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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-TROOPS of 3 Battalion, 22 Brigade Nigerian Army in collaboration with a team of members of Civilian Joint Task Force, JTF, yesterday,killed nine Boko Haram terrorists. The combined military and civilian JTF also rescued a total of 998 persons from the grip of Boko Haram terrorists, in Ngala, Borno State. The feat was achieved when the troops and the Civilian JTF embarked on a combined fighting patrol to the area. The development followed a confirmed information about the presence of remnants of Boko Haram terrorists in some villages around Ngala. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Usman, who disclosed this in a statement, said the patrol team had a fierce encounter with the terrorists at Ndufu which they decisively dealt with before proceeding to clear Muktu and Muzuri, as well as nearby communities within the area. “Although some of terrorists fled to various direction on sighting the troops, the patrol team w...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Mr. Femi Adesina, spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari has published an article, “They learnt Nothing and forgot nothing”, where he said shame to those wishing death for Buhari. He decried the false publications about the death of Buhari and said: “Shame upon evil wishers, purveyors of lies and wickedness. “Do they have blood running in their veins at all? Do they realize that wishing another person dead, is sin before God?, he asked” The President is currently in London for follow up treatment. Adesina said it was wrong for any group of people to wish the President dead and clone websites of international media houses to announce the falsehood. “Why do some people want their own President dead? Why do they want the eclipse of a man who is actuated by nothing other than love for his country? Why have they constituted themselves into enemies of national progress, haters of all that is good? ” But must any human being be hateful to the point of wishing anot...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A suicide bomber has killed himself in a failed attempt to attack students at the University of Maiduguri. According to reports at some minutes past 10 am, one male adult suicide bomber hid in the bush within the University of Maiduguri (Unimaid) community surrounding, supposedly trying to gain access into university where students are gathering. Unfortunately for him the IED exploded and killed him. No casualty was recorded. Emergency workers from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and that of the state (BOSEMA) were drafted to the scene. The corpse of the suspected suicide bomber has been deposited at Borno specialist hospital. The post Failed suicide bomber kills self at Unimaid appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2q6HSpg

http://ift.tt/2q6nHYs Apple-I . PHOTO: CNN A rare working Apple-1, the first computer produced by Steve Jobs’ world-beater-to-be company four decades ago, sold for less than expected at auction in Germany on Saturday. One of only eight working models in the world, the machine fetched 110,000 euros ($125,000), well below the expected 180,000-300,000 euros — suggesting that a spike in prices after Jobs’ 2011 death is definitely over. “From our point of view we are back at normal levels. Five years after the death of (Apple co-founder) Steve Jobs the ‘hype’ has settled back,” Uwe Breker, who oversaw the auction in Cologne, told AFP. Breker’s auction house, which specialises in the sale of technical antiques, had also been involved in a 2013 sale of another Apple-I — which fetched 516,000 euros. The model auctioned off Saturday and whose original owner was a Californian engineer, still had its receipt, its operating manual and other documents. “(The Apple 1) was one of the fi...