We Are Responsibility for Okrika Refinery Blast---- MEND

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has taken responsibility for yesterday’s sabotage attack on pipelines of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) refinery in Okrika, Rivers State.

In a statement today, it said the attack was line with the movement’s on-going ‘Hurricane Exodus’, and was intended to bring down the entire refining facility.

How These Soldiers Were Killed By Boko Haram That Caused Maiduguri Mutiny

Very often we hear that soldiers in battle with the dreaded Islamic sect Boko Haram were killed, but we hardly get to see the fallen officers. Well, here are two of them. The officer on the left is Major Olalekan Akintola, aka Lokoso, he was one of the officers ambushed and killed by Boko Haram men last Wednesday night. The officer on the right is Lt Odushina Oluwafemi, he and his fellow soldiers were killed when their convoy was ambushed by Boko Haram after their GOC, Major General Abubakar Mohammed, made them make an unusual trip, his friends say.

2015 ELECTION: Governor Aliyu Babangida Endorses President Jonathan Ambition

Chairman of Northern States Governors’ Forum and Niger State Governor, Dr Muazu Babangida Aliyu, has said that if it was the will of God that President Goodluck Jonathan would contest and win the 2015 presidential election, no mortal being can stop him just like he could not be stopped in 2011.
He debunked claims that the activities of the Boko Haram sect were aimed at frustrating President Jonathan’s alleged move to seek for a second term in office in 2015.

How Former Boko Haram Member Rescued Two Abducted Chibok Girls

15-year-old Baba Goni, an ex Boko Haram member helped rescue two of the abducted Chibok girls who had been assaulted, raped, tethered to trees, wrists bound with rope and left in a clearing in the Nigerian bush to die by Islamist terror group Boko Haram.

Chibok Girls Saga: Governor Shettima Replies Asari Dokubo

The Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, has said he would not join issues with a Niger Delta activist and ex-militant, Asari Dokubo,
Mr. Shettima stated this in a statement on Monday by his spokesperson, Isa Gusau.

Military patrols land, air in North East in bid to rescue Chibok girls – Olukolade

The Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, said land and air patrols were ongoing in the entire North East in the bid to rescue the school girls kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State on April 14.
Olukolade stated this at the World Joint Security Briefing in Abuja on Monday.

How Nigerian Girl Won As The Best Graduating Student In Dillard University, New Orleans,

The United States First Lady Michelle Obama joins other dignitaries to celebrate Merrilyn Akpapuna, a Nigerian girl that emerged the best graduating student at the Dillard University, New Orleans,
Like a giant masquerade in the market place, all eyes were on 20-year-old Nigerian, Merrilyn Akpapuna, two Saturdays ago at the Dillard University, New Orleans, United States.
The Psychology graduate not only obtained the highest academic honourSumma Cum Laude (first class), she also emerged the best graduating student in the ivory tower. As the institution’s valedictorian, she was on the same podium with the wife of the President, Michelle Obama, during its convocation.

Over 500 Local Hunters Join In The Chibok Girls Search

TRADITIONAL hunters armed with homemade guns, poisoned spears and amulets have gathered in their hundreds, eager to use their skills and what they believe to be supernatural powers to help find the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram.

#BringBackOurGirls: Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Gibson, others held up signs

What do you get when you put tough guy stars Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, Antonio Banderas and Mel Gibson together on the French Riviera, plonk them on a couple of tanks and send them out along the Cannes seafront? Answer: total mayhem.
FRANCE, Cannes : Members of the cast of "The Expendables 3", Spanish actor Antonio Banderas (2ndL) and US actor Kellan Lutz (2ndR) hold cardboards reading "# Bring back our girls", as a sign of support for the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls, while posing on the red carpet during the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 18, 2014. AFP PHOTO /

Yoruba delegates split over proposed Ijebu State

DELEGATES from Oyo and Osun states have opposed submission by their counterparts in other South Western states for creation of Ijebu State out of the present Ogun State.

The delegates said if any state would be created from the region, it has to be from Oyo State, considering the population and the land mass of the state.