Tag: destruction
ISIS ‘caliphate’ near destruction – Pentagon
The defeat of the “caliphate” that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed in Syria is near, top…
IS fighters fleeing Iraq leave carnage behind
As Islamic State fighters are being routed from cities and towns across Syria and Iraq, they increasingly leave behind carnage,…
Boko Haram destroyed 956,453 houses, 5, 335 classrooms in Borno
Some 20,000 people have been killed in the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno state in northeast Nigeria, according to a…
Of Ambition And Destruction: Truncating The ‘Change’ We Desire
By Olusegun Ejiwunmi BACKGROUND Dr. Bukola Saraki is not a bastard although some people will like to call him that…
INEC Treading Path Of Destruction —Fashola
Kazeem Ugbodaga & Eromosele Ebhomele Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has warned that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is…
Nigeria’s Sharia police destroys 240k bottles of beer
The local police enforcing Islamic law in Nigeria’s city of Kano publicly destroyed some 240,000 bottles of beer, equivalent of…
Accumulated Pain
Sitting on my rowing machine; doing a mild but useful exercise, I thought it wise to turn on the television…
Emergency Proclamation: So Far So Good
By Chris Olukolade Boko Haram, a religious sect which had emerged by taking advantage of democracy–the system of government which…
N400m fake drugs destroyed
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday in Makurdi, destroyed substandard, fake and adulterated…
Gambia destroys Europe bound $1billion seized cocaine
Gambia’s government Monday held a public destruction of more than two tonnes of cocaine worth about one billion dollars seized…
JTF Destroys Illegal Products, Arrest Police ASP
Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Pulo Shield, Sector 3 of the 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, on Wednesday destroyed 10,000 drums…
Sorrow, Tears, Blood In Ajah
Arson, destruction and deaths are vestiges of the recent attack on Ilaje community in Ajah, a suburb of Lagos Despite…
NDLEA destroys $87million heroin, other drugs
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Thursday destroyed drugs it estimated to be worth N13.6…
Heavy Rain Devastates Ado-Ekiti
A rain storm in the early hours of Monday caused havoc in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. The downpour blew…
Mali’s lawless Islamic group destroys 15th c. shrine
Armed Islamists from a hardline group occupying lawless northern Mali on Saturday destroyed the shrine of a revered Muslim saint…