Boko Haram Will Be Defeated By December - Nigeria’s Defence Minister

Nigeria’s defence minister, Brigadier-General Mansur Mohammed Dan-Ali (rtd), yesterday assured that Boko Haram will be defeated by the December deadline given to the military by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Dan-Ali gave the assurance during a public hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Appropriation to consider the request of President Muhammadu Buhari for a N465 billion supplementary budget.

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PDP Reacts To The Arrest Of Dokpesi. Read

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) condemns in its entirety, the arrest of media mogul, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi and other opposition elements by the APC-led Federal Government.

The party also alerted that it has been made aware that more notable PDP leaders have similarly been listed for arrest over unproven allegations pursuant to the plot by the APC to cow and silence opposition in the country.

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh in a statement on Tuesday said the military style of pronouncement of guilt on Chief Dokpesi before any fair hearing, betrays the fact that he is a victim of political persecution and mob trial by the APC government because of his association with the PDP.

EFCC Picks Up Bafarawa, Dokpesi Over Stolen defence funds.

More Nigerian politicians believed to have benefitted from the huge security budget said to be missing were Tuesday arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The former governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa and the Chairman Emeritus of Daar Communications Plc, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, were among the latest to be questioned by the security agents for allegedly receiving huge sums of money from the office of the embattled former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki.

Civilian Beats Up A Military Man In Nigeria. Photo

This incident took place yesterday at Oviore close to Oreorokpe, Delta State. The man in red had an altercation with an army officer and the officer’s colleagues left them alone to fight.

The civilian allegedly beat the officer thoroughly before his colleagues broke the fight and gave the civilian a beating of their own.

Army nabs Boko Haram members in Lagos

The Nigerian Army has arrested some Boko Haram members in Lagos.

This was disclosed to newsmen on Monday by the General Officer Commanding 81 Division, Major General Isidore Edet shortly after decorating 12 newly promoted officers attached to the Division.

The GOC noted that the arrested Boko Haram members were among those fleeing the volatile region of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States to the Southern part of the country to continue their nefarious activities.

Pro Biafra Protesters Currently In Onitsha. Photos

Photos of the protest going on right now at the Onitsha bridgehead. Soldiers placed barricade on the road, disrupting the agitators from crossing the bridge. The River Niger bridge is totally blocked. Vehicles coming from Onitsha and Asaba axes are on stand still also.

Pope Francis Leaves Africa Back To Rome

Pope Francis left the capital of the Central African Republic on Monday after a three-nation tour of Africa, his first trip to the continent.
The leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics was heading to Rome after a trip that also took him to Kenya and Uganda.

Man Gives 'Cheating' Girlfriend The Greatest Surprise Of Her Life. Video

A heartbroken man deceives his cheating girlfriend into thinking he is about to propose ... only to reveal what he thinks she has been doing behind

Kenyan Police arrest Iranian-trained suspects planning attacks in Kenya

Two Kenyans are in police custody for allegedly being members of an Iranian spy network linked to terror. The Inspector General of the National Police Service, Joseph Boinnet, says the suspects – Abu-Bakr Sadiq Louis And Yassin Juma - travelled to Iran last month before returning to Kenya and planned to launch attacks on several undisclosed strategic installations and foreign missions. Boinnet says the suspects have given police useful information about their intended terror mission and would be arraigned in court once investigations are completed. The police boss refused to disclose where the two suspects were arrested but said police are yet to confirm whether the Iranian spy agency is linked to al Shabaab or Islamic State group.     KTN NEWS

Burkina Faso should announce provisional election results

Burkina Faso should announce provisional results on Monday from an election to choose the West African country’s first new leader in decades, the head of the electoral commission said.
Sunday’s peaceful election comes after longtime leader Blaise Compaore was toppled in a popular uprising in October 2014 in which demonstrators faced down the security forces over his attempt to extend his tenure.

Kogi Polls: Faleke Writes Oyegun Again

Late Prince Abubakar Audu’s running mate in the November 21 election, James Abiodun Faleke, has declined to pair with Alhaji Yahaya Bello, who has been named the party’s candidate for the supplementary election on Saturday, insisting that he should be declared governor-elect on the APC platform.

The APC looked set to win the election but the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared it inconclusive, following the inability of some registered voters to vote in 91 units.

Obama Pays Tribute To Victims Of Paris Attacks

 President Barack Obama laid a solitary rose at a remembrance for the casualties of the Paris attacks on Monday not long after touching base in the city, going by the Bataclan, the show corridor where the deadliest paris attacks occurred amid the attack somewhere in the range of two weeks back.

Obama, who is nearby for global converses with control environmental change, was joined at the site by French President Francois Hollande not long after Air Force One touched down around midnight neighborhood time.

TB Joshua, Others To Be Arraigned Today Over Synagogue Building Collapse

The trustees of Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, will Monday, November 30, 2015 be arraigned before a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja over the collapse of a six-storey building in the church on September 12, 2014, which led to the death of 116 persons.

Senior Pastor of the church, Prophet T. B. Joshua is one of the trustees.

Sylva Will Win The Poll, As The People Of Bayelsa Goes To The Ballot Come December 5th - Pollsters

A non-governmental organisation, Election Frontline, has insisted that former Governor Timipre Sylva, will beat the incumbent Governor, Seriake Dickson, in this Saturday’s governorship poll in Bayelsa State.
Sylva is the candidate for the All Progressives Congress while Dickson is flying the flag of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The Survey Administrator, Election Frontline, MacPepple Joshua, in a survey result released last week, predicted Sylva’s victory over Dickson.
But Dickson had described the survey as fake, noting that the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The governor, who made his position through his campaign organisation, the Restoration Campaign Organisation, had claimed that the survey team was made up of APC card-carrying members led by MacPepple Joshua.