Photos: 1 killed, 8 injured as Avalanche crashes into 10 houses

Eight people were taken to hospital after the avalanche tumbled down from Sukkertoppen mountain, which dominates Longyearbyen, the main settlement on Svalbard, at about 11am on Saturday.
Dozens of houses at the foot of Sukkertoppen were evacuated as a precaution, said Tone Hertzberg, a spokeswoman for the governor of Svalbard.
Three children were in a serious condition and five adults were slightly injured by the avalanche, hospital spokeswoman Marit Einejord told the Associated Press.
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Burqa-clad Turkish ‘suicide bomber’ turns out to be lover in disguise

Source: hindustantimes

A Turkish man detained as a suspected would-be suicide bomber in northern Turkey was actually wearing a burqa to disguise himself to meet a secret lover from a dating site, local media reported on Sunday.
Locals in the Black Sea province of Ordu alerted the police of a “would-be suicide bomber” on Saturday after noticing that a burqa-clad “woman” talking on the phone at a bus stop was wearing men’s shoes, Dogan news agency said.
A police team arrived at the scene and “unmasked” the man, who was dressed in a full-length, Islamic-style black robe with a niqab - the head covering worn by many Muslim women - covering his face. Authorities detained him for “inflicting fear and panic in the public,” Dogan reported.

Italy's highest court rules that Its legal for workers to watch porn at work

Sky news  #Italy #InfoFactory

Workers can't be sacked for watching porn during their lunch break, Italy's highest court has ruled.

The Court of Cassation said car manufacturer Fiat was wrong to sack a worker in Sicily for watching adult movies at work.
It marks the end of a five-year legal battle for the man, who was only identified as Guiseppe Z.
He was caught watching the hardcore DVD on his laptop at the factory in 2008.
His locker was searched and two other DVDs were discovered.
In 2010, a court in Sicily upheld the factory's decision to sack the man, triggering the protracted legal battle.
The Supreme Court said he was free to spend his lunch break how he wanted, and ruled that he should not have been sacked.

Oscar Pistorius to Be Released From Prison and moved to house arrest

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Oscar Pistorius is to be released from prison next week and moved to house arrest, after the South African parole board decided to free the South African Paralympian from custody and into “correctional supervision.”  "The Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Supervision and Parole Board (CSPB) today, 15 October 2015, approved the placement of offender Oscar Pistorius under correctional supervision as from 20 October 2015," according to a statement today from the South African Department of Correctional Services.  "The parole board met in Pretoria for the second time following a directive of the Parole Review Board, which set aside its earlier decision to place Oscar Pistorius under correctional supervision because it was prematurely made."  The department added that Pistorius will be under correctional supervision as of Tuesday until Oct. 20, 2019.  "The Parole Board has also given the offender his correctional supervision conditions which include the directives of the Parole Review Board in respect of continued psychotherapy and prohibitions in line with the Fire Arms Control Act Section 103," according to the statement.

Nigeria welcomes US troops for Cameroon over Boko Haram

Source: Vanguard  #Nigeria  #Cameroon  #BokoHaram

Nigeria on Thursday welcomed a US decision to send up to 300 military personnel to Cameroon to help the regional fight against Boko Haram, despite having itself requested more direct help from Washington.  President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman Garba Shehu said the deployment was a “welcome development” while the military said it demonstrated cooperation was needed against the Islamists.  US President Barack Obama on Thursday said 90 personnel had already been sent and the full contingent would conduct intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations.  “The United States has given the pledge to support the fight against Boko Haram in Nigeria and in the region,” Shehu told AFP by telephone.  “This is the fulfilment of that pledge and we are very happy about it. The United States’ move is quite commendable.”  Military spokesman Colonel Rabe Abubakar added: “This is how the fight can be done collectively with partners cooperating with us to fight against a common cause — terrorism — which has been ravaging the region for some time now.

Three sisters buried alive in canola seeds on family farm

Source: INDEPENDENT    #Canada

A Canadian farming family is confronting shock and grief after three young girls were killed after being buried alive in a truckload of canola seeds.
The girls - 13-year-old Catie Bott and her twin sisters, Dara and Jana, both aged 11 – were killed at their Alberta farm on Tuesday, according to the local media reports.
Family members and neighbours struggled to free the girls and perform life saving techniques. Two of the girls died at the scene; the third was flown to a children’s hospital where she died from her injuries on Wednesday afternoon.
“Our kids died living life on the farm, it is a family farm. We do not regret raising and involving our kids Catie, age 13, Dara, age 11, and Jana, age 11 on our farm. It was our life,” the children’s parents said in a statement.

Obama to delay withdrawing US forces from Afghanistan

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Barack Obama plans to extend the US military's role in Afghanistan and keep the current force of 9,800 troops through most of 2016, Al Jazeera has learned.
Obama had aimed to withdraw all but a small US embassy-based force in the capital Kabul before leaving office in January 2017. Under the new plan, troops will withdraw to 5,500 starting sometime in 2017, and be based in Kabul, Bagram, Jalalabad and Kandahar.
The decision comes after months of deliberations between Obama, Afghan leaders, Pentagon officials, commanders in the field and White House advisers about how best to continue to support Afghan forces, senior US administration officials said.

EFCC arrests Kwankwaso’s special adviser over multimillion naira MDG fraud

PREMIUM TIMES

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former Special Adviser to Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, Muktar Umar Yerima.
PREMIUM TIMES gathered that Mr. Yerima, who is currently the chairman of Tarauni Local Government Area of Kano State, was arrested early Saturday over alleged corruption.
He is accused of embezzling over N65m approved for participants in the Millennium Development Goals empowerment scheme in the state.

ISIS terror group crucifies & beheads a man while children watch [Photos]

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Husband and Wife Raise Awareness After Both Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

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Gerard and Meg Campion shared their lives for decades raising two daughters in Connecticut, but the husband and wife never expected that a life spent together would also mean sharing diagnosis of breast cancer.

In 2006, Gerard Campion was diagnosed first with the disease after spotting a tiny “blister”-like bump on his chest.

“It was obviously shocking. I think my first thought was, 'he’s not supposed to have this, I am,'" Meg Campion recalled of hearing her husband’s diagnosis. 

She said the reason he even went in for his first diagnosis was because a friend had been diagnosed with male breast cancer and they knew a little bit about the signs. After surgery and chemotherapy, the family thought their ordeal with cancer was over.

It wasn't. 

Buhari appoints Lai Mohammed, Fashola, Amaechi, Ngige and others as ministers

Premium Times

President Muhammadu Buhari has named the spokesperson of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Lai Mohammed, former governors Chibuike Amaechi and Babatunde Fashola, as ministers, the Senate announced Tuesday.
The Senate president, Bukola Saraki, read out 21 names on the list of nominees sent to the senate by the president last Wednesday.
The list also has Abubakar Malami, former defence chief Abdurahman Dambazzau, former governorship candidate in Taraba state, Aisha Alhassan, Adebayo Shittu, former senator, Udo Udoma and Ibrahim Jibril.
Others are Suleiman Adamu, former senator, Chris Nigige, Kemi Adeosun, Ahmed Ibeto and Hadi Sirika, former PDP chairman, Audu Ogbeh.
The list also has former Anambra governor, Ogbonnaya Onu, NNPC group managing director, Ibeh kachikwu, Amina Mohammed, Solomon Dalong, Suleaiman Adamu, and former Ekiti governor, Kayode Fayemi.

Uneducated farmer uses windmill to light up home

Times of India

While the state government is worrying about the shortage of electricity, an illiterate farmer near Naragund, in Gadag district, has uninterrupted power supply for his family. He has no magic wand, but an indigenous windmill installed in his fields for the past six years. Siddappa Huljogi, 46, has been successful in carrying out experiments like setting up a mobile recharging unit using a tractor battery, and playing radio and tape recorder using a bicycle's dynamo. A resident of Bandemmana Nagar, 7km from Naragund, which has hardly 8-10 houses, he was denied a Hescom connection over a decade ago. That made Huljogi think about other sources of electricity.

Besides, windmills installed on the hills of Naragund had got him thinking: if he could replicate them, he would have power. 

Buhari must be screened if he's Petroleum Minister - Senate

The Senate's plenary session will hold tomorrow, where president Buhari's ministerial list will finally be unveiled. And according to Vanguard,

The Senators are saying the President must, in line with the constitution, submit himself before the Upper Chamber for screening if he appointed himself Minister of Petroleum. 

They are also set to reject an incomplete list, saying the constitution provides for a nominee from each state of the federation and that any list that did not cover the 36 states would suffer serious opposition on the floor of the Senate.

Searchers found entire families who died huddled together after they were buried alive by Guatemala City disaster

Reuters

Beneath the mud and rock that engulfed the small Guatemalan town of Santa Catarina Pinula last week, search crews have found entire families who died huddled together after they were buried alive.At least 152 people were killed in Thursday's disaster just outside Guatemala City, government officials said on Monday evening, and emergency services chief Alejandro Maldonado said at least 300 people were still unaccounted for.
The Guatemalan Red Cross made an appeal on Twitter for dry ice at its provisional morgue in the town.
The mud that swallowed the El Cambray II neighborhood in Santa Catarina Pinula, which lies at the bottom of a deep ravine, is so deep that rescue workers are descending 39 feet (12 meters) through narrow shafts to reach the roofs of homes.

11-year-old boy charged with killing 8-year-old girl over a puppy

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An 11-year-old Tennessee boy was charged with shooting an 8-year-old girl to death with a 12-gauge shotgun after an argument over a puppy Saturday, NBC affiliate WBIR reported.
A neighbor told the station that the girl, MaKayla Dyer, had been playing with neighbors on Saturday night in White Pine, outside Knoxville.
She started talking with the boy, who has not been identified, through an open window at his home.
"He asked the little girl to see her puppies," the neighbor, Chasity Atwood, told WBID. "She said no and laughed and then turned around, looked at her friend and said, 'Let's go get the — ' and never got 'puppies' out."
The boy had already shot her in the chest.
Dyer was transported to Morristown-Hamblen Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The boy is being held in juvenile court on charges of first-degree murder.

Nigerian Army vows to end terrorism by December

No amount of distractions would deter the military from ending terrorism in Nigeria by December, the country's Army said on Sunday.
Recent bombings were aimed at diverting the attention of the military from achieving its target in the ongoing anti-terrorism war, Maj.-Gen. Yushau Abubakar, the military commander in charge of northeast city of Maiduguri said.
Abubakar was reacting to recent spate of suicide bombings by suspected insurgents in parts of the country.
He said the military had already gotten clues about those involved in the recent suicide bombings in Maiduguri, capital of northeast Borno State.
"We searched the houses and certain items that we recovered at the vicinity, which gave us some clues," Abubakar said.

Photos: Man hasn't trimmed his fingernails in 62 years, wins Guinness World Record

An Indian man, Shridar Chillal earned a Guinness World Record this week for doing, well, nothing at all. He didn't eat a bunch of hot dogs or jump off a building. All he did was forgo basic hygiene, by growing out his fingernails for an astonishingly long time.
Shridar Chillal hasn't trimmed his claws in 62 years. The last time he put scissor to nail was 1952 (to place that in perspective, Harry Truman was president of the United States at the time, and gas cost 20 cents a gallon). As a result of Chillal's refusal to trim, each of the fingers on his left hand ends in a swirling mass of keratin that cumulatively measures about 30 feet (9 meters) long.

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Baby boy born with two tubes growing on his face instead of nose

IndiaToday

A baby boy was born with two tubes growing out of his face instead of a noise in the city of
Chimbote in Peru.
The baby has been named Angelito which means little angel. The parents of the baby have been told by the doctors that he is keeping well.
The baby will have to go through an operation to treat the unnecessary growth and provide him with a normal nose. The doctors said that he is born with this condition because of a rare genetic deformity called Patau Syndrome.

Why I want to be Minister of Petroleum Resources -- Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says he will head the Ministry of Petroleum Resources in the new cabinet.
Addressing some select reporters in New York, United States, on Tuesday, after addressing a Global Leaders' Summit on Countering ISIL and Violent Extremism, he said: "I wil remain Minister of Petroleum. I will appoint a minister of state for petroleum."
According to him, this step is being taken as part of efforts to sanitise Nigeria’s oil industry which is said to be plagued by corruption, massive fraud, and crude oil theft.
Buhari restated his determination to sanitise Nigeria's oil industry and free it from corruption and shady deals.
He said that the first step in this direction had already been taken with the appointment of a new management for the NNPC and its subsequent reorganisation.

COP killer Dale Cregan is furious after his sister risked his son’s life by posting pictures of him on Facebook.

The Sun

The gangster’s lad Sonny, eight, has been living at a secret address since Cregan murdered two mob rivals.
Vengeful thugs vowed to target his family including Sonny and the lad’s mum, Cregan’s girlfriend Georgia Merriman, 24.
The one-eyed killer, 32, fears his boy is now in greater danger after sister Stacey, 27, put a picture of him on Facebook.
Alongside she commented that her “adorable” nephew was the spitting image of his dad. A source said: “Dale and the rest of his family can’t believe Stacey has been so stupid.
“It’s fair to say she’s not very popular at the moment.
“The threat to Sonny is still very real. Like Dale, his enemies have no morals and will do whatever it takes for revenge.”
Cregan was given a whole life sentence in 2013 after admitting murdering PCs Nicola Hughes, 23, and Fiona Bone, 32, and gangsters David Short, 46, and son Mark, 23, in Manchester.

Mark Zuckerberg & pregnant wife Priscilla Chan at the China State Dinner

The Facebook Founder & his beautiful, heavily pregnant wife's outfit to China State Dinner in the US, held in the honour of The Chinese President, Xi Jinping.

Man murders pregnant wife to avoid paying child maintenance

Sadulo Kalinin, 45, invited his five-month pregnant wife, Margarita, 33, on a shopping trip but instead knocked her unconscious then took her into some secluded woods close to the Russian city of Novosibirsk where he strangled and buried her. According to the police, the crime was motivated by Margarita’s demand for more money, threatening legal action if he didn’t support her and their five children.

Police say he had resigned from his job and had returned to his family home in Tajikistan with all of his belongings.

Pro-Lawan senators move to impeach Saraki

Punch news 

There were indications on Friday that members of the Senate Unity Forum had started wooing senators loyal to the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki.

Saturday PUNCH reliably gathered that the move was part of fresh efforts to change the leadership of the Senate.

The group comprises senators, who were opposed to the emergence of Saraki as senate president.

It was learnt that the SUF members, who contacted the pro-Saraki senators, hinged their argument on the ongoing trial of the Senate President at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

It was gathered that the group might have succeeded in securing the support of 12 pro-Saraki senators, mainly the Peoples Democratic Party members.

Investigations showed that the anti-Saraki group sought the support of the senate president’s loyalists because it had become obvious that the senate president could not be removed without the support of some senators that were sympathetic to him.

Nigeria is no longer a Polio Endemic Country - WHO

 

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that polio is no longer endemic in Nigeria. WHO announced this via its twitter handle. 

Judge Approves Caitlyn Jenner's Name And Gender Change

 

A judge has approved Caitlyn Jenner's request to make her name and gender change official.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg approved Jenner's petition to legally change her name and gender during a hearing Friday in Santa Monica, California.
The 65-year-old Olympic gold medalist, who was born William Bruce Jenner, didn't attend the brief hearing. The approval means she can now get government documents, such as a driver's license and Social Security card, under her new identity.
Jenner has publicly transitioned to a woman in recent months after revealing her intentions to journalist Diane Sawyer in a televised special and debuting her new name and look on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine.
Some details that accompanied her petition were redacted after Jenner cited privacy concerns and threats she says she has received during her transition.

Photos: Police officer accused of killing his 2-month old son

Officer Christopher Warren Page was arrested on Thursday by special agents from the Tennessee Burea of Investigation and charged with first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.

Page’s son Gunner suffered life-threatening injuries on September 2 at his Puryear home and died 5 days later, TBI officials said. During the course of the investigation, Agents developed information leading to Page as the individual responsible for his son’s death.

Matthew Stowe, the district attorney had asked TBI to probe Gunner’s injuries and later death.

Page who had been serving with the Paris Police Department was incarcerated without bond in the Carroll County Jail on Thursday night. The investigation into the incident continues, with the assistance of the Henry County Sheriff’s Office.

'I'll die of a broken heart if my little brother doesn't get new liver' says 5-year-old

Little Zac Ewart made the heart-wrenching admission about his one-year-old brother Albie, who has a rare life-threatening liver disease.
The doting big brother turned to his mum and admitted that he would "die of a broken heart" if his gravely ill sibling can't get the help he desperately needs.
Zac's mum Holly Skiplorne, 29, has spoken out about the agony of watching both her children go through such a harrowing ordeal.
"Zac said to me the other day "I'll die of a broken heart if Albie dies.' He always says he wants to give Albie part of his liver," said Holly.

120 Britons missing after hajj stampede in Mecca

Concern is growing for several groups of British pilgrims who have not made contact with their families since the stampede that killed more than 700 people in Saudi Arabia.

The Muslim Council of Wales said it knew of around 120 people in three groups from Cardiff, Newport and Swansea who were unaccounted for.A spokesperson told Sky News other members who travelled to Mecca for haj had made contact to say they were safe but there had been no word from the missing pilgrims, and their phones were not connecting.

The foreign and Commonwealth office (FCO) has not yet confirmed whether any British pilgrims are among the 719 people killed and 863 injured, but a spokesperson said it was "urgently gathering information", with staff searching hospitals and hotels.

Braless Rihanna flashes nipple piercing as she jets out of LA wearing clingy black vest

The 27-year-old gave onlookers a glimpse of her silver nipple piercing through a sheer black vest top as she was seen making her way through LAX airport.

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Police Officer Runs Mad In Yobe, Kills Two Senior Officers

A police officer in Yobe State ran mad on duty and killed two senior policemen. The policeman however killed himself thereafter.

The police public relations officer in Yobe state, Toyin Gbadegesin, has narratedthe sad occurrence below...

“A constable in Nangere went berserk this morning, grabbed a rifle and shot two inspectors who died instantly. He shot himself too but did not die instantly but was rushed to the hospital. The cause of his action is not known yet but investigation into the unfortunate incident has begun to unravel the remote and immediate cause of his action,” Gbadegesin said.

A hospital staff who pleaded anonymity also confirmed the death of the policemen, saying that “the three bodies have been deposited at General Hospital, Potiskum.”

Breaking news: Over 200 Boko Haram terrorists just surrendered to Nigerian troops

As the Nigerian military shared on Twitter.

Man arrested with cocaine says he was ‘under a spell’

Premium Times

A 39-year old man, who was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, with‎ 59 wraps of cocaine, has told officials that he was under a magic spell.
Ifeanyi Okpue, who was returning from Brazil for his traditional marriage, was arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency operatives with 950 grammes of the narcotics.
“I work in a restaurant in Brazil. I am 39 years old and I sincerely want to get married and have a family,” said Mr. Okpue, who hails from Enugu State.
“In the process of trying to make more money, I was given 59 wraps of cocaine to take to Nigeria for N400,000 naira. Now I realized I have made a big mistake. I pray my woman will find a place in her heart to forgive me. I feel I am under a spell.”
In a statement on Thursday, the NDLEA said it arrested Mr. Okpue alongside four other suspected drug couriers, including a 26-year old student who hid narcotics inside a bag of garri.

Photo: Senator Dino Malaye and sons

 

He shared the photo online with the caption "God is good to us"... Cute dad and boys.

Buhari can’t Islamise Nigeria – PFN

Punch

The Chairman, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Abia State chapter, Reverend Theophilus Anyimson, has disproved the notion in some quarters that President Muhammadu Buhari came to power with a hidden agenda to Islamise Nigeria.

Anyimso, who also doubles as the Superintendent of the Umuahia Central District of the Assemblies of God Nigeria, stated this on Thursday in Umuahia during the inauguration of the church’s project.

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He said that Nigeria was too large a country and occupied an important place in God’s agenda that no single individual could unilaterally alter God’s plan for the country.

Over 10,000 refugees enter Hungary in new record

A new record of 10,046 refugees entered Hungary on Wednesday, mostly via Croatia, Hungarian police said on Thursday as refugees continued to pour through the western Balkans bound for northern Europe.  A total of 9,939 refugees entered from Croatia, while 102 crossed from Serbia, police said. The discrepancy of five refugees in the figures was not immediately explained.  The previous record was set on 14 September when 9,380 refugees crossed just before Hungary effectively sealed its border with Serbia.  The closure of Hungary's border with Serbia last week led thousands of refugees to enter Croatia, quickly overwhelming authorities who then started bussing them to the Hungarian border.  After crossing into Hungary, trains then take the refugees to the Austrian border. The eastern Austria state of Burgenland recorded on Wednesday 5,900 new arrivals and a further 2,200 since midnight (2200 GMT).

I made N6million as a fake lawyer – Suspect

A fake lawyer, Olawale Falola, who claimed to be a dropout of a university in Osun State was arrested by the Oyo State Police Command during a stop-and-search in Ibadan recently.

It was gathered that after seeing a sticker belonging to the Nigeria Bar Association on his windscreen, the police asked him about his identity, but he couldnt defend his 'Lawyer' status.

He said he made N6m from victims whom he promised to help secure jobs at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.

According to him:

“I paraded myself as a lawyer and I have taken money from more than 100 people. I promised to get jobs for them at NNPC and security organisations. I have made up to N4m from the practice out of which I bought a Toyota Corolla car. I lived in Osogbo. I came to Ibadan to visit my family when I was arrested by the police.”

Over 700 people died today in Hajj stampede in Mecca (graphic photos)

Over 700 people died today in Hajj stampede in Mecca as thousands of people were walking to the 'stoning of the devil' ritual when a sudden surge in the crowd caused many to fall. No one knows what caused the surge. It's the worse since 1990. AFP just released some gruesome photos from the incident.

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Governor Dickson emerges PDP flagbearer for Bayelsa governorship poll

Premium times

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa on Thursday emerged candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the December 5 governorship elections in the state in an affirmative primary where he contested as sole candidate.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan led the way in the primary election conducted at the Samson Siasia Sports Stadium in Yenagoa.


Announcing the primary election result, the chairman of the PDP Primary Panel, Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state, said the conduct of the primary indicated that the PDP was ready to set good example for other parties.

4,000 Policemen Working In Partnership With Military To End Insurgency In N/East – Arase

Information Nigeria

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Solomon Arase, has reiterated the commitment of the Nigeria Police Force to sustain the fight against insurgency in the country.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olabisi Kolawole, in Abuja on Thursday.
According to the statement, Arase stated this when a delegation from the U.S. Embassy led by Ambassador Daniel Mozena, visited him at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.
“Our 4,000 operational policemen are working in partnership with the military to end insurgency in the North-East”, Arase said.
He said that a deputy commissioner of Police had been deployed to the Operations Command Centre in Maiduguri, Borno State.
The statement noted Mozena’s commendation to the police for its effort in upholding professionalism and the rules of engagement in the ongoing fight against insurgency in the North-East.
The U.S diplomat offered to assist the Force in handling the issue of terror suspects who may lay down their arms.

Boko Haram Insurgents May Attack Lagos Seaports - NSA

The office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, has issued a security alert on the likelihood of Boko Haram attack on Lagos seaports.

The alert was as a result of the concern expressed by the United States Embassy on the security situation at the nation’s seaports.

The security alert was signed by Assistant Comptroller General of Customs in charge of Enforcement and Intelligence, Mr. Dan Ugo, on behalf of the Comptroller General, Col. Hameed Ali (retd).

The Nigeria Customs Service, has begun the restriction of persons into its various commands and formations in Lagos. Careful security checks at all access points into the ports have also been made mandatory and no one would henceforth be allowed to walk freely in the ports.

Police arrest 8 over attack on Saraki, others in Ilorin

Today.ng

Eight people have been arrested in connection with the attack on Senate President Bukola Saraki and other personalities at the Ilorin Yidi praying ground on Thursday.
The Kwara state police command spokesperson, Ajayi Okasanmi, disclosed this to reporters in Ilorin, adding that the people arrested were miscreants.
Mr. Okasanmi said there was no record of any civil servant or government official among those arrested.
Said he: “The state police command deployed no fewer than 2000 policemen in synergy with other security agencies to make sure that the eid- el – Kabir celebration is a huge success. It was free in the course of prayers and there was the insurgence of criminals which we put into consideration while planning our security strategy. We know they normally come to beg for money from well to do members of the public.

Army arrest Boko Haram kingpin, rescue more women (Photos)

Press statement from the Nigerian Army...

Please recall that yesterday advancing troops along Banki axis were making tremendous progress in which they cleared 2 Boko Haram terrorists camps at Jangurori and Bulatori villages. In addition to that, the troops have also arrested 43 suspected Boko Haram terrorists including one of the Boko Haram kingpins in the area, Bulama Modu who is an ‘Amir’ of Bulakuri. The troops also rescued 241 women & children during the operation.

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Ex-president Jonathan's daughter, Faith Sakwe & husband welcome baby girl

Ex-president Jonathan's daughter, Faith Sakwe and husband Godswill Edward have welcomed their first child together, a baby girl. Faith gave birth at a US hospital in the early hours of today. The couple got married in April 2014. Congrats to them!

Troops cleared more BH terrorists camps and recover more villages

Statement released by the Defence HQ below...

Advancing troops along Banki axis cleared more terrorist camps and captured weapons, flags and improvised explosives (IEDs) making devices at Jangolori and Bulaburma villages.
The recovered items have confirmed earlier intelligence that the terrorists often used corrugated metal roofing sheets and bathroom slippers in making improvised explosive devices which affects troops advance.
In addition, it is quite clear that the campaign against the terrorists is yielding the desired result because they are fast running out of arms, ammunition and other logistics.
It is equally important to state and commend the synergy, intelligence and information sharing between our own forces and those of our neighbouring countries under the Multinational Joint Task Force . Consequently, the troops are quite optimistic that the Boko Haram terrorists would be defeated very soon.

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