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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...

If you have been in job market searching for a job for a long time without success, then perhaps its time to to stop and take this cue from the legendary Lionel Messi. Lionel Messi have over the past decade proved himself. To some he is the BEST, to some he is just good, to many he is a god, to me he is the best thing to happen to sport. There is a whole lot to learn from this legend, and the applications of this lessons extends way beyond football and sport. Find below 5 worthy queues Job Seekers should take from Lionel Messi. 1. Be Fast As a job seeker you compete, physically, mentally and otherwise. Not with yourself, but with several other hopefuls. Saying you fight to land a Job in Nigeria is putting it mildly, wrestle is the word to use. You are competing with over a million people. Speed is vital when you need to score a goal. It is more vital when you have to score a job. Be the first to know, be the first to apply. BE FAST! 2. Be calculative Okay, I b...

A Muslim has surprised people with her super exemplary gesture when she donated several Bibles in the Hausa language to a church. A Muslim woman in Kaduna, Hajiya Ramatu Tijjani, on Sunday donated 50 Bibles written in Hausa language to a church leader and his members. This, she says was done to strenghten religious tolerance and mutual understanding as the world marks International Interfaith Harmony Week by the United Nations. Hajiya Tijjani who arrived the Christ Evangelical Intercessory Fellowship Ministry Sabon-Tasha, Kaduna at 9:30am with her son, Abdullahakim, to attend Sunday church service with Christians, explained that there is the need to start the World Interfaith Harmony Week holding between 1 and 7 February by donating important gift such as Bibles to Christians. She also said the importance of sharing Bibles to Christians is to boost mutual understanding and inter-religious dialogue as well as spread the culture of peace and harmony in a way to immensely promot...

A man whose wife has turned him into a punching bag has cried out for help as the maltreatment becomes intolerable. A 65-year-old man has dragged his wife to court to seek a dissolution of their marriage over battery. The man who doesn’t want his name on print told an Asaba High Court that he re-married after the death of his first wife, so he could one again have a companion and also someone to help him take care if his four children, but the only thing he has gotten so far from being married to his second wife is beatings and harlotry. “I married my wife in 1998 and did the church wedding at Catholic Church of Assumption, Zappa, in Asaba. Since then, we have two children; a boy and a girl, but this woman always threatens to kill me, she beats me at every chance, and many times, I go into coma. She vowed that she must kill me and she sent all my children packing, I cannot continue with the marriage. “She beats me most times, but it came to a climax on January 17, 2016, when sh...

Nigeria’s Judiciary is my main headache in corruption war – Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, said ongoing fight against corruption in Nigeria could be effectively tackled with the strong support of the judiciary. A statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said Mr. Buhari stated this while speaking at a town hall meeting with Nigerians living in Ethiopia. The president said that far-reaching reforms of the judiciary remained a key priority for his administration. “On the fight against corruption vis-à-vis the judiciary, Nigerians will be right to say that is my main headache for now. “If you reflect on what I went through for twelve years when I wanted to be the president, I attempted three times. “At the fourth attempt, through God and the use of technology, it was possible for Nigerians to elect an APC candidate as president. “In my first attempt in 2003, I ended u...

A group of ex-militants in support of the agitation by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has claimed responsibility for the hijack of a ship on Friday along the Bakassi Pennisula Nigeria coastal line. According to Sun News, the group, which recently gave the Federal Government a 31-day ultimatum to release Nnamdi Kanu, the IPOB leader and Director of Radio Biafra, said the concerned Niger Delta agitators were abreast with the incarceration of Kanu. Spokesperson of the group, who gave his name as General Ben, threatened that they would blow up the vessel with the expatriates onboard, if the government continues to dilly-dally over Kanu’s release. Speaking in Port Harcourt yesterday, the group’s spokesperson declared that they would not wait till the end of the ultimatum, before showing their seriousness. Ben stated: “We cannot wait till the end of the 31 days to tell the Federal Government that we are serious. The vessel and the crew are under custody. “And any noise, any ...