Troops of the Nigerian Army on Friday overpowered and forced fighters of Boko Haram out of the Southern part of Borno State. The source that spoke with Daily Trust on the development disclosed that the terrorists attacked Damboa town around 6:35 am and opened fire. The attack on the community created tension among residents of the affected community, but troops engaged the terrorists forcing them to retreat. The security source noted that the insurgents on Friday could not stay in the invaded community up to 30 minutes after troops engaged them.

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has rejected plans by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to redesign the naira notes, claiming that the plan is political. Speaking while inaugurating the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Women Campaign Council at the Presidential Campaign Secretariat in Benin City, the Edo State capital, Obaseki said the move was a ploy by the All Progressives Congress-led government to sway voters ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Some days back we got report that one of Richard Mofe Damijo's son, Kome was getting ready to walk down the aisle. No sooner after news of the wedding went viral on social media and the blogsphere, pictures of the lovebirds have emerged. See photos below. Source: Legit.ng ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7rbHGoqtnppdkgXOEl21loaydoQ%3D%3D

A student of the University of Jos, Nkem Chidebelu, who lost her 62-year-old mother, Monica Chidebelu, in Jos explosion said she sometimes regrets being Nigerian because of security situation in the country. In an interview, Nkem Chidebelu told how she found out that her mother was affected by the explosion and how she had to identify her mother's body. According to grieving daughter, she was at the main campus when it happened.

Politician and Democrat who served both as the thirty-fourth and thirty-ninth Governor of the State of California. He ran unsuccessful bids for the Democratic nomination for President in 1976, 1980, and 1992. Before Fame He graduated top of his class at the San Francisco College of Law, which helped pave the way for his political career. Trivia There was a 28 year gap between his second and third term as Governor and though, when he was first elected Governor in 1975 he was one of the youngest Governors in the state's history, by the time he was re-elected in 2011 he had become the state's oldest Governor ever.