Niger army fights Boko Haram for Lake Chad island after attack

Niger's army is fighting to recapture an island in Lake Chad after it was seized by hundreds of Boko Haram militants aboard motorized canoes, army sources said on Sunday.

Boko Haram, hardline Islamists who want to establish a caliphate in the region, attacked the island of Karamga at dawn on Saturday, their second attempt to capture it since February, army and government sources said.

Lake Chad's islands, which lie in dense swampland, are an ideal base for mounting surprise attacks on the countries bordering the lake: Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria.

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Asari Dokubo Threatens To Deal With Buhari

Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Asari Dokubo, for the umpteenth time, has threatened to deal with Mohammadu Buhari if the president-elect chooses to imbibe a Pharaoh like regime when he assumes office on May 29.

The ex-warlord also dismissed fears that Buhari could send any one to jail, saying the president-elect does not have the power to imprison anybody.

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I Will Probe NNPC Missing $20 Billion – Buhari To Jonathan, Diezani

Torrid time may be awaiting alleged looters in the outgoing government of President Goodluck Jonathan as President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Sunday said his administration would take a second look at the claim by a former Governor of the Central Bank (now Emir of Kano),

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Vacancy - Trides Care Beverages Ltd Job Vacancy for a Graduate Admin Officer

Employer: Trides Care Beverages Limited

The Company
Trides Care Beverages Limited is a new manufacturer and bottler of all natural healthy as well as functional beverages.

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Oyo Guber Poll: APC Mocks Ladoja, Advises Ex-governor To Accept Defeat

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged Senator Rashidi Ladoja to wake up from the world of the spirit and see the reality that Abiola Ajimobi is governor-elect of Oyo state.

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OFFICIAL: INEC Declares Winners Of Imo, Abia Polls

The Peoples Democratic Party’s Dr Okeize Ikpeazu has been declared as the winner of the 2015 Abia gubernatorial election.
 
The official results were declared by the INEC returning officer in the state, Prof. Ozumba at 4:54am Sunday, in Umuahia.

Prof. Ozumba revealed that Ikpeazu polled a total of 264,713 votes to beat his closest challenger, the former managing director of Diamond Bank, Alex Otti of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, who got 180, 882 votes.

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