ABUJA — Chadian soldiers have killed more than 200 Boko Haram terrorists as the soldiers recaptured Nigerian town of Gamboru after the Islamist terrorist group attacked a military base in Cameroon and were chased into north-eastern Nigeria.
In the encounter, according to Chad’s military chief in a statement, nine Chadian soldiers were killed and 21 injured when the insurgents attacked the base of the Multinational Joint Taskforce, a coalition Chad, Niger and Nigeria formed to fight Boko Haram.

Ahead of today’s National Council of State meeting, All Progressives Congress, APC, governors were, yesterday, mobilizing to fend off pressures to use the platform to push forward agitations for the postponement of this month’s scheduled elections.

Just before the nation goes the polls for the national elections, members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, will go to the polls to elect national officers to run the affairs of the central labour organization for four years.

There was pandemonium, yesterday, at Ajegunle area of Lagos State, as supporters of All Progressives Congress, APC, clashed with those of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, leaving three people dead, with 20 injured.

SENATOR Iyiola Omisore contested the governorship election in Osun State on August 9, 2014 and lost according to the results declared by INEC. He has since approached the Osun State Election Petition Tribunal with the aim of upturning the election result. In this interview, Omisore expresses optimism that the outcome of the tribunal will be in his favour just as he boasts President Goodluck Jonathan’will win the February 14 presidential elections among other issues