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Some photos from Damasak, Borno state that was recaptured from Boko Haram by members of the Multinational Joint Task Force on Saturday March 20th. See more photos below  Corpses left behind by Boko Haram Photo credit: Reuters

The Nigeria Chief of Army Staff twitted this afternoon that anyone who is planning violence in the forth coming election, will meet an organised violence. This is to tell us that the Nigeria Army is ready for the 2015 Election

Students, especially the female ones of Federal University of Technology, Owerri are currently protesting the alleged rape or attempted rape (conflicting stories) of a student of the school by C-in-C Man O War FUTO. According to a student, she said the victim had gone out to urinate at night when a member of the Man O War approached her to say that the C-in-C (commander in chief) was calling her. Details are sketchy but according to the source, the lady went back to her room to tell her roommates that this person wanted to see her. They advised her to go only for her to return later with tears, saying someone had raped her or attempted to rape her.   This morning, students of the school matched to the senate asking the school authority to investigate .

Amarachi Igidimbah a fast rising actress was attacked by political thugs along Ado road in Ajah at about 4pm yesterday where she was making a purchase. According to her story, she was standing with a friend when the thugs, party of a political rally, attacked them, stabbing her close to her left eye and demanded for her money and phones which she quickly handed over. She said after the attack which lasted seconds, the men quickly rejoined the rally crowd. She's since been treated.

This guy get mind o, see as he puts his lips on hers, closes his eyes and says to himself, you can do this, you can do this. Just a few more months.. Wishing her long life!

Islamic State militants in Iraq on Tuesday publicly stoned a man and woman to death on charges of adultery, parading the victims in a public square in the northern city of Mosul, according to witnesses and an Iraqi military official. Later in the day, the militants publicly beheaded 3 young men on a street in central Mosul, accusing them of being the nephews of a political opponent of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL. They were the latest in a series of public executions of people accused of social offenses in the city, which the militants wrested from Iraqi control last June. The stoning victims, who were not identified, were in their 20s, witnesses said. The woman was described as being married. It was not known whether they had been given a trial, but none was held in public. Abu Mohammad al-Lahibi, who runs a clothing store in Mosul, said he had seen the militants gathering several hundred residents in front of the government building in ...

Press statement from Defence Headquarters below... Two journalists working for Aljazeera Television who were found to have been loitering around areas where military operations are ongoing in the North East have been restrained in Maiduguri. The journalists, Ahmed Idris and Mustafa Andy who were noted to have been moving around various locations including restricted areas in Yobe and Borno State were also operating without any protection, accreditation or due clearance. They were accordingly monitored by military intelligence operatives until they eventually had to be restrained to their hotel in Maiduguri. This followed the increasing suspicion that their activities were aimed at interfering with the ongoing military operations in the area. The motive, activities and some material in possession of these individuals are now being investigated. It will be recalled that Foreign journalists have earlier been cautioned against unauthorized and unprotected movem...