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Boko Haram terrorists killed seven Chad soldiers and wounded 15 in an overnight attack that saw 63 “terrorists” killed in return, an army spokesman told AFP on Monday. “The terrorists attacked our forces at midnight in Bouhama… in the Lake Chad region,” Colonel Azem Bermandoa told AFP, adding that “63 terrorists were killed” and the search for other attackers continues. Chad’s Defence Minister Daoud Yaya Brahim and army chief of staff Taher Erda were on their way to the scene of the fighting Monday to “evaluate the situation,” said Azem. Last month, 23 soldiers were killed in the Lake Chad region in the deadliest attack yet on the Chadian army by Boko Haram, which launched an insurgency in Nigeria a decade ago. The unrest has spread to neighbouring Niger and Chad with the Boko Haram revolt claiming more than 27,000 lives and uprooting more than 1.7 million people. Troops from Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria have been grouped into a mixed, multi-national force to fight B...

  Onnoghen A disagreement broke out in the camp of the prosecution in the trial of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, as the proceedings resumed on Monday. The disagreement started after the prosecution led by Mr. Aliyu Umar (SAN), and the defence led by Mr. Okon Efut (SAN), announced appearances for their teams. As Umar informed the tribunal that he was ready for the business of the day which was the adoption of final addresses, a member of his team, Prof. Zainab Duke, attempted to speak to the bench. With a paper in her hand, Duke tried to speak into the microphone but Umar grabbed the microphone and shouted on her to sit down. “There cannot be two leading counsel. Sit down. You cannot speak,” Umar shouted. Struggling to stand up after she sank to her seat in the middle of a struggle for the microphone with Umar, Duke told the bench, “my lord I need your protection”. Responding, the Chairman of the three-man bench, Danladi Umar, u...

The bodies of two students of Benue State University (BSU), which drown in River Benue on Friday had been found by a search and rescue team. The two students are Adakole Christopher a 100- level Math and Computer science student and Miss Emmanuellla Mson, a 100- level MBBS student. The second body of the female student identified as Emmanuella Mson was discovered around Orlam rice farm Nassarawa river rout, barely 48 hours after the body of Adakole Christopher was discovered and deposited at the morgue. According to reports, Emmanuellla’s lifeless body was found and brought back to the bank of river Benue and has since been taken by the school ambulance to the Benue State University teaching hospital. The Vice Chancellor of Benue State University (BSU) Professor Msugh Kembe, who confirmed the unfortunate incident in an exclusive interview with correspondent, described it as unfortunate and sad. Kembe said: “For we practising Catholics, it’s really a sad and regrettable ...

•Nigeria playing with disintegration without restructuring •Nigeria can’t afford severance package for non-returning federal lawmakers Second Republic Politician and lawyer, Chief Guy Ikokwu, 81, is not happy with Nigeria’s development path and wants an urgent action to stop the country from sliding into what he called irredeemable trajectory, which will lead to dismemberment. With good governance system, civility, education and technology, Ikokwu, who argued that Nigeria is still in recession, said the country will start growing at six to seven per cent per annum. In this interview with Vanguard, he among others, said that Nigeria does not need a full time legislature and cannot afford the humongous severance package for non-returning members of the National Assembly. By Clifford Ndujihe, Acting Political Editor Guy Ikokwu On the raging killings in Nigeria It is quite a serious and dangerous situation. There are more killings in Nigeria now than in any other African coun...

Tiger Woods of the United States plays an approach on the seventh hole during the final round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 14, 2019, in Augusta, Georgia. Mike Ehrmann / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP Tiger Woods completed an epic “full circle” comeback from career-threatening injury and scandal by winning the 83rd Masters on Sunday, capturing his 15th major title with an unprecedented back-nine rally. Ending an 11-year major drought, the 43-year-old American superstar — who underwent spinal fusion surgery in 2017 due to chronic back pain — seized his first major title since the 2008 US Open. “It’s overwhelming just because of what has transpired,” Woods said. “I could barely walk. Couldn’t sleep. Couldn’t walk. Couldn’t do anything. “To have the opportunity to come back, it’s one of the biggest wins I’ve ever had for sure.” Winning a fifth Masters title, and his first since 2005, cemented a fairytale comeback to the pinnacle of golf for Woods, who...

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has asked those he offended during the just-ended electioneering period in the state to forgive him. Speaking during a family thanksgiving at the Salvation Ministry Headquarters in Port Harcourt on Palm Sunday, Wike also said despite the long drawn battle against him during the same period, he has forgiven those who offended him as well. He said: “Nobody has won and nobody has lost the elections. But Rivers State has won. “I forgive anyone that has wronged me and I also ask for forgiveness from those that I have wronged.“ The Governor said that he was in Church to give thanks to God for his faithfulness in the face of fierce political battles during the 2019 General Elections. “We have come here to give God thanks because he is so faithful to us. We have come to thank God for the fight he fought on our behalf. “It is only God who can fight for us. We have no power of our own to fight,” he said. He thanked the Presiding Past...

Bayern Munich’s German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer makes a save during the German first division Bundesliga football match against Borussia Dortmund in Munich, southern Germany, on April 6, 2019. Christof STACHE / AFP Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer may face another spell on the sidelines after being substituted with a calf injury during Sunday’s win over Fortuna Duesseldorf. Neuer picked up the injury early in the first half of Bayern’s 4-1 win, pulling up after making an apparently innocuous pass. He was immediately taken off, and Bayern coach Niko Kovac confirmed after the game that it was the same calf problem which saw Neuer miss two games earlier this month. “It is the same calf that has caused him problems recently,” said Kovac. “We will examine him tomorrow, and we obviously hope it is nothing serious.” Neuer has faced an ongoing battle with injury in recent years. Two metatarsal fractures kept him sidelined for most of last season, while injuries to his finger ...