Boko Haram's Attempt To Capture Town Foiled By Military

 Boko Haram insurgents recently attempted to capture Uba town, just about 35 kilometers from the commercial town of Mubi but were stopped by the Nigerian Military.

Boko Haram Insurgents

Witnesses on ground revealed that the military engaged the insurgents and that they had attacked around 7:30am Saturday morning.

'Your Assasination story is not true' - MEND replies Pres. Jonathan

MEND’s Spokesman, Jomo Gbomo, has replied this statement from the presidency and speech from his rally where they claimed MEND leader, Henry Okah, had attempted to assassinate pres. Jonathan

"We challenge President Jonathan to come out and reveal to the nation the names of the persons he claimed paid Mr Henry Okah to assassinate him.

80yr old man arrested for allegedly raping 12yr old in Ekiti

80 year old Pa Olajide Ojo (pictured above) has been arrested by the Ekiti state Police command for allegedly raping a 12 year old girl at his resident located at No. B22, Oke Ode Idogun Street, Ikole–Ekiti on 24th of December, 2014. 

Kwankwaso Appoints Christain Female Acting Chief Judge

Kano State Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso has appointed a Christian woman, Justice Patricia Mahmoud, to the position of Acting Chief Judge of the state.

Justice Patricia Mahmoud

According to Sahara Reporters, she has replaced Justice Shehu Atiku, who retired from judicial service after attaining the mandatory 65 years of age.

Kano Religious Police Destroys Thousands Of Beer Bottles

The Kano State Hisbah Board in a statement released today says, it has destroyed 326,151 bottles of beer out of the 363, 853 it confiscated from members of the public in the past three years.

The religious police officers who hailed all those that made it possible, also called on the State Government to provide the board with necessary facilities particularly operational vehicles to enable it discharge its duties more effectively.

AirAsia QZ8501: Plane Tail Lifted From Seabed

In a bid to locate the black boxes of a crashed Air Asia plane investigators lifted the tail portion of the jet out of the Java Sea, on January 10, 2015, Saturday, two weeks after it went down, killing 162 people on board.

The tail of Air Asia QZ8501 passenger plane, Reuters

The tail was lifted from the seabed in the water between Indonesian islands of Borneo and Java after investigators detected underwater ping-like sounds. Although it was unclear whether the sounds were coming from the recorders or not, the operation to hoist the tail from a depth of about 30 metres

Baby Born With Teeth Shocks Doctors and Parents

A newborn baby astonished her parents and nursing staff after she was born with two fully formed lower front teeth, Branson, Missouri, US.
The doctors and nurses who delivered Alyssa Bella Bailey on December 28 couldn’t believe their eyes when the newborn baby started to cry.

Little Alyssa Bailey shows off the two front teeth she was miraculously born with

“Right when she first arrived, everybody was just shocked. Just like, ‘She has two front teeth? No kidding? Really?’ It was just a big talk about it  in the delivery room,” Alyssa’s mother said.