UPDATES: Police arrests two juveniles over rape of toddler in India

Two teenagers have been arrested for raping the two-year-old, said Dependra Pathak, a top officer. The accused, both juveniles were arrested on Saturday, October 17, through the evidence found in a CCTV footage in the region. The duo kidnapped the toddler on Friday while she was playing outside her home, taking advantage of a ten-minute long power cut which took place around 11.30 pm.

BREAKING: Buhari orders dismantling of military checkpoints nationwide

 

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that all military checkpoints across Nigeria be dismantled immediately, the News Agency of Nigeria quoted the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Aliyu Ismail, as saying.

Details of the directive are still being awaited, and it is unclear whether checkpoints in states in the North-east, set up in the wake of the Boko Haram insurgency, would also be removed.

Military checkpoints multiplied across Nigeria after the insurgency intensified, causing terrible traffic snarls and subjecting commuters to untold hardship.

However, security experts repeatedly argued that it was better for Nigerians to bear the inconveniences caused by military checkpoints than allow Boko Haram insurgents free passages to targets in cities.

More details later….

Rescued girls not Chibok girls

Nigeria’s army has stated that the rescued 200 girls and 93 women from Boko Haram camps during a military operation are not the school girls abducted from Chibok community more than a year ago by the Boko Haram insurgents.

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Boko Haram kidnapped nearly 300 schoolgirls from the northeastern town of Chibok, in Borno state, sparking an international outcry.

Army spokesman: 293 females rescued in northeastern Nigeria are not girls abducted from Chibok.

Source : Vanguard 

Nigerian troops find 200 girls and 93 women in Sambisa Forest

Nigerian troops just announced that they have found 200 girls and 93 women in Sambisa Forest, but haven't officially confirmed if the girls found are the same ones who were abducted from their school in Chibok community in April 2014. Hopefully, it's them.

VIDEO: Lagos police commissioner explains how kidnapped Orekoya boys were found

He said they were found around the Shasha area of Lagos and they didn't pay any ransom. Watch...

Breaking News: Voting stalled in Gombe following an attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents

The voting process in at least two areas of Gombe State, North-East Nigeria, has been stalled following an attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents.

Bloomberg news agency quoted a resident, Aminu Kabiru as saying the suspected terrorists in cars and motorcycles started shooting sporadically in Shole.

In Dukku, also in Gombe state, gunmen at about 11:30 a.m. assaulted the town and burnt a police station, a bank and stopped voters from registering, Haruna Duku, a trader, told Bloomberg.

In both places, voters dispersed.

Explosion reported in Awka, Anambara state

Less than an hour that a bomb exploded at a polling unit in Enugu, a similar incident has occurred in Awka, 

Anambra State.

The Anambra explosion took place at Atom a polling unit at Umuokpara Primary School, Awka ward one.

Details later…

Bomb blast at Polling unit in Enugu

A bomb went off at the Women Training Center in Enugu this morning March 28th. The state police Commissioner confirmed the incident and said anti-bomb squad were immediately invited to the scene and were able to successfully detonate a second explosive found in the premises. Above is the vehicle that carried the explosive device

Photo: INEC Website hacked

Photos: INEC website hacked

The website of the Independent National Electoral Commission has been hacked.

The website was taken over at some moment after 11 a.m.
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INEC made this known through its Twitter account, @INEC_Nigeria. It said it has begun investigation into it.

‎“We are aware of the recent hack of our @inecnigeria website, we are currently investigating this incident
#NigeriaDecides,” the organisation tweeted.

This is what they posted below

Eye witness tells the ture story of how Silverbird staff, Aishat Mustapha was murdered.( Graphic Photo )

The gruesome murder of Silverbird television employee, Aishat Noble Mustapha on Saturday 14th March, soon after she returned home from work is still sending shock waves to the media community.

Viral reports claimed she was stabbed eleven times, however, an eyewitness who resides in her neigbhourhood in Ogudu GRA, Lagos, has now shared the true story with Falcon's Gist.

After she was found in the gutter

The eyewitness said the following:

“It happened around 8pm on Saturday night.  She had gone in after returning from work, and then this man visited her. No one paid attention until we started hearing arguments.

The guy also resides in the estate, he is a married man and we could hear her threatening him, saying she will tell his wife about the pregnancy she had for him. The man was shouting back, and he got angry when she said she will report to his wife….but after a while, the argument stopped and there was no more shouting. Moments later, she ran out of the house with scars all over her body, and while running she fell into the gutter.”

How Neighbors found her:

“That was when neighbors found her. She was still breathing so she was rushed to a specialist hospital along Ogudu road then to the General Hospital in Gbagada, but no one wanted to admit her without a police report…it was when she was taken to the police station, that she gave up the ghost.”

The knife that was used in stabbing her:

We saw a knife with blood in the compound but by the time the police came to pick up the knife, they didn’t see it again, someone had taken it but I don’t know who.

The suspect:

The guy (married man) was with neighbors all through, running up and down with the good Samaritans but he has now been arrested and is now in detention at Area F Police station close to the estate. This is so sad, she was a young promising and beautiful woman, she lost her sister just last year.  It’s like it is the guy that rented the apartment for her.

Fire guts AIT studio in Alagbado

THE Studio of Daar Communications Plc, owner of the African Independent Television (AIT) and Ray Power FM located  at Alagbado area of Lagos  was on Monday morning gutted by fire.

 The inferno reported immediately after its early morning news magazine programme, “Kaakaki” at its Lagos Alagbado office started from a high voltage electricity in the studio.

 However, the fire was reportedly put out around 9: 30 am  by  combined efforts of the  Lagos State Fire Service men from  Agege, Ikeja and Alausa division.

The  inferno, which occurred just a day after  Sir Gabriel Igbinedion-owned Independent Television and Radio(ITV) Station in Benin the capital of Edo State was totally razed by fire affected  morning programming from the Lagos office of the station as Ray Power could not aired its 10am world news.

However,  unlike the  ITV Benin inferno, the Lagos state  Director of Fire Service, Fasak Fadipe, who confirmed the incident,  said his men arrived at the scene 15 minutes after a call was received from the media house, adding that it took 15 minutes to put off the fire.

 He also disclosed the cause of the fire, blaming it on the impact of a high voltage on the AC been used in the Studio

Although no lives were lost in the incident, few property were damaged by the fire.

“Only the AC was badly damaged as we were able to curtail the spread of the fire. The management of the station had also combated it and they must be commended for having all the fire equipment, ” he said.

Chad, Niger, launch air, ground assault on Boko Haram, as troops recapture Buni Yadi

DAMATURU—Niger and Chad, yesterday, launched major ground and air strikes in the North-East against Boko Haram, after the militants formally pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq.

The attacks, which followed a sustained build-up of troops in southern Niger, have opened up a new front in regional efforts to wipe out the Islamist group, whose six-year insurgency has spread across borders.

“Very early this morning, troops from Niger and Chad began an offensive against Boko Haram in the area of Bosso and near Diffa,” a Niger government source in Niamey told AFP on condition of anonymity.The Nigerian troops also, weekend, recaptured Buni Yadi town, the headquarters of Gujba Local Government Area and Buni Gari town both in Yobe State from the terrorists.

More than 200 vehicles, some of them with machine guns, as well as tanks, ambulances, water tankers and transport trucks, were seen moving towards the border, radio station Anfani, based in Diffa, said.

Aircraft targeted Boko Haram positions on Saturday and early yesterday, it added, while a Diffa resident and aid worker said troops were seen heading to the border and heavy gunfire was heard.

The previously lacklustre counter-insurgency against Boko Haram has been given renewed vigour with the deployment of troops from Cameroon, Chad and Niger last month.

Troops record victories

The armies have claimed series of successes in rebel-held territories in recent weeks, as part of an operation to clear and control the northeastern states in time for the general elections set for March 28 and April 11.

Much of the focus has been on Chad’s army, which has experience in tackling Al-Qaeda-linked extremists in Mali alongside French forces.

But the Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, said the Nigerien and Chadian attacks were “complementary to the ongoing push against the terrorists.

“The mission of routing the terrorists from Nigeria’s territory is being conducted from various fronts in and out of Nigeria and is achieving expected results so far,” he said in a text message.

On Friday, the African Union endorsed the creation of a regional force of up to 10,000 men to join the fight against Boko Haram.

The force, the idea which was adopted at an AU summit in January, will be based in Chad’s capital N’Djamena, the pan-African bloc’s Peace and Security Council said.

It will be mandated “to prevent the spread of Boko Haram activities and other terrorist groups” and “eradicate their presence,” the body agreed in a meeting earlier week.

Diplomats said Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Benin had committed to providing troops, who would “operate freely” in a still-undefined region.

Nigerian troops recapture Buni Yadi

On the recapture of Buni Yadi and Buni Yari, the Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col Sani Usman, in a statement, said during the operations, the troops encountered little resistance as the insurgents were on the run. “Cordon and search and mopping up operations are ongoing in these areas. Operations by troops are also continuing to recover the few areas remaining in the hands of terrorists,” the statement said.

It will be recalled that Boko Haram terrorists on February 25, 2014 killed 59 students in an attack on the Federal Government college Buni Yadi, in Yobe State, near the state’s capital city of Damaturu. According to the state Police Commissioner Sanusi Rufai, “some of the students’ bodies were burned to ashes.”

Rufai said all those killed were boys. He said the school’s 24 buildings, including staff quarters, were completely burned to the ground.

President Goodluck Jonathan called the attack “callous and senseless murder…by deranged terrorists and fanatics who have clearly lost all human morality and descended to bestiality”.

Meanwhile, the Nigerian military has raised concern over careless talks and undue exuberance by some individuals from the military of neighbouring countries involved in the Multinational Joint Task Force (MJNTF), which it argued have the implication of destabilising the spirit of the joint efforts against terrorism within the sub-region.

Reacting to a purported statement in some media by officials from the MJTF that troops from Niger and Chad made deep incursions into Nigerian territory to battle Boko Haram elements, Director Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade, advised that it is necessary for officers from participating countries to beware of the terms they use while speaking with the press and also understand the implications of those terms.

According to him: “The location in question has to be mentioned before one can confirm whether it is part of an assigned or authorised mission or an incursion as described. This campaign against terror only makes provision for collaboration and cooperation; not incursion into territories. I think there is a careless use of terms by some inexperienced people or officials eager to make impression without understanding the implications. There’s no allowance for incursion here.

“The truth is that there were some preemptive manoeuvres along an axis in the theatre. Nigerian forces were also involved. It is unfortunate if that is what this young man is reporting in this false and divisive way. He may have to be called to order to stop this exuberant attitude of misinforming people as this is not good for our collective efforts. We will take this up where it matters.”

BREAKING NEWS: PHOTOS Bomb blast reported at Gombe Line motor park this morning

There are reports that a bomb went off at the Gombe Line motor park in Gombe state around 9am this morning which has resulted in the death of at least 30 people. Eye witnesses say the bomb was planted by a man who came and dropped his bag in a Kano line bus and left. NEMA officials are said to be at the scene right now removing the dead bodies and taking the injured to the Gombe State Specialist Hospital. Hoping to get more info from the blast later. See more photos below

Gombe State Specialist Hospital this morning

 Photo Credit: Twitter/@WilsonIsTalking

Bomb explosion kills 10 in Bauchi

10 people have been confirmed dead with 14 others seriously injured after a bomb exploded at a brothel in Bayangari in Bauchi state yesterday night around 9.45pm. 

The Bauchi State Police Command spokesman, Haruna Mohammed, confirmed the incident in a statement and said investigations has commenced but no arrest has been made so far.

"The entire surrounding has been cordoned and scene secure. No arrest has been made yet and investigation has commenced to ascertain the cause” Mr. Mohammed said in a statement late Friday night.

He said all 10 corpses were evacuated to the mortuary while the injured were taken to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, for treatment.

Worshipers escape death in Owerri as police uncover deadly explosive in church

The Police in Imo state have arrested six suspects over the discovery of two Improvised Explosive Devices in a church in Owerri, the state capital, the Commissioner  of Police, Abdumajid Ali,  and spokesperson for the command, Andrew Enwerem, have said.

Mr. Enwerem, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, told PREMIUM TIMES the police was alerted to strange objects at the entrance of the Port Harcourt Road branch of Winners Chapel around midnight on Saturday.

Boko Haram attacks a Nigerian Military Base, 24 personnel feaerd dead

BBC reports that gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram on Tuesday 27^th May 2014 around 5pm attacked a security base in Buni Yadi, in Gujba LGA killing 24 officials. Residents of the area said the victims include 13 soldiers and 11 police officers and said the gunmen came in 10 Hilux vans, an armoured tank, and several motorcycles.

BBC Hausa Service reports that the gunmen told residents of the area to stay indoors as their target were the security personnel in the town.

The men then proceeded to attack the military base, a local government secretariat and burnt down several buildings

BREAKING NEWS!!: PHOTOS. Purported Video From Boko Haram Shows Kidnapped Girls. Ready For Exchange

Just watch this on CNN. According to a CNN breaking news report, a new video purportedly showing at least 100 of the abducted Chibok girls has been obtained by AFP. The purported Boko Haram 27-minute video shows the girls alive and together, wearing Islamic Hijab headdress and reciting portions of the Quran. Those who said they have seen the video, including CNN reporters, say it seems the girls were speaking under duress.

In the video, Boko Haram leader Shekau said he's willing to exchange the girls for its members in prison. The timeline of when the video was taken is unknown.

Federal Government of Nigeria, warns that Nigeria is at the risk of contacting the deadly Ebola Virus

The Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said that Nigeria is now at risk of contacting the deadly Ebola virus which has been spreading across neighboring West African countries in recent times. The virus which first broke out in Guinea in January this year, is said to have no vaccine at the moment and has killed a total of 87 people with 137 cases reported since the outbreak. 

Ghana only recently reported a case of Ebola Virus Disease.

There Is No Way I Can Marry Poor Man, I Love Men With Money ––Actress Lizzy Gold

Gone are the days when ladies marry for love. These days even if you are a gorilla, just have money, simple!

Nollywood actress, Lizzy Gold Onuwaje has shown a lot of passion for acting since she began featuring in the home movies, but the single actress has also revealed other areas of her passion - money. According to the lady who was crowned Miss Delta State in 2006, she only has passion for men who are in heavy bucks and are ready to spend the money heavily on her:

Photos: Meet some of the passengers on missing Malaysian plane

Yesterday a Vietnamese search team said they had found what they believe is part of a door and an airplane's tail, but today, the Malaysian Civil Aviation Chief said it was a false alarm as nothing from the missing plane has been found. 

"Unfortunately we have not found anything that appears to be objects from the aircraft, let alone the aircraft. As far as we are concerned, we have to find the aircraft, we have to find a piece of the aircraft if possible.' he told a news conference today.

It's also been revealed that aside from 2 passengers boarding the plane using stolen passports, 5 other passengers checked on to the flight but did not board the plane. Their baggage was removed before the plane departed. 

Dozens of ships and aircraft from seven countries are searching the seas around Malaysia and south of Vietnam, but so far nothing. 

People are speculating that maybe the plane was hijacked, flew under the radar, to land somewhere. If this happened then it means the passengers are alive somewhere, but this theory is very unlikely.  Continue to see photos of some of the passengers on the missing plane...