Troops rescue 200 girls, 93 women in Sambisa forest

The Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, has confirmed that the troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 200 girls and 93 women during a raid on Sambisa Forest in Borno
State.

However, Olukolade could not however confirm whether the rescued girls were the Chibok girls, who were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State in April last year or not.

The Defence spokesman told punch correspondent on the telephone that the tweets on the twitter handle of the Nigeria military supplied the true
information about the military operation in Sambisa.

The Defence authorities had stated in three tweets that the soldiers rescued the girls and the women during an invasion of the Boko Haram stronghold.

It was further stated that the freed girls and women were being screened and profiled. The Defence authorities stated specifically that the military had not been able to confirm whether the girls were part of the Chibok girls, who were abducted by Boko Haram on April 14, 2014.

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Facebook rolls out video calls on Messenger in Nigeria, Norway, Oman,US & others

Facebook on Monday began rolling out video calling on its Messenger mobile application, enabling face-to-face conversations among users of the app around the world.

With the new feature, users can add video to calls to another person with the same application. “You can quickly start a video call from any conversation with just one tap,” Facebook said in a statement.

“If you’re messaging with someone and realize that words just aren’t enough, you can simply choose the video icon in the top right corner of the screen and start a video call right from within an existing Messenger conversation.”

Similar services are offered by Microsoft’s Skype, Google Hangouts and Apple’s FaceTime. Facebook last year broke off Messenger from the main Facebook application for mobile users, creating a separate platform which now has some 600 million users. The world’s biggest social network also opened up Messenger to outside developers as part of its strategy to create a “family” of apps that also includes Instagram and WhatsApp.

Free calling has been available for two years to users of Messenger, although people may be required to pay for data used during the
connections.

“Video calling will expand Messenger’s real-time communication features, enabling the more than 600 million people who use Messenger every month to reach others wherever they are, from anywhere,” the statement said. “It’s fast, reliable and high quality.”

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Wizkid in the studio with Tinie Tempah’s artists, All About She

Starboy boss, Wizkid keeps adding more to his long list of international collaborations. With his soon to be released collabo with Chris Brown still buzzing, Wizkid is in the studio recording with yet another international pop group called All About She.

All About She is a music group of 3 from London, England and the trio consists of record producers, James Tadgell, Jon Clare and singer, Vanya Taylor and they are signed to Tinie Tempah‘s record label, Disturbing London.

The collaboration is not difficult to facilitate with Wizkid also known to have a management deal with the same UK-based label.

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I Am Not A Failure Because I Am Divorced – Kate Henshaw

Beautiful Nollywood actress, Kate
Henshaw in a recent chat with City
People has disclosed that being divorced doesn’t make her a failure.

Kate who got married to Roderick Nuttal back in 1999 before her divorce in 2011 had this to say;

“Haven’t you seen people who have
been married for 20 to 25 years and
divorced? I am not perfect, no one is.
We all have our low moments. It does not mean I am a failure. Everybody goes through patches in life.”

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Asari Dokubo’s Wife Blasts Buhari, Says The Future Is Bleak For Nigerians

Wife to Niger-Delta’s Asari Dokubo,
Hajia Mujahidat Daba Dokubo-Asari has declared that the future of Nigeria will be bleak under the reign of president elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.

She made this known via a Facebook post as a reaction to reports that Buhari plans to investigate Emir of Kano, Sanusi’s missing $20 billion claims.

According to the former CBN governor and whistle blower, the money was misappropriated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) who allegedly failed to return it to the federation account.

Read Mujahidat’s comments below:

"Buhari wants to probe the poported
missing 20 billion as his no 1 piority
.well i pity for Nigerians who thinks
Buhari is the change they looking for . Like i have always said it, that this man Buhari is very vindictive and will waste his tenor as president to fight his perceived enemies . i pity Nigerians for voting Apc cos the future looks very bleak, time shall tell."

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Young Thug Is Now Engaged

In the midst of dropping his mixtape-album Barter 6 , Young Thug had another big life event, an engagement. The Atlanta rapper hinted at it through various Instagram posts, including one which showed off a pair of rings
and the caption "WILL U" as well as another of him kissing his girl with the caption "4LIFE!!!"

During a red carpet walk through at the listening session for Barter 6, Thugger confirmed his engagement will talking with AllHipHop. Although he was not very talkative, he did confirm a "yes" when asked if he was engaged.

He also spoke briefly on the distance between himself and Rich Homie Quan as well as the title of Barter 6.

"He had to focus on his career," Thug said of RHQ situation. "That’s something that he had to do. He didn’t have to do it, but he did it. I understand why he did it."

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The Game Has Been Repeating The Same "Freestyle" For Four Years

The art of freestyling isn't as honored as it once was. Many artists have been guilty of pulling out the BlackBerry or spitting "off the dome" rhymes that just happen to end up on a future single.

However, most rappers are, at
least, careful about repeating on-camera freestyles. Unfortunately, The Game must not be aware of the existence of YouTube, or Reddit, where a particularly resourceful user on the hip-hop thread found five clips of The Game spitting nearly the exact same verse.

The Game recently exhausted the verse on "Breakfast Bars" on The Cruz Show, but the same lyrics can be heard all the way back in 2011. Safe to say The Game has been caught red-handed.

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Is Amber Rose Dating Machine Gun Kelly?

Last we heard, Amber Rose seemed like she was leaning toward working things out with Wiz Khalifa, but some new photos of Rose getting pretty close with Machine Gun Kelly have Twitter going up. We can't confirm whether or not the two are actually an item, but the pics being passed around seem to indicate something's going down.

TMZ's sources say that MGK was being pretty liberal with the public booty-grabbing at LAX yesterday, and another shot shows the two out for a stroll while very much holding hands. Check out the photos below for yourself.

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