Vice president Namadi Sambo's younger brother dies in car crash

VP Sambo The 40-year-old younger brother of Vice president Namadi Sambo diedtoday in a fatal car crash on Mando Road, Kawo, Kaduna. Mallam Aliyu Sambo died afterthe car he was traveling in hit another SUV, killing him and another passenger instantly. May he RIP.

20 Nigerians deported from the UK

Some of the people deported yesterday 20 Nigerians wereyesterday morning Friday June 8th deported from the UK for over staying in the country beyond the time permitted by their entry visas.
The deportees were detained before being deported on-board a chartered Italian plane. More people will be deported over the coming days
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Report: Methodist Church priest found dead in bush

A Methodist Churchpastor at Ago, Otukpa in OgbadiboLocal Council of Benue State, Rev. Michael Ejeh, was on Monday morning, found dead in a bush. According to his wife, Charity Ejeh, the bush was just few meters away from a church he’d visited the previous day for prayers and deliverance services. Mrs. Ejeh said that her deceased husband, who suffered from hypertension, had gone to a deliverance ministry led by Prophet Moses Ujah at Odebe, where his body was found. An informer in the area, who pleaded anonymity, told TheGuardian , which first broke the story that Rev. Ejeh was allegedly found tied to a treein a bush some metres away from Prophet Ujah’s church where he’d gone to the bush to ease himself. The Guardian also gathered that Rev. Ejeh, after the prayers on the fateful night had requested to sleepin Odeba, as it waslate for him to return to his base,Ago. Ujah reportedly accepted to host the late reverend and directed two ofhis pastors to keep the priest’s company through the night at the ministry’s office. The remains of thelate priest have been deposited at a mortuary in Otukpa while the police have arrested Ujah for questioning. Meanwhile, the Benue Police public relations officer, Philip Agena, said he hasn’t been briefed on the incident.
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Bomb explosions in Borno Kills seven

Just 48 hours afterthe Joint Task Force (JTF) launched an assault against Boko Haram in Maiduguri, engaging the religious sect in a gun fight for hours, there was another series of bomb explosions inthe Borno State capital. At least seven people havedied as a result of the explosions. In the first explosion which occurred between 7am and 8.15am around Gidan Dambe area of Maiduguri, only onelife, that of the suicide bomber, was lost. Witnesses say, theimprovised explosive device (IED) which he was trying to plant, exploded accidentally, killing him in the process. The second blast, however, was more deadly and took place at the Borno State Police Headquarters where a suicide bomber struck, killing six persons,two policemen and four civilians. A police source said the suicide carbomber believed tobe a member of thedreaded Boko Haram sect attempted to force his way into the state headquartersthrough the main gate with a car laden with explosive devices. The source said the bomb went off while policemen on guard at the gate were preventing the bomber from entering. Unfortunately, although the bomber was killed, the explosive still went off. Friday’s attack is the second time a suicide bomber attack would targetthe state police headquarters. The first attempt was made last year in August. It is also the second blast inthe month of June, after that of June 2in Bauchi. Boko Haram claimed responsibility for that attack. A Joint Task Force official, who later spoke to newsmen concerning the earlier blast, said that the IED was concealed in a bag and kept under a public shed and exploded while the suicide bomber wastrying to plant it. “There was an explosion in an area of Maiduguri this morning and our men were immediately deployed to the area,” Col. Victor Ebhaleme, the field operations officer of the task force told newsmen. “They found a manwe believe to be a member of Boko Haram, dismembered by the explosion. Preliminary investigation has shown that he was killed when he was trying to plant the device.”

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Suicide bomber attacks police command, kills 5

Five persons were feared killed in a suicide attack on the Borno State Police Command Headquarters in Maiduguri on Friday. A suicide bomber had attempted to gain access into the command, but the bombs he bore exploded at the gate and killed the victims. The exact number of policemen affected by the blast could not be immediately ascertained. But the police later confirmed that an inspector and four civilians died in the blast. Police spokesman, Mr. Frank Mba, a chief superintendent of police, in a statement on Friday, said a lone male suicide bomber driving a light green ToyotaCamry car, loaded with Improvised Explosive Devices, attempted to smash through the gate of the Borno Command HQs at about 11.30 am. According to him, the attempt failed as “vigilant and combat-ready police officers on guard duty” at the gate resisted and prevented him from gaining access into the premises. Mba said, “Obviously actingout of frustration and desperation, he detonated the explosives right outside the gate of the headquarters, killing himselfin the process and one Inspector Ali Bulama.” He said four other civilians,who were passers-by, lost their lives in the incident. “Three other civilians and a few police officers sustained injury of varying degrees. “They are all responding totreatment at various hospitals in Borno,” Mba added. Meanwhile, a combined teamof detectives from the Borno State CID and the Police Bomb Disposal Unit had begun an investigation into the incident. The police appealed to the public to continue to support them and other security agencies by volunteering useful information at all times. No group has claimed responsibility for the attackbut Islamic insurgent group, Boko Haram, had carried out attacks on police stations in the past.
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Driver kidnaps 3 children after picking them up from school

The 3 boys pictured above (Chinemerem 5, Okechukwu 4 and Nzube 2) are missing.Their driver by name Godwin picked them up from their school ABC Academy Utako Abuja around 3:30pm yesterday June 7th in a new Toyota Avensis metalliccolour (without plate number) and disappeared with them. They have not been found. Anybody that has seen or heard anythingabout their where about should report to the nearest police station. Please other bloggers should put this on their blogs. Also put the photo above on your dp and sendto all your contacts on Facebook and Twitter. Lets all help find these children. The face of the driver whenyou continue.
THE kidnapper; Godwin.
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New villarreal coach dies of heart attack

MADRID (AFP) – Spanish coach Manuel Preciado died of a heart attack on Thursday,just a day after he was named the new coach at relegated side Villarreal, his former side SportingGijon said. “A heart attack claimed the life of Manuel Preciado in the early hours in Valencia,” the club said in a statement. “Villarreal want to express their deepest sorrow at the sad loss and want to offer their condolences to his family and all his relatives,” the club Preciado was set to join added. Preciado, 54, had been due to be officially unveiled asVillarreal’s new coach on Friday. He coached Racing Santander in the 2002-03 season and was in charge of Levante the following season, when he led them tothe first division.
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Boko Haram claim responsibility for the killing of former DIG Ningi

Militant group Boko Haram has claimed responsible for the killing of a former Nigerian Deputy Inspector General of police, Abubakar Saleh Ningi, in Kano.
Yesterday God gave us victory and we succeeded in killing a former DIG in Kano city. By God’s grace very soon top government officials will have no peace as we will intensify attacks on them wherever they are.
”The sect said in an email statement to reporters yesterday DIG Ningi was shotdead along Sauna Kawagi road in Kano on Tuesday night June 5th, alongside twopolice aides attached to him
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62-year-old grandpa remanded for raping girl, 10

For allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl (name withheld), a 62-year-old, Mr. John Osunade, has been remanded in prison custody by an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court.
The charge sheet read in court on Tuesday accused Osunade of perpetrating the act on May 27, 2012, at his residence in Tonkere village, Gbongan town in Ayedaade Local GovernmentArea, Osun State.
When his plea was taken, the accused pleaded not guilty to the one-count of rape. Police prosecutor, InspectorElisha Olusegun, said the offence was punishable under Section 218 of the Criminal Code, Cap 34, Volume II, Laws of Osun State of Nigeria, 2003. Defence prosecutor, Mr. Reginald Ngwu, urged the court to admit the accused to bail, adding that Osunaderemained innocent until the contrary was proved in court. Ngwu, who said Osunade was ready to face trial, added that the accused would provide reliable sureties if granted bail. But the Magistrate, Mr. Olusola Aluko, ordered the accused to be remanded in custody, adding that the court would entertain Osunade’s bail application in written form and not in oral. Aluko adjourned the case until Wednesday, July 4, 2012, for mention.

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Boko Haram denied dialogue move throughAhmed – Cleric

Renowned Northern Islamic cleric, Sheikh Usman Bauchi,said on Wednesday that members of the Boko Haram said they never asked Dr. Datti Ahmed to mediate between them and the Federal Government. Bauchi, speaking on the Hausa service of the Voice of America monitored in Kaduna on Wednesday, said the sect members told him that they had nothing todo with Ahmed or asked himto mediate on their behalf with the Federal Government. Said the cleric, “They told me that apart from myself, they had never discussed the issue of mediating with the government with anybody. “They said they never asked him to speak on theirbehalf. They rely on me withconfidence and I believe theFederal Government will notbetray that trust and I will not disappoint them equally.” Datti had claimed that as a concerned elder in the region and President of the Supreme Council for Shariahin Nigeria, he was disturbedby the massive violence in the country. He said this informed his decision to mediate betweenthe sect and the Federal Government. But Bauchi noted that during his meeting with the sect’s members, which was made possible by the BauchiState Government, the members distanced themselves from Ahmed’s claim. The cleric claimed that the government was being represented by Alhaji Hassan Tukur from the Presidency while he was mandated by the sect members to mediate on theirbehalf with the Federal Government. Meanwhile, the Kaduna State Government on Wednesday warned a Christian group parading themselves as a militia group to steer clear from any act capable of disrupting the relative peace in the state. The Special Adviser, Christian Matters to Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Rev. Joseph Hayab, lamented the intention of the group to wage a war against non-Christians in the southern part of the state, saying Christianity did not habour killings. Hayab said, “Within the week there was a statementgoing round within Kaduna State and the nation at large by a group ‘Akwat Akwop’, who in their statement gave one week ultimatum to Fulani
herdsmen to leave the whole of Southern Kaduna or face spontaneous attacks by the militant sect of the said organisation who were presented as Christian militias.”
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Digital Diamond Queen Elizabeth II

Over the 60 years, as technology evolves in Britain, the Queen continues to capture the interest of millions not just in the real world but even on digital platforms. Taking the diamond jubilee celebrations online, Tamar ; a UK award-winning integrated social media and search agency has launched an infographic that highlights the extent of the Queen’s digital presence across today’s most popular social media platforms. From Facebook likes, YouTube subscribers to Twitter accounts. Queen is the head of the commonwealth of nations consisting of 54 independent member states out of which there are about 18 African countries

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Google honors Dana crash victims with black ribbon on search page

Google's Nigerian search page has a black ribbon on its site today in memory of those killed in the Dana Air crash of Sunday June 3rd