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About 6,000 Boko Haram fighters are encircled by soldiers from the Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF) around Madagali and Gulak and are negotiating a possible surrender as the noose tightens. Since 2009, Boko Haram has been waging a brutal war against Nigeria in a bid to establish an Islamic caliphate and over the last year has enjoyed substantial success on the battlefield. It scored military success, making sweeping gains across Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States, capturing 13 local government areas. Alarmed by the raging success of the terrorists, Nigeria, Niger Republic, Chad and Cameroon decided to form the MNJTF that would enable to cooperate militarily. Over the last week, the MNJTF has enjoyed significant success, particularly with the arrival of battle-hardened Chadian troops who over the weekend reclaimed the town of Gamboru-Ngala near the Chad border with Nigeria. In a further setback for Boko Haram, Nigerian troops were able to repel two spirited attacks on the Borno...

About 16 million girls, aged 15 to 19, and some one million girls, under 15 years, give birth yearly in developing countries with Nigeria inclusive. Complications during child-birth and pregnancy are the second causes of death for 15-19 years old girls worldwide. For some adolescents, pregnancy and child bearing are planned and wanted, but for many others, they are not. Some girls do not know how to avoid being pregnant as sex education is still rare and elitist in many countries, including Nigeria. Again, many girls are ignorant, poor or ashamed to seek contraception services. Nigerian girls easily give to sex overtures from men, unable to refuse unwanted sex or resist coerced sex which is often unprotected. There are million s of unsafe abortions among teenage girls which parents don’t know about or some could be collaborators in attempts to protect the future of the girls. Research has shown that in developing countries, babies born to mothers under 20 years of age face 50% high...

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Barely a week before resumption for the 2014/2015 session, the management of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, MAPOLY, Abeokuta has released the new school fees regime for the new session. The new fees regime shows a difference from the promise made by the Ogun State governor, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun to slash the tuition fees of all Ogun-Owned tertiary institutions by 61%. It can be recalled that the state governor promised students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, will be paying as low N40,000 for Higher National Diploma (HND), while National Diploma (ND) students will enjoy a reduction of N22,300, a reduction of 31.1 and 9.6 per cent respectively. However, the new fees regime has abolished the indigene/non-indigene dichotomy, as all students offering the same course and the same level would pay same fees. Meanwhile, some students of the polytechnic have taken to social media to voice their displeasure over the new fees regime as they described the governor as unreliable. ...

Jonathan Second term Ambition And A Schoolgirl’s Diary. YOU DON'T NEED TO BE A GRADUATE TO KNOW THAT; Am not going to vote for someone who once had no shoes and school bags as a student but now has lots of shoes and bags but made students go on strike for about Eight (8) months. NEVER, am not going to vote for someone who could not rescue about 230 school girls but still has plan to rule a country of about 200million people. NEVER, am not going to vote for a grown up man who took advice from a 17year old girl (pakistan little girl) before he could make his own decision. NEVER, Am not going to vote for a black commander of Army who brought white marine soldiers to do his job for him and still yet nothing was done. NEVER, Am not going to vote for a government who could not provide job for my elder sister who has a Master Degree. NEVER, am not going to vote for a man that Boko Haram are killing his own people everyday and has no plan on how to stop the killing but can’t wait ...

British millionaire Shrien Dewani on Monday pleaded not guilty to charges of murdering his young bride while on honeymoon in Cape Town as his long-awaited trial got under way. Speaking from the dock, Dewani, dressed in a dark suit and tie, glanced nervously around court and said he was "not guilty" of charges of murder, kidnapping and obstructing justice. The prosecution is expected to argue that Dewani is a gay man who was so desperate to escape an arranged marriage that he hired hitmen to kill his bride on their honeymoon. In a statement read by defence layer Francois van Zyl, Dewani admitted he was bisexual, but said he was "instantly physically attracted" to Swedish-born bride Anni (nee Hindocha), who was shot dead on November 13, 2010, aged 28. "I've had sexual interaction with both males and females. I consider myself bisexual," Dewani's statement said. Businessman Dewani finally appeared in court after losing a three-year extradi...

At least 31 hikers were found unconscious and feared to be dead near the peak of a volcano in central Japan on Sunday, a day after it suddenly erupted, a police spokesman said. The danger of another eruption and of a release of toxic gases made it impossible to bring most of them down, he said. The spokesman, Naofumi Niyairi, said rescuers had found the fallen hikers near the top of Mount Ontake, a 10,062- foot volcano that erupted in a spectacular geyser of ash on Saturday, when the mountain was busy with climbers who had gone to see the first signs of autumn. Television images showed that the ash had blanketed the mountain’s upper slopes, turning them into a gray, lifeless moonscape. Many of the hikers were found covered in ash, and perfunctory examinations showed their hearts and lungs had stopped, Mr. Niyairi said. He said rescuers were carrying four of the fallen climbers down the mountain, but the rest had to be left behind, as the mountain continued to spew smoke on Sunday...