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A Nigerian Air Force’s Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has destroyed a logistics base used by members of the Boko Haram Terrorists group, according to a statement on Tuesday. The Director of Public Relations and Information, Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa said the UAV was on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission when it came across the gathering of BHTs (Boko Haram Terrorists) at Garin Moloma, about one kilometre north of the Sambisa Forest. Drone used by Nigerian Air Force  “At the time of the UAV attack, the location, though under surveillance for quite a while, had a large gathering of BHTs and vehicles. “The multiple explosions and huge fire ball from the location, as can be seen from the enclosed video of the UAV strike, strongly suggests that it may be either an ammunition/fuel storage or weapons/technical workshop. “This strike is thus a major setback for the Boko Haram Sect, and a major plus for the fight against insurgency by own tr...

One of the destroyed building  There was palpable fear, anxiety and tension in Benin City, capital of Edo state on Tuesday afternoon, as multiple and deadly explosions ripped four residence buildings apart. The explosions occurred at about 2:00 pm, around Oka primary school area, close to the junction popularly known as ‘three house,’ off Upper Sakponba road, in Ikpoba-Okha local government area of Benin metropolis. Eyewitnesses had it that the first explosion occurred when a medicine dealer, Elue Chinedu, who operates from one of the buildings, was burning the refuse he swept from the building at a refuse dump. ‎Following the explosion, operatives of Edo state anti-bomb squad and anti riot policemen, led by Musa Uba, a Deputy Commissioner of Police were said to have been promptly drafted to the place to secure and cordon off the area. But to the dismay of residents of the densely populated area, another deafening explosion went off again at about 6:16 pm, when the anti-b...