Sunday, 1 February 2015


Three soldiers and 123 Boko Haram militants were killed when the Islamist group attacked a Chadian army contingent in northern Cameroon, the Chadian military said Friday.

The government of Nigeria is buying Soviet-made tanks, amphibious vehicles and rocket launchers from Czech republic to combat the terrorist group, Boko Haram, according to a Thursday report by Czech daily, Mladá fronta Dnes (MfD).

Senior church figures have called on the UK government to block the creation of babies from three people.


Lagos – A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced a 50-year-old widow, Nwakpa Nwore, to three years imprisonment for dealing in Cannabis Sativa, also known as Indian hemp.


There was this three way push-and-pull at the weekend involving Gover-nor Rotimi Amaechi, General Muhammadu Buhari and a certain Alhaji Adamu Muhammed  concerning the violent pseudo-Muslim sect leader Muhammadu Marwa alias Maitatsine and how the lessons of that old case could apply to the ongoing Boko Haram war.
A Zimbabwean has been jailed for nine years for eating python, a protected species, a Zimbabwean daily reported on Friday.

The findings are important because early onset of menstruation is linked to a higher risk of breast cancer in later life, the paper said, although other experts saw flaws in the probe.