Former Cross River Deputy Governor Dies

Chief Matthias Offoboche, the former deputy governor of Cross River state in the second republic and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party  is dead, according to family source.

The octogenarian elder statesman passed away on Sunday, October 25, The Guardian reports.
Confirming his death on Tuesday, October 27, Juliana Offoboche, wife of the deceased and former director of public prosecution in Cross River said he has been having some health challenges since August.
She said: “Yes, it is true. He often gave us some premonition of his death. He would urge us to hurry up to complete any task he wanted done by jokingly telling us: `hurry up, I may not be here.
“But he did not die in London last week as speculated.
“Who took him there? Did they take him there? I am presently in his house in Abuja, devastated. Surely, we will get back to you.”

She however refused to give details on the cause of his death.
Offoboche was the deputy to late Chief Clement Isong, former governor of the state on the platform of the defunct National Party of Nigeria (NPN).
Until his death, he had been campaigning for the creation of Ogoja state and power shift to the Northern senatorial district of Cross River.
He studied Medicine in Dublin and did postgraduate course in the Royal College of Physicians, London.
He was a specialist Obstetrician Gynecologist, a politician and an Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON).

B'Haram: Soldiers Reveal What Boosts Their Morale

Soldiers of the Nigerian army who are fighting with insurgents in Baga have said that they are not very comfortable with the use of artillery.

Soldiers of the Nigerian army

Speaking with Daily Post, the soldiers said that they prefer using rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) as the machine boosts their morale and encourages them to fight against the deadly Boko Haram sect.
According to one of the soldiers, the artillery should be scrapped because terrorists do not fear the sound that it produces, but they are afraid of RPGs.
“Last week when they brought RPGs, see how happy our guys were. We charged at the Boko Haram guys and killed over 100, but we lost 4 soldiers. In fact, it is better than before, when artillery will be firing but no target. This one, you will see how you are clearing the Boko Haram boys and you are sure you killed them,” the officer said.
Speaking about the recent Boko Haram attack, another soldier said:
“Three days ago at Durun Giwa, the insurgents came attacking us with mortar. They fired over hundred and arrested one Fulani man and stripped him naked. They sent him to us to tell us that we should be gathering all the weapons because they are coming to collect everything.”
The soldier said that they allowed the Fulani man to go back and tell militants that they were gathering the weapons, and they should come and collect them.
He added that after a short time, insurgents began to fire at them, but when the soldiers returned fire with the RPGs, the area was cleared of the insurgents in 30 minutes.

The soldiers revealed that they were happy with the decision of the military authorities that they would now spend two years at an assignment and be transferred. However, one of the soldiers did not want to leave Maiduguri after he was transferred out of the state.
“He did not want to leave because he was never asked to go to the bush to fight, otherwise he would have appreciated God for the transfer,” another soldier noted.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Air Force has carried out air strikes and destroyed the terrorists’ vehicle workshops, fuel and ammunition dumps all within the Sambisa forest.
Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar assured Nigerians that with these successful strikes on the terrorists, their capabilities have been further degraded to pave the way for the final onslaught by the land forces to meet President Mohammadu Buhari’s directive to bring the insurgency in the north-east to an end.

PHOTO: COAS Decorates 2,903 Soldiers

Lt. General Tukur Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) has decorated 2,903 brave soldiers currently fighting the Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram, with medals in Mubi, Adamawa state.

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Burutai (R), decorating with a medal, Brig. Gen. Victor Ezugwu, the commander, of the 28 task force Brigade fighting insurgents, during the chief of army staff’s visit to Mubi in Adamawa Photo credit: NAN

Buratai told the soldiers at the 28 Task Force Brigade Headquarters, Mubi, on Tuesday, October 27, that the decoration was part of the military tradition to motivate its personnel at the war front, The Punch reports.
He said: “I am in Mubi together with some key military personnel to see and get firsthand operational requirements of the Brigade and its affiliated units as well as to identify challenges facing them. I have been briefed and I am happy, the Brigade and its units are doing very well, I highly commended their efforts.”
He reaffirmed that their sacrifices for protecting the country’s sovereignty from enemies would never be elapsed.
The chief of Army staff earlier, at the emir’s palace thanked the monarch for the support given to the Brigade.

He also appreciated the cooperation between hunters, vigilance groups and the Brigade, saying that the development is highly useful and should be maintained.
“We will not relent, we still need continued cooperation because we are working toward limit time of December deadline. We, therefore, solicit for your support, particularly timely information and report of any suspicious character,” Burutai said.
The Emir of Mubi, Alhaji Isa Ahmadu, in his response assured Buratai of his people’s continued support for the military to achieve its goals.
In the same vein, the Chief of Army Staff on Monday, October 26, paid a morale boosting visit to war-torn Yobe and Borno states, in a bid to ensure the military keeps up with its promise of crushing Boko Haram by December.
Buratai a few days ago reiterated that Nigerian troops will wipe out Boko Haram sect by December, was spotted in Yobe and Borno states, which have both been under serious attacks recently.

House Of Reps Investigate EFCC

Following the allegation of non-remittance of sized fund and forfeiture of properties worth over N1 trillion by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the House of Representatives has ordered its standing committee to commence investigation into the case.

House of Representatives

The House also agreed to reassign the investigation raised against the EFCC boss, Ibrahim Lamorde by George Uboh to either ICPC or the Police.
The need for the investigation was move by House minority leader, Leo Ogor(PDP, Delta) under matters of national importance tagged: “Urgent Need to Investigate the Non-remittance of Court-forfeited Funds and Properties by the EFCC Into Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation and for other Related Matters”.

Ogor added that George Uboh had already presented a petition against past and present leaders of EFCC over misappropriation of fund which the Senate is currently investigating.
He said: “The past and present leadership of the EFCC is being accused of diversion of funds worth billions of naira meant to be paid into the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federation.”
Meanwhile, the federal government had reportedly ordered a discreet investihation of the allegation of diversion of recovered fund leveled against the chairman of EFCC. The investigation is said to be carried by the Ministry of Justice.
Lamorde had accused of diverting N1 trillion proceeds of corruption which was recovered by EFCC. The director of public prosecutions of the federal Ministry of Justice, Muhammad Diri, had indicated that the allegations against Lamorde should be investigated and the result sent to him.

Must see: Police Arrest Four Fake Soldiers In Lagos..

Fake soldiers who were arrested at Idi-Araba, Agege and Mile 2 areas of Lagos state. Photo Credits: The Nation

The Nation reports that the fake soldiers were paraded by Fatai Owoseni, the commissioner of the police, on Tuesday, October 27.
According to the police, the suspects are 25-year old John Izunwanne, 23-year-old John Otu, 22-year-old Richard Acha, and 39-year-old Simon Anthony.
Briefing journalists, Owoseni said that materials recovered from the suspects included: two Nigerian army camouflage uniforms, army camouflage t-shirts, a pair of boots, two army belts and two jungle hats.
One of the arrested men, Anthony, revealed that he had been dismissed from service as a corporal for falling out from duty.
“I was dismissed in January 2014 for falling out from duty. I am from Adamawa state. I wanted to use the uniform to travel to Lagos because I had no transport money. But unfortunately, I was arrested by soldiers,” he said.

Another suspect, Acha, said that he had found the camouflage t-shirt inside the bag his brother gave him at Ikeja cantonment.
Izunwanne told journalists that he bought the uniform at Ojo Cantonment on September 2.
“I wanted to go and sign my army recruitment form at Ojo Barracks when I bought the uniform at the Mammy Market. However, on October 7, my friend had a court case and I was to appear in court as a witness. The court was in Agege and I did not have the transport fare to go, so, I decided to wear my uniform to save me the cost of transportation,” he said.
Otu said that he heard his friends were arrested and went to the police to secure their bail, but was also apprehended for wearing the uniform.
Earlier this year, the Lagos state police command apprehended three fake soldiers, one fake Air Force personnel and three car snatchers.
Owoseni revealed that one of the suspects threatened to blow up the Command Headquarters because police officers at Ipaja Division refused to grant his friend bail.

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Amber Rose Attacks Magaz

Amber Rose in the new edition of GQ Magazine. She was photographed by Robert Maxwell. Credit: GQ

The TV star who featured in a GQ edition yesterday October 21 has expressed complete dissatisfaction at the way the publication described her saying she ‘was so excited to be featured in GQ not realizing [she] Was shooting for a tabloid’.
The interview written by Carrie Battan described the blonde as a former stripper among other things.
“Amber Rose wrote the book on it. No, seriously: Kanye’s infamous ex, Wiz Khalifa’s baby mama, America’s toughest bald babe since Sigourney Weaver in Alien 3, is about to publish a book of life lessons called How to Be a Bad Bitch. Like Amber herself, it’s all heart. Unlike Amber, it’s not that thick! The teen stripper turned megalomaniac muse spoke to Carrie Battan about her beautiful dark twisted journey to the top.”
The writer had also written of how much Amber had to deal with unacceptable situations in the relationship.

Amber Rose in the new edition of GQ Magazine. She was photographed by Robert Maxwell. Credit: GQ

”Let’s get this out of the way: Amber Rose is the most famous girlfriend in rap history. She went from the streets of South Philly to the stripper pole to the background of music videos to Kanye’s arm, where she stayed for two of the most turbulent years of his career—the period following his mother’s death in 2007, and the ambivalent reception to his post-Graduation follow-up, 808s & Heartbreak—all while becoming an object of fascination and lust among music fans and gossip blogs. Rose was in the audience watching in proud exasperation as West stormed the stage during Taylor Swift’s VMA acceptance speech, and she was along for the disastrous media tour that followed. She was by his side as he went into self-imposed exile from the press. She was with him as he masterminded his own redemption story onMy Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, an album that rendered the demise of their borderline-pornographic relationship in hi-def. She has seen some shit. She has definitely heard some shit,” Battan wrote.
Reacting to this Amber has called out the magazine saying she touched on several key issues in the course of the interview and photoshoot only for her past life as a stripper to be the highlight of the publication.
She went on her Instagram and copied the magazine in a deep set of words as she poured out her anger:
Amber wrote: “Really @gq??? I’m so much more then Kanye’s Ex or Wiz’s baby’s mama. Damn, why the (expletive) did u guys reach out to me for this article and photoshoot? To dumb me down? I talked about feminism and my Slutwalk… Wtf nice title smh I expected so much more from u guys and I’m so disappointed. I was so excited to be featured in GQ not realizing I was shooting for a tabloid. My slutwalk was for ignorant (expletive) like this. Oh “Her beautiful dark twisted journey to the top”? Nice pun. Negative af. Thx for nothing.”