Monday 20 October 2014

News of the day at a Glance: 20/10/2014. War rages in Damboa: Nigerian soldiers and Boko Haram breaks Ceasefire.Tambuwal finally defects to APC. Jimoh Ibrahim loses Newswatch. WHO declares Nigeria Ebola free


  • War rages in Damboa: Nigerian soldiers and Boko Haram breaks Ceasefire
  • Tambuwal finally defects to APC
  • Jimoh Ibrahim loses Newswatch
  • WHO declares Nigeria Ebola free


War rages in Damboa: Nigerian soldiers and Boko Haram breaks CEASEFIRE
Despite the self-acclaimed ceasefire between Nigerian forces and Boko Haram, war is raging in Borno State. Boko Haram terrorists made attempt to retake Damboa, Borno State late Sunday night, but were repelled by Nigerian forcesDamboa had been captured by Boko Haram mid July and Boko Haram  hoisted their flag declaring it a part of their caliphate. They were however chased out after a deadly gun battle in which several soldiers and a Lieutenant Colonel were killed.The Will reports that about 25 Boko Haram jihadists were killed in the battle. Damboa lying 85km away from Maiduguri, and bordering the Sambisa forest, Boko Haram's largest training camp, is a key strategic town for Boko Haram's planned invasion of Borno State.  

-Details on The Will

Tambuwal finally defects to APC
Tambuwal finally defects to APC
The Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representative, Aminu Tambuwal has at last officially defected to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). Tambuwal's defection has long been expected and didn't surprise political analysts, as he has for a long time been hobnobbing with APC. Tambuwal is expected to pick up his APC card on Tuesday. Tambuwal has however denied the move through his aide.

-Details on Cable News

Jimoh Ibrahim loses Newswatch
Jimoh Ibrahim
Jimoh Ibrahim loses Newswatch

The fight between the original owners of Newswatch Magazine and Jimoh Ibrahim has resulted in the nullification of the of Jimoh Ibrahim's ownership of the magazine. A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday quashed the Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) which transferred ownership of Newswatch Communications Ltd to a businessman, Mr Jimoh Ibrahim. The case was brought against Jimoh by two minority shareholders, Mr Nuhu Aruwa and Prof. Jubril Aminu, urging the court to nullify the agreement which transferred ownership of the company to Ibrahim.The applicants also sought an order restraining the respondents from publishing and selling to the public, Newswatch daily and weekend magazines. Delivering judgment in the suit on Monday, Justice Ibrahim Buba upheld all the prayers of the minority shareholders. The judge also awarded the sum of N15.7million as damages against Ibrahim and also gave an order stopping further publications of Newswatch Daily.

-Details on NAN




WHO declares Nigeria Ebola free
Ebola epidemic is ravaging a couple of West African countries.

Nigeria was today officially declared Ebola-free by the World Health Organisation. The declaration came after six weeks with no new cases of Ebola disease in the country. The news for once brought Nigeria to global news on a positive note.


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