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Nigeria’s chief of army staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai declared to news men today that boko haram have been cleared in some part of north eastern region. according to him, "for now we have knocked them off areas along from Yobe and some parts of Borno". General Buratai has dismissed as mere noise making the claims in a new audio by Abubakar Shekau, the elusive Boko Haram leader. Buratai described the audio as `another desperate move by the group to find relevance.’ He said the group no longer has the capacity to hold any ground or plan co-ordinated attack on strategic locations or key public facilities. “I think the new Boko Haram leader, in the latest audio is just trying to sound relevant; but as far as I am concerned, he is irrelevant in the scheme of things, he is irrelevant to me. “ Have you seen any of them coming out apart from the suicide bombings? You can see the number of terrorists that are escaping from their camps; he is just making nois...

Ardo Kola Local Government Ardo Kola Local Government Area was created in 1992 . Its headquarters is in Sunkani . The local government has an area of 2,262 km² and a population of 86,921 at the 2006 census. The major tribes in the local government are Kona, Mumuye, Wurkun, Hausa/Fulani, Yandang while farming is their occupation. A lot of Yam, maize, guinea corn, groundnut, beniseed, cassava, are produced by the inhabitants. The postal code of the area is 660 Bali Local Government Bali Local Government Area was created in 1976 . Its headquarters is in Bali .  It has an area of 9,146 km² and a population of 208,935 at the 2006 census. The major tribes are the Ichen, Jibawa, Chamba, Kuteb Fulani and Kam. The major occupations of the people in Bali are farming, fishing, hunting and rearing of animals. The main crops produced are Yams, rice, Beans, Groundnut, Maize, Melon seeds (brown Equsi) and Sugarcane which are produced in commercial quantities. The postal cod...

The Warri Traditional Council of Chiefs yesterday at Ode-Itsekiri in Warri, Delta state officially announced the death of the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwase II. After announcing the demise of the Olu, Chief Yahya Pessu, member, Olu Advisory Council and other chiefs also announced Godfrey Ikenwoli Emiko (pictured left above) as the Olu-designate. Chief Pessu said the Itsekiri people world wide will immediately proceed on a three months mourning period and as part of the mourning activities, they will be expected to wear their clothes inside-out; that is to tie their traditional wrappers upside down. “All Itsekiri adults both male and female will put their clothes inside out throughout this period of mourning. No party, no drumming or merriment of any sort in Itsekiri land, until the burial is over and new Olu installed” he said.

Former Akwa Ibom state governor Godswill Akpabio, who is currently in the UK to get treatment after surviving a car crash in Abuja on August 31st, suffered embarrassment at Mandarin Oriental Hotel, a luxury five-star hotel in the Knightsbridge area of London after his credit card was declined while he attempted to check into the hotel. According to Sahara reporters who released the photos, Akpabio was heard making a call to a banker in Lagos state eiquiring why his card was declined. When SR contacted him, Akpabio said his card was declined because he had used the card to check out of the Four Seasons luxury hotel earlier in the day. Akpabio stated that his credit card had maxed out of its daily spending limit, hence he could not make use of it.

  Think Vancouver. Think FIC and SFU Why Canada? Canada is becoming an increasingly popular destination for secondary school graduates to continue their studies. One of the most popular Canadian schools among Nigerian students is Simon Fraser University. Why Simon Fraser University? Simon Fraser University is ranked among the top schools in Canada and has been ranked in the top 100 in the world in both Computing Science and Business. It is a large university with eight faculties and over 25,000 students and in the 2015/16 Academic year is celebrating 50 years. The university prides itself on its community engagement and is also a research intensive university. Alongside an excellent reputation the university also offers students excellent facilities and students are able to apply for on-campus residence with an unlimited meal plan available 24 hours a day.    Why FIC? Fraser International College is located on the campus of Simon Fraser Unive...

The struggle for the sovereign state of Biafra has received a major boost as the Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF) led by Alhaji Asari Dokubo, joined forces with the men from the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) in a bid to actualise the Biafran dream Alhaji Dokubo announced the new alliance during this year’s Biafra Day celebration, organised by the leader of MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, at the Ojukwu Memorial Library and Conference in Owerri, which was attended by thousands of members of the two groups. Dokubo and Uwazuruike assured their members at the ceremony that the actualisation of Biafra was near. Alhaji Dokubo, who addressed the large crowd, said the South-South and the South-East no longer had Niger Delta or Igbo, but Biafra. He assured MASSOB members that they would soon realise their dream for an independent state. “We will soon complete the race. There is no need for you to be fatigued; the finishing ...

  Speaking outside the Rowan County Courthouse as she returned to work this morning, Davis announced that any licenses issued by her office, with or without her name on the form, would be "unauthorized."  " I want the whole world to know ......authorizes marriage that conflicts with God's definition of marriage as a union between one man and one woman [and] violates my deeply-held religious convictions and conscience. For me, this would be an act of disobedience to my God.” Kim Davis, the embattled county clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses in the wake of the Supreme Court's ruling on same-sex marriage, said Monday that she is being "forced to disobey her God" by allowing her office to issue licenses to gay couples. Last week upon being released from detention, Davis was warned by U.S. District Judge David Bunning not to interfere with the issuing of marriage licenses, directly or indirectly, or face furth...