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The leadership of the Nigerian Army has released a statement on why the body is yet to rescue the abducted UNIMAID lecturers from the enclaves of Boko Haram. The Defence Headquarters has explained that the inability of the military to rescue lecturers, oil workers and women in Boko Haram enclave was because the terrorists were using the distraught captives as human shield.It said the military cannot apply full force to free the captives because doing so would endanger their lives. Recall that ten women among them female police personnel were on June 21, abducted in a raid by the militant group on a military/police convoy along Damboa Road, in Borno State. They were abducted after Boko Haram fighters reportedly attacked a convoy of security personnel in the Damboa area of Borno State when the officers were said to be going to a burial in Adamawa State. On the other hand, some staff of the University of Maiduguri, who were part of the oil exploration team in the st

The opposition leader in the East African nation of Kenya, Raila Odinga, has stunned supporters as he withdraws from the presidential race. Raila Odinga, Kenya’s opposition leader, on Tuesday announced his withdrawal from the presidential re-run elections scheduled for Oct. 26. According to Vanguard, Odinga said at a news conference in Nairobi that he was boycotting the polls because his demands for electoral reform had not been met. A re-run of the presidential vote was announced after Kenya’s Supreme Court nullified the result of the Aug. 8 election due to Odinga’s complaint. Odinga claimed that the computers of the electoral commission had been hacked to generate a victory for President Uhuru Kenyatta. The initial results announced on August 11, gave Kenyatta a second term with 54 per cent of the votes, followed by Odinga with 44.7 per cent. Since the annulment, Odinga and his National Super Alliance coalition (NASA) have been demanding the removal of top

INEC is prepared to organise the forthcoming election in Anambra State with the deployment of thousands of card readers. The Independent National Electoral Commission said on Tuesday that it had deployed over 6, 000 card reader machines to ensure smooth conduct of the November 18, Anambra governorship election. The INEC Administrative Secretary in Anambra, Mr Charles Mbanaja, said that out of the machines provided 5,000 had been tested and found to be in good working condition. The secretary assured stakeholders of the readiness of the commission to provide a level playing ground to in all candidates participating in the election and urged politicians to play by the rules. He said INEC had embarked on public enlightenment to sensitise the people on the electoral processes, especially the voting system to address re-occurring cases of invalid votes and other related electoral shortcomings during the election. Mbanaja said that the commission had also organised a vo

President Buhari today had a closed-door meeting with all the service chiefs, the Minister of defence, Masur Dan-Ali and Babagana Monguno, national security adviser, at the state house in Abuja. The meeting presided over by the president, also had in attendance Lawal Daura, director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS); Arab Yadam, the acting director of the Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA) and a representative of the inspector-general of police. The service chiefs at the meeting included Gabriel Olonisakin, chief of defence staff; Tukur Buratai, chief of army staff; Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, chief of naval staff, and Sadique Abubakar, chief of air staff.

Floyd Mayweather took to his IG page to show off his enviable wine collection in his Beverly Hills mansion. He showed off the wine which are stacked in seperate rows in his cellar room, and captioned it’ Like Fine Wine.’

Even though banks impose penalties if a customer commits any banking infractions, you can avoid penalties if you abide by the rules stipulated by your bank. Commercial banks impose various charges on customers for services rendered. However, they also impose penalties if a customer commits any banking infractions. While bank fees and charges may be unavoidable, you can avoid penalties if you abide by the rules stipulated by your bank. According to www.choice.com.au , you do not need to get stung by unfair fees for late payments, overdrawn accounts and bounced cheques. Some experts believe banks shouldn’t be allowed to charge customers more than it costs to fix a routine banking mishap such as a temporarily overdrawn account. The argument from consumer rights advocates as well as legal professionals is that banks shouldn’t be allowed to impose fines on customers. Bank penalty fees have come down considerably in recent years, but there are still high ones out

A multimillion naira truck yard belonging to notorious billionaire kidnapper, Evans has been uncovered in Lagos state. Policemen attached to the IGP Intelligence Response Team(IRT) have uncovered a truck yard belonging to notorious kidnapper and billionaire Chukwudumeme Onwumadike popularly known as Evans. According to Saturday Sun , the multimillion naira truck yard was acquired from the proceeds of kidnapping. Also, the police arrested Evans’ secretary, Ngozika Ezeokoye who went into hiding as soon as she learnt that police had nabbed her employer. Evans had confessed to the police that he used the proceeds from kidnapping to establish several businesses including a haulage company that has not less than 10 trucks. He was said to have accessed the financial worth of some of his victims who patronised his haulage company. He also told the police that four of the most recent trucks acquired were got from the N150million ransom paid by one of his victims, Ph