Many wives of Nigerian soldiers belonging to the 21 Armored Brigade stationed at Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, Borno State, protested in the early hours of Monday by locking in their husbands at home. Three of the women told a correspondent of SaharaReporters that they were upset at the rising casualty rates among soldiers sent to fight Boko Haram insurgents.
The protests by the soldiers’ wives brought activities at the Giwa Barrack to a halt for several hours. “They made it impossible for vehicles to come in or go out of the barrack,” a source at the location said.
EdemAya, a community so rich in mineral resources, and one of the five clans that make up the present day Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria is hosting the world on the 29 th of March 2013. As we gathered from the head of the organizing group, Miss Precious Dominic Akpan, the event is scheduled to take place at the Cooperative Hall, Ikot Ubo Akama, Edemaya in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State. Three beauties are to emerge from the event which promises to be the first ever organized pageant. The Eligibility Form which are currently on sale for a token of N 2,000 will qualify the contestants to struggle for Miss EdemAya, Miss Democracy of EdemAya and Miss Culture & Tourism of EdemAya. The screening and training of the contestants commences on 25 th through 28 th of March 2013. We have been reliably informed that the event will parade ‘who is who’ in the music industry in Akwa Ibom State and a popular reggae artist from Delta State. Imagine the sque
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