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Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno on Sunday described the fall of Sambisa Forest which served as the headquarters of ‘Boko Haram’ insurgents as a “Christmas and New Year gift” to the people of the State from President Muhammadu Buhari. Shettima stated this at the official re-opening of Major roads leading to Northern part of the state in Maiduguri. The roads include Maiduguri to Gubio to Kareto to Damasak road and Maiduguri to Monguno to Baga. “I would want to start by declaring that since I became the Governor of Borno State in over five years, this is the best Christmas season I have witnessed. “This is the best December I have witnessed and the year, 2016, is my best year so far, as Governor of Borno State. “The year 2016 is for me, Nigeria’s year of victory and Borno’s year of Hope and Resurrection,” he said. Enumerating the historic events of the year in the fight against insurgents, Shettima said 2016 “is the year that we began to have access to major towns li...

Real Madrid and Portugal star, Cristiano Ronaldo, won the 2016 Ballon D’or award on Monday, for the fourth time in his career. He’s pictured with his son and the trophy, in a new photo shared via his Instagram page.

Hope that succour would come from the Nigerian government over the freezing of the accounts of all participants in the Ponzi scheme from Russia MMM have been dashed by the The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC reacted to the freeze on Tuesday, December 13 just hours after reports began to emerge that the freeze could mean the beginning of the end of the scheme in Nigeria. The anti-corruption agency said on its official Twitter handle that there was nothing it could do if indeed the scheme had failed entirely. It noted that Nigerians had been warned about the scheme in advance and so there was nothing that it could do. Besides, it noted, there were more important corruption matters for it to face than MMM freeze. 4 h EFCC Nigeria ✔ @officialEFCC Respect your hard work and be content. Please stay away from quick return schemes. Please. Follow ...