Photos Troops repel attack in Pulka and Bitta 16 terrorists killed arms and ammunition recovered

Troops of 26 and 28 Task Force Brigades repelled an early morning daring attack by fleeing Boko Haram terrorists on military locations at Pulka and Bitta in the fringes of Sambisa forest.

Yesterday, March 8, troops of 114 Task Force Battalion came under three-pronged attack by Boko Haram terrorists fanning out of Sambisa forest from Damboa, Tokumbere and Pulka axis. At the end of the debacle, 2 Boko Haram insurgents paid for their atrocities with their lives while several others sustained gun shot injuries. The fate that befell those that attacked Pulka was more dreadful.

The ever ready and vigilant troops rose to the occasion by repelling the attacks and killing all the 16 attackers and captured one of them alive during the exploitation. The gallant troops also recovered 11 AK-47 rifles, 3 General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMGs), 1 Browning Machine Gun (BMG) and 2 Toyota Hilux vehicles. Others are a 60mm Mortar tube, 7 boxes of 12.7mm ammunition and 1 belt of 12.7mm ammunition.

There were no casualty on the troops except for 3 soldiers that sustained minor injuries. The troops remained on maximum alert and are equally busy consolidating and continuing with their clearance operations with high morale.

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Watch How Indomie Took Mother’s Day a Step Further

Sunday 6 March 2016, marked the celebration of mothers in Nigeria. The day was filled with memories for mothers and their children who took out time to celebrate their favorite heroines and icons. For most brands it was a time to key into the trend and join in the celebration.

One brand however stood out with their campaign to celebrate mums like no other. Indomie took mother’s day a step forward by adding great emotions with how they chose to celebrate Nigerian mothers.


The campaign Thanks Mum for Every Special Moment. In a very emotional video message, Indomie got children to share and send their mother’s day good will messages to their watching mothers behind the scene. Watch as these kids put smiles on the faces of their mothers by saying the best things about their mum, courtesy of Indomie #MumLikeNoOther.

In addition to sharing the mother’s day spirit, Indomie is taking bold steps with their mother’s day CSR initiatives. The CSR activities is currently on-going in 18 key cities in Nigeria, where they are visiting different maternity and orphanage homes bearing branded gifts from the brand.

Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/indomieinstantnoodles/videos/1155408417816717/ , join the campaign and Indomie may just surprise your mum.

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Man killed in Lagos over urine confrontation

An unidentified middle-aged man was reportedly killed, after he saw a man, named Friday Momoh urinating beside a parked truck at Berger Suya area of Lagos State, yesterday. The victim had reportedly previously warned Momoh not to urinate at that location due to the stench emanating from there.

Unfortunately, the confrontation turned into a fight that involved 3 other people who got injured. During the fight,  Friday stabbed the victim with a broken bottle which led to his death.

According to Vanguard, when their correspondent got to the location, all shops were locked up as traders deserted their shops due to fear that the fight could escalate.

The victim’s corpse had been deposited in the morgue, while the injured victims have been taken to the hospital.

The Divisional Police Officer from Trinity Division and his men were seen at the location trying to restore peace and order.



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Xenophibia Nigerians demand compensation from S Africa as Jacob Zuma visits Nigeria

On Tuesday, South African president Jacob Zuma paid a courtesy visit to President Buhari and Nigerians in the diaspora called on President Buhari to ensure the South African government adequately compensates victims of the 2015 xenophobia attack.

Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, president of Nigeria Union, South Africa urged president Buhari to seize the opportunity of Zumas visit to ask for compensation, saying none of the Xenophobia attack victims have been compensated since then despite losing their means of livelihood.

“Lots of Nigerians lost their means of livelihood, material possessions and for many, all their hard work. We have sought for compensation on behalf of these victims from the South African government through the Nigerian government so that the victims can be adequately compensated. Up to this point in time nothing has been heard about the compensation request on behalf of the victims. For some years now, a lot of Nigerians in South Africa have been victims of assassination by unknown people and rogue officers of the South African Police Service. Most of the cases have not been solved and nobody has been arrested in majority of the cases, even as many of them were reported to the police with official case numbers, this is strange in a country where the police force is efficient and the rate of successful prosecution is high up to 92.2 per cent in 2014/15. We implore the minister to demand from the highest level of South African authorities to set up a panel to investigate our claims and address our concerns,” Anyene said.

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