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On Friday, 3rd November 2017, troops of 152 Battalion, 21 Brigade Nigerian Army, on Operation LAFIYA DOLE, in furtherance of blockade and clearance operations DEEP PUNCH 2 and their resolve to rout out the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists hibernating in some areas, ambushed a group of unsuspecting Boko Haram terrorists along Banki-Bula Yobe road in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State.  The troops sprung the ambush on the terrorists and neutralised 1 of them and recovered 4 Bicycles, some Mechanical tools which aids the terrorists vehicle movement, clothes and explosive wires from the ambush site. Similarly, the troops of 151 Battalion, 21 Brigade Nigerian Army, also ambushed some unsuspecting Boko Haram terrorists who were attempting to cross into the Sambisa forest at about 7:40pm same day, along BOCOST-Bama road. Troops neutralized a large number of them while some of the terrorists escaped with gun shot wounds. 

A First Republic Minister of Aviation, Mbazulike Amaechi has faulted the manner with which President Muhammadu Buhari handled Nnamdi Kanu and his Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, secessionist group. The 88-year-old and the only surviving member of the pre-independence Zikist Movement spoke with Punch. He said President Buhari handled the Nnamdi Kanu’s issue with his deep hatred for Igbo people, insisting that the President has personal hatred for Igbos. He said, “That was why he took over the government in 1983. That hatred for Ndigbo has not been aborted. “Nnamdi Kanu was erratic in many respects but that wasn’t the best way to handle him. The young man was making his demands. “He has followers and why not listen to him and enter into a dialogue with him. What crime has Nnamdi Kanu committed to be compared with the crimes of his (Buhari) own brothers, the Fulanis, in Nigeria today? “During the tenures of former presidents – Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan , and M...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo attended the wedding ceremony of Mr. Ekene Nwokoro who works in his office as a DSS detail and his wife Margret Nwankwo in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state today November 4th. 

No fewer than four people reportedly lost their lives on Saturday at Moniya-Iseyin road, in Ibadan the Oyo State capital when a truck conveying sharp sand lost control. It was also gathered that about ten persons also suffered various degrees of injuries while five motorcycles and three tricycles were destroyed beyond repair. Those who lost their lives in the accident include; a motorcycle operator, a woman, an toddler boy and a trader at the Moniya Butcher market, Ibadan. But, the driver of the tipper was said to have escaped from the scene of the incident unhurt. Eyewitnesses around the scene of the incident informed journalists that the casualty figure would have been higher if not for a member of the transport union unit at the Moniya garage, who saw the haphazard manner with which the truck was descending the hilly road and immediately alerted people to scramble to safety. According to them, the tipper driver was seen struggling to gain control of the truck which was su...

The presidency has released the full list of all the appointees of President Muhammadu Buhari. The release was in response to the recent media report that 81 of the 100 appointments made by Buhari were from the North, while the other regions shared the remaining 19 appointments.

A socio-political group, G42 Imo Liberation Forum, has warned the Okorocha government to desist from “waste of tax payers’ money”. The group said it received information that the administration is set to spend N850m on erecting a tree ahead of Christmas celebration. Okorocha was recently criticised by Nigerians for erecting a statue of South Africa president Jacob Zuma, in Owerri. In a statement on Saturday by G42 Director of Communications, Dr. Walter Duru, the forum described the alleged plan as misplaced priority and a sign of government’s insensitivity. It read: “The attention of G-42 Imo Liberation Forum has been drawn to an alleged plan by the Imo State Government under the leadership of Chief Rochas Okorocha to spend about Eight Hundred and Fifty Million Naira on a meaningless tree ahead of the 2017 Christmas celebration.” “This is coming at a time Civil Servants and Pensioners in the state are being owed several months arrears of salary and other entitlements; while po...