Former Delta State Governor Felix Ibru dies at 80

• 12th March 2016

  The first executive governor of Delta state, Felix Ibru has died. He died at the age of 80. A family source said that Mr. Ibru died in Lagos after a protracted illness. Ibru was elected on the platform of the Social Democratic Party as governor of Delta briefly between 1992 and 1993, he was sacked when the military junta led by late general Sanni Abacha sacked all civilian governors in a bloodless coup.Felix Ovudoroye Ibru who was born on December 7, 1935 was an architect, Senator and former First democratic Governor of Delta State. Currently he holds the position of President General of the Urhobo Progressive Union (UPU). As a traditional chieftain of his homeland, Ibru bears the tribal honorific Olorogun and often uses it as a pre-nominal style. This title is also borne by many of the members of his large family.
  

  Military Kills Over 50 Boko Haram Terrorists, Cattle Rustlers 12th March 2016

  The Nigerian military involved in the ongoing Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Insurgency (CT COIN) operations in the North-east, has killed over 50 members of the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) group in Borno State, as well as cattle rustlers in four states of the North-west within the last 48 hours.