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The Nigerian Army yesterday discovered and destroyed a factory that was being used by Islamist insurgents to make improvised explosive devices (IEDs). A statement issued by a military spokesman, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, disclosed that troops of 25th Task Force Brigade of the Nigerian Army had discovered the IED factory “during a cordon and search operation at Sandia, Kokakowa and Nyaleri villages suspected to be Boko Haram enclaves.” He added that the soldiers also discovered and destroyed another IED-making factory at Miyati and Nyaleri villages in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. According to the spokesman, soldiers arrested three suspected terrorists “comprising an ‘Ameer,’ a high contact and a foot soldier.” In addition to the IED-making equipment, soldiers also seized a Peugeot pick up van, foodstuff, a 10-KVA Lister generator, gas cylinders, borehole, nine bags of fertilizer, pumping machine, three bags of maize, one bag of millet, and 13 empty fuel jerry ...

Raheem Lawal to join Besiktas today Eskisehirspor midfielder Raheem Lawal will today complete a 3.5 million euro move to Turkish giants Besiktas. Amokachi sure of Super Eagles victory against Tanzania 31 August 2015, 13:22 Former Nigeria assistant coach Daniel Amokachi is confident the Super Eagles will beat the Taifa Stars of Tanzania when both teams lock-horns in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Saturday. Borini set for Sunderland transfer 31 August 2015, 12:17 Sunderland are poised to sign Fabio Borini from Liverpool with the Italian striker believed to be heading to the northeast for a medical to clear the way for a four-year deal. Siasia optimistic despite ‘difficult fixtures’ at All Africa Games 31 August 2015, 12:17 Ahead of their departure to Congo Brazzaville for the All Africa Games, Nigeria U23 coach Samson Siasia has admitted they have a tough task ahead, but remains positive. We should allow Oliseh to build a winning team - Ak...

Lagos - Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to Thursday’s appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari, which favoured the North. Writing on his  Facebook page  hours after the appointments were announced, Fani Kayode said he had predicted such actions during the 2015 electioneering campaigns but Nigerians insulted and lampooned him. He wrote: "Nigerians wanted ‘change’ and now we have got it. No-one should complain because this is what our people wanted.  Those of us that warned the country that this would happen were insulted and lampooned. Now we have to live with the consequences of our choice for the next four years. Welcome to the new Nigeria. Welcome to ‘change’  He then listed the key appointments already made by Buhari, which favoured the North. 1. President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria – north. 2. Senate President- north. 3. Speaker of the House of Representatives- north. 4. Chief Justice of the Federation- north....

Yola - Seven communities were on Sunday flooded in Demsa and Numan local government areas of Adamawa, following heavy flow of water from Kiri dam in the state. Kiri dam is in Guyuk Local Government Area. The dam, from the Gongola River, is about 30 kilometres length and 15 kilometres wide. Alhaji Haruna Furo, the Executive Secretary, Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), made this known in an interview in Yola. Furo said that the most affected areas were Bilachi, Bali, Mbongado, Dwam Sabo and Kabawa in Demsa area while Imburu, Hayin Gada and Gbalang were affected in Numan Local Government Area. "The state emergency team together with top state government officials had visited some affected communities. "And after cross examination, we are going to resettle them in secured and conducive rescue camps," Furo said. He said that the state government had started making contact with various relief organisations for immediate response and rescue miss...

Asaba -  A joint where female teenagers dance naked in Asaba, Delta state capital, has been discovered by an Asaba-based vigilance group,  Punch reports. The operator of the joint located in Asaba, which hosts activities, including pornographic shows, especially at weekends, was apprehended by the group. Also read:  10 shocking truth about strippers and strip clubs in Lagos The arrest of the operator of the joint was confirmed by the police, which said the operator was arrested on Thursday and he is being currently investigated. Investigation revealed that during weekends, the joint was filled to capacity with teenage girls during nightfall who offer sex for money. Read more at  Punch

Following the outcry that greeted Thursday’s appointment of members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s kitchen cabinet, there are indications that President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have begun moves to compensate the South-East for not getting any appointments so far in the current administration, reports  Punch. Out of 31 appointments made so far, 24 of the appointees are from the North and seven are from the South. The South-East has no representation in the Buhari-led government. Also read:  Uproar as Buhari appoints SGF, Chief of Staff The President according to sources is not unmindful of criticisms that greeted the alleged lopsided appointments. He is planning to give some states in the South-East zone more than one ministerial slot. The government also plans to compensate the zone with board and ambassadorial appointments.

IT 'S OVER Seventy years ago, Japan surrendered in World War II, bringing to an end a six-year long conflict that would be the deadliest in human history. The announcement was cause for jubilation around the United States and among the Allied forces throughout the world. The spirit of the occasion was perhaps best captured in this photo taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt in Times Square on Aug. 14, 1945, in which an American sailor kisses a nurse. Today isn't the official anniversary of the end of the war in the United States. That comes September 2, the date the Japanese government formally signed documents agreeing to surrender. But for those who lived through it, August 14 is a day that brought simultaneously relief at the end of a long, bloody war, joy in victory and the prospect of soldiers returning home, and solemnity for those who never made it back. Video: Explainer: How Many Countries are Currently at War?

Perhaps already in the first weeks of 2015 we may know the identity of the skeleton found buried beneath a massive mound at Amphipolis in northern Greece. About a third of a mile in circumference, this is Greece’s largest tomb and dates back to Alexander the Great’s reign in the late fourth century B.C. The discovery of the human remains came at the end of an extraordinary archaeological exploration that winded through huge decapitated sphinxes, walls guarded by colossal female statues and floors decorated with stunning mosaics. But archaeologists may do more than revealing who is buried in the mysterious mound. A new geophysical scan of the Kasta Hill, as the Amphipolis mound is known, has identified four areas of “especially high electrical resistance” beneath the massive monument, suggesting that further structures may lie beneath. Excavation around the new “hot spots” will possibly begin in the summer and new findings might add to the archaeological wonders...

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F ollowing the appointment of Col Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd) as the new Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, the President, League of Maritime Editors, Ovie Edomi, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to have a rethink over the appointment. Edomi on Friday, August 28, 2015, stated that though the appointment came with surprise, it could kill professionalism and spur low morale which will automatically impact on revenue drive. “First, the desire of every top Customs officer is to get to the peak of the career and impact on younger officers but in a situation where officers who have gotten to the peak cannot be called upon to head the Customs, it creates room for lack of confidence, low morale and dissatisfaction among the rank and file. The crop of Customs officer that Nigeria presently has has been well trained at home and abroad and can stand out amongst other Customs officers globally. It would only have been fair for Mr President to appoint from among the ra...

Press statement from revered lawyer, Festus Keyamo The so-called “uproar” over the perceived “lopsided” appointments made so far by President Buhari is nothing but an orchestrated frustration of a few jobless politicians who depend only on government appointments as their means of livelihood and, of course, the noise of the latest opposition party in town. The majority of Nigerians want to see good governance, pure and simple, and care less about the ethnic origin of those appointed into positions.  My worry is that the decade-long general division of government positions into “juicy” and “non-juicy”, and the mentality that these few “juicy” positions must be shared equally amongst the major ethnic groups was nothing but a contraption of the old order from which we have just liberated ourselves. To my mind, all government appointments pose an equal challenge to those appointed as a call to higher service of fatherland. All public positions come with an equal responsibil...

A former member of the National Assembly from Plateau State, Honourable Bitrus Kaze has accused President Mohammadu Buhari and the APC-led federal government of bias in its fight against insecurity in the country, reminding Buhari of his promise to ‘belong to everybody and to nobody’.  In a statement issued in Jos, Kaze noted that the APC-controlled federal government has carried on with the fight against insecurity as if some sections of the country matter more than others.  “While taking over the reins of power, President Muhammadu Buhari relocated the military command centre to Maiduguri where it will remain until Boko Haram is completely subdued.  “Also, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has of recent been traversing Borno State and other parts of the North East, the birthplace and operational base of the Boko Haram insurgents. But most regrettably, the federal government has completely turned a blind eye to the perpetual killings by ‘unknown herdsmen’ on the Plateau.”...