Boko Haram: Operation Lafiya Dole Intensify Operations Against Terrorists

Items Seized from Boko Haram

The Nigerian troops have intensified operations to clear the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists. Following the disruption of Boko Haram terrorists logistics chain and successful raids and ambushes, the 5 Brigade Quick Response Force (QRF) has further exploited beyond Kekeno-Mile 90-Gudumbali and blocked the terrorists’ logistics corridor.

During the operation, the Boko Haram terrorists suffered heavy casualties and some escaped with gunshot wounds. The troops recovered 13 motorcycles, 1,170 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), stored in 39 jerry cans.

The troops also conducted fighting patrol to clear suspected terrorists settlement along Gawala village and west of Kukawa towards Gudumbali axis and blocked them from Kukawa but there was no contact with the terrorists.
Similarly, troops of 119 Task Force Battalion conducted fighting patrol to deny Boko Haram terrorists fishing activities around Lake Chad waters.

Troops of 157 Task Force Battalion arrested a suspected Boko Haram terrorists’ spy, Mallam Goni at Garin Giwa. The 55 year old suspect claimed he transports fish for the terrorists along Fish Dam and Cross Kauwa. He is currently being interrogated at the 7 Multinational Joint Task Force Brigade Garrison.

In a related development, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai has commended the troops in various formations and units fighting the Bolo Haram terrorists and expressed happiness with their recent recorded success in the fight against the Bolo Haram terrorists. He enjoined them to work harder to clear the visages of Boko Haram terrorists wherever they might be in the North East.

'Broke' 50 Cent ordered to court after flashing cash online

50 Cent has posted lots of photos surrounded by cash -- while he's in bankruptcy court.

The rapper "50 Cent" is heading to court to explain why he's declaring bankruptcy -- while posting pictures of himself surrounded by cash on Instagram.

Curtis J. Jackson III filed for bankruptcy in July. He claims that he still makes millions, but that a flood of expensive lawsuits is killing him.

The guy who got famous for his 2003 album called "Get Rich or Die Tryin‍" has poked a lot of fun at his financial situation. But now U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Ann M. Nevins is worried the rapper is being outright dishonest.

Since October, 50 Cent has posted several photographs on Instagram of him playing with cash. In one, he's in bed surrounded by dozens of stacks of $100 bills -- easily $50,000 in that picture alone.

In another, he stacks the Benjamins to spell out "B-R-O-K-E."

In court on Thursday, the judge told the rapper's attorney: "I'm concerned about allegations of nondisclosure or a lack of transparency in the case."

"There's a purpose of having a bankruptcy process be transparent, and part of that purpose is to inspire confidence in the process," the judge said, adding that bankruptcy court is where "an honest but unfortunate debtor can come into court and seek relief."

"When that process becomes very public, the need for transparency, I believe, is even higher," she told the rapper's lawyer, James Berman.

Judge Nevins ordered the rapper to show up in court. On Friday, the rapper's legal team issued a statement saying he would show up "to make sure that all questions have been addressed."

"Mr. Jackson has been forthcoming and transparent with all creditors," his lawyers assured.

This issue was brought up in court papers filed in January by headphone maker Sleek Audio,SunTrust Bank (STI) and 50 Cent's ex-girlfriend Lastonia Leviston, three claimants in the bankruptcy case who say they're owed a combined $29 million.

In court documents, they also say 50 Cent has posted pictures of huge public performances he probably got paid for -- even though he hasn't reported that to the court.

They also pointed out that 50 Cent never admitted he owned property that he later disclosed on Instagram, saying: "My crib is almost finished in AFRICA. I'm gonna have the craziest housewarming party ever."

The trio said the rapper also hid in court papers the fact that he trademarked the valuable "50 Cent" brand back in 2004.

Snake head found in can of green beans

A Farmington woman and an LDS Church Young Women's group say they discovered the decapitated head of a snake in a can of Western Family green beans as they prepared dinner for elderly neighbors Wednesday night.

"It looked pretty much like a burnt bean. And then as I got closer to lift it off the spoon, I saw eyes. … That's when I just dropped it and screamed," said Troy Walker, who spotted the snake head when the group was lifting beans out of a slow cooker.

Walker took what she said was a snake head and the empty can back to the Harmons grocery store in Farmington where she bought the beans. She chose to leave the snake head at the store.

"My biggest concern (was) that someone else would get the body," Walker said, adding that Harmons employees were apologetic and gave her a full refund on the 30 or so cans she had purchased.

Walker and the other youth leaders threw out all of the green beans, she said, although the teenagers thought it was "kind of cool and fun."

"I haven't eaten much today because I still get a little queasy," she said Thursday. "I could not eat last night. It was just terrible."

Walker also sent a photo of the snake head to Western Family, which has begun an investigation but could not confirm Thursday exactly what Walker found in her food.

"It's a report of a foreign material in a can of green beans. (That's) what we know," said Pete Craven, Western Family chief financial officer.

The supplier of the green beans has also been notified and a review is underway, Craven said.

"At this point, the product is on hold at the wholesale level. As soon as we know something like this, we stop all shipments until we know what's going on with the foreign material," he said. "Foreign matter is not something we take lightly. We want to know what it is, and we will immediately research and do any level of correction as we can."

The company is determining which lot Walker's can came from, and tracing back where the rest of the lot ended up, according to Sharon McFadden, Western Family vice president of quality control.

Once the other cans in the lot are located, they will be pulled from store shelves.

If the presence of foreign material in the food is confirmed, the supplier of the green beans will be required to complete a corrective action report, McFadden said.

"They will go through their processes and try to determine if there was a failure of process control," she said. "Then they will have to work through that, determine what needs to be changed, and then implement those changes."

For Walker's part, she is keeping a sense of humor about the experience, which she says she will always remember as a "fun little story." The Young Women's leader said she needed to be extra persuasive when texting family members about hosting a dinner at her home this weekend.

"I said, 'I promise I am not going to serve green beans. We are not having green beans,'" she said with a laugh. "Please answer."

President Buhari at the official opening of Business for Africa, Egypt & the World in Sharm El-Sheikh Egypt (Photo)

The Business Forum being organized by the Egyptian government and the African Union Commission is aimed at promoting partnerships and accelerating private sector investment in Africa’s development.

President Buhari is to address African leaders and other at the plenary session of the Business Forum on Nigeria’s perspective on Africa’s growth and development.

Students Protest Closure Of JAMB Portal ‘Before Due Date’

Some secondary school students in Edo State due to enrol for the extermination of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) are protesting against an alleged sudden closure of the JAMB online registration portal before the due date, Channel News reported.

The students staged the protest in Benin City, the capital of the State on Friday.

In their numbers, they complained that the action of examination body would negatively affect their academic careers.

One of the students said: “This protest will not just stop here. We are going to continue until the day the JAMB will be conducted. We are going to disrupt until we are given extension for us to register.

“Some of us here, our forms are online in the CVT centres and these centres are very few in Benin City”.

Another student claimed that they were asked to go and learn a trade, condemning the comment.

She told Channels Television that since 15 of January, the examination board was already short of scratch cards.

But in a swift reaction to the protest the south-south zonal Coordinator of JAMB, Mrs Priscila Ogunsola, dismissed the claims by the students, insisting that JAMB gave enough time for the registration.

She said that JAMB had informed the students that the registration would close on February 5 and explained that some Cyber Cafe owners had thought that they could get access code to register candidates even after the deadline.

“They were hoping to still get that opportunity which never came this time around. That is just the problem,” she said.