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Boko Haram terrorists operating in the North-East region of Nigeria have threatened to bomb Abuja, Nigeria's capital city - One of the terrorists' commanders said the threat will be carried out if the federal government continues in its lie - The commander said they had just returned to Sambisa forest hale and hearty and will continue with their bombings Boko Haram terrorists operating in the North-East region of Nigeria have threatened to bomb Abuja, Nigeria's capital city. In a new video released by the group, one of the terrorists' commanders said the threat will be carried out if the federal government continues in its lie. The commander - one of those recently released in a swap deal for the abducted Chibok girls - said they have returned to Sambisa forest hale and hearty and will continue with their bombings. "The federal is a big scam. They said they have captured Sambisa forest but it’s a big lie. Our brothers are still here alive. I myself that is ...

40-year-old Alfred Andrew, became a millionaire overnight, after stealing a stack of foreign currency from his boss identified as Benedict Emmanuel. Emmanuel, a businessman who lives at the Gwarimpa housing estate in Abuja, was away from the house when his security guard, Andrew, started the gradual process of stealing his money. Andrew who hails from Bauchi state, is a Mass Communication and Information Technology graduate who enrolled in a theology school after staying jobless for years, and eventually became a pastor. Alfred Andrew threatened his boss with whistleblowing after stealing from him Andrew moved to Abuja from Plateau state in 2014, where he was hired by Emmanuel and was earning N25,000 monthly as a security guard. Narrating how he started stealing from his boss, Andrew said: “ That day, I was sweeping when I saw a key on the floor. I tried it on the padlock on my boss’ apartment and it opened. I went inside the house and was searching through his belongings when ...

Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has been lambasted and dubbed anti-Igbo by the National Association of Igbo Youths for saying that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will emerge winner of the coming November 18 governorship election in Anambra State. Okorocha was alleged to have vowed that nothing would stop the APC from taking over Anambra State in the November 18 governorship poll as well as making inciting statements against the state Governor Willie Obiano. But the National Association of Igbo Youths, unhappy with Okorocha’s alleged statements, said in a release by its national publicity secretary and national secretary, that the Imo State governor was a threat to the security and stability of Anambra and the entire South-East. “The attention of National Association of Igbo Youths been drawn to the threats, inflammatory and inciting statement made by a fellow South eastern Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State against the administration of Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra S...