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Boko Haram Insurgents On Camels Raid Adamawa Village, Kill Six Vigilantes
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have raided a farming village in Adamawa State, killing six members of a local vigilante group in the process.
The rampaging terrorists stormed Aljannaru, a village between Adamawa and Borno states on Sunday morning.
A local, David Yaro, told SaharaReporters that, “They arrived before dawn riding camels, with herds of cows destroying farms.
“They then climbed a hill overlooking the village and opened fire sporadically, before carrying out house-to-house attacks.
“They killed six persons assisting with security.”
A security source, who does not want his name mentioned, also said that the gunmen wielded sophisticated weapons including AK 47 riffles during the attack.
Modibbo Tola, a senior member of the hunters group in the state, confirmed the killing of their members, saying, ‘’Yes, I can confirm to you that we lost six members during the attack by the gunmen riding on camels.
“While we mourn our members including a top official in Gombi Unit, we will continue to help our people by providing security.”
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HURIWA Condemns Kidnapping Of Enugu Priest
Rev. Fr. Theophilus Ndulue
Rev. Fr. Theophilus Ndulue
Advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria has condemned the kidnapping of a Catholic priest, Rev. Father Theophilus Ndulue in Enugu State.
The group in a statement on Sunday by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, and the National Media Affairs Director, Zainab Yusuf, stated that it thinks there are kidnapping cells in Enugu State with specific instructions to target Catholic priests with a view to instigating bloody religious upheavals in the South-East of Nigeria.
The group asked the Enugu State governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, to approach his colleagues in the five states in the region with a view to mapping out security strategies to confront the increasing spate of violent.
HURIWA said, “We expect that a state like Enugu that has continuously witnessed grave breaches of the right to safety of her citizens ought to have embarked on far-reaching measures with a view to stamping out this menace.
“It would seem that the Enugu State governor would have to engage the other regional governors in the other five South-East states of Nigeria so the issue of security breaches are given effective regional solution.”
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Police Arrest 54-year-old Man For Killing Neighbour Over Argument
One Segun Mopoderun has been arrested for killing his neighbour after an argument in Lagos.
Segun, who lives in Ogba-Aguda, Agege, Lagos, allegedly poured hot water on one Oposanwo Gbenga, 58-years-old, which led to his death, according to spokesperson for the police in Lagos, the Bala Elkana.
Bala revealed that the victim was rushed to the hospital where he eventually died.
He said, “On 16/11/19 at about 0630hrs, one Segun Mopoderun, 54-year-old, of No 3, allegedly poured hot water on one Oposanwo Gbenga, 58-year-old, during an altercation between them.
“The victim was rushed to hospital for treatment where he later died.
“The corpse was deposited at Ikorodu General Hospital Mortuary for autopsy.
“The suspect has been arrested by homicide detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department Yaba.”
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UNODC Set To Launch New Strategy On Counter-terrorism Investigations In Nigeria
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime will be launching a ‘new handbook on counter-terrorism investigations’ developed exclusively for Nigerian investigators working in the counter-terrorism arena.
The handbook will help bolster the fight against insurgency and terrorism in the country.
According to UNODC working in conjunction with the European Union and the Nigeria Police Force, the new Nigeria handbook on counter-terrorism investigations is designed to help investigators develop the skills and approaches necessary to ensure that evidence left behind at crime scenes are recovered and analysed, that investigative leads are effectively identified and pursued, and that potential intelligence opportunities are leveraged and exploited.
The UNODC noted that each terrorist incident poses unique and significant challenges to the law enforcement and security professionals charged both with finding the individuals responsible, along with those, who supported and directed them, and also with the weighty responsibility of trying to prevent the next attack.
In his foreword to the handbook, Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, welcomed the launch of handbook and thanked UNODC for its contribution to Nigeria’s struggle against terrorism.
UNODC Country Representative to Nigeria, Mr Oliver Stolpe, added that by combining sound foundational principles with the latest advances in forensic science and investigative best practice, “There is a hope that the handbook will become an indispensable aid for police trainers working across the country, and help a new generation of Nigerian counter-terrorism investigators to hold offenders to account and deliver justice to their victims.”
Ambassador Ketil Karlsen, Head of the European Union Delegation to Nigeria, emphasised the important role that law enforcement can play in combatting terrorism.
He said, “The EU is supporting the fight against terrorism and violent extremism in Nigeria in a comprehensive and multifaceted way.
“A key focus is on backing Nigerian-led initiatives that strengthen criminal justice responses to terrorism.”
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Between The Bad Guys And The Good Guys, Who Wins? By Ayo Moses
The world does not listen to the good guys.
The good guys are too gentle.
Most good guys do not understand that the “kingdom of God” suffereth violence and that the violent taketh it by force.
You see the bad guys?
They have no time for peace talks.
If there is going to be a peace talk, there must first be violence.
So? They go for it by force.
They put violence forward knowing that the majority of the people are preoccupied with basic wants.
They just want to feed.
Earn a salary.
Pay bills.
Have s**, lots of it.
No complaints.
No questions asked.
The bad guy just puts pure ambition forward and worry later.
He wants more and knows the role of violence.
Oh yes, they know that power indeed is not given. It is taken.
In his days, Pablo Escobar never waited for the war to come. He took it to where the money was.
From selling Marijuana in the city of Medellin and around Colombia to the neighbouring countries like Mexico, and then to taking it into the United States of America and graduating into becoming the leader of the global cocaine trade.
He took the world by force and became the first Narco-billionaire in the history of the world.
When he ran for office, he continued with his philosophy of peace or war and even killed the Minister of Justice as well as bombed an entire Ministry of Justice in Colombia after they tried to extradite him.
The ideology is christened “Pluto O’plomo”, meaning silver or bullet.
Yahaya Bello must have learnt a lot about Pablo Escobar or has the right men around him to bring the point home.
Elections are not won by niceties. Indeed, politics is war by other means.
You do not need to be told.
Do not fool yourself. This is not the USA.
At best, this is Nigeria mimicking the USA of the 1800s.
His street campaign slogan is in the open and it resonates very clearly with his Ebira people as it is delivered in the same language.+
His version of Pluto O’Plomo is “Eva Wu Enya Ireyi” meaning that “They will hear the sound of our equipment.
“Ekeni edo eva wu enya ireyi them go hear am….tatatatata.
“If they say they won’t agree, they will hear the sound of our equipment….tatatatatata.”
In Kogi State yesterday, it rained bullets rhythmically. Even the Nigerian prince of Freestyle, MI Abaga, could not have freely given us such a free reign of “bulleting”.
We saw clearly, the Ebira version of Pablo Escobar’s ‘Pluto O’ Plomo’.
Silver or led.
Money or bullet
Vote or die!
There is problem in the land.
Election is war.
The educated are timid.
The “uneducated” are courageous.
This life does not belong to the educated.
It belongs to the courageous.
Head or tail, the bad guys have it!
What can you do for power?
What will you do for power?
What you can and will do will depend greatly whether you get power or not.
However, if you are a good guy that won’t give power what is required to get it so you can put it to good use, you have inadvertently given the bad guy the go ahead.
This world?
No, it doesn’t belong to the good guys.
It belongs totally to the bad guys and there is nothing you can do about it.
Is there?
May Nigeria succeed!
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JUST IN: SDP Candidate, Natasha, Rejects Violence-ridden Kogi Election, Tells INEC To Cancel Results
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Barrister Natasha Akpoti, candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the Kogi governorship election, has rejected the outcome of the exercise in the state and also urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to cancel the result.
Akpoti, in a petition sent to the INEC, said the election was marred by violence and electorates were stopped from exercising their rights by thugs brandishing different kinds of weapons.
She said that the thugs, clearly loyalists of the All Progressives Congress, were acting in support with the security agents.
Akpoti also described the election as “far-cry from credible election” and one that “cannot pass the test of fairness and credibility”.
She said, “In the 780 polling units of the Kogi Central Senatorial District, elections did not hold as a result of the violence unleashed by APC-led thugs whom attacked voters, electoral officials and electoral materials destroyed and/or burnt.
“The APC-led thugs were shooting at voters, which resulted in deaths of voters.
“The thugs in most cases were shielded by security agents, who are supposed to provide security for the citizenry.”
She added that agents of the SDP were chased away from polling units with voters barred from coming near the polling booth unless they would vote for Yahaya Bello of the APC.
She lamented that the name of her party was missing on some result sheets and 2015 stamps were seen on ballot papers.
She added, “In few of the polling units where there was a semblance of conduct of election, there were no result sheets.
“Ballot papers already thumb-printed by voters in favour of Social Democratic Party already tucked into the ballot boxes were sorted out by the APC-led thugs and burnt.”
“The election as it is cannot pass the test of fairness and credibility. Whatever gains INEC seem to have achieved in the conduct of elections in the past will be completely eroded if the election in Kogi Central Senatorial District and some other parts of Kogi is allowed to stand.”
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Two Arrested For Stealing iPhone 7plus in Lagos
The police in Lagos has arrested two people for stealing an iPhone 7plus.
The suspects, identified as Sylvester Uzor and Azeez Ibrahim, allegedly snatched the phone from one Femi Omojolowo.
Spokesperson for the police in Lagos, Bala Elkana, who revealed this, said the suspects had confessed to committing the crime.
He said, “Operatives of Bariga Police Station arrested one Sylvester Uzor and his accomplice, Azeez Ibrahim, with a black iPhone 7plus.
“They were arrested along Community Road, Bariga. The suspects snatched the phone from one Femi Omojolowo.”
He added that the suspects had been charged to Court.
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FUTA Female Student Brutalised For Calling Colleagues ‘Runs Girls’
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A female student of the Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State, was on Saturday beaten to a pulp by her colleagues.
The victim, simply identified as Bolu, is a year one student of Ecotourism and Wildlife Management in the institution
In a video of the incident seen by SaharaReporters, three students including a male were seen beating the helpless female student.
The male student identified as Obalola, a 300-level student of Industrial Design, was seen using horse whip on the victims.
The assaulted lady had been hospitalised at the health centre of the institution.One source at the school told our correspondent that the young lady was assaulted for “talking ill” about her senior colleagues. The source said, “The young lady is a 100 level student and she was having issues with some ladies off campus.
“I learnt that the lady always abused them and also exposing some of their bad behaviours like the “runs” they do on campus.
“They set the lady up yesterday and confronted her to begin to repeat those talks about them.
“I am aware that the lady always calls them prostitutes and abuse them for sleeping with guys while leaving fake lives on campus.
“These are things that angered those ladies and made them to report her to people closer to her but I guess she still didn’t desist from exposing them.
“So, they invited a guy claiming to be school father and he was the one using horse wipe to beat the young lady in the video you saw.”
Authorities of the institution on Sunday said they had been able to identify the students behind the assault on the female student.
Spokesperson for FUTA, Adegbenro Adebanjo, added that the perpetrators had been suspended while an investigation had also been launched into the case.
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E2%80%93seun-onigbinde Nigeria’s Electoral System Derailed –Seun Onigbinde
Oluseun Onigbinde, Director of BudgIT, has said that Nigeria’s electoral system has derailed.
Onigbinde said this following Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi and Bayelsa states.
The election recorded a high rate of violence and electoral misconducts.
In a post on Twitter, Onigbinde also lamented that every institution had been compromised.
He said, “90 per cent turnout in an election? As Nigerians lay their bed, they will also rest on it.
“Our electoral system has derailed.
“Every institution has been compromised and laws won’t be enough in an atmosphere of impunity.”
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Sowore: Stop Insulting The Collective Intelligence Of Nigerians, Falana Tells DSS
Rights lawyer and counsel to Omoyele Sowore, Femi Falana (SAN), has urged the Department of State Services to stop insulting the collective intelligence of Nigerians and immediately release Sowore.
The DSS, after failing to release Sowore after he had met his bail condition twice, has given various reasons for not releasing the rights activist.
The DSS had initially claimed that nobody came to receive Sowore, and on another occasion claimed that his sureties had yet to appear before it.
In another development, the security agency said it is yet to release Sowore because he asked and preferred to be in their custody.
Reacting to the claims by the DSS, Falana asked the agency to put the record straight and stop lying to the general public.
The Senior Advocate of Nigeria urged the agency to release all those it had detained illegally in their custody and “stop insulting the collective intelligence of the Nigerian people by attempting to justify the subversion of the rule of law.”
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