Women demobilise Boko Haram insurgents in Borno

Residents of Attagara and Kawuri villages in Gwoza and Bama local government areas of Borno State, respectively, repelled attacks on their community by suspected Boko Haram insurgents.

A resident said the attackers invaded the village yesterday on motorcycles but met some women, adding “they wanted to hit the women with sticks but when they raised the sticks, their hands refused to descend.

I Have Forgiven Obasanjo – Orji Kalu:

Abia State ex-governor, Chief Orji Kalu, said that he has forgiven former President Olusegun Obasanjo for the moves against his business empire.

During the conversation with journalists in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, yesterday, May 24, Orji Kalu confessed that he wouldn't however forget what the erstwhile President did to his business during his reign..

Teacher Who Defiled Minors: One of Them Passes Advances At Him

The nursery school teacher, Mr. Olayinka Oluwadare Folarin, who allegedly defiled three under aged pupils in a toilet, yesterday, said it was one of the girls that made advances at him.
Folarin, aged 38, who claimed his illicit romance with the minors was a demonic attack which had been affecting him for a long time, said: “One of them made advances at me. You know how children play with you in a funny way. This thing is beyond me.”

STOP APPEASING NORTH, MIDDLE BELT TELLS JONATHAN

Middle Belt Consensus Forum, MBCF, has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to remain focused and stop pandering to the dictates of the purported “core North”, saying that it was clear that they were not ready to support him.

Yayale Advocates Amnesty Boko Haram

Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Alhaji Yayale Ahmad, said yesterday that the Federal Government should grant general amnesty to the members of the Boko Haram sect if they meet the conditions that gave rise to pardoning Niger Delta militants in 2009.
Ahmad, however, expressed doubts whe-ther the sect members would ever come out and establish real contacts with the government with a view to facilitating genuine dialogue.

BOKO HARAM: Simply Islamic War —OYEDEPO

President and founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo, on Sunday, in Ota, Ogun State, said God had revealed the mystery of the Boko Haram since 1990s, noting that it has no political connotation, but purely an Islamic war, trying to destabilise this country through killing of pastors and burning of churches. 
“Tell me, how many mosques and Muslim clerics had they burnt and killed so far?” He asked. 

SGF Anyim, Squeezed Over 297 Hotel Complex Allegation

President Goodluck Jonathan has become “very uncomfortable” with Anyim over reports that he built a 297-bed hotel within two years of becoming SGF, TheCable was told. Anyim was appointed in 2011. “Anyim’s relationship with the president is no longer what it used to be,” a top member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said. An associate of Anyim has, however, said the allegation is baseless because “nothing has been traced” to the former senate president. He said the hotel allegation has been flying around for a while.

We Are Not Ashamed To Be Called "CHURCH OF THE RICH"– OYEDEPO

Founder, Living Faith Church aka Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, in this interview with talks about the church and sundry issues
You preach as if you have committed the entire Bible to your memory. How many times have you read the Bible?

FG flags off $350m SEEFOR project to address unemployment

Federal Government yesterday launched the State Employment and Expenditure for Results SEEFOR project worth about $350 million.

The pilot project is to be financed by credit of $200 million by the World Bank and has attracted additional financial support of about {80 million from the European Union, EU.

Lagos 2015: Mixed reactions to Akiolu’s endorsement of Ambode

It was an unusually bold utterance from a traditional ruler on the political direction of the state.Speaking at the launch of a book written on the All Progressives Congress, APC governorship aspirant, Mr. Akinwumi Ambode penultimate Thursday, the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu said the elders in Lagos State had met and endorsed the immediate past Accountant-General of the state as the next governor of the state.