It was gathered that on April 9, 2014, one Prince Ndubuisi Christopher was kidnapped by a gang said to have been led by one Chigadi, as he was entering his compound at 37 Church Road, Osusu Umuikpegh, near Aba.Continue...
Monday, 30 June 2014
Police kill kidnap kingpin in Aba
It was gathered that on April 9, 2014, one Prince Ndubuisi Christopher was kidnapped by a gang said to have been led by one Chigadi, as he was entering his compound at 37 Church Road, Osusu Umuikpegh, near Aba.Continue...
Eagles seeks upset against France
Experts opinion easily sway in favour of France on account of the team’s performance in the group stage, where the “Les Bleus” appeared a free scoring side until the last match of Group E.
France scored eight goals in two matches and conceded just two. France also had more attempts at goal, 62, in their three matches than any other team at the World Cup.
Chibok: 56 killed as Boko Haram attacks churches, other places
Saturday, 28 June 2014
Luis Suarez returns home to a hero's welcome after being booted out of the World Cup
Luis Suarez pictured above with his children, Benjamin and Defina as he greeted fans from his mother's home in Lagomar. Continue...
Blast in brothel in northeast Nigeria kills 11 - police
An explosion overnight in a brothel in the northeastern Nigerian city of Bauchi killed 10 people, police said on Saturday, while 14 others were wounded.
The statement sent by text message said the cause of the blast was unknown. Islamist sect Boko Haram has targeted several cities across north and central Nigeria in the past few months.
Bauchi state police spokesman Haruna Mohammed said 14 people were rushed to hospital after the explosion in the People's Hotel brothel, at the Bayangari area of Bauchi metropolis.
"The entire building has been cordoned off and the scene secured. No arrest has been made but an investigation has commenced to ascertain the cause," he said.
Bloodbath averted in Kano
The IEDs were loaded in a rickety ox- blood Nissan Starlet car with registration number, AV 234 NSR, within the surrounding of the Praying Ground at Sauna General Area, Dakata in Kano State, a few minutes ahead of the praying time, which was to commence at 2.00pm.Continue...
Friday, 27 June 2014
Police raid kidnappers training school, arrest 37
The Abia State Police Command says it
has raided one Ugorji compound at the Obingwa Local Government Area used
by hoodlums as “a training school for kidnappers.”
Commissioner of Police, Adamu Ibrahim,
while briefing journalists on Thursday, said 37 suspects were arrested
by his men during the raid.
The raid, according to him, was carried
out following a tip-off that some hoodlums were using the compound
located at Umuoke village as a training ground for kidnappers.
He, however, stated that some
kidnappings reported in some parts of the state did not suggest that the
‘jungle boys’ which once held the state to ransom were on the prowl
again.
The police boss assured residents that
security agencies had stepped up surveillance in the state to ensure
safety of lives and property.Continue...
Why I don’t talk about my marriage – Queen Nwokoye
Background
My name is Queen Nwokoye. I am an actress. I was born and
bred for a while in Lagos but I am from Anambra State. I grew up in a family of
seven and I had a good upbringing. My parents are staunch Catholics. I attended
Queens School, Enugu and studied Sociology and Anthropology at Nnamdi Azikiwe
University, Awka. I actually wanted to be a lawyer but it did not work out.Continue after the cut..
Abuja blast victims recount ordeal
As he(bomber) bent his head towards his Sienna, I told my
friend that we should get away from there. Within a few seconds, there was an
explosion …. I saw many corpses on the ground. Heads, hands and legs
littered everywhere–Ademola
On that fateful day,
I just crossed over to buy corn …. Within seconds after I left that point, I
heard a big bang and found myself on the ground. My right leg was affected. Presently, I can’t stand with it – Tyokasi
I thought my head had been blown off by the blast. I
touched my head while on the ground and realised that it was there. I stood up
and was looking for help, but help didn’t come immediately
–Olatunji . Continue...
Photos: VP Sambo visit Abuja bomb blast scene
Vice President Namadi Sambo earlier today visited the scene of
yesterday's bomb blast at Emab Plaza in Wuse 2, Abuja. VP Sambo is
pictured
above inspecting the site of the incident in company of some members of
the Federal Executive Council. He also paid a visit to some of the
injured victims at the Maitama District Hospital Abuja. See that pic
after the cut...
Thursday, 26 June 2014
My memorable moments, frustrations as the anchor of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire — Frank Edoho
Before TV programme,
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, who was Frank Edoho?
Frank was an On-Air-Personality. I cut my teeth in Radio
Nigeria, Metro FM; they sent me on training in year 2000. I came back to become
a radio announcer. I studied every
aspect of broadcasting; news, news reading, commentary, documentary and voice
over presentation. So, before I started “ Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”, I was
into radio broadcasting. I was an announcer on Metro FM. 97.6 and it was a
fabulous pedestal that prepared me for upcoming projects in broadcasting.
Little did I know that just around the corner, WWTBAM will come calling. So, I was just a lesser known radio
announcer, and I enjoyed that anonymity until WWTBAM came on board, and
everything changed.Continue...
16 soldiers, scores of insurgents killed in Borno clash
No fewer than 16 security operatives, including soldiers and dozens of suspected members of Boko Haram terrorists were reportedly killed Tuesday night, when insurgents attacked a military post in Bulabulin Ngaura in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State.
Bulabulin Ngaura is located south of Maiduguri, along the troubled Maiduguri-Biu Road, about 60 kilometres from Maiduguri, the state capital, which had witnessed series of attacks, road ambushes and killings by terrorists.Continue...
We will keep the momentum, says Osaze
“We should have beaten them”, he remarked at the Mixed Zone after the match. But he added that the scoreline itself points to not just the fast tempo of the game, but how tough the group had been.
He justified the toughness of the group with the scorelines of the other game between Bosnia Herzegovina and Iran.
“Playing a South American side at this part of the world is very daunting, especially if the team is a former World Cup champion and a potential winner again”, said Osaze.
20 killed in fresh attack on Abuja
Reports said the Managing Editor (North), New Telegraph, Suleiman Bisalla, was among the dead. This is even as 21 suspected terrorists were intercepted in Enugu State yesterday. The development created panic among residents. Continue...
Explosions rock Apapa
Unconfirmed reports quoting witnesses at the scene of the explosion said the blast occurred after some persons suspected to be bombers set off the twin explosions.Continue...
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
Boko Haram abducts 91 again in Borno
Maiduguri—At least 91 persons, were said to have been
abducted by suspected Islamic militants between Thursday and Sunday from the
Kumanza,Yaga and Dagu, Damboa and Dagu, Damboa and Askira Uba Local Government
Areas of Borno State, local vigilante officials said yesterday night.
Four other villagers were killed while attempting to escape
from their abductors, said Aji Khalil, Chairman, Sector 5 of the local
vigilante group in Borno State.
Explosion rocks Kano health college, kills eight
It was not immediately clear if Islamist militants were behind the explosion. Bombings and attacks by armed insurgents now happen almost daily in Nigeria's north, where militant group Boko Haram is trying to carve out an Islamist state.
Boko Haram kills 30 in fresh attack
Thirty people may have been killed while over 60 children and women have been kidnapped by Boko Haram in separate attacks on some communities in the southern parts of Borno State.The Islamist insurgents attacked Kummabza, Gurdlagwal, Yafa and Yaza villages both in Damboa and Askira Uba Local Government between Thursday last week and Sunday. They killed many people, a source from Lassa, who did not want his name in print, told Daily Sun on phone.
“They went from one village to the other, killing about 30 people. They took away many children and women,” the source said, adding, hundreds of villagers around the area have fled to Lassa to take refuge.
Saturday, 21 June 2014
Ritualists invade Ebonyi: Shrine where ritual killings take place discovered in Ishiagu communit
It was gathered that when the nefarious activities going on in the shrine were exposed, youths of the community went wild and destroyed the shrine as well as the property of the Chief priest and two suspected agents (names withheld by us) from Ngwogwo community. Among the items recovered from the shrine is a picture of the Chief priest holding something that looks like a human hand as well as a register said to be containing the names of the people who had been killed by the evil men and those yet to be killed. Continue..
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Pipeline explosion at Takwa Bay
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said the incident has caused a huge explosion in the area and fire has engulfed the area where the incident occurred.
The NEMA spokesperson Ibrahim Farinloye told sunnewsonline.com that the incident occurred in the middle of the night, adding that, “valves and supplies have been shut down to suffocate the fire.”
He said that safety officials from the Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation (NNPC) Atlas Cove base are already working to put out the fire.
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Tarba killings: 24-hr curfew imposed on Wukari, Ibi as death toll hits 22
Similarly, the police have been deployed in the affected communities to prevent the escalation of violence and to fish out the perpetrators of the attacks.
The Taraba State Police Commissioner, Mrs. Kalafite Adeyemi, who announced the measures during a visit to the areas yesterday, warned that adequate punitive measures would be taken by security agents to deal with the masterminds of the crisis. Continue...
Monday, 16 June 2014
Police uncover bombs in Owerri church
OWERRI—THE police, yesterday, averted what could have amounted to the worst disaster in the southern part of the country by terrorists, as it defused three improvised explosive devices, IEDs, carefully planted in the Living Faith Church, (Winners Chapel), Owerri that accommodates more than 10,000 worshippers.
Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, in his reaction, said “the bombs had the capacity to cover about 500 metres and could have been a huge disaster if they had exploded as planned by the terrorists”.
Following the report that the police had uncovered and defused the explosives, palpable tension and confusion enveloped Owerri, Imo State capital as residents were apprehensive that members of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, must have been responsible for it. Continue to read more..
Another attack: 15 killed in fresh Borno village market attack
Askira Uba is about 190 kilometres from Maiduguri, the state capital and shares boundaries with Biu, Chibok, Gwoza and Hawul council areas that have witnessed series of deadly attacks and killings in recent past. continue...
Friday, 13 June 2014
Some abducted schoolgirls may never return: Nigerian ex-president
Obasanjo said President Goodluck Jonathan's administration had taken too long to respond to the April mass abduction. Once Jonathan's mentor and one of his strongest political allies, Obasanjo turned against him last December.
Award winning gospel singer, Kefee is dead
News reaching us is that the award winning Nigerian gospel singer, Kefee is dead
Residents attack suspected killers’ den, rescue boy
The police in Ogun State have uncovered a
house said to be used for ritual purposes in Ado Odo Community, Ota
Local Government Area.
A young boy was said to have been rescued from the bungalow which is surrounded by no fewer than three primary schools.
When Source visited the scene on Wednesday, some curious residents were seen around the house.
One
of them told our correspondent that the den was uncovered after the
suspected kidnappers abducted a boy who was hawking belts.
The
resident, who identified himself as Jamiu Abisogun, said, “It was a boy
hawking belt that they kidnapped. The boy was negotiating the price of a
belt with a man before he was called by one of the men in the building.
Thursday, 12 June 2014
Residents confront robbers, hand two to police
Residents of Jones Street and Daodu Lane
in Ebute Meta, Lagos State, in the early hours of Wednesday, confronted
some suspected armed robbers in the area.
They succeeded in apprehending two of them and handed them over to the Iponri Police Division.
The suspects were said to have been part of a gang that had spent hours robbing several houses in the area.
Source learnt that the
robbery started about 11pm on Tuesday evening when the gang members, who
residents claimed were also cult members, stormed several houses,
wielding cutlasses, axes and machetes.
Messi fooled by Ronaldinho lookalike
Argentina trained in front of thousands of fans and press at Belo Horizonte's Estadio Independencia, where Ronaldinho regularly turns out for Atletico Mineiro.
After some light running, the Albiceleste squad were divided into small groups for games of football-tennis in a low-key session which finished amid chaos as over a dozen supporters climbed over the fences to invade the pitch and ran in search of a handshake or a hug from their heroes.
Gunmen kill eight, burn church in central Nigeria: security official
Gunmen killed at least eight people and burned down a church as they charged through two villages in Nigeria's central Plateau state hours before dawn on Wednesday, a security official said.
Officers said they were investigating who was behind the raids in Nigeria's "Middle Belt", where the country's largely Muslim north and Christian south meet - a common flashpoint for violence.
Wednesday, 11 June 2014
Boko Haram kills 5 in 2 hours raid on villages
This is even as Gov. Kashim Shettima blamed the society for the sect’s madness. He said provision of jobs to youths would be the antidote.
Residents said some gunmen believed to be Boko Haram stormed Tohya and Wurojene villages near Chibok, where over 200 schoolgirls were abducted almost two months ago. The attackers opened fire on the residents as soon as they arrived at about 7pm on Monday, killing at least five people, Musa Yohana who lives in Chibok, said. Continue...
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
Suspected Nigerian militants kidnap up to 30 women
Suspected Islamist Boko Haram militants have kidnapped up to 30 women from nomadic settlements in Nigeria's northeast, close to where the group abducted more than 200 schoolgirls, residents and Nigerian media said.
Villagers from Chibok, where the schoolgirls were grabbed in April, told Reuters on Tuesday they had met nomads fleeing last week's raids and saying the kidnappers were demanding cattle in exchange for the women. Continue....
50 insurgents killed in ambush
The military had a good outing
last weekend in Borno State when soldiers killed at least 50 Boko Haram
insurgents in fire fight.
In a statement, Director of Defence Information, Maj. Gen Chris
Olukolade, said yesterday that troops on counter-insurgency operation
in southeastern part of the state last weekend engaged suspected Boko
Haram members in a gun duel at Bilta in Gwoza Local Government, killing
at least 50. He said the insurgents were were preparing to attack some
communities in the area.
Monday, 9 June 2014
Boko Haram: 110 buried, 2, 000 displaced in Borno
Boko Haram launched coordinated attacks on six communities in Gwoza Local Government Area on the Cameroon border last Tuesday, leaving deaths and tales of woes in their wake. Survivors said Attagara, Aganjara, Angurva, Halaghwa, Agapalawa and Amuda communities located on the hilly side, east of Gwoza, suffered heavy casualties.
Discover how to open a paypal account in Nigeria
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For this reason some internet guruz have deviced a means of opening a paypal account in Nigeria and it is available for download below...
Sunday, 8 June 2014
Blast kills at least 3 outside Nigeria barracks: witnesses
No one claimed responsibility for the blast or last week's assaults but Islamist group Boko Haram has set off explosives and killed thousands in its five-year-old bid to carve out an Islamist state in the northeast. Click read more to continue
Saturday, 7 June 2014
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Friday, 6 June 2014
Photos: Protesting LASU students take over Lagos Govt House, cook meal there
The students are protesting the recent hike in their school fees, and asking Lagos State governor to intervene on their behalf. They vowed to remain at the scene until they got a positive response from the governor. They were eventually forced to leave when no official spoke with them but vowed to return until their demands are met. See more photos after the cut...
Explosion rocks Dankwambo’s residence
Residents in the area said they were jolted when an armoured tank was ripped open by the bomb.
Thursday, 5 June 2014
Cameroonian army kills 60 Boko Haram members, 100 killed in Borno communal clash
MAIDUGURI— MORE than 100 persons were killed, yesterday, in
a communal clash involving three border communities in Gwoza Local Government
Council of Borno State. Members of Attagara, Aghapalwa and Gwoshe border
communities were said to have taken up arms against one another. It, however,
turned out to be a religious war between Christians and Muslims. Continue..
Suspected killer of UNICAL lecturer in police net
A final year student in the Department
of Microbiology, University of Calabar, has been arrested in connection
with the death of a lecturer in the department, Dr. Godwin Iwatt, who
was shot on May 6.
Iwatt, who was the examination officer in the department, later died on May 15.
PUNCH Metro gathered on
Wednesday that the Cross River State Police Command arrested a final
year student, whose name was withheld, in the Calabar South area.
A policeman in the unit, who pleaded
anonymity, said, “The killer has been arrested. He said the shooting was
done with the assistance of three other students who are still at
large.”
The Police source said the suspect was
traced through some death threat messages he sent to Iwatt, who
allegedly refused to clear the student’s backlog of carryovers to enable
him proceed for the national youth service.
“When he was arrested, he denied
knowledge of the shooting, but when he was confronted with the
evidences, including the text messages, he confessed that he was the
culprit along with three others.”
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Hogan Bassey, said investigation was still ongoing.
He said, “The principal suspect has been arrested, but investigation is still ongoing,”
80 killed in fresh Boko haram attacks
A source said some gunmen sneaked into Attagara, Apapalawa and Aganjara villages in Gwoza Local Government Area, about 140 kilometres from Maiduguri, the state capital.
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
World’s First Fully Solar Powered Plane Takes Flight With 2 Passengers Onboard
Check out this solar powered plane. Continue to view photo..
We killed ex-Anambra dep gov ’cos his wife proved difficult — SUSPECTS
LAGOS — The Lagos State Police Command, yesterday, paraded
three suspected members of a notorious kidnap gang that killed former Deputy
Governor of Anambra State, Dr. Chudi Nwike.
They were picked up in their den last year.
Nwike was kidnapped on March 19, 2013 and a N30 million
ransom was demanded by his abductors who reportedly murdered him after taking
N5 million as ransom. Continue...
Nigerian police retract apparent ban on schoolgirls protests
Nigerian police said on Tuesday that protesters were free to march in the capital Abuja, after an uproar over comments by the police commissioner in which he appeared to ban demonstrations over more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by rebels.
Joseph Mbu made a statement on Monday in which he appeared to forbid protests on grounds that they could be hijacked by "dangerous elements" who could threaten state security. Protesters said they would challenge the ban in court on Tuesday, and they filed a complaint at noon (1100 GMT).
Another attack: B’Haram attacks three villages, scores feared dead
Boko Haram insurgents returned on Tuesday to the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State and nearly razed three villages.
The insurgents were also said to have
killed scores of people in Amuda and Ngoshe as well as Attagara,where
they shot nine worshippers to death in EYN Church on Sunday. Thirty
seven of the attackers were however killed by Attagara villagers who
mobilised and confronted them.
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
Army Officers found guilty of aiding Boko haram
It was gathered that the Army and the Defence headquarters had alleged that some of their officers and men were giving vital official information to Boko Haram members. The allegation, however, brought about the arrest and arraignment of some officers who were court-martial in the army divisions in the northern part of the country.
Boko Haram kills 9 during church service
Suspected members of Boko Haram on
Sunday stormed a church in Attagara, Gwoza Local Government Area
of Borno State and killed nine worshippers.
The attack which occurred barely 48
hours after the murder of the Emir of Gwoza , Alhaji Idrissa Timta,
by the sect in a highway ambush, brought the service to an abrupt end.
It was gathered on Monday in Maiduguri
that the insurgents arrived at the EYN Church and opened fire on
worshippers at about 9.30am.
Police ban protests over Chibok schoolgirls
The kidnapping by the Islamist sect has led to protests seeking the rescue of the female students locally and internationally. The FCT boss also redeployed all the Divisional Police Officers (DPOs).
Monday, 2 June 2014
Jonathan’s secret negotiator: Chibok girls very ill
Some of the 219 schoolgirls still in the custody of Boko
Haram insurgents have taken ill, according to a prominent Australian cleric,
Dr. Stephen Davis.
Davis, a hostage
negotiator, said the online publication
of a British newspaper, The Mail on Sunday, was hired by President Goodluck Jonathan to
broker the release of the girls.
Boko Haram kills 15 in Adamawa
Boko Haram again, went on the rampage yesterday, killing 15 people through bombing at Kaban, in Mubi, the commercial nerve centre of Adamawa State. At least 15 victims of the blast were hospitalised.
The latest attack came after the Emir of Gwoza, Alhaji Idrissa Timta, was shot and killed by the insurgents last Friday. The Adamawa victims, according to sources, were watching a football match while others met their waterloo during a bomb blast at a beer parlour at Kaban. The place is close to a football field and the Mubi General Hospital.
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