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Three Killed As SUV Plunges Into River Along East-West Road
A black Mercedes Benz, G55 Sports Utility Vehicle, Wednesday, plunged into the Orashi river at Mbiama on the Rivers State end of the East-West road, bordering Bayelsa in the Ahoada West local government area, killing three of its four occupants on the spot.
The only reported survivor, a woman, sustained serious injuries and was rushed to an undisclosed hospital.
According to information gathered, the SUV was said to be on high speed while it attempted to overtake a Mazda 626 salon car when disaster struck. The ill-fated car was heading to Port Harcourt when it plunged into the river at about 3pm.
The victims were rescued from the river by sympathizers and sand diggers. However, three of the occupants reportedly died before help could reach them.
The remains of the deceased were evacuated and
US Withdraws Military Assistance To Nigeria Over Baga Massacre
The United States Government has withdrawn military assistance to Nigeria, according to a report by The Will Nigeria. The US Govt cited various human rights violations by Nigerian security forces, particularly the military, over the killing of dozens and destruction of hundreds of residences in Baga, a town in Borno State on April 16th and 17th.
The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Terence P. McCulley in a private meeting today ThursdayMay 2nd in Abuja disclosed the US government position to about ten members of the human rights community in Nigeria. Mr. Terrence said that the US congress had passed a law that bars the US from rendering military assistance to any government that violates basic rights of citizens. He said the US govt has therefore ceased to assist Nigeria
Satellite imagery shows 2,275 houses burnt in Baga, Human Rights Watch says
Satellite photographs and witness statements Tuesday strongly challenged denials by Nigeria’s government about mass casualties and damage left behind after fighting between the military and Islamic extremists in a northeast Nigeria village where locals say some 187 people were killed.
The release of photographs by Human Rights Watch came as foreign journalists under a military escort finally entered Baga, a fishing village along Lake Chad that officials have limited access to since the killings. The evidence directly contradicted military claims about limited damage to the town, raising new questions about security forces consistently accused of using excessive violence in trying to put down an Islamic insurgency that’s raged across Nigeria’s predominantly Muslim north since
VIDEO: Nigerian Terrorist Group Boko Haram Militants Showing Off Weapons
Islamist militants of the dreaded Boko Haram sect displays weapons they purportedly captured from the Monguno Barack after they carried out a raid. The militants spoke in Hausa language
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17 Persons Killed, Over 200 Houses Burnt In Borno
Barely a week after a massacre in Baga community of Borno State, a gun battle similar to the Baga massacre occurred on Thursday in Bama Town of the state, claiming 17 lives including soldiers and police officers, security officials said.
The commanding military officer in charge of Bama Barracks, A.G Laka told the visiting Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, that trouble started in the commercial town of Bama when armed Boko Haram gunmen attacked a police patrol vehicle of a Divisional Police Officer killing two cops.
Five police officers were also killed during the gun battle with the insurgents; while ten of the insurgents were also killed, the military officer said.
The soldier said another ambush on soldiers in the town on the same day claimed the life of a soldier and injured four others.
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228 people killed, over 4000 houses burnt in Baga, Senator says after visit
A Borno State Senator, Maina Lawan, on Saturday revealed that the actual death toll in the clash between soldiers and Boko Haram is 228, while over 4000 houses were also burnt down.
Baga is the birth place of Senator Lawan who represents Baga and other towns in Borno North in the Nigerian Senate.
The villagers had told the state governor and journalists, two days after the incident, that they buried 185 people after the clash, a figure disputed by the Nigerian Army.
Mr. Lawan, a former Governor of Borno State, expressed fears of an epidemic if the Federal Government does not immediately deploy more rescue and humanitarian aide workers to assist the displaced people.
The National Emergency Management Agency and the Nigerian Red Cross are already in Baga helping the surviving victims.
The
BBC REPORT: Nigeria’s Boko Haram ‘got $3m ransom’ to free hostages
Islamist militant group Boko Haram was paid more than $3m (£2m) before releasing a French family of seven, a Nigerian government report says.
The confidential report, seen by Reuters news agency, does not say who paid the money.
Both France and Cameroon deny paying a ransom while Nigeria has not commented on the issue.
The French family, including four children, were captured in Cameroon in February and freed last week.
The were handed over to the Cameroon authorities last Thursday.
The Nigerian report also says that Cameroon freed some Boko Haram detainees as part of the deal, according to Reuters.
If confirmed, transfer of such a significant amount of money given to Boko Haram could serve to strengthen the firepower of the group, the BBC’s Will Ross in Lagos reports. VIA BBC
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Oil Pipeline Protection Contract. Fasehun threatens to expel Gani Adams from OPC
A fresh crisis may be brewing in the South-West as Dr. Frederick Fasehun- led faction of the Oodua Peoples Congress on Friday warned Gani Adams, the leader of a breakaway faction of the pan Yoruba group, to desist from making negative remarks against Fasheun or risk expulsion.
Clashes between the two factions in the past had led to deaths in some South-West cities.
Deputy National Coordinator of the Fasheun-led faction, Mr. Ogunmoye Odunayo, who issued the warning at a press conference in Lagos on Friday, said the office of the national coordinator of the OPC which Adams currently occupies could be given to another deserving member of the group.
He said the warning was based on Adams interview in Saturday PUNCH of April 20, 2013.
Odunayo, who claimed that Adams’ comments in the media were
Four Dead As Eight Vehicles Burn In Mokwa Auto Crash
Four people have lost their lives in a fatal motor accident along the Mokwa -Minna road this morning.
The accident occurred when a petroleum tanker lost it breaks on the highway and collided with a stationed truck loaded with 600 bags of cement and immediately caught fire which resulted in the death of the four occupants of the tanker and burning of four Vehicles.
Confirming the accident to Channels Television in Minna, Niger state Police Public Relations Officer, Richard Oguche, explained that the driver and the conductor of the tanker were burnt beyond recognition.
He further mentioned that the corpses of the four deceased persons have since been deposited at Mokwa General Hospital while the injured people are receiving treatment at the same hospital.
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Tanker Fire: 70 Houses Burnt In Ibadan, 25 Houses and 45 Shops Gutted So far
A gasoline tanker traveling on narrow road in a residential area in Ibadan caught fire from a local cooking fire place leading to fire explosions that have now gutted 25 houses and 45 shops in Omitowoju area of Ibadan city in Oyo state.
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said they are working to stop the raging inferno before looking into the number of casualty caused by the fire.
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Breaking News: 185 killed as Boko Haram and soldiers fight in Borno – Officials
Fighting between soldiers and Boko Haram members killed at least 185 people in Baga, a fishing community in Borno, officials said Sunday, an attack that saw insurgents fire rocket-propelled grenades and soldiers spray machine-gun fire into neighborhoods filled with civilians.
The fighting in Baga began Friday and lasted for hours, sending people fleeing into the arid scrublands surrounding the community on Lake Chad.
By Sunday, when government officials finally felt safe enough to see the destruction, homes, businesses and vehicles were burned throughout the area.
Authorities had found and buried at least 185 bodies as of Sunday afternoon, said Lawan Kole, a local government official in Baga.
He spoke haltingly to Borno state Gov. Kashim Shettima in the Kanuri language, surrounded by still-frightened
French Family Freed After Being Held Hostage in Nigeria
Family of French tourists, including four children, held hostage by an Islamist militia in northern Nigeria has been freed, according the French and Cameroonian officials.
Tanguy Moulin-Fournier, his wife Albane, brother Cyril and four sons ages 5 to 12, were kidnapped in February after visiting a wildlife park in northern Cameroon and were whisked by motorcycles across the border into Nigeria.
The Islamist militia, Boko Haram, later claimed responsibility and demanded the release of prisoners in Nigeria and Cameroon. They said the kidnappings were in response to France’s operation to drive out Islamist militias in Mali.
The former hostages were taken Friday to the French Embassy in Yaounde, the Cameroonian capital, after their release.
VIA Los Angeles Times
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Entertainment Lawyer Efere Ozako Is Dead
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Two Suicide Bombers Killed In Fresh Attack On Emir Of Kano’s Palace
Suicide bombers attacked the palace of the Emir of Kano this evening. The bombers riding on a bomb laden tricycle known as “Keke NAPEP” approached the gate of the palace and detonated the powerful bomb.
The first bomber died in the explosion while a second bomber tried to flee the scene but was gunned down by Nigerian troops guarding the palace.
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Photo: Husband Allegedly Slits Wife’s Throat in Their Home
Endurance Ajisegiri’s family got a call on Sunday April 14th from her husband, Isaac Ajisegiri, informing them that she had died at their home in the Shasha area of Lagos the previous day and he had taken her corpse to the mortuary. Endurance’s family immediately called the police.
So here’s what happened according to friends of the late woman. Endurance (pictured above) and Isaac were married for four years and had one child together. They also ran a business together, an education consulting firm. Sometime last year, Endurance found out that her husband was having an affair with one of their employees and this caused serious problems between them. Endurance eventually moved out of her matrimonial home with her 2 year old daughter.
On Saturday morning April 13th, Isaac’s