BOKO HARAM: POLICE URGE ALL STATES WITH BOARDING FACILITIES TO BE ALERT

The police has released a statement ordering boarding schools within and outside Benue state to be alert, this is as a result of the threat letter written to schools in Markudi by the boko haram sect, if you missed the story, read it here Threat Letter.The police has also beefed-up security in the school and the Benue capital. The Statement by Police spokesperson Frank Mba, reads in parts,

"Benue State Police Command, working in conjunction with the State Ministry of Education and the affected school authorities, has strengthened surveillance in the schools and other boarding schools within Makurdi metropolis,” the statement said.

It said that the police had begun investigations to determine the “authenticity or otherwise of the hand-written letter (threat) now in possession of the force”.

“The Police High Command wishes to advise residents of all host communities nationwide where boarding schools are located to remain perpetually on the alert and report any suspicious movement to the appropriate authorities,” Mr. Mba said.

GENERAL BUHARI'S ADOPTED SON ARRESTED FOR 20 MILLION NAIRA SCAM

Culled from Sharareporters

An adopted son of a former military Head of State, General Mohammadu Buhari has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over an alleged N20( Twenty Million Naira only) fraud

The suspect, Mohammed Buhari, was arrested over a transaction that has the trappings of voodoo investment scheme. He allegedly obtained N20 million from one Mrs Florence Nwokocha, purportedly to invest in a lucrative oil and gas business with promises of mouth watery returns to the investor. Buhari was allegedly introduced to the lady by his account officer at Ecobank Plc and he agreed to pay Nwokocha, 30 percent annual interest on the sum.

But once the money was transferred, Buhari cleaned out the account but never paid any interest to the woman.
sources at the EFCC informs that the suspect claims he ran into trouble after he lost the bank guarantee which he secured from another new generation bank. The bank, he claims, voided the guarantee on the ground that the branch of the bank that processed it was not competent to do so.

Buhari is still in the custody of the EFCC as investigations in the case continue.

FRESH ATTACK BY BOKO HARAM IN KANO STATE

An explosion has rocked a beer joint along the Hausa/Igbo road in Sabon Gari market , Lagos. 
The incident occured at about 9:30pm. The Kano State police has confirmed the incident and have deployed an anti-bomb squad. About 10 people have been confirmed dead.  The residents are still in shock over the attack. more details later

BOKO HARAM PLANS TO ATTACK SCHOOL IN MARKUDI

The boko haram has found a new location and may have found new ways of upgrading their attacks by writing ahead of time. The Boko Haram sect has written to the Government College, Makurdi Benue state pre-informing them of the supposed attack on the school.The principal of the school, Mr Godfrey Ugudu who revealed this, said It is true that we saw two letters informing us of the intention of Boko Haram to invade our school on Friday or Monday,”. 

He further said,“The letters were dated May 14, 2014, stating that they were coming either of the two days to abduct our boys, whom they would marry to the secondary school girls abducted in Chibok.”


The letters were said to be written in pidgin English and was slipped into the class room and the staff room. The no of students in the school totals 700.

The police commissioner and the governor Gov Susam has been informed of the report.

The threat letters were confirmed by Public Relations Officer of the Police in the state, Dan Ezeala, who promised that the Police would secure the lives of the students.

My question is will they really attack on those days as indicated or is this a distraction from their main target?

MAIDUGRI: POLICE KILLS PASSENGER, KEKE NAPEP RIDER

Youths and members of the keke napep riders(tricycle riders) took to the street to protest the extra-judicial killing of a tricycle operator by a police man in Maidugri, Borno state. The incident which took place at the west-end roundabout in maidugri is filled with smokes from burnt tires and barricades & blockades are seen around the area. According to Premium times;

The incident happened at about 11am today.
Soldiers continued to shoot in the air to disperse the protesters who have mobilized themselves and heading towards Dandal police station with the aim of attacking it.

MODI WINS INDIA ELECTION

Narendra Modi, India's prime minister-elect, has won the election under his Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) after a landslide win against the opposition which has been in power for about 23 years under the leadership of the outgoing Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh.

The BJP has become the first party to win a majority for the past three decades. Modi 63 won 232 seats.

FOOTBALL: ARSENAL WINS FA CUP

It is all about the win win today, arsenal has clinched the FA cup by beating Hull city in a 3-2 score after an extra time in the finals today at Wimbley Stadium. Aaron Ramsey"s goal at the 109th minute secured the victory. 

This is their first trophy in 9 years, thumbs up to Arsene wenger.

"WE ARE HERE TO DECLARE WAR" AFRICA, WESTERN COMMUNITIES UNITE TO FIND MISSING GIRLS

Nigeria and its four neighbouring countries(Niger, Chad, Cameroon and Benin) at the security summit in paris have agreed to share intelligence and border survelliance in the search for the missing girls, while the west will provide technical training and expertise to combat the sect. 

President Hollande said that the threat of the boko haram members is bigger compared to when it started, President Biya of cameroon was more emphatic in his statement as he said the fight against boko haram is a "declaration of war". See their Statements in parts at the Summit today,

“We’re here to declare war on Boko Haram.” said the Cameroonian president, Paul Biya.

Boko Haram is no longer a local terror group," Jonathan said. "It is clearly operating as an al Qaeda operation" in central Africa, he said.

"The major challenge that we have faced in our search and rescue operation so far has been the deluge of misinformation about the whereabouts of the girls and the circumstances of their disappearance," the President added.

BOKO HARAM ATTACKS CHINESE CAMP IN CAMEROON

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram memebers have attacked a chinese camp in northern Cameroon on friday. The chinese camp is said to be near the den of the sects which is the sambisa forest and 20km from the Nigerian border.

The Chinese officials said, unidentified gunmen injured one person, and 10 others were unaccounted for.

More details later...

NIGERIAN SOLIDERS RELUCTANT TO FIGHT- US GENERAL

According to reports from the punch,the United States has said that the Nigerian military is becoming afraid of engaging the Boko Haram insurgents.

Testifying on Thursday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the US Air Force Chief of staff, Gen. Mark Welsh III, said, “We’re now looking at a military force that is, quite frankly, becoming afraid to even engage. The United States does not have the capacity, the capability to go rescue every kidnapped person around the world.”

FATHER OF NYANYA BOMB SUSPECT DETAINED

According to LIB, Rtd Col Agene Ogwuche, the father to the alleged mastermind of the April 14th Nyanya bomb blast Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche, has been arrested and detained by the officials of the Department of State Security for failing to meet up with the 2011 bail conditions given to him when he bailed his son after he was arrested on suspicion of terrorism.

Explaining why he had to be arrested and detained when it was his son that allegedly committed the crime, the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police, Frank Mba said;

"We don’t run a system where the sins of the son are visited on the father or the sins of the father are visited on the son. The obligation of the father as at the time he took Sadiq on bail was to continue to produce Sadiq whenever he is needed until the case against Sadiq is finally disposed of. If he fails to discharge that responsibility, that on its own does not confer the status of a terror suspect on him. He has only breached the conditions of the bail and he will be brought to justice in accordance with the conditions of the bail. That explains why the DSS immediately took him in when he could not produce the son. And that is the farthest we can go. If he had signed a bond to forfeit a property or to forfeit a certain sum of money, he will be made to suffer the forfeitures but we cannot visit the sins of the father on the son.” he said

Sadiq, who was born in the UK, was arrested on May 14th in Sudan. He is expected to be extradited to Nigeria once the formal process for his transfer back to Nigeria is completed

BARCELONA: MESSI AGREES TO NEW DEAL, TO BE THE HIGHEST PAID PLAYER

The four time world player of the year Lionel Messi and Barcelona have agreed on a new contract that will make the player(Messi) the highest paid player with a net annual salary of 20 million Euros($27.4 million). 

According to reports from Super Sports, Barca did not publish details of the deal but Spanish media said Messi, 26, would remain tied to the club until June 2018, as in his previous contract, and could earn around 5 million euros more per season in performance-linked bonuses.

The Argentina captain would also regain control of his image rights, one report said, further boosting the income of a man Forbes magazine estimates is the 10th highest-earning athlete, with annual revenues of $41.2 million including wages and endorsements.

CAN ONE BE HANGED TO DEATH FOR PRACTICING THEIR RELIGION?

Beautiful couple yet faced with the tribulation of living in a country where one is not allowed to Practice their religion. 
Mrs Ibrahim 27 years old has been sentenced to death by hanging for apostasy(denouncing your religion/faith). Mrs Ibrahim was born a muslim but raised by her mother in a christian way, She got married to this cute dude, Mr Ibrahim who is a christian and wholly embraced the Christian faith. Mrs Ibrahim is presently pregnant and in prision. For full gist read here Apostasy

TWIN EXPLOSION HITS KENYA CAPITAL

The capital city of kenya , Nairobi has just been hit with two explosives, this Friday killing about 10 people, and injuring many.

According to reports, the first blast was targeted at a 14 seater passenger vehicle. while the other occurred at the Gikomba market. According to reports from the Kenyatta National hospital, about 70 people have been admitted in the hospital and are in need of blood transfusion

"Many of the injured are bleeding profusely. We need a lot of blood," said Simon Ithae, the spokesman.

CAR MADE BY UNIVERSITY OF BENIN STUDENTS PASS TECHNICAL EVALUATION TEST, SET TO COMPETE IN NETHERLAND

Students pose with the manufactured car

A Group of Nigerian students from the University of Benin has successfully passed international technical evaluation test held in the Netherlands, Punch reports.

According to the official statement by the Media Manager of Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, Mr Precious Okolobo, the automobile introduced by the the University of Benin students thus qualified to race at the 2014 Eco Marathon in Netherlands, which is to be held on May 17.

FERRY CAPSIZES IN BANGLADESH, DEATH TOLL RISES TO 29

Barely a month after a ship carrying School children to Jeju Island Capsized in South-Korea, another ferry Capsized in Bangladesh yesterday, the incident was caused by a strong storm as it sailed through the Meghna river at Rasulpur in Munshiganj district near the capital, Dhaka.

Officials are uncertain how many people were on board at the time of the incident as the ferry did not maintain a passengers list. So far only 29 bodies have been found, officals say death toll could rise.
A lot of passengers were trapped in the lower deck when the ferry began to sink

A passenger who jumped overboard when the ship began to sink, said he was among some 25 people who managed to swim to safety.
He said the captain of the double-decker ferry ignored the passengers' calls to stay close to the shore as the storm started brewing.

JONATHAN CANCELS TRIP TO CHIBOK

Yesterday reports came in that Mr President will be visiting Chibok today. Reports at this moment says Mr president will be flying directly to France. Officials say the visit was called off because of security reasons.

A new date for the visit has not been scheduled.

EX-GOVERNOR, IKEDI OHAKIM'S HOUSE BOMBED IN OWERRI

“This is the only building I have in this state", these were the words of Chief Ikedi Ohakim, the former governor of Imo state when he saw his bombed house on Thursday morning. Fortunately, for Chief Ohakim he was not at the house when the horrific act took place at his Owerri residence.

According to the former governor who was deeply saddened by the incident,he alleged that this is the handiwork of his political opponents because of his planned declarations to run for the 2015 elections, but he said he will not be deterred. Chief Ohakim said he got a call from the security details  at about 1:30am informing him of the tragic incident and got to the scene of the incident by 6:30am.

NEGOTIATE WITH BOKO HARAM-SHETTIMA TELLS PRESIDENT JONATHAN

The Governor of Borno state, Kashim Shettima has asked President Jonathan to negotiate with the Boko Haram  Sect if that is the price we pay for the release of the abducted girls. Governor Shettima made this remark during an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour last night.

"The issue of not negotiation with the terrorists – it’s out of the question. If it means talking to the devil, it means the devil can come down, we can get back our girls. The group that kidnapped the girls are a bunch of raving lunatics.

"Do we have any other option? If I have to talk to the devil to secure the release of the girls, I will do so. President Jonathan did not act on time and did not talk to me over the kidnappings until 19 days after.’’He also said for the first three weeks after the girls were abducted, the whole thing was politicized.

Also speaking, a woman leader of the All Progressive Party Sharon Ikeazor said the situation could have been salvaged on time if the President had acted immediately. She said the girls had their cellphones with them and had contacted their parents about their abduction.

CULLED FROM LIB

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BOKO HARAM CRISIS: JONATHAN JOINS OTHER NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES IN PARIS TO TACKLE SECURITY

This is the press release on the planned trip by Mr President to Paris. Read below

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will travel to Paris, France, Friday to participate in a summit convened by President Francois Hollande to discuss fresh strategies for dealing with the security threat posed by Boko Haram and other terrorist groups in West and Central Africa.

President Jonathan will be joined at the summit by Heads of State and Government of Benin Republic, Cameroon, Niger and Chad.