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Tuesday, 2 October 2012
OVER 20 STUDENTS OF FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, MUBI, ADAMANWA STATE KILLED
At least 20 students of the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa State, northeast Nigeria, were killed last night in what seems to be a disagreement between two rival groups over the election of their union leaders. Eyewitnesses said trouble started around 2p.m on Monday when the two rival groups accused each other of revealing the
source of their arms and ammunition to the Joint Military Task Force following the raid by the Task Force
during which they discovered large arms cache in the area about
two weeks ago.
However, around 9 p.m. yesterday at Anwan Samiya area, a student dominated settlement
located close to the institution, the two groups engaged each other
in a bloody shoot-out from 9 p.m. till the early hours of today. When the sound of gun shots subsided this
morning, at least 20 students were found dead while several
others were seriously injured and are receiving treatment at Mubi
General Hospital.
STEPHANIE OKEREKE LINUS IS 30 TODAY
The lovely Mrs Linus turns 30 today, 2nd October. Happy birthday!
US EMBASSY DICRIMINATES AGAINST PREGNANT WOMEN
The United States’ embassy in Nigeria seems to have
perfected the art of denying well-meaning and legitimate non-immigrant
Nigerian mothers visa for reasons best known to it. At the end of visa
interview sessions, what one hears is, ‘’You are not qualified at this
time’’! Women of child-bearing age are asked questions such as: Are you
pregnant at this time? How many children do you have? Do you plan to
have more children? And if the response to any of these questions is in
the affirmative, then the next set of questions may be: Do you plan to
have the baby in America? Can you afford to pay the medical bills? You
are probably asked to show evidence and even after showing evidence you
are told mostly that you do not qualify at this time or that you should
reapply after having your baby.
MAN CHAINS SON AND LEAVES HIM TO DIE IN THE BUSH
A man simply known as Alhaji by his fellow Okada
riders, who hails from the Igala community of Kogi
chained his son and left him in the bush for three days without
food or water. He told his neighbours that his son had
been missing for the past three days. His neighbours oblivious of the
fact that he knew the whereabouts of his son joined him in the
search.
However, he ran out of luck when the security men from
the community discovered the boy crying in the bush near a river in Okpuno
Awka in the morning on the 29th September, 2012 during the sanitation exercise.
His legs were bound in chains and locked with a padlock. The little boy is the only child from his former wife who is no longer living with him.
RIHANNA BEFORE THE FAME
BOKO HARAM THREATENS WIVES OF GOVERMENT OFFICIALS
The terrorist group, Boko Haram, has threatened the wives of
Nigerian security agents and government officials in a new
video posted on you tube by the leader of the radical Islamist sect, Abubakar Shekau, in Hausa language. He claimed the nation's military and security agencies have seized 7 women who are
wives of Boko Haram members and that the women had been raped by the
captors.
He also denied that his group is in any peace talks to end the violence
that has killed hundreds in the country and also denied claims that the
spokesman for the sect Abul Qaqa had been killed by Nigeria's
military. He said the group would continue to "follow our religion" and
carry out attacks in Nigeria's predominantly Muslim north. In the eight-minute message titled “Message to the World, Shekau said,
”This message is for those in authority (emirs, governors, and government
officials) who have been conspiring
against us, against our
commitment and worship to Allah. Wallahi you have no resting place again and no resting time
again, either we are here or we are not"
continue to read more..
76,000 ANAMBRA FLOOD VICTIMS EVACUATED
Over 76,000 victims of the
devastating floods that hit about 200 communities in five local
government areas of Anambra State are being evacuated from their homes
to relief camps in Onitsha and Nteje.
The evacuation came after two
persons, a woman and a boy, died at Ogbaru in the flood that
submerged their homes on Sunday night.
The Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, abandoned the Independence anniversary parade in Awka and led the evacuation
exercise on Monday in Ogbaru Local Government Area whose
communities are the hardest hit in the flooding that has crippled communication and economic activities in the communities.
Many of the victims were reluctant to move due to their attachment to their ancestral homes.
The situation is getting beyond what the state government alone can handle, personnel of the Navy, Army, Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal
Road Safety Corps, the Red Cross Society of Nigeria, the Peace Corps and
other voluntary agencies were involved in the exercise.
Monday, 1 October 2012
J MARTINS BIRTHDAY BASH IN PICS
ROCKING GREEN AND WHITE OUTFITS
Ladies, I know you're probably in a fix looking for the right green and white outfit to wear to that Independence day party, and because I love you, here are few suggestions.
Oh, you're welcome. More pics after the cut...
CHRISTIAN ARRESTED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO BOARD HAJJ FLIGHT
A 29-year old, Plateau state-born teacher, Lohnan Joseph, was
intercepted while trying to board a Saudi Arabia bound flight at Sultan
Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto on Sunday at around 9p.m. Joseph, a Christian was said to have joined the screening line of Zamfara State
intending pilgrims who were about to board the flight in the early
hours of Sunday. He was asked why as a Christian, he joined the line of pilgrims boarding a
hajj flight, Joseph said: “I am a Nigerian, so I don’t believe in
discrimination, whether you are a christian or Muslim”. He also said that he wanted to be like Herbert Macaulay, whom he read, had traveled to London amidst difficulties and that his mission was not to travel but only to visit the airport and come back.
He has been handed over to the police.
PICTURES FROM YORUBA ACTRESS, BISI IBIDAPO OBE'S BABY SHOWER
Friends of popular yoruba actress, Bisi Ibidapo Obe, treated her to a baby shower recently. The actress is in her last trimester and plans to travel to Europe to deliver her baby. Wishing her a safe delivery.
More pics after the cut..
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