BOMB EXPLOSION KILLS 10 AND INJURES 14 OTHERS IN BAUCHI

Another explosion has rocked Bauchi state which has claimed 10 lives and injured about 14 others. The blast which occurred at about 9:50pm Nigerian time was targeted at a brothel in Bayangari area of Bauchi state. The injured were taken to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, for treatment.

The spokesperson of the police in the state, Haruna Mohammed, said.

“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 evening.

He said the 10 corpse has been deposited at the mortuary in the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, for identification by family members.

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BISHOP CHUKWUMA WARNS BOKO HARAM TO STAY AWAY FROM THE S'EAST

The Arch-bishop of the Enugu Province of the Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, Thursday warned members and sponsors of the outlawed Islamist sect, Boko Haram to stay away from the south-east zone as any of the group’s activities noticed in the zone would be treated as a direct invitation to war.

The Anglican cleric gave this warning following the recent interception of suspected Boko Haram members in Abia and Enugu states.

According to him, with the incessant bombings across the country, the forthcoming 2015 general elections might as well be sitting on a keg of gun-powder, as nobody is safe anymore in Nigeria.

He therefore stated that time has come for the federal government to adopt a radical approach in checkmating the activities of Boko Haram.

I AM A CATHOLIC, I HAVE NEVER STOLEN IN MY LIFE - FORMER BANK PHB MD

A former Managing Director of Bank PHB, Francis Atuche, told an Ikeja High court that he has never stolen anything in his life, and it was absurd for EFCC to have labelled him a thief. While speaking in court, he said he joined United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, as a clerk on April 4th,1982 in Ibadan and was promoted to the post of supervisor just after nine months.

He also testified that the various schools he attended attested to his good character by awarding him excellent testimonials. Stating that, and I quote NAN, ‘I am a Catholic. I cannot be a thief. I was baptised in the church and before I left primary school, I have started receiving Holy Communion which I do every day. I cannot receive Holy Communion when I am not in the state of grace. I cannot be a thief because God has been gracious to me,’’ he said.



Atuche and his wife, Elizabeth, are standing trial for allegedly stealing N25.7 billion belonging to Bank PHB now Keystone Bank. They were charged to court by the EFCC alongside a former Chief Financial Officer of the bank, Ugo Anyanwu.

LUIZ SUAREZ BANNED FROM INTERNATIONAL GAMES AND FINED $112,000

The FIFA disciplinary committee has taken actions against the Uruguay player Luis Suarez for biting the Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during the Uruguay-Italy match played on June 24th. Luis has been suspended for 4 months and fined $112,000. See the statement by FIFA below...

"The player Luis Suárez is regarded as having breached art. 48 par. 1 lit. d of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC) (assault), and art. 57 of the FDC (an act of unsporting behaviour towards another player).
· The player Luis Suárez is to be suspended for nine (9) official matches. The first match of this suspension is to be served in the upcoming FIFA World Cup fixture between Colombia and Uruguay on 28 June. The remaining match suspensions shall be served in Uruguay’s next FIFA World Cup match(es), as long as the team qualifies, and/or in the representative team’s subsequent official matches in accordance with art. 38 par. 2a) of the FDC. Continue...

UPDATE ON THE ABUJA BLAST AND MORE PICTURES

The Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, has confirmed that 21 people died this afternoon when a bomb went off at the very busy Emab Plaza in Wuse 2, Abuja. He also confirmed that 17 people were seriously injured and have been taken to Maitama District Hospital, Gwarimpa hospital, Wuse hospital, Garki hospital and National hospital.

Frank Mba said one suspect has been arrested and investigations have already started. The bomb is said to have gone off in a car as it passed through the gate of the mall around 4 this afternoon. The fire that followed the explosion is said to have engulfed most of the cars parked around the mall.

Security Forces have barred off the scene of the blast, while the Police Bomb Disposal Squad has commenced post-blast analysis as part of the general investigative process, according to a statement.

The attack is believed to have been carried out by a suicide bomber though there are other conflicting reports from some eye-witnesses that a man on a bike threw the explosive and sped off. Though no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. See more photos below

NEWS FLASH: BOMB BLAST HITS POPULAR SHOPPING MALL IN ABUJA

There has been a bomb explosion at a popular Abuja shopping mall Banex Plaza in Wuse II area of Abuja, Nigeria. Bodies are said to be scattered all over the place according to eye witnesses. The blast Occurred few minutes after 4 o' clock. More details Later....
May God help our Nation

LESS THAN 50% OF NIGERIANS HAVE ACCESS TO POWER SUPPLY- SAYS NEBO

Prof Chinedu Nebo

Less than fifty per cent of Nigerians currently have access to electricity, Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo, has said.

Prof. Nebo, who disclosed this at the 15th Herbert Macaulay bi-ennial lecture organised by the Engineering Faculty of University of Nigeria, Nsukka, yesterday, said the federal government was, however, working hard to increase access to 75 per cent by 2020.
He said government was also looking at the possibility of exploiting the country’s untapped coal resource, currently estimated to be in excess of three billion tons in reserve, to power electricity in the country.

He explained that coal production declined in Nigeria due mainly to the discovery of oil and the perception that coal was a dirty energy, adding that a large quality of coal deposits was wasting away in such states as Enugu, Benue, Kogi and Gombe.

The minister noted that with the current shortages of gas, the federal government was pursuing coal development as new frontier in the country. Continue...

SUDANESE CHRISTIAN WOMAN ARRESTED AGAIN IN KHARTOUM

I am certain we all remember the Sudanese woman but incase you dont just read about it HERE. It was reported yesterday that Meriam Ibrahim has been released after so much international intervention and call for her release. But the story took a new turn today as Meriam has been re-arrested.

According to CNN, Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, her American husband, Daniel Wani, and their two children were stopped at an airport in Khartoum and then detained and interrogated at national security headquarters in the Sudanese capital, the legal team said.

Details about why the family was held weren't immediately available.
Wani, in a phone call to CNN, also said that he and his family were being held at the national security office but did not provide details.

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MISSING PLANE: AIR PLANE ENROUTE GABON FROM NIGERIA DISAPPEARS

A US owned air-plane flying from Nigeria to Gabon has suddenly gone missing from the radar. The four-seater plane owned by Global Aviation, took off from Kano Airport around 6pm yesterday, Monday June 23rd and was expected to make a quick stop over at Doula, Cameroon before continuing its jouurney to Gabon. 

The plane which was expected to arrive at Doula, Cameroon by 11pm never made the stop over, Aviation authorities have said.

The Gabon Aviation authorities say the last contact they had with the plane was when it was in Mongo which is a 2-hour flight from the Cameroonian economic capital. Search & Rescue operation has so far not yielded any result but the search operation still continues. It is uncertain how many people were on board but report says only an American pilot was on board.

I hope this is not another MH370 story, May the plane be found. More details as the story unfolds...

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ANOTHER 60 GIRLS REPORTEDLY KIDNAPPED IN DAMBOA, BORNO STATE

The Nigerian Television Authority reports Via its twitter handle that about Sixty women have been kiddnapped in Damboa , Borno state. 

 

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Report: Sixty Girls Kidnapped by Insurgence in Kummabza village, Damboa LGA Borno State http://ow.ly/ymdPm 

NTA reports that, About sixty girls between the ages of 3-12 years have been abducted by insurgents in Kummabza village of Damboa local government area of Borno State. Reports from the area indicates that the insurgents also killed about thirty people and destroyed property worth millions of naira during an attack on the community, residents of the village are taking refuge in Lassa and Gulak in Adamawa State. They appealed to the authorities to provide them with shelter and relief materials to reduce their sufferings.

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PHOTOSTORY: NAMES, PICTURES OF ABDUCTED CHIBOK GIRLS

These are the pictures of the 195 missing Chibok girls still in the hands of their abductors since April 14th 2014.

The former UK Prime Minister and UN Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown, who was in Nigeria shared his findings with this day newspaper. Gordon Brown writes thus,

Each girl has a story, a future they had planned, a family anxiously waiting for them at home.
I was shown these pictures after visiting Nigeria this week. I met the leader of the community council in Chibok, the town from which the girls were abducted.
Slowly and with tears in his eyes, he flicked through a file in which the names and photographs of the girls have been recorded by Arise TV chief Nduka Obaigbena.
Not even the police and army have managed to compile such detail he has amassed from talking to the parents of the kidnapped teenagers. Continue to see more...,

ON-AIR-PERSONALITIES, YOU HAVE FINALLY KILLED RADIO- SAYS ETCETRA

And this weekend Etcetra brings it down on the On-Air-Personalities (OAPS) with their fake accents and choral praise singing on celebrity and their desire for stardom. But have Nigerian OAPs really killed the radio vibe? Read his article below and share your thoughts...

Radio is in a period where only the ‘blings’ and ‘blingers’ are getting all the attention. This must be the worst time to listen to radio in Nigeria. Consider some of the on-air-personalities, all they do is talk about what their favourite celebrities are wearing.
How easily manipulated and distracted can they be? A fake accent has never been more glorified than today.
With on-air-personalities chasing celebrity status themselves, radio listeners are never going to get any unbiased assessment of issues.
The few independent thinkers amongst them who provide this unbiased assessment are being mocked and called boring people. How do you listen to an OAP on radio who only talks about cars, money and women for hours?

It is becoming a consensus on the streets that naija radio stations are becoming more boring with each passing day. Continue....

EL-RUFAI TWEETS PICTURES OF GOVERNOR AMECHI'S HARRASMENT IN ONDO STATE

Earlier in the day, it was reported that some APC governors were refused entry into Ekiti state for a rally organized for the APC candidate in the up-coming election. Read Story Here. 

More emerging reports says the Governor of River states was harassed. 

El Rufai made this known of his facebook page,and on tweeter and also uploaded these two pictures as evidence.

El-Rufai  reportedly said, "the two pictures below record the harassment of Gov Rotimi Amaechi and the. Isolation if his fundamental rights of freedom of movement and association. May God Destroy all the Jonathanian enemies of our nation, A,en".

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EKITI ELECTIONS: SOLDIERS PREVENT APC GOVERNORS FROM ADO-EKITI

There is Just so much political drama between the APC and PDP, that i wonder if the Power Tussle engaged by these two parties brings relief on the impending dangers the country faces at the moment, I reserve my comments. As is always the case, the APC Governors have been denied access from attending the political rallies organized in Ekiti state to support the APC candidate in the Ekiti upcoming elections,  

According to saharareporters, Nigerian soldiers stationed between Akure, the capital of Ondo State, and Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State, today prevented Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State from reaching a political rally for Governor Kayode Fayemi, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in next Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State.

In a related development, other soldiers also prevented a chopper that was scheduled to take Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State from taking off from the airport in Benin City, the capital of Edo State. Mr. Oshiomhole was also scheduled to attend the rally for Mr. Fayemi. Also another aircraft bring Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso from Kano was denied landing rights at the Akure airport.

The soldiers reportedly told both governors that they have no clearance to attend the series of rallies for Mr. Fayemi. CONTINUE TO SEE MORE....

" BOKO HARAM TO BOMB ABUJA WITH PETROL TANKERS" SAYS SSS

The State Security Service(SSS) has revealed that the Boko haram sect has planned to use bomb and tankers to bomb the Nations capital few days. 
The SSS revealed this today, 18th June in a press briefing in Abuja by the Deputy Director of the DSS, Marilyn Ogar alongside the Coordinator of the National Information Centre, Mike Omeri. Mike Omeri is reported as saying;

"The Nigerian Security services had received intelligence report to the effect that insurgents intends seizing petrol tankers and plant improvised devices in the tankers and drive them to crowded places in Abuja.
“Against this backdrop, we hereby call on the Petrol Tankers Association to be on the red alert and advise their members to report any attempt or seizure of their vehicles to security agencies.
“In this wise, Nigerians are also advised to report any broken down tanker in any part of the territory to security agencies. Similarly, we are using this opportunity to appeal to the public to be on the alert particularly when they see any tanker driving dangerously."

BREAKING NEWS: BOMB BLAST HITS VIEWING CENTRE IN YOBE

Reports coming in says a viewing centre has been bombed in Damaturu, Yobe state and lots of people feared dead. The explosion occurred briefly after the match between Mexico and Brazil kicked off.  Details are still sketchy will bring updates shortly.

UPDATE:
According to BBC, the bomb went off at about 20:15pm local time.
Channels reports that alot of people are injured and are taken to Sani Abacha Specialist hospital, Damaturu where they are being treated. Death toll at the hospital is numbered about seven but may increase as some victims are yet to arrive at the hospital.
Security agencies are reportedly at the scene of the crime to calm things down.

May God preserve these innocent souls.

POPULAR MEDIA BOSS GETS A BARE-BREAST WOMAN AS A GIFT IN SOUTH AFRICA

What is it with South-Africans and giving bare breast women as wives?
 Well, the Chief Operations officer of the South African Broadcasting Corporation(SABC) Hlaudi Motsoeneng, received a wife, a cow, and a calf , as gifts from the Traditional Venda Chiefs on Friday.
According to News24, the women were lined up in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, on Wednesday for Motsoeneng to choose one.
Hlaudi and other SABC executives were in the area for a meeting with Mudzi wa Vhurereli ha Vhavenda, a lobby group of traditional leaders and healers.

Mudzi executive secretary Humbelani Nemakonde was quoted as saying that there were around 10 young women from which Motsoeneng could choose. "He chose the one he liked," Nemakonde said.

"All the girls were there with their parents. Their parents knew what was going to happen and they all agreed."

The woman Motsoeneng chose is pictured below, standing bare-breasted next to him. She is a 23-year-old human resources management student.

He received the gifts because he was "committed to his job and understands the strategic objectives of the SABC".

WORSHIPPERS ESCAPE DEATH AS POLICE DISCOVERS TWO EXPLOSIVES IN OWERRI

According to premiumtimes, the police discovered two Impoverished explosives devices in Winners Chapel in Owerri, Imo state today, June 15. The bombers are said to have been detonated and six people arrested in connection to the failed attack. The police further explained,

“During their check, it was discovered that Improvised Explosive Devices in forms of refrigerator compressor concealed in sack bags were discovered,” Mr. Enwerem said. “One was promptly detonated at the scene because it was on a timer. The other one was dis-alarmed and then taken away for detonation.”

The police said the six people arrested are not directly linked to the foiled attack.

“They were arrested because we believe we might be able to obtain information that could lead to the arrest of the perpetrators from them,” Mr. Enwerem said. “Investigations are ongoing.”

Police suspects that the explosives were planted on Saturday night, expected to go off during service hour.
The state police commissioner, Mr. Ali said the command would do everything possible to find the perpetrators of the evil act.

GOSPEL SINGER KEFEE DON MOMOH IS DEAD

This is really sad, Kefee Don Momoh is dead. She passed away this morning in the US hospital where she has been in coma after she collapsed in air-flight enroute to Chicago, two weeks ago.

The singer who was known for her hit songs Branama and Kokoroko was was diagnosed of having pre-eclampsia – pregnancy induced high blood pressure. She was in her mid 30s at the time of her death.
She died so young and had a great future. May God give her family to bear the loss. May her soul Rest In peace.

HUNGRY BOKO HARAM, INSURGENTS DEMAND FOR 40 COWS TO RELEASE ABDUCTED FULANI WOMEN

The demands of the boko haram sect may be changing by the day, the sect has reportedly asked for 40 cows as the exchange barter for freeing the 20 Abducted  Fulani women near Chibok about a week ago. According to reports, the insurgents have reached out to the husbands of the kidnapped women to deliver the cows as ransoms.

According to leadership news,  police official in Maiduguri who spoke to LEADERSHIP under strict condition of anonymity said many Fulani herdsmen had reported cases of abduction to them in various police Divisional headquarters and outposts around Damboa and Kaga local government areas of Borno State.

The police source said, the husbands and fathers of the abducted women were not ready to part with even a single calf as ransom for the release of their wives and daughters. Read more on the drama below....