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Friday 17 July 2015

UNIMAGINABLE!!!! Check out Man brutally assaulted by policemen in Benin for allegedly having too many tattoos on his body



The victim, a man named Jerry Guobadia, said he was on his way from the bank when two policemen in an unbranded vehicle stopped him and tried to force him into their vehicle. He said he resisted and asked them why he was being arrested...and they allegedly told him the tattoos on his body was too much. He said he found their reason suspicious and resisted being arrested. Next thing the policemen allegedly descended on him. He also alleged that the policemen took the money he ha
d with him. See more photos and watch him explain what happened in the photos below…

 



126 Soldiers Sue Nigerian Army For Wrongful Dismissal

Some members of the Nigeria Army126 sacked Nigerian soldiers have the National Industrial Court in Abuja challenging their dismissal by the Nigerian Army, Tribune has reported
The soldiers, in a suit No. NICN/ABJ/92/2015, through their lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, said the soldiers were denied “inviolable opportunity to be heard and make representation in defence and to state their respective cases.”
The soldiers were among the 255 soldiers sacked on January 13 and 14, 2015, by the Nigerian Army, over an alleged “disobedience to standing order and failure to perform military duties.”
They comprise of four warrant officers ( Akanny Welcome, Davou Nta, Ibrahim Usman and Adediran Ogunmuyiwa) and others in the ranks of sergeants, corporal, lance corporal, and private were part of the joint force, code-named “OP Zaman Lafia,” who were directed to combat the outlawed Boko Haram sect in the North-East region of Nigeria.
The army had claimed the plaintiffs refused to obey their commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel A. A Egbejule, during a counter-attack by Boko Haram in Bazza.
It further said the act of the plaintiffs led to the recapture of the territory by the terrorists and subsequently were  dismissed orally at their station by Lieutenant-Colonel M.J Gambo on January 13, 2015 and by the Garrison Commander, General B.O Akinroluoyo, the following day.
Recently, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed new service chiefs after sacking the military service chiefs he inherited from the Goodluck Jonathan administration on Monday, July 13,



New Army Chief of Staff observes Sallah prayers in Yobe (PHOTOS)

The new Chief of Army Staff Major General Tukur Buratai seen (in uniform) observing his Sallah prayer at the Damaturu Central Mosque, Yobe state. He arrived Yobe yesterday to celebrate Sallah with Nigerian troops in the state. Many believe the suicide attacks in Damaturu this morning was to embarrass him and call his bluff.



Wednesday 15 July 2015

Lawmaker cries out over deplorable state of Lagos/Ibadan Expressway (Photos)


The federal lawmaker representing Ibadan North East/South East federal constituency in the house of representatives, Hon. Adedapo Lam-Adesina has passionately appeal to the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA), to focus on the Lagos/Ibadan expressway.


Men of Boko Haram Sect Ambushes Eidel Fitri Holiday Travelers


The only safe road linking Maiduguri, the Borno state capital to the rest of the country; Maiduguri-Damaturu highway was ambushed by the Boko Haram terrorist for the fourth ‎time in a week, as security operatives battle to prevent Eidel Fitri holiday travelers from driving into the trap.