Enugu Police command faults DSS claims, says no Boko haram member was arrested in Enugu.

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The Enugu state police command has faulted claims by the Department of State Security DSS that some Boko Haram members were arrested in Enugu state recently.

DSS had released a statement on Sunday August 30th, stating that it had arrested some frontline Boko Haram members in Lagos, Plateau, Gombe, Kano and Enugu state.

 

DSS in the statement said 12 Boko haram members were arrested in Lagos state while three were arrested in Enugu, Gombe and Kano. 

However, spokesman of the Enugu State Police Command, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, says no investigation nor arrest of any member of Boko haram sect has been carried out by the command

“There is no case of Boko Haram investigated by the command, neither was there any arrest by the command. Meanwhile, the command is relying on the already established proactive measures which have so far kept the state and its environs safe,” he told Punch

See How Married Angela Okorie Exposed Her Private Part At Her Birthday Party [PICTURED]

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Nollywood actress Angela Okorie celebrated her birthday on Saturday August 29,2015 at singer Tuface Idibia-owned Rumor Night club in Festac area of Lagos.

She dressed to kill to the party,putting her breasts on display during the birthday party held at Rumors Night Club, Festac Lagos.

Akpabio Discharged From National Hospital After Surviving Car Crash

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The immediate past Governor of Akwa Ibom State and Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, monday escaped death when he was involved in a ghastly car crash on his way to Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja to join an international flight.

THISDAY learnt that his car ran into a convoy conveying a foreign envoy whose identity has not been determined at the time of filing this report.
He was however discharged at about 6 pm yesterday after he was treated for shock in a private ward of the hospital.
It was gathered that the former governor was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident.
It was learnt that the accident occurred when one of the drivers opted to beat the traffic light. However, it was not clear yesterday whether it was Akpabio’s driver or the driver of the ambassador’s pilot car that beat the traffic light which resulted in the accident.
A Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) official, who did not want to be named, told journalists that whereas occupants of the ambassador’s vehicles and Akpabio’s driver did not sustain any injury, the senator suffered a degree of injuries in the chest region.
The FRSC personnel, who was at the scene of the accident which occurred at about 7:25am near Bolingo Hotel, along the Abuja Airport Road in the Central Business District, said Akpabio was immediately rushed to the National Hospital for intensive care.
One of the senator’s aides, who was at the National Hospital, said Akpabio was on his way out of the country to visit his wife and children when the crash occurred.
The Deputy Minority Whip, Senator Biodun Olujimi, who was one of the early callers at the hospital, told journalists that medical personnel at the hospital had informed her that the Akwa Ibom North-west senator was in a stable condition.
But the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, who was in the hospital to see his predecessor, failed to speak with journalists when he arrived at the hospital at about 12:10pm.
However, the Chief Information Officer of the National Hospital, Rabiah Labaran, told journalists in her office that Akpabio was brought to the hospital by some FRSC officers who rescued him from the scene of the accident.
Labaran said: “He (Akpabio) was brought in this morning after he had a car crash as I learnt. He was brought in from the Bolingo Hotel junction where a vehicle crashed into his own vehicle from behind.
“Lucky enough, when they brought him after the preliminary check–up, it was found out that he did not have any serious injury. He was talking when he was brought in and they gave him the necessary attention at the trauma unit.
“I learnt that as at this afternoon (12:30pm), he was taken to the private wing of the hospital for proper care but there was no serious injury, though it has not been disclosed what kind of injury.
“It is something he can come over in a few days. He is currently recuperating. He was with his driver but the driver did not sustain injury.”
He was discharged last night and sources close to him confirmed that he would yet travel abroad to see his family and go for more medical check up.
Source: Thisday

SAD! READ How Police Beat 50-Year-Old Widow To Death In Akure (PHOTOS)

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Reports have it that some police officers attached to the Ondo state police command have allegedly beaten a 50-year-old widow to death in the state.
According to Sahara Reporters, the widow, Aderonke Eze, was the owner of a ‘mini beer parlor joint’ close to her house in Akure, Ondo state and was killed by unrepentant policemen by a gun butt.
The corpse of the deceased, who resided at No. 1, Akinyemi Street, off Ijoka road, Sijuwade close in Akure, was dumped at the general hospital’s morgue in Akure by the police officers numbering about seven.

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The deceased before her death, owned a beer parlour. Photo Credit: Sahara Reporters

Reports say the police officers stormed the street at about 6:45 pm on Sunday in a Hilux van marked NPF 4236 B from the Oda Divisional Station and were purportedly carrying out an illegal house check with an aggressive search of all residential apartments on the street.
According to residents of the area, the policemen had been in the habit of raiding the street and making arrests of young boys suspected to be smoking marijuana, or ‘Indian hemp’, in order to identify their specific houses in the neighbourhood.
Ibrahim Adegunle, an eyewitness, said: “Even the woman was not at that home when they [the policemen] stormed the building. She went for a ceremony in the second street but fortunately, she arrived and met us arguing with the policemen.

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The residence of the late Mrs Eze. Photo: Sahara Reporters

“During the process of the argument, she demanded to know what exactly was going on and she was told that some people in the street are selling contraband items, mostly marijuana, to the youths in the street.”
Mr Adegunle explained further that Mrs Eze argued that she was not involved in any contraband business but merely owns a mini-bear parlor.
“The woman made several [moves in] resistance but she was again beaten and wounded with [the] gun butt while she fell on the floor of the passage, lying unconscious, and stopped breathing.
The officers immediately fled the street in their van and refused to make any arrest, sensing they [had] killed the woman,” he stated.

Residents and sympathizers in the community reportedly took to the streets of the neighborhood of  ‘Sijuwade Quarters’ after the incident, to protest the killing of the 50-year-old woman.
“They will just enter the street and start arresting our young boys. Many of them would be [accused] of being in possession of Indian hemp. Before you know it, they would be asking us to pay N10,000 before we could bail them.
“This is not the first nor second time, but I do hope it would be their last time because the whole world must here this sad news,” a resident who pleaded anonymity fumed.

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Blood stains from the resident of the deceased after the alleged killing. Photo: Sahara Reporters

While denying the reports, the state police claimed that the late woman was harboring young men who deal and smoke marijuana, and according to their spokesperson, Oluwole Ogodo, who spoke with Sahara Reporters via a phone call, they “didn’t kill the woman” but were trying to carry out the arrest of a notorious marijuana dealer on the street.
Only yesterday, seven persons were confirmed dead when the Nigerian police and military reportedly opened fire dispersing a crowd of the pro-Biafra marchers at Onitsha in Anambra state.

CRUEL! You Need To Know What 65-Yr-Old Landlord Did To Tenant’s 3-Yr-Old Boy In Ogun

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A 65-year-old landlord has been arrested in Otta, Ogun state, for allegedly setting fire to and killing the three-year-old son of his tenant.

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Otta police arrested Joseph Olaleye, who allegedly threw an ignited kerosene stove at the boy, who was a son to his tenant Olalekan Razak, Vanguard reports.
The police public relations officer in the state , Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement said the suspect who lived in Olowosatide, Owode Ijako Ota in Ado Odo Otta local government area of the state, committed the crime on Monday around 1pm. According to Adejobi, the ignited stove caused severe injuries to the victim, who was was rushed to a hospital in Otta where he was later confirmed dead.

The commissioner of police in Ogun state, CP Abdulmajid Ali, who described the incident as unfortunate, has directed that the suspect be charged to court after investigation without delay.
The commissioner sympathised with the family of the young boy and assured them, as well as the people of Ogun state, of justice in the matter.
Only recently, Dominic Udo, a tenant who reportedly owed his blind landlord rent for three years and six months, set the house ablaze, in the Ajegunle area of Lagos state.

Man Imprisoned For 5 Years For Setting Pregnant Lover On Fire

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On Monday, a 37-year-old bar operator who was identified as Lucky Esonahae was arraigned on one count bordering on causing bodily harm by setting his pregnant lover on fire.

The prosecuting officer, Sergeant Ganiyu Yahya, told the court that the incident took place  at Uwelu Quartres in Benin, and was reported by the victim, Stella Isaac, on July 6, the same day it occurred.

Yahya said Esonahae poured kerosene on Stella, who was said to be 7 months pregnant, lit a match and set her on fire.

He said that the victim was later rescued by one of her sons and her neighbours, who forced the door of her room open, as she had been locked in.

He said the victim, who was later rushed to the Central Hospital, where she received treatment sustained burns on her hands and forehead.

The police prosecutor also told the court that Esonahae had earlier accused the pregnant woman of infidelity for allegedly returning at about 6pm from her ante-natal care and had threatened to kill her, before she ran to her sister’s residence.

The charge read:

“That you, Lucky Esonahae, on July 6, 2015, at Uwelu Quartres, Benin, in the Egor Magisterial District, did cause grievous harm to one Stella Isaac, by setting her on fire with kerosene, which cause her bodily harm and, thereby, committed an offence punishable under Section 355(B) of the Criminal Code Cap 48, Vol. II, Law of the defunct Bendel State of Nigeria, 1976, as applicable to Edo State.”

The accused pleaded guilty to the offence and begged for leniency.

But the presiding magistrate, Igho Braimoh, said the court would not be lenient, adding, “for a 37-year-old man to set a lover on fire leaves much to be desired.”

She, therefore, sentenced him to 5 years in prison with hard labour.

Source: Punch

Oshiomole Canvasses Support For Buhari Over Appointment Of Northerners

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Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole has urged Nigerians to encourage the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to confront the problems facing the country by appointing persons based on merit and not ethnicity.

Commending the President on the appointments of the Chief of Staff, Secretary to the Government of the Federation and others made so far, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Peter Okhiria, Oshiomhole said: “The Nigerian nation has come to a point where we have to use the best hands to confront the peculiarity of our problems. It is not all the time we descend to the level of geopolitical balancing; we need to employ unusual methods to solve an unusual problem. The level of decay in the country at present requires very seasoned hands and incorruptible Nigerians that will help translate the APC agenda of change for the benefit of all Nigerians.
“We must not reduce governance to political patronage of bread and b*tter. The governor congratulates the Chief of Staff, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the Comptroller General of Customs, all of who he had very close relationship with and whose credentials stand tall among their peers. He wishes them well in their new jobs of helping to sanitize a system that has become so rotten and corrupt as a result of manifest incompetence and mismanagement,” the statement read.

Ambode Donates 46 Ambulance, Power Bikes For Health, Crime

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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has  improved on healthcare facilities in the state by injecting additional 46 ambulances to the existing pool as part of efforts at  improving  on healthcare delivery system in the state.

Speaking at the event yesterday,  the governor said the state government has created 14 new ambulance points bringing existing ambulance points to 25 as part of effort to increase access to the grassroots and to enable them take possession of services they render in the various localities.
He called on residents of the state to make use of the ambulances adding that they are available 24/7 if residents call 112 whenever there is an emergency.
Ambode said  government has plans to provide x-ray machines to all primary healthcare centres (PHC) as part of efforts to upgrade them to international standard and that drugs will now be made readily available in all the PHCs for residents.
The governor  said that government will soon employ paramedics as part of efforts to beef-up the state’s preparedness to tackle healthcare issues 24 hours, 7 days a week.
Earlier, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Mrs. Omodele Osunkiyesi  attributed the launch of the items to activities that took place just 41 days ago when the state government organised a stakeholders summit at the behest of the governor to address challenges facing healthcare delivery system in the state.
Osunkiyesi  attributed prompt delivery of the items as a testimony of the  leadership style per excellence adding that the governor has taken proactive steps to address issues affecting the sector to guarantee peace and industrial harmony. She called on health care professionals to reciprocate government gesture.
General Manager, Lagos State Ambulance Services,(LASAMBUS), Dr. Ibrahim Mustapha in his remarks  said that the launch of the items were part of efforts to reduce maternal mortality.
Mustapha  said that in the past, there was no capacity to tackle emergencies in the state until 2001 when then governor of the state, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu inaugurated ambulance services as part of effort to tackle healthcare needs of the state.
He said the ambulances will improve response time in time of emergencies and that it will make it possible for communities to feel the impact of governance at the grassroots.
The  State Government also used the occasion to donate 10 Toyota Hilux vans and 12 power bikes to the Lagos State Police Command.
Source: TheSun

US Open: Williams Advance, Rafa Douses Coric, Djokovic and Cilic in It

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Top seed Serena Williams can reserve her powerful serves for her next opponent after crushing an injured Vitalia Diatchenko on Monday.
men’s singles top seed seed Novak Djokovic and defending champion Marin Cilic avoided an opening round bug against subdued South Americans Joao Souza and Guido Pella respectively.

Last year finalist Kei Nishikori could not advance beyond the first round; hunted by Frenchman Bennoit Paire at Louis Armstrong Stadium.
No. 8 seed Karolina Pliskova gave up to the upset trend on Day 1 at Flushing Meadow, suffering a 6-2 6-1 defeat to qualifier Ana Tatishvili.
USA’s Tatishvili was playing her fourth match at this year’s U.S. Open against the Czech Republic’s Pliskova. Instead of letting tiredness creep into her game, the 25-year-old offered little opportunities for a player ranked in first place in the Emirates Airline US Open Series Bonus Challenge standings, looking to claim the additional prize money with a triumph in the women’s singles.
Next up for Tatishvili is Madison Brengle, who beat China’s Saisai Zheng 6-2 5-7 7-5.

Rafael Madal Needed Four Sets To Go Past Bona Coric. image: AFP/Getty.

Cilic may not have had it all his way against Argentine qualifier Guido Pella on Monday, but he was able to power to 6-3 7-6(7-3) 7-6(7-3) win in Louis Armstrong. “I feel that this tournament could give me also some extra. And just feeling that I have won last year over here gives me more belief, you know, that I’m [in] a special place and that I can play my best tennis over here.” – Cilic, on what it’s like to return to the US Open as the defending champion.
The ninth seed made just 58 percent of his first serves and gave up 27 unforced errors against a player ranked No. 94 in the world, also winning just two of the seven break points opportunities on Pella’s serve.
Just one break of his opponent’s serve in the first set and the reigning champion reeled off a 1-game-to-love lead.

Marin Cilic Started His U.S. En Defence With a Laboured Win. Image: USTA.

In the second set tie-break, Cilic was up 4-2 when he smashed an ace to reclaim initiative; going on to move within a set of his first win on his title defense. The third set did not go as planned for Cilic, who found himself down a break at 4-3 with Pella serving for set point. A net approach by Pella at 30-all offered the Croat with an opportunity to pass him with a forehand cross-court to earn a break point, which he claimed to level at 4-all.
That was again the turning point for Cilic, who closed out the tie-break to book his place in the second round.
The 26-year-old is having the best of the draws so far as he faces another unseeded player; Russia’s Evgeny Donskoy, who topped a 6-2 7-6(7-3) 6-2 6-4 match against France’s Lucas Pouille.
Canadian Milos Raonic dismissed American Tim Smyczek 6-4 7-6(10-8) 6-1, while eighth seed Rafael Nadal and seventh seed compatriot David Ferrer got the best of Bona Coric (6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4) and Radu Albot (4-6 7-5 6-1 6-0) respectively.
Top seed advance
Dominant Djokovic needed just 71 minutes to put paid to the ambitions of 27-year-old Brazilian Souza, 6-1 6-1 6-1, on his return to the Arthur Ashe Stadium.
The Serb smashed five aces and dropped just four points on his serve to claim the opening set.
No. 91 ranked Souza was totally a mismatch for the world No. 1, after spraying 27 unforced errors to go with a pair of double faults, amid just 10 winners.
Djokovic on the other hand came up with 24 winners to just seven unforced errors, claiming 92 percent of his first-serve points.
From Serena Slam to calendar slam?
Defending women’s singles champion Williams made a light work of her opening match, losing just five points in eight games to see off Diatchenko, 6-0 2-0 (ret).
The 33-year-old, who is aiming to become the first woman since Steffi Graf in 1988 to win all four Grand Slam women’s singles titles in one year, is now 29-0 in Grand Slam matches and 22-0 at the U.S. Open – her last defeat dates back to the 2011 final by Samantha Stosur.
The American needed just 21 minutes to claim a first set bagel, during which her No. 86 ranked opponent needed the attention of her trainer for a left ankle injury.
The Russian could not continue offering tons of unforced errors – notably via her poor serves – before calling it a day (not a memorable one against the top seed though).
Some women in action
Eugene Bouchard stopped American Alison Riske 6-4 6-3
Venus Williams accounted for Monica Puig 6-4 7-6(9-7) 6-3
Coco Vandeweghe defeated home girl Sloane Stephens [29] 6-4 6-3
Madison Keys beat Klara Koukalova 6-2 6-4
Denisa Allertova stunned Carla Suarez Navarro [10] 6-1 7-6(7-5)
Belinda Bencic beat Sesil Karatantcheva 6-1 6-2
Irina Falconi saw off Samantha Crawford 6-4 6-2
Annet Kontaveit defeated Cassey Dellacqua 7-5 6-2
Kiki Bertens beat Mirjana Lucic Baroni 3-6 6-4 6-2
Oceane Dodin defeated Jelena Jankovic [21] 2-6 7-5 6-3
Ekaterina Makarova [13] beat Teliana Pereira 6-3 6-3
Day 1 Singles – First Round
Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] d. Joao Souza (BRA) 61 61 61
Benoit Paire (FRA) d. Kei Nishikori (JPN) [4] 64 36 46 76(6) 64 – saved 2 MP
David Ferrer (ESP) [7] d. Radu Albot (MDA) 46 75 61 60
Rafael Nadal (ESP) [8] d. Borna Coric (CRO) 63 62 46 64
Marin Cilic (CRO) [9] d. Guido Pella (ARG) 63 76(3) 76(3)
Milos Raonic (CAN) [10] d. Tim Smyczek (USA) 64 76(8) 61
David Goffin (BEL) [14] d. Simone Bolelli (ITA) 64 61 62
Illya Marchenko (UKR) d. Gael Monfils (FRA) [16] 26 64 50 ret.
Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) [17] d. Matthew Ebden (AUS) 64 62 64
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) [18] d. Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 76(5) 61 63
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) [19] d. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 63 61 61
Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) [23] d. Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) 63 62 76(7)
Andreas Seppi (ITA) [25] d. Tommy Paul (USA) 64 60 75
Tommy Robredo (ESP) [26] d. Michael Berrer (GER) 62 62 64
Jeremy Chardy (FRA) [27] d. Ryan Shane (USA) 62 61 67(6) 62
Fabio Fognini (ITA) [32] d. Steve Johnson (USA) 26 63 64 76(2)
Mardy Fish (USA) d. Marco Cecchinato (ITA) 67(5) 63 61 63
Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP) d. Jerzy Janowicz (POL) 63 46 62 64
Sam Groth (AUS) d. Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) 46 61 75 ret.
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) d. Tommy Haas (GER) 36 61 67(3) 63 61
Andreas Haider-Maurer (AUT) d. Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 64 36 67(0) 60 61
Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) d. Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) 63 63 30 ret.
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) d. John Millman (AUS) 61 36 76(3) 64
Martin Klizan (SVK) d. Florian Mayer (GER) 67(5) 63 63 30 ret.
Marcel Granollers (ESP) d. Lukas Lacko (SVK) 62 63 61
Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) d. Lucas Pouille (FRA) 62 67(3) 62 64
Marsel Ilhan (TUR) d. Radek Stepanek (CZE) 60 26 64 32 ret,
Diego Schwartzman (ARG) d. Elias Ymer (SWE) 63 62 62
Ricardas Berankis (LTU) d. Joao Sousa (POR) 62 62 46 26 76(4)
Pablo Cuevas (URU) d. Dudi Sela (ISR) 62 36 64 61
Teymuraz Gabashvili (RUS) d. Pablo Andujar (ESP) 76(6) 06 46 64 ret.
Filip Krajinovic (SRB) d. Alejandro Gonzalez (COL) 64 60 64

Photos: Five people killed by gunmen on their way to a market in Plateau State

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The story as narrated by Minority Report NG. At around 8am yesterday August 31st, 5 indigenes of Tanti in Bokkos LGA of Plateau State, comprising of 3 men and two women set out to Mai Katako market in Bokkos. One of the women had her 3 month old baby with her.

The group was attacked before they got to the market. The gunmen shot the 5 adults and the baby and hacked the faces of the adults with machetes. According to him, the baby survived and is currently receiving proper medical attention in a hospital. See photos of those slaughtered after the cut...