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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the following appointments. 1. MAJ - GEN . ABOYOMI GABRIEL OLONISAKIN " Chief of Defence Staff ". 2. MAJ - GEN . T .Y. BURATAI " Chief of Army Staff ". 3. REAR ADMIRAL IBOK-ETE E KWE IBAS " Chief of Naval Staff ". 4. AIR VI CE MARSHAL SADIQUE ABUBAKAR " Chief of Air Stall ". 5. AIR VICE MARSHAL MORGAN MONDAY RIKU " Chief of Defence Intelligence ". 6. MAJ - GEN . BABAGANA ( rtd ) " National Security Adviser ". The new chief of Defence Staff, Maj-Gen. Olonisakin (N/6901) hails from Ekiti state. Until his appointment,he was the Head of the Nigerian Army Training and Doctrine Command in Minna,Niger State. The new Chief of Army Staff, Maj-Gen. Buratai hails from Borno State. Until his new appointment,he was the Commander of the Multinational Joint Task Force which has its headquarters in Ndjamena. Maj-Gen. Buratai has previously served as Commander ...

Laid off? Lost a friend? Broken up with your Boyfriend? Here's just what you need to bounce back. 1 For when you're feeling fearful , but you know fear is destructive within itself . "Maybe there's something you're AFRAID TO say someone you're AFRAID TO or Somewhere you're A FRAID . IT''s Gonna Hurt . It's Gonna hurt because it MATTER S ". 2 FOR WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE , BUT YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO BREAK UP TO BE HEALTHY AGAIN . " Progress IS impossible without Ch ange , & t hose who cannot Chang e their minds CANNOT CHANGE ANYTHING ". 3. FOR WHEN THINGS DON'T EXACTLY GO YOUR WAY , BUT YOU MUST PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER AGAIN . " I hope you live A life you're PROUD OF . IF you find you're not , I hope you have the strength . TO START ALL OVER AGAIN ". 4. FOR WHEN   FAILURE STRIKES , BUT YOU MUST DEVELOP A NEW WAY OF T...

There are strong indications that the Islamic sect Boko Haram has forged a strong operational alliance with the ruthless Islamic State as  the two bodies have released a joint video for the first time on Saturday . This is the first video recording since Boko Haram pledged allegiance to the Islamic State last year. The video showed the picture of a suspected Nigerian soldier in a kneeling position surrounded by three terrorists with AK47 assault rifles. Later in the video,the body of the soldier was shown headless. Mail online reported that the audio message,which was  entitled "kill and be killed",was read by an unidentified spokesman for ISIS. The audio message releases through the militants' vast social media channels was read by an ISIS spokesperon who also threatened further voilencce against Christian and Jewish communities.

The Deputy senate president ,Ike Ekweremadu,on Thursday said the Boko Haram insurgency had worsened under President Muhammadu Buhari. Ekweremadu said the former president Goodluck Jonathan administration had almost rolled back Boko Haram and its activities in the North-East.

Prime Time News Nigeria: COURT BARS SUDANESE PRESIDENT FROM LEAVING S'AFRICA

A South African High Court in pretoria on Sunday issued an interim order preventing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir,from leaving the country over alleged war crime related charges. The  presiding judge,Justice Hans Fabricius,while postponing the hearing of the case till Monday (today) ,urged the south African authorities to "take all necessary steps" to prevent Bashir from leaving. The order was made upon a request by the international Criminal Court demanding the arrest of Bashir,who was first indicted in 2009. ICC had accused the sudanese president of crimes against humanity and genocide during the Darfur conflict which claimed hundreds of lives and displaced millions of people. The United Nations said about 400,000 people died and more than two million fled their home since rebel took up arms in 2003. Al-Bashir,who was sworn in this month for another five-year term,had arrived in Johannesburg,South Africa on Saturday for an African Union summit,chaired by the ...

When Thomas Jefferson wrote in the American Declaration of Independence that 'all man are created equal',he was not seeking to describe man's endowments,but their political and legal rights. He was not saying that man do not differ from one another in the powers and dimensions of their bodies,minds and characters. He was asserting that,despite variations and differences,they all possessed the right to equal political and legal treatment. We must,however,ask of what real value are political and legal equality to a man who has no bread to eat,no clothes to wear,no roof to shelter him,no chance to earn a livelihood? What we understand as a democratic society must providd for its citizen's minimum status as a member of that society,that keeps him from becoming a beggar,outcast or outlaw and that offers him some protection in his deprivation,losses and fears. In our time,the nations of the democratic world have installed elaborate systems of social security and welfare,ran...