After a fierce gun battle, Nigerian troops on Monday destroyed over 100 Boko Haram fighters and rescued about 1200 villagers held captive by the insurgents.
Abujacitynews learnt that the soldiers confronted the insurgents at a local market in Boboshe village where they usually gathered on Mondays to trade.
Acting on a tip-off, the troops stormed the market where they engaged in a ferocious firefight with the insurgents who usually came there armed....
Wednesday, 3 February 2016
The World Health Organization, WHO, has warned that Africa, Asia and parts of Southern Europe are susceptible to the spread of the zika virus.
Anthony Costello, WHO Director for Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health, said on Wednesday in Geneva, Switzerland that if it was confirmed that the mosquitoes that carried Zika virus were present in Africa, parts of southern Europe and Asia, particularly South Asia, then there could be a problem.
He said...
A thanksgiving service celebrating a retired school principal's survival of an automobile accident ended in an anti climax when the celebrant died inside the church after a session of vigorous dancing.
The incident happened around 11am on Sunday during church service at Redeemed People’s Mission Church in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital.
A member of the congregation said that the celebrant had been involved in a road accident which confined him...
The government of Brazil has explained that female athletes and spectators coming to the country for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games have no risk if they are not pregnant.
President Dilma Rousseff’s chief of staff, Jacques Wagner was quoted by Reuters as saying that women who are not pregnant have zero risk from zika virus after the World Health Organization declared the virus a global public health emergency.
“We have to explain to those coming to...
The Nigerian Football Federation, NFF has started mobilizing Kaduna fans to ensure maximum support for the Super Eagles when they clash with the Pharaohs of Egypt in next month's first leg AFCON 2017 qualifier at the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna.
The president of the NFF, Mr Amaju Pinnick told Daily Sunsports that the match is a must win if the Eagles have to keep hope of qualification for AFCON 2017 soccer championship alive.
“I know the Eagles...
Tuesday, 2 February 2016
A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Gudu, Abuja has been told how a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye shared N1.162b Ecological Fund belonging to the state to his political associates.
Dariye who was the governor of Plateau State from 1999 to 2007 is now a senator representing Plateau Central Senatorial Zone in the National Assembly.
Detective Musa Sunday of the EFCC led in evidence by prosecution counsel Rotimi Jacobs...
The Prime Minister of Italy, Mr Matteo Renzi was on Monday conferred with the Honorary Citizenship of Abuja by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello.
Bello presented the key to the city of Abuja to Mr Renzi at the Presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
The Italian Prime Minister was on a one day official visit to Nigeria.
Bello described Abuja as the symbol of Nigeria's unity....
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