How we stormed and overran Sambisa forest, by Gen. Irabor
TEXT OF MEDIA BRIEFING BY MAJOR GENERAL LEO IRABOR COMMANDER OPERATION LAFIYA DOLE ON WEDNESDAY 28TH DECEMBER 2016 Ladies and Gentlemen, in continuation with the weekly live update of our…
Naira crashes to N491 per dollar, no sign of a rebound
The Naira failed to rebound at Christmas as projected by currency speculators. After trading at N485 to the dollar at Christmas far above what many had projected, it on Wednesday…
100,000 people facing starvation in Nigeria’ north east
Nigeria has been hit by the biggest humanitarian crisis in Africa, with the UN warning that some 100,000 people, mostly children, could die of starvation in the north-east unless they…
Army recovers Shekau’s Quran, flag in Sambisa forest
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it had recovered Abubakar Shekau’s Qur’an and flag in Camp Zero, the Boko Haram’s Headquarters in Sambisa forest. Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, the Theatre Commander…
South East residents to Yudala: Give us more summits, music
Many days after the musical concert in Owerri, Imo State, which attracted residents from across the South East zone, residents of the area are asking for an encore, a repeat…
Despite Shale, oil prices may hit $58 per barrel in 2017, analysts predict
After pulling off the biggest oil-market deal in a decade, OPEC faces a new balancing act in 2017: boosting prices without igniting shale. The first shale boom spurred a global…
Stop publicising your visits to Ibori, Uduaghan warns ‘admirers’, says you are creating more problems for him
Former Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has said that those people to London to visit his predecessor, James Ibori, who has just been released from a six-year term…
US billionaire offers scholarship to 24 Chibok girls in American University
An African American billionaire, Robert Smith is sponsoring the education of 24 Chibok schoolgirls in American University, Yola in Adamawa State. The identity of the good Samaritan was revealed  by…
Oliseh to coach Dutch second division club
Former Super Eagles Coach, Sunday Oliseh has been appointed as the new head coach of Dutch second division side, Fortuna Sittard, according to a report posted on the club’s website….
3,000 IDPs return to Borno after Sambisa forest recapture
More than 3,000 people in northeast Nigeria who were forced to flee the seven-year insurgency waged by Islamist militants have returned to their hometown following the reopening of major roads…