as Stanley told Sun News ...