Boko Haram blows bridge in Yobe

 

Boko Haram continued its onslaught in the Northeast yesterday, blowing up a bridge linking Buni Yadi with Damaturu in Yobe State.
The insurgents attacked Katarko, hitting a military facility, before entering the town. Eight people were killed.
Katarko is 22 kilometers south of Damaturu, the state capital. It is in Gujba Local Government Area, one of the strongholds of the Boko Haram insurgents.
Eyewitnesses said the insurgents stormed the town around 7:30pm and operated unhindered till 2.00am yesterday.

59 on Ebola watch list

Lagos on red alert
ASky airline banned
Lagosians were told yesterday not to panic over the Ebola virus that has killed a Liberian in the city.
The state government announced drastic measures to prevent the dreaded  virus from spreading into the state and the country.

Last week, a Liberian diplomat, Patrick Sawyer, flew into the commercial capital city aboard Asky Airline from Monrovia, carrying the virus.

The late Sawyer detected within 24 hours and isolated for treatment after tests revealed that he was carrying the virus that has killed over 672 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Breaking: Nasir El-Rufai’s son dies in car crash

 

Former Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has lost his son to a car crash.
Hamza El-Rufai died this morning in Abuja.

The father of the deceased broke the news on his faceboook page at about 8:00 am Tuesday morning.

The post read thus: “From Allah we came and to Him we shall return. Please join our family in praying for the repose of the soul of my son Hamza El-Rufai who died this morning in a motor accident in Abuja.”
Details of the accident to follow later

Didier Drogba seals Chelsea return after agreeing one-year deal

The 36-year-old striker says it was an easy decision to return "home" to Stamford Bridge after leaving in 2012 for stints at Shanghai Shenhua and Galatasaray

Final hurrah: Didier Drogba's last act in a Chelsea shirt was to rifle home the winning penalty in the shoot-out against Bayern Munich that seized the London club's first Champions League crown two years ago.  Photo: ACTION IMAGES

 

Woman's face gets 26 stitches after husband batters her over piece of fish

For taking a piece of fish from the cooking pot, 34 year old Fatima Bankole (pictured above) said she got the beating of her life from her husband, Alhaji Kamoru Bankole, on Wednesday July 16th and now has 26 stitches on her face as a result of the brutal assault.

Narrating what led to the attack, Fatima, who is one of three wives, said as wives of the Alhaji, they had a roaster for cooking. She said on the day any of them cooked, they would first dish for their husband, then the children before serving themselves.

She said on the day of the attack, the last wife had finished her cooking and served their husband and the children. She, Fatima, then went for her own meal but as soon as the third wife saw her food, she immediately went to report to their husband that Fatimah had taken the largest chunk of fish in the pot. Continue...

Not listening to her explanation that she only took pieces of fish scattered in the pot, their husband descended on her with punches to her face. She said she bled for hours and was thereafter locked up in a room for three days before she found a way of escape.

She said her husband had physically assaulted her several times in the past and even gave an account of a previous attack where her husband pulled her hair until it hurt so bad it gave her head injuries.

After her escape, Fatimah was assisted to the hospital by her neighbors. Her husband has since been arrested after a petition by a Women Arise civil group in Lagos. He is expected to be in court next week.

Source: Sahara Reporters

Transfer news: Frank Lampard signs for New York City FC

Frank Lampard will be one of the star names when New York City begin life in 2015

               

                   

England midfielder Frank Lampard has confirmed he will join the MLS team New York City FC on a two-year contract.

The 36-year-old left Chelsea at the end of last season after a hugely successful 13-season stint, during which he became the club's all-time record goal scorer with 211.
He becomes New York City FC's fourth player and will join prolific Spanish forward David Villa at the new MLS franchise.
New York City are owned by Manchester City and Major League Baseball's New York Yankees and will play at Yankee Stadium when the 2015 MLS season starts in February.
And New York sporting director Claudio Reyna is thrilled to have signed Lampard, describing him as "one of the greatest players over the last 15 years".
Reyna said: "He is a professional, a leader and he ticked all the boxes in terms of the qualities to help grow our team."

Oyegun advises politicians against unguarded utterances

Abuja – Chief Odigie Oyegun, National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), has advised politicians to shun utterances that could disrupt peaceful co-existence among the different ethnic nationalities in the country.

John Odigie-Oyegun

Oyegun stated this in Abuja Thursday, when he paid a courtesy visit to John Cardinal Onaiyekan, Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese.
He said that out of desperation to capture or retain power; some politicians were making inflammatory statements that could have long-term negative implication on the unity and progress of the country.
He urged politicians to stop playing the blame game considering the high level of insecurity in the country.
He called on politicians, irrespective of their political affiliations, to unite against the common enemy of Nigeria, stressing that it required the collective efforts of all to fight terrorism.
“ Nigerians should unite to face this reality, it is a pan-Nigeria problem, and therefore, all hands must be on deck to fight insurgency in Nigeria’’, Oyegun said.
He added that Nigeria was going through a very difficult period in its history, saying “it is divided by poverty, religion and political differences.’’
He said the visit was to seek prayers and spiritual guidance for the new leadership of the APC.
“My appeal to the Cardinal is that the truth should be spoken to all of us either in government or those aspiring to be in government.’’
Responding, Onaiyekan advised politicians to play the game in a rational and peaceful way, adding that political differences should not be a reason for rancour
He said that the basic principles, values and rule of democracy should be protected at all costs for sustainable development.
The Cardinal warned that Boko Haram was a symptom of a wider disease which if not properly addressed, could result to another challenge. (NAN)

Ebola Virus in Nigeria

The deadly Ebola Virus Disease which has killed over over 500 people in West Africa has hit Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria,  the Lagos State Government says.

Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, presently, has no cure and is ravaging neighbouring West African countries with many people killed and nations still at risk of the deadly disease. The  WHO has recorded more than 900 cases of Ebola in the epidemic that has raged across West Africa in recent months, but this is the first suspected case to emerge in Nigeria since the outbreak began.

At a news conference in Alausa, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria on Thursday, Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos, Dr. Yewande Adeshina told newsmen that a 40-year old Liberian, working for a West African Organisation in Moronvia, Liberia, who arrived Lagos last Sunday is suspected to have the disease.  Liberia has recorded 172 cases of the disease, including 105 deaths.

File Photo: medics kitted for ebola in Guinea

Politicians buy human parts from me, says suspect

The Kwara state Police command yesterday July 23rd paraded two men who they said are involved in trading of human parts.

The men whose names were given as Amos Kareem and Abubakar Ladan were arrested with human head, leg and hand in Tabira village, Okuta in Baruten LGA of the state, according to a report by Vanguard.

When interviewed, one of the suspects, Abubakar Ladan said Amos Kareem promised to give him a motorcycle if he could find him human head, hand and leg. His desire to own a motorcycle made him go to a cemetery where he exhumed bodies and cut off their heads, hands and legs (pictured above).

When asked what he wanted to do with the human parts, Amos Kareem said he sold them to politicians. He however refused to disclose the identities of the politicians.

The police also paraded a man said to be an accomplice, having accommodated the suspects in Tabira village, though the man denied knowledge of the business Kareem and Ladan were involved in.

Human parts ‘depot’ uncovered in Ilorin

ILORIN—
 Men of Kwara State Police Command have discovered abandoned buildings along Lagos‑Ilorin expressway, in the Ilorin International Airport area, suspected to be hideout for criminals dealing in human parts and other nefarious criminal activities.
Some of the items discovered in the six buildings of about 18 flats, said to be owned by an 85-year‑old socialite, include decomposed human parts, a decomposing headless body, decomposed human feet, snail shells, piece of cloth suspected to be used in strangulating victims, under-wears, NYSC caps, shoes, eye glasses, hand set cover, sandals, among other personal belongings, were found in the abandoned buildings.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Ambrose Aisabor, said this during a press conference yesterday at the Police Headquarters, Ilorin.Aisabor said the command’s special undercover agents, with information from members of the public, discovered the criminal hideout on Saturday.
According to the state Police Commissioner; “we have made another breakthrough in our efforts to ensure that we chase out criminals from this state and ensure that residents live in peace.
”He added that the identified buildings have inscription of “For Sale” written all over them. They are located near NASFAT praying ground, with a road separating the fenced buildings and the praying ground.
”The police boss, who said no arrest has been made so far, added that the aged socialite, who allegedly owns the place and suspected to be a native of Oro town in Irepodun Local Government Area of the state, was being interrogated.
The Kwara State Police Commissioner, who also paraded one Ganiyu Lawal, suspected to be a robber, said the suspect removed a Toyota Camry, with number plate Lagos APP 645 AN, from where it was parked in Ikorodu, Lagos

How girl, 13, was kidnapped by her dad, taken to Syria and forced to marry her cousin

An Australian girl who was kidnapped, beaten and married off to her older cousin by her father’s family in Syria at the age of 13 has spoken out about her horrific five-year ordeal for the first time.