The Nigerian Army has of Monday denied reports stating that Boko Haram terrorists attacked its location in Adamawa and killed five soldiers. The army has said that the reports were part of calculated attempts to dissuade and put fear in the minds of returnee IDPs going back to their liberated communities. In a statement made by Brigadier General Texas Chukwu, Director, Army Public Relations said, “The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to a purported story published in a media organization on Friday 13 July 2018 captioned ‘’BOKO HARM KILL 5, HOIST FLAG IN ADAMAWA. The Nigerian Army wishes to state that the story is not only untrue but also misleading. Indeed, the Nigerian Army sees the story as a calculated attempt to drag it into mud despite numerous successes recorded against the Boko Haram Terrorists. More so, that the large number of civilians’ populace has returned to their ancestral homes where farming, fishing and other economic activities have commenced. He said, “While the Nigerian Army would not join issues... ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for intensification of sound entrepreneurship training from Primary schools so as to enhance the capacity of Nigerians in the globally competitive economic environment. This statement was made  by the vice president at the official launch of the National School Entrepreneurship Program (N-SEP) hosted by Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) in Abuja, harping on government encouragement of schools to develop entrepreneurial capacity of students. He stated that the emergence of knowledge based economy have led to the adoption of entrepreneurship education as a means of linking knowledge and skill with learning for developing critical human capital and mitigate social consequences of unemployment. He stated that two schools from Abuja were selected to represent Nigeria at the Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship (SAGE) 2018 World Cup billed for Durban, South Africa from August 8th to 14th. The Vice President noted that entrepreneurship and human capital development all over the world is seen as booster for wealth creation, employment generation, living standard,... ...

The family of Angela Igwetu, the Corps member who was shot dead by a police officer has petitioned the police to go after the management of the Abuja hospital that attended to their daughter as autopsy report faulted the claims made by the hospital. Recall that the corps member was shot at a checkpoint immediately after Ceddi Plaza by a police officer, identified as Benjamin Peters. The incident occurred after the deceased who rounded up her job at about 11pm on Wednesday, July 4, 2018, joined a few friends at a hang–out before their Passing out Parade scheduled for the following day. The corps member who was rushed to the General Hospital, Garki, eventually gave up the ghost around 6am. Debunking the hospital’s claims that it administered immediate medical aid to the deceased, Angela’s sister, Chinenye Igwetu told Punch’s correspondent that the Abuja hospital’s claims was at variance with what the autopsy report revealed. According to her, Angela’s organs were not affected by bullet. She added that the pipes inserted into the Corps member... ...

Two guards attached to Topline Security Company, contracted by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to protect its pipelines’ right of way in Lagos, have been murdered and buried in shallow graves in Ilashe, near ATLAS COVE, Lagos.  The deceased– Bello Williams, popularly called Awilo, and Oluwasegun Olusanya– were hacked to death on their way to get water from a boat that came to supply them sachet water, last Wednesday. Two other guards, Abayomi Ojugbele and Benedict Orume, who sustained bullet wounds, according to the security firm, were whisked away by Naval personnel. Briefing journalists, Topline Coordinator, Chief Joshua Aminu, identified of the naval personnel that led the team to the island(name withheld). According to him, “on the day of the incident, the company that usually supplied my men sachet water called to inform that they were coming with some bags of water. “I sent some of my boys to go and bring the bags to their tents. When our patrol team went to carry the bags of water, two... ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that malaria is responsible for more than 50 percent recorded deaths in Borno state. This was disclosed in Jere Sunday by the state Coordinator, WHO in Borno, Dr Audu Musa during the flagging off of this year’s seasonal Malaria prevention campaign held at Farm Centre internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp , in Jere Local government area of Borno state. Dr Musa said the excercise which targets 1.1 million children between the age brackets of 3 months to less than five years commenced in 13 selected local government areas, including security compromised Ngala and Monguno local government areas of the state from 14th to 17th July this year. Dr Musa added that WHO’s current data shows that children under the age of five are more vulnerable to malaria disease. He urged residents to avoid stagnant water in their surroundings, saying that such is a breeding ground for mosquitoes, the major carriers of malaria. “Let us not allow any stagnant water around us to avoid breeding of mosquitoes, the... ...

In order to empower over 15,000 youths by 2019, the management of Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Limited has just concluded a 3-day workshop in Benin, Edo State where it trained over 1,000 youths in a bid to improve their fortunes and create viable business opportunities for them. Edo state Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki spoke and also expressed delight for the empowerment program and advised participants to make best use of the skills which the NBC platform has created, promising to support participants with the best ideas with necessary funding. While commending NBC for creating such a laudable platform, Obaseki reassured the company of his administration’s total support for such laudable idea. He noted that the gesture would go a long way to complement the administration’s policies of creating opportunities for youths by acquiring skills that would match with existing job opportunities through the EdoJobs portal. The governor also said, “We are happy for what Nigerian Bottling Company is doing. I think it is a laudable initiative aimed at addressing the... ...