The South Sudanese Army (SPLA) has recaptured the town of Boma in Jonglei state after a brief battle with rebels led by David Yau Yau, SPLA officials said Monday. “The SPLA yesterday restored law and order to Boma and chased …
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South Sudan Army Recaptures Boma: Officials
Defence Headquarters on Monday announced the arrest of 120 Boko Haram insurgents in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, while organising burial of one of their commanders who was killed in an encounter with the military on Sunday.
The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola on Monday inaugurated a Tribunal of Inquiry into Collapsed Buildings in the state with an appeal to Lagosians to report to the government any building which they suspect to be unsafe or whose structural …
While Akure may never have appeared on any lists of tech startup hubs in unlikely places around the world, the largest city and capital of Ondo State in the South-Western region of…
Ugandan police raid the offices of at least two newspapers following reports that President Yoweri Museveni is grooming his son to succeed him and people opposed to the plan could be killed.
Uganda is expected to import thumbprint machines in an effort to eliminate electoral malpractices. Read more …
National Mirror reporter, Mr. Tunbosun Ogundare, shone at the weekend at the Quill Awards’ night held at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. He won the Most Educative Report of the Year category, beating Mr. Tope Templer of The Guardian newspapers. His winning entry: “Why maths should be every student’s favourite” was …
A magistrate of the Chief Magistrate’s Court, Yaba, Lagos State, Mrs. S.K Matepo, expressed surprise after two accused persons said they had no parents or relatives to check on them and help with their criminal matter. The accused persons had told the magistrate that they had no parents or relatives after …
The project coordinator and Special Adviser to Jonathan on Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Prof. Sylvester Monye, also expressed his “delight ” at the level of the work so far
Justice H .A. Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt had on Monday asked the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, to withdraw its men from the premises of Obio/Akpor local government council secretariat, which …