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This Friday Oct. 31, 2014 image taken from video by Nigerias Boko Haram terrorist network, the leader of Nigerias Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, center, has denied agreeing to any cease-fire with the government and said Friday more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls all have converted to Islam and been married off. (AP Photo) Michael Olugbode Boko Haram fighters yesterday attacked Kanamma, the headquarters of Yunusari Local Government Area of Yobe State. Kanamma, is historic in the insurgency ...

By Michael Olugbode Two persons have been nabbed in Abuja with 1.1 kilogrammes of cocaine worth N264 million by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA). A statement on Wednesday by the spokesman of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, read: “A trans-border trafficker, Emeka Okoro, and another drug dealer, Ibrahim Bello, have been arrested in Abuja by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), with cocaine weighing 1.1 kilogramme, which has a street value of N...

•US issues advisory on Lagos Deji Elumoye, Chuks Okocha and Michael Olugbode in Abuja Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday rallied Nigerians to put the brakes on the spiralling violence that has pushed Nigeria to the edge of a precipice as the nation cannot afford another civil war now. He also urged the elite to speak out against forces of division in order to preserve the unity of the country. However, former President Olusegun Obasanjo is optimistic that the worsening insecurity, as t...

By Michael Olugbode The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has said the military will never rest until Boko Haram is completely annihilated from Nigeria. Attahiru, who spoke to journalists on Thursday during his visit to Maiduguri, the fifth since his appointment four months ago, said Boko Haram has been defeated in many battles in the past and since they seem not to be interested in surrendering, the Army will work for their annihilation. He said: “We will take on Boko Ha...

By Michael Olugbode The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has continued to help the Government of Nigeria to accelerate efforts toward HIV/AIDS epidemic control despite the COVID-19 pandemic, through U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). A scientific article recently released titled: Rapid Scale-up of an Antiretroviral Therapy Program Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic- Nine States, Nigeria, March 31, 2019- September 30, 2020, showed that progress ...

By Michael Olugbode The federal government has declared Monday, May 3, 2021, public holiday to mark this year’s International Workers Day. The Minister of Interior, Mr. Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the federal government, congratulated Nigerian workers for witnessing this year’s celebration. He commended them for their patience, understanding and support in driving the policies and programmes of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration in its de...

By Michael Olugbode United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said Nigeria is facing extra-ordinary security challenges, but has an ally in United States who is equally addressing the situation with her. Blinken, who was at a virtual roundtable with some selected journalists from Nigeria and Kenya after an equally virtual visit to both countries where he spoke to the two presidents, Muhammadu Buhari and Uhuru Kenyatta respectively, said he discussed the security situation of Nigeria w...

By Michael Olugbode Yobe State Government has called on the military and other security agencies to incorporate hunters and local vigilantes into their war strategies against Boko Haram terrorists. This was part of the recommendations of the expanded security meeting convened by the state Governor, Hon. Mai-Mala Buni, to discuss the security situation of the state after weekend’s attack by Boko Haram on Geidam. A communique signed by the Special Adviser on Security to the governor, Gen. Dahir...

•In search of solutions, Buhari meets Blinken virtually Kingsley Nwezeh, Michael Olugbode in Abuja, John Shiklam in Kaduna, George Okoh in Makurdi, Laleye Dipo in Minna, and David-Chyddy Eleke in Awka In a show of share callousness, Bandits, who abducted 23 students of Greenfield University, Kaduna in Kaduna State, yesterday killed two more of the scholars, bringing to five the total number murdered in cold blood. The killing occurred as news of a virtual meeting of the United States Secretar...

By Michael Olugbode in Abuja The United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, will be discussing with President Muhammadu Buhari and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, Nigeria-US bilateral relations and issues of shared importance between the two countries during a virtual trip to Nigeria Tuesday. A statement on Monday by the US Embassy in Nigeria said Blinken will be embarking on his first virtual trip to Africa, where he will visit Nigeria and Kenya, and engage with young peo...