Boko Haram kills Pastor, Teacher, 17 others in Borno state

Pastor Eliud Gwamna Mshelizza of the Living Faith Church, a teacher with the Government Girls Secondary School Shaffa alongside 17 others were killed in separate attacks on Wednesday September 24th and Thursday September 25th after Boko Haram members launched an attack on Shaffa and Shindiffu villages of Hawul LGA in Borno State.

The sect men were said to have arrived Shaffa at about 8pm on Wednesday September 24th and after ravaging the village, proceeded to Shindiffu village on Thursday September 25th. They burnt down about 10 churches including E.Y.N No:I, E.Y.N No: II and III in both villages. Many of the sect members were however killed by Nigerian troops who came in from Adamawa and Biu during an ambush as the Boko Haram men were leaving the villages after the attack.

A stripper is claiming Chris Brown is the father of her 3 year old son

A popular Atlanta dancer/stripper named Reign is claiming Chris Brown is the father of her 3 year old son.

The 32 year old woman, who used to work at popular club Doa, filed paperwork at Fulton County Court in Atlanta this week against Chris asking a judge to mandate him to take a paternity test. Chris has so far not reacted to the allegation...

Ekiti boils as hoodlums destroy APC office, Gov declares 7pm-7am curfew

THE PEACE OF OUR LAND IS NOT NEGOTIABLE

State Broadcast By
His Excellency
Dr. Kayode FAYEMI
Governor, Ekiti State, following the Breach of Peace in the State
Friday, September 26, 2014.

In o kun o Ekiti Kete.

There's a lot of craziness going on currently in Ekiti state. A day after an Ayo Fayose loyalist was shot dead by unknown gunmen, hoodlums went on a rampage destroying the campaign office of the state governor, Kayode Fayemi, as well as the APC secretariat. The thugs also destroyed properties belonging to other politicians.

Today's chaos is believed to be an aftermath of the assassination of the former chairman of the Ekiti state NURTW, Mr Omalafe Aderiye.

Above is a pic of Governor Fayemi's campaign office after it was razed. He has since declared a 7pm-7am curfew in the state to halt the crisis. Continue to read the full text of Governor Fayemi's broadcast in Ekiti today as he declared the curfew...

 

THE PEACE OF OUR LAND IS NOT NEGOTIABLE

State Broadcast By
His Excellency
Dr. Kayode FAYEMI
Governor, Ekiti State, following the Breach of Peace in the State
Friday, September 26, 2014.

In o kun o Ekiti Kete.

It has become expedient that I address you today on account of dire happenings in the land of honour, Ekiti State. With tension mounting across the state, Ekiti has been the subject of alarming headlines in the news, following the tragic assault on the judiciary.

On Monday, September 22, thugs acting on the incitement of an interested party, were involved in the sacrilegious sacking of the court while hearing on a political case was in progress.

This happened in full glare of the law enforcement agents with inappropriate response. Clearly, these brigands exceeded the limits of acceptable behavior, even in the most liberal of democracies, and ventured into the realm of blatant criminality with this desecration of the hallowed chambers of the law.
The fact that this assault did not meet with any strong deterring repercussions from the appropriate authorities further emboldened the miscreants. They subsequently attempted to prevent the Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal from sitting, yesterday, Thursday, September 25. I am advised incontrovertibly that thugs acting on the command of Mr. Ayo Fayose, who was also present to lend his clout to the travesty, brazenly assaulted a senior judge and urged his thugs to beat him up and tear his clothes.
The court premises was thrown into confusion and those present scurried away in search of safety and security. This was on the back of his specious allegation that the judiciary in the state is compromised and biased against him. And the answer to that was to resort to jungle justice and take the laws into his hands. This has led to the closure of the courts indefinitely due to the inability of the security agencies to guarantee the safety of lives and property in our temples of justice. With the entrenched atmosphere of impunity, violence in the state has escalated with the unfortunate loss of one life and the willful damage to several properties to arson by rampaging thugs.

Since the beginning of this development on Monday, which is unprecedented in the recent history of our state, I have been in touch with the Heads of all Security Agencies at the State and Federal levels, urging them to act quickly and firmly in the interest of public law and order. It is worrisome that the slow and inadequate response has occasioned the avoidable escalation of violence in our dear state.
Against this backdrop, it is understandable that not a few stakeholders have expressed concern about what the development portends for our dear state. The brazen contempt of our hallowed law courts and the use of violence and intimidation to obstruct the course of justice is a clear invitation to anarchy of the scale and texture that characterized Ekiti State some years ago. Ekiti Kete, are those years upon us again?

Already, there is widespread anxiety about this development coming at a time the state is going through the transitioning out of one administration and the ushering in of a new one. This is a very delicate period that all stakeholders must work together to ensure Ekiti State comes out stronger for it.

During periods of transition, vital partners in progress adopt a cautious posture, watching for the slightest portents of the possible discontinuity of the regime of peace and tranquility, amongst other factors that have made our state conducive for investors and development partners. We must not disrupt our very bright prospects for sustained development in our state.

Considering the cases that have triggered the recent spate of violence are politically related, the political elite in our state from all disparate quarters must exercise caution. We must rescue our state from the precarious slippery slope that some have desperately pushed us to. We should not imperil the very people we seek to serve by resorting to violence and brigandage. One does not burn down his homestead to establish his claim of ownership or leadership.

Most assuredly, the course of Justice can only be delayed, but can never be truncated. The independence of the Judiciary is an inviolable tenet of any democracy. Accordingly, I have this morning directed the Attorney General of the state to issue a legal advisory to the Chief Judge of the state and all the parties to the existing cases in the State High Court and the Ekiti State Governorship Elections Petitions Tribunal, on the desirability of seeking an alternative venue for the hearing of these cases outside Ekiti State. The State can no longer afford to witness the bizarre spectacle of the beating up of judicial officers and wanton intimidation of lawyers and court personnel.

Now that the security agencies appear to be fully seized of the situation, I call on them not to relent in performing their constitutional role of protecting lives and property in our state.

Administrations come and go; politics can be frenetic when the stakes are high; but by the grace of the Almighty God, our state remains for all time, therefore THE PEACE OF OUR LAND IS NOT NEGOTIABLE.

Ekiti Kete, consistent with our history of unity and love, let us work together to make our state a garden of concord where our children and their children will dwell in peace and safety. Even in the pursuit of politics and justice, let us conduct ourselves as kinsmen, bound by a shared love for Ekitiland but differing only in the choice of instruments by which to accomplish the same goal.
Let us then temper our competitive zeal with civility and empathy. Let us deal truthfully with our youth, who are so liable to be led astray by unbridled political fervour, by seeing them as our children rather than as conscripts or fodder for our objectives.

Ekiti Kete, in order to forestall further descent into anarchy in our state, I am taking the very difficult decision to suspend the ‘Thank You’ tour which I’m undertaking as part of our transitioning-out formalities. Also, I have taken the decision to institute a dusk to dawn curfew in the state immediately. Accordingly, there would be no movement between the hours of 7.00 p.m. and 7.00 a.m. everyday till further notice. We urge the citizenry to be vigilant and provide the security agencies with details of suspicious activities that can undermine the peace in our state.

Let us work together to stop the violence and brigandage that has brought about serious embarrassment to our state in the last few days.
Let Peace Reign in the land of honour, Ekiti State.

Abuja prostitute bags 100 days imprisonment for stealing customer's N500k

 

A 23 year old prostitute named Rosemary Ebikeme has been sentenced to 100 days in prison by an Abuja court for stealing a customer's $3,200 (about N500,000).

The senior magistrate, Abdulahi Ilaleh, of Life Camp Senior magistrate’s court, Abuja, convicted Rosemary after she pleaded guilty to a one-count charge, however, gave her an option of N5,000 fine.

Ilaleh cautioned the convict to desist from the crime, saying that the sentence would serve as a deterrent to others. Continue...


Prosecutor Ona Odigiri had told the court that on September 4 one Aleixandre Sachir of Tack Continental Estate, Life Camp, reported the matter to Life Camp Police Station. The prosecutor further told the court that the complainant met the convict in a cinema hall and took her to Waxride Hotel. He said the convict stole $3,200 from the complainant on September 2 and eloped.

Odigiri said that when the convict came back to complain on September 4, she was apprehended and handed over to the police. The convict, however, pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the court to temper justice with mercy. She said: “Please have mercy on me; I am a student and I am only looking for money to pay my school fees. I stole the money to do business so that I will stop selling my body for money. Please forgive me. “I stole the money from him, even though he paid me N5,000 for my service, please have mercy in God’s name.”

The prosecutor said the offence contravened Section 288 of the Penal Code Law.

Source: Vanguard

See the cute girl accused of breaking into a man's home & raping him

 

This pretty 26 year old woman, Chantae Gilman, is being accused of breaking into her neighbour's house and raping him.

From TheSmokingGun

A Seattle woman has been charged with raping a man who told cops he awoke in his bed to find his attacker sexually assaulting him while she had his hands pinned down, according to a police report. Chantae Gilman, 26, was charged this week in connection with the alleged June 2013 attack inside the 31-year-old victim’s Seattle apartment. Gilman has prior felony convictions for attempted robbery and possession of a stolen vehicle, as well as several misdemeanor convictions, according to court records.

 As detailed in a probable cause affidavit prepared by a Seattle Police Department detective, the victim told cops that while he did not know Gilman, she was an acquaintance of another man who lives in his duplex. He described Gilman as “a drug user in the area.”

The man said that on the night of the attack he attended a birthday party for the neighbor whom Gilman knows. “Once arriving home he fell asleep on his bed,” Detective Roger Ishimitsu reported. “Victim slept very hard due to a long day.”

At 2 AM, the man told cops, he awoke to find the 5’ 7”, 240-pound Gilman on top of him. The victim said that his erect penis was inside Gilman, who had the man's “hands pinned down over his head,” as first reported by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

While Gilman ignored demands to get off him, the man said, he was “able to work his way out from underneath" her. Gilman, he added, had “told him to be quiet.” The man subsequently succeeded in pushing Gilman from his home. Later that day, he went to the Harborview Medical Center for a sexual assault examination.

Court records do not reveal how Gilman got into the victim’s apartment.

When questioned by cops, Gilman denied knowing the victim and said she did not recall being at his home or having sex with him. “She said that she has a mental illness and suffers from Bipolar disorder and Psychosis,” wrote Detective Ishimitsu.

A DNA sample collected from Gilman matched that of female DNA that was recovered from the victim’s sexual assault kit. As a result, Gilman was named in a September 8 criminal information charging her with second-degree rape for assaulting a victim who was “incapable of consenting to sexual intercourse by reason of being physically helpless.”

In a post last month on her Facebook page, Gilman reported, “I've got 2months sober and I'm 31 weeks pregnant.” Gilman, the mother of two young children, has struggled with substance abuse for the past several years, according to other Facebook messages. (3 pages)

Photos: Alaafin of Oyo and his wives take private jet to Bauchi

Usher ready to tie the knot again?

Looks like Usher is thinking about settling down again. A few weeks after mentioning in an interview that he hoped his ex-wife Tameka Raymond would stop using his last name if he ever married again, Usher admits he's getting closer to tying the knot again.

In an interview on Extra with Angie Martinez Usher said;

“I’ve been even more excited about the idea of it. It could be the fact that I’ve spent the last year at everybody’s damn wedding, like I’ve become damn near the wedding singer, know what I mean?”

Usher has been dating his manager and Def Jam exec Grace Miguel, 47, since 2009.

Two Nigerians and an Isreali arrested for smuggling $9.3m into SA

South African police are currently investigating two Nigerians and an Israeli citizen who tried to smuggle $9.3 million in cash into the country on September 5th.

According to South Africa's City Press newspaper, the money which was in bundles of unused $100 bills packed in three suitcase were transported in a small business jet, a bombadier Challenger 600 with a Nigerian crew and piloted by Captain Tunde Ojongbede. Continue...


The jet departed from Abuja and when it arrived South Africa, the money was discovered and when asked, the men said it was for the purchase of arms for the Nigerian security services.

Spokesperson of the South African Revenue Service (SARS), Marika Muller in a statement said the money was seized at the Lanseria airport, northwest of Johannesburg

"The passengers' luggage was searched after Customs officials detected irregularities. The money was detained as it was undisclosed/undeclared and above the prescribed legal limit,"

South African airport security spokesman Solomon Makgale confirmed a police investigation was underway but declined to give details.

Police to deploy sniffer dogs to help locate trapped victims at Synagogue building collapse site

 

 

The Nigeria police say they will be sending sniffer dogs to the collapsed Synagogue building site to help search for victims who are believed to still be trapped under the rubble. As of today, the death toll has risen to 45 with 130 survivors. 

The Nigerian woman and the challenge of finding Mr Right - Alibaba

In this piece which he posted on his Facebook wall, comedian Alibaba discusses the Nigerian woman and the challenges of finding Mr Right. Read below...

I have a serious matter at hand that I want to share. In fact, I should have shared this long ago, but the primary message from a friend that prompted the matter, was lost in between the series of inbox messages from those strange girls that are looking for romantic friendships on Facebook.

In a nutshell, a lady friend sent me an inbox message on how it's harder to find a good man in Nigeria. And that the men who are "manageable" (her words, not mine) are so scarce and if you ever get them they are either married to a lady that does not deserve them or just repenting from a bad marriage from one of such women. Or even just lost faith in the whole marriage thing. Continue...

I later ran into her at a club. After the usual introductions that have become common place with these social media network of friends... (You are my friend on twitter, Facebook, Tango, INSTAGRAM... That kind of thing).... I chatted with her a bit and found out from what she told me, that, many women are now settling for anything in between MR Right, MR Not just ok and MR Nearly right. As she put it, it's now a case of looking at what a guy checks out in the top 10 box... And if he has 3 out of 10, snap him up... Work on the rest 7, if you are lucky, you can get him to add 3 more of those top10 qualities... And begin to pray it lasts for as long as you both can manage.

Much as I tried, to get her to rate me, she said, she can only rate someone who is on her radar. So ladies have relationship radar? Yes of course. You think you were not in Mary's radar, and she waited for you to come back after you... ? Ouch!!! (That was my guy who was listening in on our private conversation) I wasn't on Mary's radar.... I managed to mutter. Then she fooled you wellllll. She quickly added.

It got me thinking... What does a man need to show to get on any woman's radar? Money, sense of humor, fame, dress sense, good job, intelligence, good diction, good physique, some visible signs of affluence, confidence,... She let me continue for a while, raised her glass of Henessy VSOP, downed it, and said, "He must first be AVAILABLE. Then you can begin to check out the rest." So I asked, do I look available? She said, "Of course, to the people who do not care if you are married, you are very available! Not to me, OOO. Mary was my boss at Platinum. So that strikes you out." So I asked the next possible question, "so what can I do to look unavailable?" There is nothing. You are even an easy pick. She added. Any man who has a source of income, popular, dresses well, tall, handsome small sef, has a car, is in the circles of successful people, looks like he has potentials to become somebody important and can pay the bills...

Our conversation started having K-leg when she lit a cigar, not cigarette, Cuban cigar and started smoking. I took a good look at her, and realized that, these women who are looking for a MR Right all over Lagos, may just have met him but he is also looking for a woman who doesn't drink alcohol or smoke anything at all. That is the wahala. As you are looking for MR right, he might be dodging you because you are all shades of wrong...

While you are looking waiting for a guy to walk in and fit into your radar, you are doing some things that also confine you to the "never my type" hemisphere...

So, in conclusion, just as good men are hard to find, "manageable" ladies are unicorns!!!!
What is GOOSE for Uganda... Is GOOD for PERU

“I’m in Bliss…I’m Glowing” – Dr Sid on Married Life

After their talk of the town wedding, Dr Sid and wife Simi Sidney Osomo have been keeping a pretty low profile. Now, the Love Doctor is back with a forthcoming European tour and additional singles from his album “Siduction“.

Dr Sid recently sat down with Hip TV for an interview. Sid shares all the details on his life as a married man “I’m in Bliss…I’m Glowing” he says. He also speaks on his career plans and more.

Evangelist shoots and kills his own father in Enugu

 

 

A self acclaimed evangelist, Chukwukezi Afonogu (pictured above), has been arrested by men of the Enugu state Police command for shooting his 65 year old father, George Afonogu, dead.

According to Sunday Sun, Enugu state Police Commissioner, Mr Mohammed Adamu, said 33 year old Chukwukezi attacked and killed his father on August 25th during arguement. The suspect said he became very angry after his father called him a mad man.

During interrogation, Chukwukezi, who is the only son of his late father said;

"I am an evangelist and a member of the Evergreen Believers Bible Ministry. Before this thing happened, I was having several quarrel with my late father. My father called me on that fateful day and asked me about an electrician that was supposed to work in the house and he gave me N500. My late father was a difficult person. The incident happened around 3.00pm. My father called me a "mad boy" and a quarrel ensued. I went inside the room and took my hunter's gun and shot him. I quickly carried him to a nearby bush and buried his corpse because nobody was at home. Immediately, I buried him, I ran away. My late father had eight children. The first born died and we have six girls and I am the only son" he said

Chukwukezi was apprehended by youths in the community who first beat him to a pulp before handing him over to the Oji River police officers. His mother is said to have run away from the community after she learnt of what her son had done. He is expected to be charged to court soon.

Air Force jet used in bombing operations against Boko Haram goes missing

 

A Nigerian air force Alpha Jet used in the fight against Boko Haram members has gone missing. The military plane reportedly disappeared from radar around Adamawa state after it went for a routine operation attack on Boko Haram men on Friday September 12th.

Two fighter pilots who were operating the jet have also been declared missing. The Defence has released a statement on the missing jet.

The Defence statement posted on their website below...
An Alpha Jet (NAF 466) belonging to the Nigerian Air Force is missing around Adamawa State. The aircraft, with two pilots onboard, left Yola at about 10:45am on 12 September 2014 on a routine operational mission and was expected back by 12:00 noon. Since then all efforts to establish contact with the aircraft have not yielded any positive result. Meanwhile, search and rescue effort is ongoing to establish contact with the crew.
In view of the foregoing, you are please requested to disseminate this information through your news medium for the awareness of the general public. Thank you for your usual cooperation.

Photos: Synagogue building had no govt approval, Fashola visits site

 

Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola today visited the site of the collapsed building inside the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Ikotun. He commiserated with the church founder, Prophet T.B Joshua and also ordered all church workers to stop work on the site to enable officials of the Nigerian Emergency Management Authority work effectively.

Meanwhile, the Lagos state Commissioner for Physical planning, Mr Toyin Ayinde, revealed that the 5-storey building had no government approval for its construction.

Speaking to newsmen at the site today, the state Commissioner said records in his office shows that no permit was handed to the civil engineers for the building to be erected but said he was awaiting the church engineers to present the building permit they were given to erect the collapsed building.

 

Building at T.B. Joshua’s Synagogue Church Collapses | Scores Feared Dead

A building at TB Joshua‘s Synagogue Church of all Nations in Ikotun, Lagos has collapsed. Scores who were in the building when it collapsed, are feared dead. The incident occurred at 2 p.m today.

According to reports, the multi-storey building is a guesthouse for church members who visit the church for spiritual assistance, ThisDay reports.

Ambulances and rescue personnel are said to be currently at the scene.

Sources say there was an ongoing construction at the top of the building to create more accommodation for worshippers.

The exact number of casualties is unknown at this time.

We will bring you more information as it becomes available.

Update

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Saturday, said that 109 people trapped at the collapse building in Synagogue church have so far been rescued, while 16 dead bodies have been retrieved from the debris.

Ibrahim Farinloye, the Public Relations Officers of the agency confirmed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

Many worshippers injured were rushed to Isolo and Alimosho General Hospital, while corpses were deposited at the mortuary.

NAN also reports that there are possibility that some people could still be trapped in the collapsed building, as rescue efforts were still on.

Farinloye said that members at first did not allow emergency rescue team to gain access to those trapped in the building until later.

“The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and NEMA are still searching to make sure that those still trapped in the building are rescued.

“We are still searching for those trapped in the building so the figure may increase later,” he said.

Photo Credit: AFP

Bob Manuel Udokwu Rolls Out Posters For Anambra House Of Assembly Race

 

Nollywood actor,Bob Manuel Udokwu has made good his promise to contest next year's House of assembly Election in Anambra State by rolling out his posters and other POS materials.The veteran actor who also acted as an aide to former Anambra State Governor ,Peter Obi is running under APGA

Desmond Elliot Goes For Lagos House Of Assembly Under APC (See Poster)

Movie star Desmond Elliot, a graduate of Economics from the Lagos State University, LASU who has since declared his intention to run for a House of Representatives slot in Lagos State come 2015 recently revealed the reason behind his sudden interest in politics.
The actor in a statement said he was interested in youth development and was ready to bring about the kind of reform that would affect the Nigerian people positively.
Accor...ding to the actor cum director, the current situation of Nigerians, especially the youth is worrisome.
“I feel God has helped me this far and I want to give back through politics what will be favourable to the youth,” he said.
He further stressed that “the worst part of our national life is that the level of corruption has not allowed youths to understand what it means to live a meaningful life.

Nollywood actor Desmond Elliot has decided to pitch his tenth with APC in next years' election..He wants to contest for the House of Assembly in Lagos.

Here is his statement.

"Although one doesn't need to come from a particular area for him to seek for office in that state, I am an indigene of Lagos State, born Desmond Olushola Elliott. My father comes from wiwo ona tere (street) Olowogbowo in Lagos Island. My mother is from the east, I grew up in the North and my wife is from the south. My point being even though am from the west (yoruba). I should be judged based on my capability to perform as a Nigerian . my desire to run for office.Thank you great people"
Desmond Elliot

9ice Begins House Of Assembly Election Campaign

 

Alapomeji musician 9ice campaigning in Ogbomosho for the State House of Assembly which he will be contesting next year under the APC.. He is seen here moving round the city soliciting for support from the indigenes of the ancient town

 

 

 

 

Gov Orji's Son Sues The Sun Newspaper For N5bn

The first son of Gov. Theodore Orji of Abia State, Chinedu Orji, an engineer, has sued The Sun Newspapers Limited, owned by a former Governor of the State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, claiming N5bn damages for calling him “ a terrorist .”

Briefing journalists on Thursday in Umuahia, a member of the legal team for Orji’s son, Chief Chukwunyere Nwabuko, said the libellous publication was contained on page 21 of the March 10, 2014 edition of The Sun Newspapers, which reads that, ‘it is not a secrete affair as his terrorist activities in the state are fully documented. “

The council said the former governor had been using his media outfit to publish malicious and libellous articles against Orji as well as “his son, who does not eve

n hold any position in government.”

He gave the suit number of the case filled at Abia State High Court holding at Ohafia as HOH/5/2014, adding that a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Livy Uzorukwu, is the lead council of Orji’s legal team.

The three-point claims by the plaintiff include,”The sum of N5bn as damages for libel; an unreserved apology to be published in at least three editions of the Daily Sun Newspapers; and an order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants, their agents, privies, servants and associates from further writing, printing and publishing of the said libellous matter or a similar one against the claimant.

Nwabuko further said that the Presiding Judge, Justice Anthony Chioma, had already granted an order for the defendant to be served out of jurisdiction.

The matter will come up for hearing on September, 22.

Assassins Kill Ex Imo State House Of Assembly Member In Owerri

Gunmen suspected to be hired assassins, Tuesday night, shot dead an aide to the Imo State Speaker, Hon. Kingsley Nkemka, on his way from his village along Nworiubi-Mberi road.

Nkemka,  a former member of the assembly, until his untimely death, was a top contending aspirant for the Mbaitoli/Ikeduru federal constituency seat for the House of Representatives on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Information has it that the late aide was visibly hale and hearty at the resumption of sitting at the assembly chambers on the very day of his death and dutifully undertook his official responsibilities. It was stated that Nkemka, had after the plenary of the House, travelled to some of the electoral Wards in Mbaitoli Loca Government Area, which is part of the federal constituency he was aspiring to represent, in continuation of visits to some party leaders in the area to adequately fine-tune necessary requirements needed for an eventual Ward meetings scheduled to take place the next day. After his visit, the deceased reportedly made a brief stopover at the popular T-junction, Ohaohia Mbieri, to also meet with one of his supposed facilitators who had called him between 8p.m. to 9p.m. It was also revealed that at the point of contact between him and the said facilitator, together with his campaign organisation’s Director-General, the hoodlums numbering about five suddenly barged into the scene, kicked out his facilitator, ransacked his pockets and shot him on his ankle, while ordering him into the booth of his Toyota car where they finally shot him at close range.
It was learnt that the office of the Speaker had alerted the police on getting the news of the incident, which subsequently produced results as several arrests linking the murder were made. The Imo State House of Assembly, especially his colleagues at the office of the Speaker, had been thrown into mourning on receiving the sad news, as many described him as a worthy and an easy-going gentleman, whose mutual respect for his co-workers and dedication to his duties would be a strong point to remember in his lifetime. The Speaker, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Uwajumogu, who was on an official assignment to Abuja, expressed his utmost shock over the painful incident and promised that the security agencies in the state would be given the maximum co-operation needed to unmask those behind the heinous crime and bring them to justice.

FG Sends 500 Extra Soldiers To North East To Fight Boko Haram

 

The military’s efforts also got a boost yesterday when the federal government announced the deployment of about 500 military personnel to combat the insurgency in Adamawa, Yobe and Borno States.

Coordinator of the National Information Centre (NIC) and Director General of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mr. Mike Omeri, confirmed the deployment at the centre yesterday in Abuja.

Omeri said the deployment was contrary to stories making the rounds, suggesting that there was no military presence in the affected states.
He stated that normalcy had returned to Mubi and other cities claimed to have been taken over by the Boko Haram sect.   

“We just have one issue today about reinforcement of military troops as part of the effort to check the Boko Haram challenge in the country, the Nigerian military has continued to enforce its presence in the challenged communities in the North-east,” he said.

He added: “Contrary to the media reports, the military has confirmed the new redeployment of more than 500 troops to support the expectations around that area including Gulak and Michika, among others.

“We believe with this commitment and effort, the situation will be brought under control."
According to Omeri, the situation report yesterday indicated that Mubi town was calm while troops including the police and other service personnel were on patrol in the area.
Residents: Military Has Not Recaptured Bama

However, despite the federal government and military’s claims on the recapture of Bama, a group of fleeing residents of the town yesterday said the military was telling half-truths by insisting it had recaptured Borno’s second largest city from the sect.
The residents, who have fled to Maiduguri as a result of the Boko Haram siege on the town, said contrary to the military’s claims, the town was still under the occupation of the insurgents.

The residents, under the aegis of Bama Development Foundation (BDF), while addressing a press conference in Maiduguri, said despite the effort of the military to push out the insurgents, they remained in control of the commercial town.
Led by the chairman of BDF, Mallam Mohammed Hassan, the fleeing residents said on the attack which took place on September 1, the Nigerian army resisted the insurgents for several hours, but were however overpowered which led to the takeover of the town by the terrorists.

Hassan noted that after the takeover of the second largest town in the state, several people lost their lives, some were drowned in the River Yadzaram in the course of fleeing while others were shot dead.

He said apart from those in captivity that had no way of escaping, particularly women, children and aged persons, many persons were still missing, displaced and had been killed in nearby villages.

“As a matter of fact, we are calling on the state and federal governments to expedite action on reclaiming Bama from the hands of terrorists, as those in captivity are under serious trauma, starvation and distress, with serious degrees of injuries, while on the other hand, those that have lost their lives are yet to be buried.

“Eleven days after the incident, no search and rescue operation has been conducted,” Hassan stated.
He appealed to the federal government to deploy more troops to Bama so that the people could go back and resettle in their communities.

We Have Recaptured Bama....Military...Its A Lie ...Residents

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has debunked the assertions by the Borno Elders’ Forum (BEF) on Wednesday that Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, is under siege and has been surrounded by Boko Haram terrorists, thereby causing panic amongst the residents some of whom are alleged to have fled the city.

It has also assured Nigerians that the ongoing offensive through sustained aerial bombardment and complementary ground assault has helped to halt the terrorists’ advance with most of their structures and strongholds destroyed in North-east towns like Gwoza, Bama, Michika and others.

DHQ was responding to a news item yesterday in which the forum announced that the Borno State capital had been surrounded by the insurgents and called on the federal government to save the state and others in the North-east from total destruction by the marauding sect.

The forum had decried the horror, death, destruction and misery that had been visited on North-eastern Nigeria and particularly Borno State by Boko Haram, warning that the sect had strategised and completely surrounded the city of Maiduguri.

BEF further warned that it was apparent that the sect’s imminent target was to take the city of Maiduguri, noting that almost half of the population of Borno now resides in Maiduguri.

However, DHQ’s claim that Boko Haram had been uprooted from Bama was debuked by fleeing residents from the town who alleged that the military was disseminating half-truths about the true position of things in Borno’s second largest city.

This is just as the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group, 150 days after the kidnapping of over 200 schoolgirls by Boko Haram from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, yesterday called on the federal government to intensify efforts to rescue the girls.

Reacting to the statement by the Borno elders, the Director of Defence Information (DDI), Major-General Chris Olukolade, in response to inquiries yesterday, said such statements are designed to create a sense of insecurity in the city. 

“The statement on Maiduguri was clearly intended to cause panic in the city and the nation,” Olukolade said.

He assured Nigerians that “all facets of the security arrangements for the defence of Maiduguri have been upgraded to handle any planned attack or attempt to disrupt the prevailing peace in the city and its environs”.

According to the Defence spokesman, “This kind of statement is alarmist and uncalled for in view of the efforts and state of alertness.
“Citizens are nevertheless enjoined to remain vigilant as they go about their lawful businesses.”

DHQ, through a statement on its twitter handle, further assured Nigerians that the military had made crucial gains in the contested towns of Michika, Gamboru Ngala, Gwoza and Mubi, amongst others.

The Defence authorities said most of the affected areas had been stabilised and the insurgents decimated.

According to the statement @DefenceInfoNG: “UPDATE: Situation in Mubi, Michika, Bazza, Gulak, Gwoza, Bama, Gamboru Ngala and other parts of the North-east is being stabilized...as highly coordinated Air & Land OPs are ongoing.
“The efforts are yielding impressive results in the overall move to rid the areas of terrorists.”

Quarantined South African National Tests Negative To Ebola

However, the minister said the quarantined South African would still be examined to check if she has any other infectious disease

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The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu   has said that a South African woman earlier quarantined at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos over suspicion that she has Ebola has tested negative to the disease.
The South African national  who showed symptoms of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was earlier quarantined in Lagos.
Mr. Onyebuchi’s Special Assistant on Media, Dan Nwomeh  sent a text message to the media stating that the unnamed South African’s result came out negative.

However, the minister said the quarantined South African would still be examined to check if she has any other infectious disease.