A coordinated attack is set to be carried out
by the military to liberate Gwoza, Borno State,
from Boko Haram captivity as the defence
authorities have deployed four attack
helicopters and two air force fighter jets to
flush out the terrorists in the areas.
A reliable source in the military told our
correspondent on Thursday that the attack
helicopters and the fighter jets departed Yola,
Adamawa State, at about 3pm, heading for
Gwoza, the last town in Borno State under the
control of terror sect.
The source told our correspondent on the
telephone that ground forces from Bama,
Borno State, and Madagali in Adamawa State,
were advancing towards Gwoza in the air and
ground operation to end the reign of the
insurgents in the area.
President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday,
promised that the terror sect would be flushed
out of Gwoza, where the kidnapped Chibok
girls are allegedly being kept.
The highly pronounced power failures across the country in the past few days may worsen following a partial system collapse that occurred on Tuesday, and the continuous drop in electricity generation due to what the government says is the vandalism of pipelines that supply gas to the power plants. As a result, power generation dropped to 1,580.6 megawatts on Wednesday.Data from the Nigeria Electricity System Operator as well as information from senior officials of the different electricitydistribution companies confirmed that power generation plummeted massively on Tuesday and Wednesday. The officials noted that this resulted in the reduction of the electricity load allocated to the Discos, stressing that this was why many parts of the country had been recording blackouts in the past few days.It was learnt that the partial system collapse that occurred on Tuesday happened at the Shiroro Power Plant and dragged down electricity generationto as low as 1,233.4MW from a peak of 3,207.7MW...
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