PHOTONEWS: PRESIDENT BUHARI RECEIVED HIS FRENCH PRESIDENT HOLLADE

President Muhammadu Buhari recieved the French President Hollande in Abuja as the second Regional Security Summit (RSS) kickoff today. Other presidents that are expected are Cameronian President Paul Biya, Chadian and Nigerien Presidents of the river basin authority and President Benin Republic.

Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says no attack on Maiduguri metropolis as widely reported today

Defense Headquarters has refuted reports in the media that terrorists launched an attack on Maiduguri this morning, May 3, 2014.

In a statement signed by Major General Chris Olukolade released to the media today, May 3, 2014, the Nigerian military said that troops received a distress call in the early hours of the morning and launched a counter attack using mortar shells on a group of terrorists.

The statement reads:

There was no attack on Maiduguri metropolis as widely reported this morning by some media outlets especially a foreign television channel.  Rather, on receiving distress call, troops at about 2am this morning launched a counter attack using mainly mortar shells on a group of terrorists who had attacked and killed four persons in Margimari village and other settlements in the outskirts of Maiduguri.  There was no fighting or attack around the University or any barrack in Maiduguri either, as reported.