If you sack me, you sack the best - Mourinho tells Chelsea

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSG6QiBU7EfHDK9XnPYiMeGaQ6lKFNUvNBCbOYS4Z8wIhe71ndcp4oo0CQrGL0ddsY67epRtz2Mh1B6Iof9fiY_jjHRlY5eh1B4dC55b0157filn1U6e-p3t0lB4B6cO9zsRi7PNJSGBg/s1600/mourinho+sadddddddddddddd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSG6QiBU7EfHDK9XnPYiMeGaQ6lKFNUvNBCbOYS4Z8wIhe71ndcp4oo0CQrGL0ddsY67epRtz2Mh1B6Iof9fiY_jjHRlY5eh1B4dC55b0157filn1U6e-p3t0lB4B6cO9zsRi7PNJSGBg/s640/mourinho+sadddddddddddddd.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <b><br /></b> <b>The Blues boss has warned his club they would be making a mistake if they were to sack him and claims referees are scared to give decisions for his team after defeat to Southampton.</b><br /> <br /> Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho reacted to questions regarding his future by insisting that if the club sack him, they will be sacking the greatest manager the club has ever had.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The reigning champions slumped to their fourth Premier League defeat of the season on Saturday, going down 3-1 to Southampton at Stamford Bridge despite taking the lead through Willian.<br /> <br /> The defeat follows on from Tuesday's 2-1 loss to Porto in the Champions League and leaves the Blues in 16th place in the Premier League table, a distant 10 points behind leaders Manchester City.<br /> <br /> "If the club wants to sack me they have to sack me because I am not running away from my responsibility, my team," he told Sky Sports after the game.<br /> <br /> "To be champions now is obviously very, very difficult because the distance is considerable. I am more than convinced that we will finish top four.<br /> <br /> "It is a crucial moment in the history of this club because if they sack me they sack the best manager this club has ever had.<br /> <br /> "The message is that the results are the fault of the manager. This is a moment for everybody to assume their responsibilities and stick together."<br /> <br /> Mourinho also insisted the Blues were being harshly treated by referees and insisted they were denied a penalty against Southampton, which could have changed the outcome of the game.<br /> <br /> "The referees are afraid to give decisions for Chelsea," he added. "At 1-1, it is a huge penalty and once again we don't get.<br /> <br /> "If the FA wants to punish me they can. They don't punish other managers. My players deserve it and the fans deserve it.<br /> <br /> "Referees are afraid to give decisions for Chelsea. Why? Because there is always a question mark and we are always punished.<br /> <br /> "Clear penalties are not given. Even in the Champions League in a match we lose 2-1, we are not given a penalty in the last minute.<br /> <br /> "The penalty in this game is crucial because my team, at the moment, the first negative thing that happens, they collapse. The penalty was a giant penalty and after that the team lost even more confidence."<br /> <br /> (Goal.com)

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Hajj Deaths: Nigerian muslims won’t stone devil again - Emir Sanusi

<div align="center"> <img alt="Hajj Deaths: Nigerian muslims won’t stone devil again - Emir Sanusi" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLk7d3RoSaFmH5gmXRFP11Y-mcXs4c9UnSOeIIKm5e6opwrXzPD5nHLnnUODDNJzvzniOs5zrskmKj7I-skCm7k3zUR9a9X250kNF-3xy7jVqy1pkYMVhpeb97KDQkGTSZ9hp6VrjgG39A/s1600/Emir-of-Kano-Alhaji-Muhammadu-Sanusi-II.jpg" title="Hajj Deaths: Nigerian muslims won’t stone devil again - Emir Sanusi" /></div> <br /> <b>Nigeria’s Amirul Hajj and Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II, on Friday night said Nigerians will no longer participate in the stoning of devil ritual, except they get accommodation close to Jamrat, where the exercise will take place.</b><br /> <br /> The Emir’s reaction followed the recent stampede in Saudi Arabia that killed several pilgrims, including about 70 Nigerians.<br /> <br /> He also reiterated his earlier position that blacks, particularly Nigerians were not responsible for the stampede.<br /> <br /> The Emir, who quoted several verses of the Qur’an, said refusal to perform the stoning of devil ritual does not in any way invalidate one's pilgrimage.<br /> <br /> He said, “During the era of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), he permitted pilgrims who came on camels to stay in Makkah after Arafat, instead of staying in Mina and sleeping at Muzdalifa.<br /> <br /> “So, if the Prophet can give such grace to some people, just to protect their animals, why didn’t our scholars educate our people properly to avoid this untoward hardship and death<br /> <br /> “Therefore, it will be part of my recommendation to the Federal Government that, if we cannot get accommodation close to Jamrat where the Arabs reside in Mina, then this year may be the last time we will sleep in Mina and Muzdalifa because we want to stone the devil.<br /> <br /> “If one deliberately refuses to perform the stoning of the devil ritual, all he needs to do is just to slaughter a ram. So, if this is the situation, why do we go and suffer and die instead of sacrificing a ram.”

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MKO Abiola’ s younger brother dies

<div align="center"> <img alt="MKO Abiola’ s younger brother dies" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjou_Jwmg2xLHxqx-s8jiBCJofQK1g-ZPNPbuvo0G3ElZ3I-aYsduwmuF9-X0VemCzlWLWjuY1VHD0dd06-6ru84cydSpL2Jy0ETLgdYUFyb4UdNyqS_1tepDDxR42CioRDe2_ZSYy7JNv8/s1600/mko-abiola1.jpg" title="MKO Abiola’ s younger brother dies" /></div> <br /> Alhaji Musibau Abiola, the younger brother of late businessman and politician, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale(MKO) Abiola, is dead.<br /> <br /> Musibau Abiola died around 4am on Saturday following months of long illness and would be buried today by noon according Islamic rites.<br /> <br /> Already, some family members have started converging at the deceased’s home in Gbagura area of Abeokuta in Abeokuta North Local Government Council of the state while Abiola’s children – Kola, Deji among others are being expected.<br /> <br /> Before his death, Musibau often used the occasion of the yearly June 12 memorial to lament the sinful neglect of the Abiola’s family by successive Nigerian governments since the death of their breadwinner – MKO Abiola.<br /> <br /> He was particularly pained by the unavoidable sight of the abandoned and uncompleted proposed Presidential House of MKO Abiola at the Ibara GRA, Abeokuta, and governments’ attitude to it.<br /> <br /> A year ago, he told The Nation that the building is so gigantic that a single individual may not be able to provide the fund required for its completion, and noted that only government’s help may salvage the situation.<br /> <br /> Musibau said then that the sorry state of the abandoned construction was a source of worry and discomfort to the family, lamenting that it was also one of the many losses and setbacks they had been contending with since the aborted June 12, 1993 polls and subsequent death of his brother.

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Super Eagles captain, Vincent Enyeama mourns late mum

<div align="center"> <img alt="Super Eagles captain, Vincent Enyeama mourns late mum" border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3X4L1GHC64_cxURAuHNyvCqqpHqwc9-Ryh1TWmGOAmQszpD4fpuvz0wk-bPGoW4t4ulWelzB1NE2DlB11G0_aNbXBHvLGlx79YGEGRhsXM_PaN_Lu-TeHK1avOSAsNc597fUmtljtgnhF/s400/Enyeama-360x257.jpg" title="Super Eagles captain, Vincent Enyeama mourns late mum" width="400" /></div> <b><br /></b><b>Super Eagles captain, Vincent Enyeama, is still “shattered and devastated” following the death of his mother last month.</b><br /> <br /> Enyeama sat out Nigeria’s last two internationals, against Tanzania and Niger Republic, as a result but is billed to return for October’s fixtures against Congo DR and Cameroon in Belgium, supersport.com reports.<br /> <br /> He also missed Lille OSC’s Ligue 1 fixture against Montpellier which Les Dogues won 2-0 on Friday.<br /> <br /> The ex-Enyimba goalkeeper is currently in his Akwa Ibom hometown, where his mother will be laid to rest on Saturday and the 33-year-old took the time to pay his last respects to the woman he described as his “pillar.”<br /> <br /> “I am shattered and devastated because my mother was my pillar. She was full of life and showed no signs of illness before she died so this is quite difficult to take,” he told supersport.com.<br /> <br /> Enyeama is the most capped Nigerian international in history with 101 appearances for the Super Eagles and has played at three FIFA World Cups in 2002, 2010 and 2014.<br /> <br /> He was also part of the Nigeria side that won the Africa Cup of Nations title in South Africa in 2013 and he pointed out the role his late mother played in his numerous career successes.<br /> <br /> “My mother was always there for me handing me important pieces of advice and always praying for me.<br /> <br /> “In the most difficult moments of my life, she was always there, and there is no way I would have achieved all I have if it wasn’t for her influence in my life,” he said.

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Watch Video: How Aguero scored FIVE goals in 20 minutes

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Buhari pictured with Obama and his wife

<div align="center"> <img alt="Buhari pictured with Obama and his wife" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSIW_x7CqtuIkX85pH64PpF6cJOA5X9I2uaBROWVhBSoZymvrsCMcd_clExEyl85Di5uX6UOaO8IMmFMMJIH-Mm3cUgP6r8ugRwnV8N4_R_x85vzoNPkUn7emjh2SZMsgrjcmovtWXowa1/s1600/obama+wife+buhari.jpg" title="Buhari pictured with Obama and his wife" /> </div> <br /> President Buhari in a photo with Michelle and Barack Obama during a reception at the 70th session of the UN General Assembly in New York last week.

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Sevilla 2-1 Barcelona: Champions suffer in Messi's absence

<div align="center"> <img alt="Sevilla 2-1 Barcelona: Champions suffer in Messi's absence" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkv6QYFASlBelg6PyN1oTOeBfDF6orGQmgjH5K2AVVA-C4rsKLkxZ0mSBzUDCi_uoSKe22SOFGmEr-hRfCpM12SmW1gGsZoHt6l8nHnB1Zox3KNw2K0AauoobEZ-p5PaeUlZI3a6bb1jgm/s1600/luis-suarez-fc-barcelona-laliga-03102015_1e0fklqs3xpar13xh72egt6eem.jpg" title="Sevilla 2-1 Barcelona: Champions suffer in Messi's absence" /></div> <br /> A Lionel Messi-less Barcelona lost for the second time in three league games as they were stunned 2-1 by Sevilla on Saturday afternoon.<br /> <br /> Goals from Michael Krohn-Dehli and Vicente Iborra in the space of six second-half minutes at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan sealed the win, with Neymar's penalty nothing more than a consolation for the champions.<br /> <br /> It leaves Luis Enrique with work to do in the weeks and months ahead as talisman Messi recovers from the knee injury he suffered early in Barca's 2-1 win at home to Las Palmas in their previous league game.<br /> <br /> Such a significant victory against the title-holders will do much to ease the pressure on Sevilla's under-fire coach Unai Emery, following a poor start to the domestic season and their Champions League hammering at the hands of Juventus in midweek.<br /> <br /> Barca came within inches of opening the scoring in the 24th minute, when a Neymar free-kick hit the post, ricocheted off goalkeeper Sergio Rico and rolled across the goal-line before Coke was able to clear.<br /> <br /> They hit the woodwork again six minutes before half-time, Luis Suarez striking the top of the bar with a curling effort from outside the area.<br /> <br /> The visitors had already gone close on two previous occasions through Neymar and Suarez, but Sevilla more than held their own.<br /> <br /> Iborra, Kevin Gameiro and Marco Andreolli all missed presentable chances inside the opening 15 minutes, while a dangerous whipped cross from Benoit Tremoulinas required the intervention of Sergi Roberto to deny the hosts what would have been a golden opportunity to break the deadlock.<br /> <br /> With a minute remaining in the first half, Ivan Rakitic's delicate flick released Suarez in on goal, but Tremoulinas was on hand to clear the danger as the Uruguayan hesitated.<br /> <br /> Having weathered the storm, Sevilla took the lead seven minutes after the interval as Gameiro's dangerous ball across the face of goal was met at the back post by Krohn-Dehli, who smashed past Claudio Bravo.<br /> <br /> The hosts doubled their advantage just six minutes later. Krohn-Dehli received the ball at his feet on the edge of the Barca area, cut inside and delivered a lofted diagonal pass toward the penalty spot, where Iborra, who had managed to stay just onside, rose to head the ball beyond Bravo and into the corner of the net.<br /> <br /> Finally jolted back into life, Barca mounted a sustained assault on the Sevilla goal just after the hour mark.<br /> <br /> Neymar was denied three times in as many minutes by Rico, but finally got his goal from the penalty spot after Sandro Ramirez's shot hit the arm of Tremoulinas on the very edge of the area.<br /> <br /> Sandro went agonisingly close to equalising for the visitors in the 78th minute after meeting a Luis Suarez cross to smash a shot against the crossbar, but consecutive defeats on the road leave Barca struggling to replicate their dominance of last season.

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Aguero bags fastest five-goal haul in Premier League history

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img alt="Aguero bags fastest five-goal haul in Premier League history" border="0" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGJxB3H7ocd1SeMk89Fhm3oYVJ9hbCtVaB29NaYlwa56fAwCCDuLzYrewznb5zhnpiPXyGeSXTWyH87XXVPQ-fMnheIzN9dykP5II-vI56h4EVx9ORE2ChNqgPiqzDUfFk5m9_bTVJrBnP/s640/kun-aguero_7.jpg" title="Aguero bags fastest five-goal haul in Premier League history" width="640" /></div> <br /> Sergio Aguero has made Premier League history after scoring five goals in 20 minutes during Manchester City's 6-1 win over Newcastle United on Saturday.<br /> <br /> The Argentine netted the English top-flight's fastest-ever quintuple, besting Jermain Defoe - who netted five in Tottenham's 9-1 win over Wigan Athletic in 2009 - by 16 minutes.<br /> <br /> Aguero's first goal levelled the score at 1-1 in the 42nd minute, with his fifth coming in the 62nd minute to round off the rout.<br /> <br /> The only other players to hit five goals in a single match are Alan Shearer for Newcastle, and Andy Cole and Dimitar Berbatov for Manchester United, with the former netting his tally in 54 minutes, and the latter pair both scoring their goals in 68 minutes.<br /> <br /> Goal.com

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U.S. condemns Abuja bomb blasts

<div align="center"> <img alt="U.S. condemns Abuja bomb blasts" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirIcxqTu-bzjBtd3uSSBzIJ_Nz2xxmX6kI_3D7KSFZzTk1QrOAVsu39juHje8qmU41PyS_eNYXFVLWzhsBwMS_ikUe0X5i5tRsCTrE9RkOiI9chl704m4xBzLWPWO24UmeapFj-h83QJJj/s1600/obama+2.jpg" title="U.S. condemns Abuja bomb blasts" /></div> <br /> The United States Government has condemned Friday’s bomb blasts in Abuja, the Nigerian capital.<br /> <br /> A statement by the spokesman of the American Embassy in Abuja, Sean McIntosh, said the U.S.<br /> <br /> government strongly condemned the multiple explosions in the Nyanya and Kuje areas of Abuja on October 2, as well as the suicide bombings and militant attacks in Maiduguri and Adamawa on October 1, Nigeria’s independence anniversary.<br /> <br /> “We extend our deepest condolences to the families and loved ones of those killed and injured,” the statement said.<br /> <br /> “These tragic events are stark reminders that violent extremists will stop at nothing to inflict horrific and indiscriminate harm upon innocent lives.”<br /> <br /> The attacks in Abuja killed 15 people and injured 41 more, the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, said.<br /> <br /> The United States assured Nigeria of its support in the battle to defeat terror.<br /> <br /> “Through our security and counterterrorism assistance, our unparalleled commitment aims to help Nigeria achieve this goal,” the statement noted.<br /> <br /> It noted that the Boko Haram’s reign of terror and sheer brutality has left thousands dead and millions displaced.<br /> <br /> The bomb blasts came 15 months after the last attack in the nation’s capital which took place at a shopping plaza -Emab – in the Wuse 2 District of the city on June 24, 2014, killing at least 21 and injuring 17 others, according to police.

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Revealed: How two soldiers were killed in ‘Boko Haram ambush’

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img alt="Revealed: How two soldiers were killed in ‘Boko Haram ambush’" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFpHImfxKJRlkABGu4seF6AlzPy8ne8h8oU5RgBEQTu6KfqMqsJA-pozcJarHnbjGnbrX-zTUeI9xa0QGW47mWsgTkmEDyYpbXwcE1qPWTVhr3uGMxIdZ8vUdifDuOhUdYYxMhCJYFsNao/s1600/jtf+arm.jpg" title="Revealed: How two soldiers were killed in ‘Boko Haram ambush’" /></div> <b><br /></b><b>An alleged Boko Haram attack on a village in southeastern Niger killed two of the country’s soldiers, the Nigerien army said Friday, the latest deadly raid by the Islamist group.</b><br /> <br /> nigerThe incident occurred when a nearby military unit was warned that an attack was imminent against the village of Baroua, near the border with Nigeria, at around 10:30pm (2130 GMT) on Thursday, and dispatched soldiers to the scene, according to a defence ministry statement read on state television.<br /> <br /> On the way to the village, the troops were ambushed by “suspected Boko Haram elements”, the statement said, with two soldiers killed and seven others wounded. An army vehicle was also destroyed.<br /> <br /> Private radio station Anfani said the firefight following the ambush lasted five hours, and added that the attackers looted shops and took “large quantities of food”.<br /> <br /> Niger, whose primary source of foreign income is uranium, has joined a regional military alliance, alongside Chad, Niger and Nigeria, to fight Boko Haram, infamous for mass abductions, village massacres and suicide bombings by women and teenagers.<br /> <br /> Since February, the southern Nigerien region of Diffa, on the border withNigeria, has suffered several attacks, including one in June in which 38 people were killed, including 10 children.<br /> <br /> Most recently, 15 civilians were killed in a Boko Haram attack on a border village as Muslims marked the Eid al-Adha festival, shattering two months of relative calm in the area.<br /> <br /> Thousands of Nigerian refugees have fled to southeast Niger to escape Boko Haram with one of the largest refugee camps about 10 kilometres (six miles) from Diffa.

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Sultan of Sokoto, Muhamadu Buhari make list of world’s top 50 Muslim leaders

<div align="center"> <img alt="Sultan of Sokoto, Muhamadu Buhari make list of world’s top 50 Muslim leaders" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oH8NkLPQV6yxxBzlMaIxxeTVvf81fm7nlYqGi53D1JCt8pj7gwctKi26u9pdoAngWa186LRjsFbVFB4K9j8EWpf-SFMOYXFQAbbnHrFuamfmDaKGkZThCiZ6YSOC3p3pKoJJiEZbpVtQ/s1600/influence+muslims.jpg" title="Sultan of Sokoto, Muhamadu Buhari make list of world’s top 50 Muslim leaders" /></div> <br /> <b>President Muhammadu Buhari, the Sultan of Sokoto, Saád Abubakar, and a Maiduguri-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ibrahim Saleh are among those listed as the world’s 50 most influential Muslim leaders.</b><br /> <br /> BuhariThe Muslim 500, an annual publication of the World’s 500 most influential Muslims, recognised the three Nigerian leaders in its 7th edition published recently.<br /> <br /> The publication says there are 1.7 billion Muslims in the world today, making up approximately 23% of the world’s population, or one-fifth of mankind.<br /> <br /> It said those recognised have a sense of belonging to Muslim community worldwide, besides being citizens of their respective countries.<br /> <br /> The publication measured influence some Muslims have on other Muslims to include: any person who has the power (be it cultural, ideological, financial, political or otherwise) to make a change that will have a significant impact on the Muslim world.<br /> <br /> The impact could be either positive or negative, depending on one’s point of view, it said.<br /> It added that the influence could be of a religious scholar directly addressing Muslims and influencing their beliefs, ideas and behaviour, or it could be a ruler shaping the socio-economic factors within which people live their lives, or of artists shaping popular culture.<br /> <br /> “The first two examples also point to the fact that the lists, and especially the Top 50, are dominated by religious scholars and heads of state. Their dominant and lasting influence cannot be denied, especially the rulers, who in many cases also appoint religious scholars to their respective positions,” it said.<br /> <br /> While the publication listed the top 500 influential Muslim leaders, the first part recognised the top 50 in which Messrs. Buhari, Abubakar and Saleh appear.<br /> <br /> President Buhari was listed as the Number 20, while the Sultan and Sheikh Saleh are listed as numbers 24 and 38 respectively.<br /> <br /> In a short citation, The Muslim 500 recognised Mr. Buhari’s past military career, his anti-corruption credentials and his promise and subsequent efforts to deal with the insurgent group, Boko Haram.<br /> It also recognised that on economy and infrastructure.<br /> <br /> “President Buhari was the first chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and was the mastermind behind the construction of 20 oil depots throughout Nigeria, a project involving over 3200 kilometres of pipelines,” the magazine said. “Both the Warri and Kaduna refineries were built under his leadership. He also established the blueprints for the country’s petro-chemical and liquefied natural gas programmes”.<br /> <br /> On environment, it said Mr. Buhari is “an active environmentalist who has drafted several plans to preserve wildlife in Nigeria. He has also exerted great efforts on the conservation of nature in Nigeria; such as controlling the logging industry whereby he has ensured that double the number of trees felled are replaced by loggers. He has also worked on restricting the Ecological Fund Office so it can deliver on environmental challenges”.<br /> <br /> As for the Sultan Abubakar, the publication stated that he holds an important administrative influence in Nigerian religious life.<br /> <br /> “Abubakar is the titular ruler of Sokoto in northern Nigeria and is also the head of the Nigerian National Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs. Leadership of this council means that the Sultan of Sokoto remains the only figure that can legitimately claim to speak on behalf of all Nigerian Muslims.<br /> <br /> “This role has become increasingly influential over the years with a rise in interreligious tensions between Nigeria’s Muslim majority north and Christian-majority south,” it said.<br /> <br /> The Muslim 500 also said the Sultan has started many initiatives to counter and reduce the influence of Boko Haram, including inviting an international joint Muslim/Christian Delegation to visit Nigeria.<br /> <br /> As for Sheikh Saleh, the publication recognised him as a lecturer in the fields of Tafsir Al Qur’an (exegesis) and the Hadith as well as Islamic sciences, jurisprudence and ethics.<br /> <br /> “He has over 100 written works. He has held and still heads several significant positions, some of which are, founder and mentor of the Islamic renaissance Organization, adviser to the Federal Government on its Islamic Affairs since 1992, Assistant Secretary-general for African Affairs in the World Islamic People’s Leadership 1989 and many more”.

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APC blasts Boko Haram - ' No amount of cowardly attacks will save you terrorists from imminent defeat'

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0NrUwt_Sis26ieFMPt1BhRqnWYlFrvqPZlRkWt2BS_IBU0pwysZjt0SlU_UCfGPapqLeTM6If7wi6_DOSoQ7CQR0mMCcuIFqQZud-BczEgDwuW-GZdkb_3vHD2VMVurN_Iys3S5wTdq5/s1600/Lai-Mohammed-ne.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0NrUwt_Sis26ieFMPt1BhRqnWYlFrvqPZlRkWt2BS_IBU0pwysZjt0SlU_UCfGPapqLeTM6If7wi6_DOSoQ7CQR0mMCcuIFqQZud-BczEgDwuW-GZdkb_3vHD2VMVurN_Iys3S5wTdq5/s640/Lai-Mohammed-ne.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned Friday night’s bomb attacks in Kuje and Nyanya areas of Abuja that killed and injured many people, warning that no amount of cowardly attacks will save the Boko Haram terrorists from imminent defeat.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> In a statement, Saturday, in Lagos by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the attacks, as well as other recent ones, are part of the cowardly tactics of the terrorists to focus on soft targets, after the military has succeeded in putting them on the run.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwqKo2MWLNR1-z6ivIKIf13k4hP-eRJ6gMk_lhmOS6rXU4fDrsflW6X4oNIoKe-n9QKYfo41Rf1NGrHspACan7kG3PcedQaKktzMGA86L2YUjmzJ7zJmchcO-uw-hRaOaGKc2AhiVtqDR/s1600/blast+abj5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEwqKo2MWLNR1-z6ivIKIf13k4hP-eRJ6gMk_lhmOS6rXU4fDrsflW6X4oNIoKe-n9QKYfo41Rf1NGrHspACan7kG3PcedQaKktzMGA86L2YUjmzJ7zJmchcO-uw-hRaOaGKc2AhiVtqDR/s400/blast+abj5.jpg" width="400" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Abuja bomb attack</span></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> It said the avowed determination of the Buhari Administration to crush Boko Haram, which has seen the military recording a string of successes against the terrorists, will not be weakened by these dastardly acts that are nothing but the last kicks of a dying monster.<br /> <br /> APC appealed to Nigerians to be vigilant since Boko Haram members who have been smoked out of their strongholds may be seeking refuge elsewhere across the country.<br /> <br /> The party condoled with the families of those who were killed in the latest Abuja attacks, and wished those who were injured a speedy recovery.

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REVEALED: How female suicide bombers in hijab killed 18 in Abuja

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUUkk6adZfDAcp6MPKNCKYR92nk_vPGeJZCg5pFATrcaR324_PZExNKwiV3cv-fqcfIFTlmIw7MPtLi6aRLWUR5ewC5kXrEzR1bU8_uyz_ReuuIcOQINN7QPbof7yzGbX1nBh6JFACvfLn/s1600/hijab+black.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUUkk6adZfDAcp6MPKNCKYR92nk_vPGeJZCg5pFATrcaR324_PZExNKwiV3cv-fqcfIFTlmIw7MPtLi6aRLWUR5ewC5kXrEzR1bU8_uyz_ReuuIcOQINN7QPbof7yzGbX1nBh6JFACvfLn/s640/hijab+black.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <b>Two female suicide bombers in hijab were actively responsible for the twin bombings which occurred at Nyanya and Kuje towns of the Federal Capital Territory last night while a third bomber, a male dropped the bomb that had the greatest impact and killed 12 persons at the Zamfara Market in Kuje.</b><br /> <br /> According to eye-witness accounts, the first female suicide bomber (a 15-year-old), alighted from an motorbike, popularly called Okada in front of the Kuje Police Station at exactly 9.25 pm Friday night and made for the station but seconds after the Okada that dropped her left, the bomb, apparently timed, exploded killing the bomber.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Fifteen minutes later, the male bomber who was also on an Okada, arrived the entrance of the Zamfara Market which incidentally is a massive market, carrying a leather bag. He approach a roasted meat (Suya) seller and asked if he could assist him with some change to enable him pay off the Okadaman.<br /> <br /> When the Suya man told the bomber that he didn’t have the change, the bomber dropped his bag and told the roasted meat seller to help him look after it while he ask’s someone else. Minutes after the bomber left, the bomb exploded, killing and ripping off anybody that was close by.<br /> <br /> According to the eyewitness, Abraham Gabriel, who was one of the first persons to arrive the scene, the Suya seller, a pregnant woman, a child were among the casualties.<br /> <br /> Continuing Abraham said, initially when the first bomb went off, he thought it was an electric transformer close to the Kuje Police station that exploded but it was later discovered to be a bomb.<br /> <br /> It was while the Police was trying to ascertain what was going on that the market bomb went off 15 minutes later with a more deafening noise.<br /> <br /> He further disclosed that before help came from the Police, Army and NEMA, Fire Service, NSCDC for rescue efforts, he along with some persons stopped a good Samaritan who used his car to evacuate the injured to the Kuje General Hospital four times, adding that he saw two persons die on the spot before they could be rescued.<br /> <br /> At the Nyanya end of the city, a female suicide bomber was said to have made attempt to scale the fence into the Nyanya Police station when the bomb strapped to her body exploded, killing her and one person while 21 persons were injured.

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IN PICTURES: Abuja multiple bomb blasts

<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgp2h0_8YYx6p987AS0AgogSciqKk6i9-5TO0u-Lo4mUvNtsUHCP1eQ9qohsqkOWLhaKBPe6bEC_f1613E33ClkgrLiw_7qJ3gEISqn9AV5rMyxPVATMBTFM46jB9r5qrQ299kKGYW_D3_/s1600/blast+ab1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgp2h0_8YYx6p987AS0AgogSciqKk6i9-5TO0u-Lo4mUvNtsUHCP1eQ9qohsqkOWLhaKBPe6bEC_f1613E33ClkgrLiw_7qJ3gEISqn9AV5rMyxPVATMBTFM46jB9r5qrQ299kKGYW_D3_/s640/blast+ab1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Scores reportedly died after multiple explosions rocked Nyanya and Kuje area of Abuja, yesterday.<br /> <br /> More pictures below...<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieak150m_A5siSk6EUPflNCTVtAEmDvlVJrRUt9EKxfdKWoyuzsBP3U9BV-4ef8bo_nOnVOkq6Xsw4j0SYdWxe79cLSqstquzWHW7hLDj_9NEEt7_c6V06dNOVrZrBPndGOMFY596IkJvS/s1600/blast+abj2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieak150m_A5siSk6EUPflNCTVtAEmDvlVJrRUt9EKxfdKWoyuzsBP3U9BV-4ef8bo_nOnVOkq6Xsw4j0SYdWxe79cLSqstquzWHW7hLDj_9NEEt7_c6V06dNOVrZrBPndGOMFY596IkJvS/s640/blast+abj2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPLnXywXaVWBLkTwfJE7pUA2wDt-8Nc0KvXUrsdkGKJ5vuVksk95gQx54yJXgrWhYmNmwrCwHWm0NkFtWi-zk-8CpiHK7tff1Q0_azdnMeG8pHZi8HBBMxttsnaUHmmquQr0jADMLvHDG/s1600/blast+abj3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdPLnXywXaVWBLkTwfJE7pUA2wDt-8Nc0KvXUrsdkGKJ5vuVksk95gQx54yJXgrWhYmNmwrCwHWm0NkFtWi-zk-8CpiHK7tff1Q0_azdnMeG8pHZi8HBBMxttsnaUHmmquQr0jADMLvHDG/s640/blast+abj3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXi-Hgs33ljzekxPsKvnbBXviFbXbIAbhQ9-IIb_20m6m4MKuj3CkZXaSf66VZo71_dhAv0gK2B3jnOtamPXJHY1nme_m8-lTXzWof7q23mY6ARQxMoybnlOcmf0i60zyBHTbQuuuIV61y/s1600/blast+abj4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXi-Hgs33ljzekxPsKvnbBXviFbXbIAbhQ9-IIb_20m6m4MKuj3CkZXaSf66VZo71_dhAv0gK2B3jnOtamPXJHY1nme_m8-lTXzWof7q23mY6ARQxMoybnlOcmf0i60zyBHTbQuuuIV61y/s640/blast+abj4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPIqzc390RU4VmBedK4mQKCS-H8CLvFDjB4YsNflVn2FpVHsqt6-S7bcZqrpduW7MN6_hYdOymSQ6wIT63gdY7Yy5gyUFpKBENn6V2BTyZ1O7JFQi19uKBwm0wpLry6wk0SLPiucsOx_9/s1600/blast+abj5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPIqzc390RU4VmBedK4mQKCS-H8CLvFDjB4YsNflVn2FpVHsqt6-S7bcZqrpduW7MN6_hYdOymSQ6wIT63gdY7Yy5gyUFpKBENn6V2BTyZ1O7JFQi19uKBwm0wpLry6wk0SLPiucsOx_9/s640/blast+abj5.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEMk_gKh7DJsiwuNlYIXc_6ybxZrq4mVE3wzpdrm9GF_agv_3sWav9904W-4QzFmmKDkRl0h4EgDzKo2ZHryZKDVMd0D3V-nP8N46IRVB3IxLgXGGGWz-I4fxDgF1w2ZLVPdcTMkt45W7/s1600/blast+abj6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZEMk_gKh7DJsiwuNlYIXc_6ybxZrq4mVE3wzpdrm9GF_agv_3sWav9904W-4QzFmmKDkRl0h4EgDzKo2ZHryZKDVMd0D3V-nP8N46IRVB3IxLgXGGGWz-I4fxDgF1w2ZLVPdcTMkt45W7/s640/blast+abj6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW1CGhmR5FPEyk0WjPIhrtWr5L4f558bIoRiXbpU8Ejp2Z7g1ZToibwAv25qnk7Eif4c_lU3oNt-aryf0aaQWKbrJfo7IPlqNgnA3vOejKHuQtiJ9YsjnkVxn8tlfPzm6sqH_rzaDzRscA/s1600/blast+abj7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW1CGhmR5FPEyk0WjPIhrtWr5L4f558bIoRiXbpU8Ejp2Z7g1ZToibwAv25qnk7Eif4c_lU3oNt-aryf0aaQWKbrJfo7IPlqNgnA3vOejKHuQtiJ9YsjnkVxn8tlfPzm6sqH_rzaDzRscA/s640/blast+abj7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>

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Nigerians react to Boko Haram attack in Abuja

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I will make sure i crush Boko Haram, bring sponsors to justice – Buhari

<b><br /></b> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLTSqeZ9200gMSLmnoRItXIKpVM82DFSYwG3dkltayJcLoVMuYMqGHi3grXcZhL06fMQu10z8k02GQ1548d68eFuqcg5_sHiaBy_9WffO3v6jUBddu3hiS6f-GmbkQumI9hHpOgVMcO39L/s1600/buhari+new.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLTSqeZ9200gMSLmnoRItXIKpVM82DFSYwG3dkltayJcLoVMuYMqGHi3grXcZhL06fMQu10z8k02GQ1548d68eFuqcg5_sHiaBy_9WffO3v6jUBddu3hiS6f-GmbkQumI9hHpOgVMcO39L/s640/buhari+new.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <b><br /></b><b>President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday condemned the latest terror attacks in Abuja, Maiduguri and Yola.</b><br /> <br /> In a statement he personally signed, Buhari observed that the Friday attacks in the three cities were apparently timed to coincide with Independence Day celebrations when Nigerians should be rejoicing.<br /> <br /> The President commiserated with the families of the dead and prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> He said he had instructed security forces and other local authorities to maintain extra vigilance to forestall future attacks.<br /> <br /> The President said his government was determined to stamp out the Boko Haram sect and bring all sponsors to justice.<br /> <br /> Buhari said, “These cowardly attacks expose the real face of the planners and perpetrators of these crimes.<br /> <br /> “What quarrel do they have with the good people of Nyanya motor park? What issue do they have with innocent people in market places in Maiduguri, Yola and Kuje?<br /> <br /> “It is clear this battle is not ideological. It is between the forces of peace and order and the evil forces of murder and destruction.<br /> <br /> “Security forces and other local authorities have been instructed to maintain extra vigilance to forestall future attacks. The Armed Forces have been empowered to crush what remains of Boko Haram.<br /> <br /> “This government is determined to stamp out Boko Haram and all other terrorists of whatever persuasions and bring all sponsors to justice.”

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Borno relocates displaced persons to hometowns

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpZ78gjlaZAHu2aCMpyyCXJTgWrh8oY3lGBohUyBNb_kEZloiWFB0Z70JVXTEUgeqL78qUieDGdCWOX7_e0S0iZm4S5bCFvk1ybjfxxoO51ZMKrh-mCYMpYczIT_1OSacAheS2BS4-GHC/s1600/Borno+map-389x300.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEpZ78gjlaZAHu2aCMpyyCXJTgWrh8oY3lGBohUyBNb_kEZloiWFB0Z70JVXTEUgeqL78qUieDGdCWOX7_e0S0iZm4S5bCFvk1ybjfxxoO51ZMKrh-mCYMpYczIT_1OSacAheS2BS4-GHC/s640/Borno+map-389x300.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> The Borno State Emergency Management Agency said it had concluded arrangements with the National Emergency Management Agency to relocate some Internally Displaced Persons from Maiduguri to their hometowns.<br /> <br /> The Chairman of BOSEMA, Alhaji Ahmed Satomi, disclosed this on Friday when he visited Alhaji Mohammed Kanar, the Zonal Coordinator, NEMA, in Maiduguri.<br /> <br /> He said arrangements had been concluded for the building of IDPs camps in Bama, Monguno, Dikwa, Konduga and Damboa.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> According to him, these IDPs locations will ease the relocation of the displaced persons from already overpopulated Maiduguri.<br /> <br /> He explained that the state government was ready to work with the Federal Government, particularly NEMA, to ensure that facilities like schools in Maiduguri, currently accommodating IDPs, were freed in order to revert them to their original purpose.<br /> <br /> Satomi said he was in NEMA office to seek areas of further assistance to the displaced persons, adding that the Federal Government, especially NEMA, had rendered tremendous help to the state to take care of the Boko Haram’s victims.<br /> <br /> He restated the state government’s commitment to get students back to school “as soon as possible”, saying this had informed the decision of the government to relocate the IDPs from some of the schools that were serving as camps for the displaced persons.<br /> <br /> He, however, said the relocation of all the IDPs in Maiduguri back to their hometowns would depend on the advice of the military.<br /> <br /> Satomi added that some towns had already been cleared for displaced persons to move back.<br /> <br /> (NAN)

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Pieces of human flesh litter Abuja suburb after multiple explosions

<b><br /></b> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKuhzmn3_p4oxAcBb4f_Wsei-tmKDhDQ7Jm-T2095XO7__GcGe25L_TkMZFWe6ldQR7VQx_L7xo3oPPICCCuHpmvHCPPNOtefmb7P-cWykAkN2bitdKcuQ_NZIb8qVt2fEvlO_8md1r4Q/s1600/blast-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDKuhzmn3_p4oxAcBb4f_Wsei-tmKDhDQ7Jm-T2095XO7__GcGe25L_TkMZFWe6ldQR7VQx_L7xo3oPPICCCuHpmvHCPPNOtefmb7P-cWykAkN2bitdKcuQ_NZIb8qVt2fEvlO_8md1r4Q/s400/blast-1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <b><br /></b><b>Several pieces of human flesh were seen on Saturday morning littering the roadside in a suburb of Abuja, Nyanya, where an explosive went off late on Friday.</b><br /> <br /> The explosive was said to have been detonated at the Jikwoyi Park, Nyanya, on the popular Abuja-Keffi Expressway, claiming yet-to-be ascertained number of lives.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The late Friday incident was the third to be recorded in that vicinity.<br /> <br /> Two previous incidents with heavy casualties were witnessed there last year.<br /> <br /> Reports from the scene as early as 6.30am on Saturday, has it that the scene of the blast had been cordoned off by security operatives.<br /> <br /> A combined team of soldiers, policemen, officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps as well as the Federal Road Safety Corps were seen controlling the crowd of onlookers which kept increasing every minute.<br /> <br /> Some policemen wearing black T-shirts marked “EOD” were seen picking pieces of human flesh that still littered the road side.<br /> <br /> The pieces of flesh were being packed inside cartons by the security operatives as wailing residents looked on.<br /> <br /> Buses and cars that had their windscreens shattered as a result of the impact of the blasts were still at the scene.<br /> <br /> An eyewitness, who identified himself simply as Aminu, told our correspondent that rescue workers recovered many corpses from the scene of the blast late Friday.<br /> <br /> “What you see them packing now are pieces of flesh because many of the victims were torn into pieces. Corpses with several missing parts were taken away last night,” he said.<br /> <br /> The incident has caused a serious traffic gridlock on the expressway inwards Abuja as many motorists made attempt to get a glimpse of the scene.<br /> <br /> Security operatives were still having difficulties in controlling the surging crowd at the time of filing this report at 7.15am.

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How Abuja multiple blasts happened - NEMA

<div align="center"> <img alt="How Abuja multiple blasts happened - NEMA" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnO5BHFCCClzbDh_1KEBpg1LWz5WSpcvsCchouzbJdgp9E6tHtK-22YtZelPLBscIAajVy6bfxNJruiHTC6XUCzONP-d7YW3K5v9JEtiZK9yI3sJhXJnr_MaULsMBxmU_hK3VnOHkHa5I/s1600/bomb+blast.jpg" title="How Abuja multiple blasts happened - NEMA" /></div> <br /> Twin suicide bombers detonated two bombs each both in Kuje and in Nyanya on Friday night in Abuja, according to latest updates from the National Emergency Management Agency.<br /> <br /> It was gathered that the bombers targeted the Kuje evening market, the police station in Kuje, and the ever busy road at Nyanya. It was also learnt that a total of 15 persons died, while 41 others were injured.<br /> <br /> Senior officials at NEMA told our correspondent on Saturday morning that the suicide bomber who targeted the Kuje police station died while climbing the fence of the station when the bomb that was strapped to his body went off.<br /> <br /> Explaining how the blasts actually occurred, the Senior Information Officer, NEMA, Mr. Sani Datti, said, “Out of the rush, different reports and accounts were given. The update I have is that there were twin suicide bombs in each of the locations where the blasts occurred. The first twin bomb blasts occurred at Nyanya. Another set of twin bomb blasts by suicide bombers occurred at Kuje.<br /> <br /> “The blasts in Nyanya occurred at almost the same place where the last bomb explosion happened in that area. But this time, there were two suicide bombers and they detonated their bombs there. Many people didn’t know that there were two suicide bombers and they both detonated their bombs.”<br /> <br /> The official told our correspondent that the blasts at Kuje was also done by suicide bombers at the market in the area and at the police station.<br /> <br /> Datti said, “One was detonated at the evening market in Kuje and the second one was detonated when the suicide bomber was attempting to climb the fence of the police station still in Kuje.”<br /> <br /> On the number of persons affected by the blasts, Sani said 15 people lost their lives, while 41 others were injured.<br /> <br /> He said the injured had been taken to the National Hospital and the Asokoro Hospital in Abuja.<br /> <br /> He said, “In Kuje, 13 persons have been confirmed dead, while two people were killed in Nyanya. In Kuje 20 people were injured, while 21 were injured in Nyanya. This means a total of 41 persons were injured while 15 deaths were recorded. Please these were as a result of suicide bomb attacks and not that bombs were planted in these areas as speculated.”

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Revealed: A breakdown of some of the corruption allegations against Diezani Alison Madueke

<div align="center"> <img alt="Revealed: A breakdown of some of the corruption allegations against Diezani Alison Madueke" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkj4C97h5GLVk4XwJ5Zmvns7QqMLDzNMy1jFLtD4e6KAuG7zqO2rRdwszqiqaCpu4-YDh1hN4QLz75PeHKl-Rxy4qc69NOBhY10uSXg3QTuz6AFbE0Aw3iDuKwQ8yh7Jtm6e7L-GeW961n/s1600/diezani+jet.jpg" title="Revealed: A breakdown of some of the corruption allegations against Diezani Alison Madueke" /></div> <br /> Mrs Diezani Alison Madueke was first appointed into the federal cabinet in 2007.<br /> <br /> She was a former director at Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, she was appointed Minister of Transport by late President Umaru Yar’adua. In December 2008, she was redeployed to the Mines and Steel Development ministry.<br /> <br /> After former Vice President Goodluck Jonathan became acting president, Alison-Madueke was appointed Nigeria’s first female petroleum minister in February 2010, a position she held till May 29, 2015 when Mr. Jonathan left office. Alison-Madueke’s tenure as petroleum minister turned out one of Nigeria’s most controversial, amid unending allegations of corruption.<br /> <br /> Under her watch, dubious oil marketers stole trillions of naira of oil subsidy money. She retained her position after the House of Representatives investigated the scandal and indicted the minister. Probes by independent audit firms, including the KPMG and Pricewaterahousecoopers, confirmed billions of dollars of oil money were missing, the most notable being <b>$20 billion in 2014.</b><br /> <b><br /></b>Long before her stint in the oil and gas sector, Alison-Madueke was investigated by the Nigerian Senate on allegation she paid <b>N30.9 billion to contractors</b> while she held office as transport minister.<br /> <br /> In 2009, the Senate also indicted Mrs. Alison-Madueke and recommended her for prosecution for <b>allegedly transferring N1.2 billion into a private account of a toll company</b> without due process. The former minister consistently denied any wrongdoing.<br /> <br /> In June, after leaving office, she rejected all allegations of embezzlement, saying she never stole from Nigeria.<br /> <br /> In March 2014, the House of Representatives mandated its Committee on Public Accounts to investigate the <b>alleged squandering of N10 billion over a two-year period on the arbitrary charter and maintenance of a Challenger 850 aircraft for unofficial use by Alison-Madueke.</b><br /> <br /> Such act was said to contravene the “Fiscal Responsibility Act and all other laws on fiscal discipline” Acting on what it termed reliable evidence, the House said it learnt that Alison-Madueke had allegedly sunk at least <b>N3.120 billion into the maintenance of a private jet dedicated to the service of herself and her family.</b><br /> <br /> <b>A breakdown of the money, showed that the sum of</b> <b>500,000 Euros (N130 million) was spent every month on the maintenance of the airplane, which amounted to N3.120 billion for the two years in question.</b>

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Revealed: Kidnappers invade churches, mosques, target children

<div align="center"> <img alt="Revealed: Kidnappers invade churches, mosques, target children" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHLNaxwI-CT2M_Hlt7Utm80mUTheelN0FGx31G9ZrRYSy4R68lS4MB9S76fUAYj6wUSO6pKp9G_1nb8vtZMZfp7Bb7Wd_78lNEhbsMR1uVRvL2-F2TBJsJJVzTeuh3FPgpX1YolLkB-6Fs/s1600/Kidnapper.jpg" title="Revealed: Kidnappers invade churches, mosques, target children" /></div> <br /> Kidnapping which started in the Niger Delta region of the country during the era of militancy witnessed cases of abduction of expatriates ,with ransom , both in foreign and local currencies reportedly paid for the release of the captives. The worrisome situation orchestrated by these perpetrators of the twin evil of oil bunkering and kidnapping for ransom, was blamed on government’s neglect of their region. This was followed by a brazen agitation for resource control.<br /> <br /> Consequently, expatriates from oil and cargo-laden vessels coming in and out of the country via the vast creeks in the region ,were ready preys for the kidnappers. Activities of these militants attracted the attention of the international community, with some of the countries issuing constant travel warnings to their citizens about Nigeria. This action did not only affect tourism in the country , it also dented the image of the country before the international community .<br /> <br /> But a quick move by the late President Umaru YarÁdua, saved the sorry situation , with the declaration of amnesty for repentant militants on June 25, 2009, thereby paving the way for the return of a large cache of weapons by militants and the relocation and reintegration of the former warlords from the vast creeks of the Niger Delta region, into the society.<br /> <br /> Ripple effect in the South East<br /> <br /> Unfortunately, what started in the Niger Delta region has now become a booming venture in all parts of the country. Cases of kidnap shifted from the Delta region to the South East region , with idle youths finding it as a ready means to make quick money. Some of the kidnappers were alleged to be under the pay roll of some politicians and business men , who use them to terrorise their rivals. Sadly, many victims have to grapple with post-kidnap trauma even years after being released.<br /> <br /> Deadly mission<br /> <br /> Ironically, there have been cases of stage-managed kidnappings where people have colluded with kidnappers to effect their own abduction and later share the ransom with the supposed kidnappers. These kidnappers go for their victims either in their homes, places of worship or on the road. While most of the victims regain their freedom after the payment of ransom, some others are murdered, even after ransom was paid.<br /> <br /> One of such heart rending situations was that of the murder of a former Deputy Governor of Anambara State, Chudi Nwike by his abductors. After his abduction, the kidnappers reportedly demanded for N30 million ransom, which they directed should be brought to a designated place somewhere in Edo state. But the distraught family members were said to have taken only N5 million down.<br /> <br /> Apparently expecting to see their bread winner alive, a call was reportedly put across to them to come and take the corpse of Nwike for burial. Reason? The kidnappers claimed that their demand was not met in spite of several warnings to the family. They also sarcastically told the bereaved family to use the balance of N25 million they failed to bring, for the burial of their bread winner.<br /> <br /> Unfortunately for two of the former deputy governor’s errand men, they were also gunned down by the kidnappers for daring to bring what they described as a paltry sum to them.<br /> <br /> Three suspected members of the kidnap syndicate who allegedly participated in the kidnap, were however arrested by the Lagos State Police Command in August 2014, where they gave starling revelations on how Nwike was murdered and further disclosed their culpability in high profile kidnap cases in the country.<br /> <br /> Another case was that of a 75-year -old woman, Mrs Theresa Adaku Edid, who was abducted right in front of her house at Ohoba-Ohaji /Egbema local government area of Imo state, on April 14 2011. As if her abduction was not devastating enough for members of her family who were asked to pay N1m for her release, the kidnappers reportedly contacted them on the phone and casually informed them of her death while in their custody.<br /> <br /> This was however , one month after payment of the N1 m ransom. One of her children, Pharm. Edidi Micheal who spoke with Saturday vanguard then, said “When I spoke with my mum while in their custody and asked her how she was faring, she told me she was finding things difficult over there and pleaded that I should do all I could to get her out of there.<br /> <br /> “ I managed to rally round and I got N1million with a promise from them to release my mother in six hours but I waited in vain without any sight of my mum and when I called again, the phone was switched off. “A month later, they called to inform me that my mother was dead and that they have buried her. They also told me that my 1 million was gone”.<br /> <br /> Victims of kidnap<br /> <br /> One of Nigeria’s most respected actors, Pete Edochie was on August 16, 2009 abducted on the Afor-Nkpor road, near Onitsha, Anambra state , after his car was ambushed by some gun wielding men, while on his way from his Enugu home to an event in Onitsha. He was however released later.<br /> <br /> Shortly after, Nollywood actress , Nkiru Sylvanus was added to the list of numerous victims of kidnap. Ms. Sylvanus who was in the company of three others was reportedly whisked away around 8:30pm, penultimate Saturday, in Owerri, Imo state. Her abduction occurred barely one week after the kidnap of Prof. Kanene Okonjo, mother of former Nigeria’s Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo Iweala. The list is countless.<br /> <br /> At a point, the alarming rate of kidnapping forced most easterners to avoid their home towns, while the aged and the young ones back home, fled , to stay with their relatives in other parts of the country. However, others who had no where to go to, resigned to fate.<br /> <br /> Re-emergence of kidnap<br /> <br /> However, security operatives in the region with the support of government at both state and federal levels managed to put the situation under control.<br /> <br /> For a while, there had been a lull in kidnapping in the South east. But Nigerians are currently witnessing its re-emergence . Kidnap cases that indicate the re-emergence were those of renowned Vanguard columnist, Ms. Donu Kogbara, Mrs. Toyin Nwosu, wife of the Deputy Managing Director of The Sun newspaper, Mr. Steve Nwosu and former acting Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Prof. Emmanuel Ogun­ wolu.<br /> <br /> Others include that of brother of a former senior officer of the Department of State Services,DSS ; son of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, Prof. Ndokwa Lale, Ejira Lale and Mrs. Esther Uzoma, wife of a university don and social critic, Prof. Nath Protus Uzoma.<br /> <br /> Surprising , this time around, it has snowballed into the South West region with both the old, young , rich and average income earners as targets. One of the recent kidnap sagas that further affirmed the spread of kidnap in the South West region, was that of the abduction of elder statesman and former Secretary to the Government of the Fed­ eration, Chief Olu Fa­ lae, by gun men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen , in his farm at Ilado , along Igbatoro road in Akure, Ondo state , last Monday.<br /> <br /> It came on the heels of several other kidnap in­ cidents in different parts of the South West region, with that of wife of the Deputy Managing Director of The Sun Newspaper, Mrs Toyin Nwosu , barely a week earlier.<br /> <br /> In the case of Mrs Nwosu, her abductors suspected to be robbers , raided her Ago home at the wee hours , penultimate Monday. Rather than leaving with their loot, the gunmen whisked Mrs Nwosu away, right in front of her helpless family members . Thereafter, they contacted her family demanding for N100 Million naira ransom. She has also been released but her family did not disclose whether any ransom was paid.<br /> <br /> A week before her abduction, the Chairman of Cometstar Manufacturing Company, Sir James Uzochukwu Uduji, was also abducted by unknown gunmen at 7th Avenue, Festac town, in the Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos.<br /> <br /> Like the case of Mrs Nwosu, his abductors reportedly pretended to be robbers . They were said to have first hit his vehicle on reaching a bad portion on 72 road junction. When the driver alighted to ascertain the level of damage done to his master’s car, he was reportedly shot, while his defenceless boss was whisked away.<br /> <br /> In his case, his abductors reportedly insisted on collecting $1million, equivalent of N220 Million . It was gathered that his family had paid the sum of N100million . But the abductors insisted on having N220m failure of which they threatened to kill Uduji.<br /> <br /> Children as targets in Lagos<br /> <br /> Before the emergence of high profile kidnappings, there had been several others in the South West region,where children were the major focus. One of such was the popular case of the kidnap of the Orokoyas children; , Demola, 6; Adedamola, 4, and Aderomola, 11 months, five months ago, by no other than their maid, Mary Akinloye , 24 hours after she resumed work at the Children’s Lawanson, Lagos home.<br /> <br /> Kidnappers have devised different methods of carrying out their sinister motives. They go as far as even visiting churches and mosques pretending to be worshippers, only to strike at the slightest opportunity .<br /> <br /> Barely eleven days after the kidnap of Orekoya’s three children by their new maid who was however arrested by operatives of the Special anti Robbery Squad, Ikeja , a 3 year-old girl, Oluwwabunmi Ajelero , was kidnapped from the Surulere Baptist Church, on Ojuelegba road, while service was ongoing . Also in this case Oluwabunmi was later released.<br /> <br /> Also in September, a four-year-old girl was reportedly kidnapped from the Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Lagos,by an unidentified man who stormed the church’s premises while her father and other members of her family including the church members were sleeping.<br /> <br /> <br /> Just three weeks ago, the Itire Division of the Lagos State Police Command foiled an attempt by a woman to kidnap three children who were returning from a mosque. Again, policemen at Sururlere division recently arrested a kidnap suspect who abducted an eight-year old boy who was returning from a summer coaching last month. The list is endless.<br /> <br /> Priest, reagent not spared<br /> <br /> Three months ago, the parish priest of St. Benedict’s Catholic Church, Rev Emmanuel Akingbade was kidnapped by a three-man kidnap gang from his house in Ido-Ekiti in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of Ekiti State, with his abductors demanding N20 million ransom. This happened barely a month after some health workers were also abducted in the state.<br /> <br /> Also in June 2015, a female reagent in Ondo state was abducted by gunmen,along Owo-Akure road, on her way to the Federal University of Technology,Akure ,FUTA , where she was officially invited to attend the university’s inaugural lecture .<br /> <br /> A month earlier, in Oyo state, the executive secretary of the Cocoa Association of Nigeria, Segun Adewunmi, was abducted at his residence in Aawe, Afijio Local Government Area , but was later released after seven days in the kidnappers den, with four of his suspected abductors arrested. In Ogun state, the Police Command uncovered several dens of kidnappers with some victims rescued and some arrests made.<br /> <br /> The discovery of kidnappers den in Ibadan as well as many other cases of kidnapping in Ikere Ekiti , Akure and other parts of South Western States underscores the growing apprehension over a menace now on the rise in some parts of the country.<br /> <br /> Armed robbers switching to Kidnapping<br /> <br /> <br /> From the foregoing, it is obvious that many armed robbers are taking to kidnapping. The reason for this is not far fetched as some suspects who were arrested attributed the recent focus and subsequent switch from robbery to kidnap to the less risk and huge amount involved.<br /> <br /> For instance , a kidnap suspect had in his confessional statement disclosed that he got N2. 5 million out of the ransom paid for the release of a victim, an amount he said he never made in his five years as a member of a robbery gang. Again, suspects have revealed that kidnapping had less risks than armed robbery who have had to clash with police in some cases.<br /> <br /> Robbers are not sure of all their operations. Sometimes they succeed in their operations but most times they fail. Kidnapping appears to be more lucrative.<br /> <br /> From confessional statements of some kidnap suspects, it was discovered that some of them quit robbery for kidnapping because they made more money. Other factors some arrested suspects attributed to their indulgence in kidnap included unemployment and poverty.<br /> <br /> International connection<br /> <br /> Investigation at Saturday’s Vanguard’s disposal revealed that some of these kidnappers come all the way from neighbouring West Africa countries to perpetrate this heinous crimes, after which they return back. It was also discovered that some kidnappers in Nigeria have other homes in neighbouring country where they flee to after a successful kidnap operation,thereby making investigation by security operatives difficult.<br /> <br /> A ready case in mind was that of the arrest of a suspected kidnap kingpin popularly known as Kelvin China, in Ghana , in year 2013. The suspect had confessed during interrogation to be behind several high profile kidnaps in Nigeria.<br /> <br /> Domestic workers connection<br /> <br /> Saturday Vanguard’s investigation further showed that some of these kidnappers sometimes go to social media to peruse profiles of their intending victims. Thereafter, they would trail him or her to a designated place where they would abduct the person. It was also revealed that sometimes, domestic workers work hand-in-hard with kidnappers, by giving them information on the financial status of their bosses .<br /> <br /> Also, security hints showed that exotic cars, sometimes easily give intending preys away, as kidnappers have been discovered to go round areas per time , in search of ready victims driving in posh cars. Their choice of victims as revealed by some arrested kidnap suspects depend on the type of cars driven by the individual.<br /> <br /> Such individual as gathered, would then be trailed to his or her house, from where they would be monitored for some days before the kidnappers would strike .<br /> <br /> IGP rises to the challenge<br /> <br /> However on assumption of duty as the Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, deplored anti-crime defectives to Ondo and other states of the federation , with a view to checkmating activities of kidnappers and other forms of criminality .<br /> <br /> He has also assured Nigerians that the Police would do its best to stem the tide. Speaking to journalists during a condolence visit to the Awolowo family over the death of their matriarch, Arase dismissed report that kidnapping was on the increase, stating rather that the Police had recorded successes in abduction cases.<br /> <br /> According to him : “Let me debunk the impression that there has been a tremendous increase in kidnappings in Nigeria. Kidnapping has [always]been there and we are doing our best to stem the tide. Comparative figures outside Nigeria show that ours is still within manageable levels.<br /> <br /> Whenever it happens, we are able to arrest the kidnappers and deal with them. “Criminals can’t overwhelm Nigerians. Definitely, it will not happen under my watch and leadership. We should not get apprehensive about this. I can assure Nigerians that we are on top of the situation and will make sure that we have a secure environment.” he said.<br /> <br /> <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Culled from Vanguard</span></i>

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Fayose begins construction of Ekiti Airport

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img alt="Fayose begins construction of Ekiti Airport" border="0" height="332" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-Vb1vu41X721FUSaJomSb3262RJ62Rm4B3RTSxPViD0WWeNU_8cWOuZ7_2vu2VB5CA3pWlws6aOLxlBjGkZeBbIn3Fs9mN1ANzjTcwC_LVynVmVuvsHLF1mO2Fs6fY9yEDdpMnDn-BPO/s640/Ayo-Fayose.jpg" title="Fayose begins construction of Ekiti Airport" width="640" /></div> <br /> Ekiti State Government yesterday began the construction of the multi-billion naira Airport, as it commenced the clearing of 4000 hectares of land for its effective take off.<br /> <br /> The Airport project which was approved by the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua administration in 2009, had suffered set back due to lack of political will for its implementation by previous administrations in the state.<br /> <br /> Howevert The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has described the airport project being proposed by Governor Ayo Fayose as a “wasteful venture and the most economically unviable project at this period”.<br /> <br /> The party said embarking on such a gigantic project runs contrary to the governor’s claim that the state has no money expressing fear that the N17 billion project would constitute a huge drainpipe on the state’s “weak economy”.<br /> <br /> In a statement by its spokesman, Taiwo Olatunbosun, the party described the planned project as an avenue to siphon money from the treasury.<br /> <br /> The project, Olatunbosun said, was mooted by its promoter for the purpose of “characteristic flight of the state funds” as, according to him, offers little or no hope for the local economy.<br /> <br /> While criticising some community leaders for their “accomplice role” in the project mainly planned for the fancy of the few who see Ekiti State as their private property, Olatunbosun, condemned Fayose’s action of begging and cajoling some first class traditional rulers with “mouth-watering offers” to support “this wasteful venture”.<br /> <br /> Contending that an airport is not what Ekiti needs at the moment, Olatunbosun argued that airports in some neighboring states that are more economically viable have become inactive expressing fear that the same fate could befall the proposed airport.<br /> <br /> He said: “Of what economic sense and use is an airport to the economy of Ekiti when the Akure Airport is less than one hour drive to Ado Ekiti?<br /> <br /> “What has been the positive economic impact of the Akure airport on the economy of Ondo State, which has hundreds of big industries compared to Ekiti with none?<br /> <br /> “We wonder why the governor could not learn anything on the poor state of Ibadan Airport in that highly industrialised city.<br /> <br /> “To even think about such a needless and wasteful project has shown Fayose as very insensitive to the plight of the common man in Ekiti.”

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Nigeria now more united than before - Oshiomhole

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img alt="Nigeria now more united than before - Oshiomhole" border="0" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcPgwPeUNKflpYDYbQ_d4iPkK2tDbRXWRJLHeL3QfNhyPbSaPbyn8wI2eBwzIivQTtxvfjs4agxzZSSpDTNKGNWVNp-vwKa7TBscrPJZ0_xSV042zaeOhnkMq_t7Wsz7y6cZ95IOC48uE/s640/adams+oshiomole.jpg" title="Nigeria now more united than before - Oshiomhole" width="640" /></div> <br /> Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state says for Nigeria to remain united despite the poverty, insecurity and tension witnessed during the last general elections shows that the nation will overcome all its problems and become a stronger nation.<br /> <br /> The governor said this at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, during the celebration of the nation’s 55th Independence Anniversary.<br /> <br /> According to the governor, “We have every reason to celebrate this occasion. Our great country has experienced ups and down over the past 55 years. Some of us were fairly old enough, 55 years ago to witness the celebration of our Independence in 1960. Since then, we have experienced civil war, we have enjoyed oil boom, we have witnessed oil crisis, military coups and counter coups.<br /> <br /> “We have had governments elected and over thrown and over the past 17 years Nigeria has returned happily to a democratic rule in which our people now determine who governs our country at various levels. In all of this, it is my view that our country is stronger today than it was 55 years ago. Regardless of what some commentators may say, I believe that our country is more united today than it was 55 years ago.<br /> <br /> “In 2011, in demonstration of our unity, Nigerians across all primordial sentiments, elected a President that presided for four years. Earlier this year, Nigerians across all divide, also exercised their right as a free people and democratically elected the current President.<br /> <br /> “I believe for all of us, who had opportunity to review both electronic and print media, many had predicted that we would not survive as a nation 2015. Infact many predicted that the last election will mark the end of Nigeria as a country. In the process some questioned the wisdom of the amalgamation between Northern Nigeria and Southern Nigeria. As we can see the unity of our country its not at the mercy of our detractors.<br /> <br /> “The commitment of our people to live together cannot and will not be weakened by narrow political calculations of individuals. When we look at what we have passed through these past years and the fact that we are here today as one united country, I believe that we are on the right path. There is no nation without its own fair share of challenges. There is no nation that is perfect and of course we have our own problems. Infact when you watch the electronic media you will find that we are much better than some countries in Europe.<br /> <br /> “I am happy that at this point in time, Nigerians have elected a President that commands respect both at home and abroad. We now have a President that we can proudly say that is my President.

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'APC will soon crumble'

<div align="center"> <img alt="'APC will soon crumble'" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSHlM0SpPy4qlsAN8HflADKDPdKDMGrvmVpPtDpSEtEoW7bmmPd0M1RZe7ha1BiNFGWm19jfnwm22T7-GfCXzp-Y866546miepszZgvesiGQA45SHZofHjlzZA7STwcHlbxYtztspl-C9F/s1600/APC-logo-360x325.png" title="'APC will soon crumble'" /></div> <br /> A former Minister for Police Affairs, Mr. Jelili Adesiyan, has predicted that the ruling All Progressive Congress will crumble because it was formed by disgruntled elements of another parties.<br /> <br /> “The APC is an amalgamation of people who are disgruntled here and there. They came together to hijack power, Adesiyan said on Friday in a chat with journalists in Akure, the Ondo State capital.<br /> <br /> The Peoples Democratic Party chieftain said the last presidential election won by the APC was not free and fair.<br /> <br /> He said, “What was free and fair in the election in which a state was given about 1.9 million votes and another one was given about 1.4 million votes? Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, is the biggest town in West Africa and cannot provide such figure.<br /> <br /> “Anything that is built on falsehood will crumble and that is what we have seen about this APC thing.<br /> <br /> “Muhammadu Buhari wanted to become the President of Nigeria, he needed the amalgamation of some people and he has got it. Bukola Saraki wanted to be the President of the Senate and he has got it. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu wanted to be the leader of the APC, he also got. So, all of them wanted to get their own and they have got it. And that is why they are falling apart.”<br /> <br /> The former minister, however, said the PDP was more organised than the ruling APC.<br /> <br /> He said, “The PDP is a party where people can easily express their opinions. There is no cabal and there is no street-fight leadership; the party allows politicians who genuinely wish to express their desire to operate unlike the APC.<br /> <br /> “Those who left the PDP have seen the reason why they should not have left in the first instance and the only opportunity for them now is to come back to their original party where they can express their feelings without any ill-feelings and repercussions.”<br /> <br /> He expressed hope the PDP chieftains who left for the APC would return to the party.

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Senate to start to receive petitions against President Buhari’s ministerial nominees

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWkCqNgBHFnQjd5nVArQe1-Tv_YlgQ3p2u4Al6rKqIhbi3SBS6ql1ca4aIGVTv_AP_cQfCFAqZfE5z7-1iYQVz_zMZIcNnTg_nU2tyQYpje_21lfgBG4_-fPwWD_jF6uAxGh-mLyrfnaN/s1600/saraki+as.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWkCqNgBHFnQjd5nVArQe1-Tv_YlgQ3p2u4Al6rKqIhbi3SBS6ql1ca4aIGVTv_AP_cQfCFAqZfE5z7-1iYQVz_zMZIcNnTg_nU2tyQYpje_21lfgBG4_-fPwWD_jF6uAxGh-mLyrfnaN/s640/saraki+as.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> The Senate will start receiving petitions against President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees on Tuesday.<br /> <br /> The Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics and Public Petitions, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, told one of our correspondents on Friday in Abuja that the committee would give the petitions prompt attention once they were presented.<br /> <br /> He said as of Friday, no member of the public had formally submitted any petition against any of the ministerial nominees.<br /> <br /> Buhari sent the list containing the names of the ministerial nominees to the senate on Wednesday for screening.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> But Anyanwu noted that the committee might start receiving petitions as from Tuesday when the list would have been officially unveiled by the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.<br /> <br /> He said, “We have not been receiving petitions from members of the public obviously because the list of ministerial nominees has not been officially unveiled by the senate president.<br /> <br /> “I think the petitions will start coming in as from next Tuesday after Nigerians would have known the nominees.”<br /> <br /> However it was gathered that some Peoples Democratic Party-controlled states have been warming up to oppose the clearance of any All Progressives Congress member that would make the list from their states.<br /> <br /> Apart from this, some aggrieved members of the APC in some states were also said to have threatened to write petitions against any nominee that is not confirmed by the state chapter of the party as a member.<br /> <br /> It was gathered that the Rivers State Government and the state chapter of the party had concluded plans to oppose a former governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi, if he was nominated.<br /> <br /> It was learnt that the state government might instruct senators from the state to oppose Amaechi’s nomination.<br /> <br /> But when contacted, the state government and the PDP said they would prefer to keep mum on the report that Amaechi’s name was on the ministerial list.<br /> <br /> The Media Assistant to the State Governor, Mr. Simeon Nwakaudu, said the state government would take a position after the senate must have read out the list on Tuesday.<br /> <br /> Nwakaudu explained that everything about the content of the ministerial list would be mere speculation until it is read out by the National Assembly.<br /> <br /> “Let the list be read first; if the list comes out, we will formerly take a position,” he said.<br /> <br /> Similarly, the State PDP Deputy Publicity Secretary, Mr. Samuel Nwanosike, said the party would be thorough in its position on whether Amaechi’s name appeared on the list or not, but would have to wait until the Senate read out the list on Tuesday.<br /> <br /> “When the Senate reads out the list, we will react. We are always thorough when we take a position on an issue. They said it is the Senate that will disclose the content of the list and that will be on Tuesday. We are waiting for them to do that,” Nwanosike added.<br /> <br /> Besides Amaechi, those who were reported to be on the ministerial list included a former Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola; his Ekiti State counterpart, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; a former Governor of Anambra State, Chris Ngige; and a one-time Governor of Abia State, Ogbonaya Onu and an ex- former finance commissioner in Ogun State, Kunle Adeosun.<br /> <br /> A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former National Legal Adviser to the defunct Congress for Progressives Change, Malami Abubakar; a former governorship candidate of the APC in Taraba State, Aisha Alhassan; and a special adviser to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, also made the ministerial list.

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Buhari will find it difficult combining his presidential roles with another as petroleum minister – Experts

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDn46Nnk3LwQ4HECYww1Kl-IkIuBzeS2NSqLKQbWCVyiZsFipVt7kVZq0DKplt5TPSVBmy5lBlXrqlJ10G8B0TMXZa5lubBwRk2RXb-HOGoP_S4kqM-Z_6cqH9bEexTKEX_cZ9LBho66A0/s1600/buhari+office24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDn46Nnk3LwQ4HECYww1Kl-IkIuBzeS2NSqLKQbWCVyiZsFipVt7kVZq0DKplt5TPSVBmy5lBlXrqlJ10G8B0TMXZa5lubBwRk2RXb-HOGoP_S4kqM-Z_6cqH9bEexTKEX_cZ9LBho66A0/s400/buhari+office24.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> President Muhammadu Buhari’s plan to combine the role of a petroleum minister with being the President of the country is going to have adverse effects on the economy and governance, several experts said on Friday.<br /> <br /> Though Buhari once served as petroleum minister and has vowed to halt corruption in the oil sector, keeping the portfolio of a petroleum minister for himself will divert attention from his presidential duties at a time when Nigeria needs to revive its economy and end the Boko Haram insurgency, the experts further stated.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> They expressed concern that appointing himself as petroleum minister might make the ex-military ruler wield too much power.<br /> <br /> A professor of African Studies at the University of Michigan, the United States, who specialises in oil and natural resource politics, Omolade Adunbi, told the International Business Times that being petroleum minister would take away the President’s gaze from other areas of the economy and governance.<br /> <br /> He said, “He’s going to be dividing his time between looking at the petroleum sector and governing the nation, which I think is not the appropriate thing to do when the economy is in deep crisis.<br /> <br /> “Buhari is not a petroleum engineer. He is not a technocrat. He is not a specialist on oil. So people can still successfully [steal] without him knowing. That’s why it’s important for him to appoint someone who knows the economics of oil as well as the politics to manage the industry and move it from where it is right now to where it can be an agent for growth.”<br /> <br /> The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, had on Wednesday confirmed that President Buhari submitted the names of ministerial nominees for his new cabinet for approval, a day after Buhari announced that he would keep the oil portfolio for himself.<br /> <br /> Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil producer, has an economy which is heavily dependent on crude oil, but has been at risk due to massive and chronic oil thefts and recently, falling crude oil prices.<br /> <br /> The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics had in August said the annual economic growth in the second quarter plunged to 2.35 per cent from 6.54 per cent in 2014.<br /> <br /> Hence, a research fellow in energy economics at the University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom, who was once an energy consultant to the Federal Government, Sola Kasim, suggested that the President, even though he had been adjudged as a man of integrity, should leave the job for someone else who is an expert in the sector, while he focuses on administration.<br /> <br /> “To be brutally honest, I do not recollect Buhari being an effective petroleum minister. A very honest one, though. I venture to postulate that Buhari is the cleanest, least corruptible, petroleum minister Nigeria ever had,” he said.<br /> <br /> Also, a director of governance programmes at the Natural Resource Governance Institute, a policy think tank in New York, Alexandra Gillies, said, “Being the President, he doesn’t have the time. It worries me from the scale of things that need to be done.<br /> <br /> “If you don’t delegate, you’re not going to be able to make progress on all of those urgent fronts. From a governance standpoint, it’s not ideal. You need that [petroleum] minister to balance it out.”

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BREAKING NEWS: Many feared dead as Boko Haram terrorists attack Abuja

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBQ-_OyT6EeVTrAvJwlteNIXNMpGks_RH5KdvNAfRtXbF5pXy-BWgsJ7HgbMGUJ2b75HdR21qXM7NIx9vpsv2Wzn3-sMzhQUItmftvi5Vs1TC2sLu7iBkZii1di2zlZktXdMnVhyQ-khgA/s1600/NIGERIAN+EYE+BREAKING+NEWS+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBQ-_OyT6EeVTrAvJwlteNIXNMpGks_RH5KdvNAfRtXbF5pXy-BWgsJ7HgbMGUJ2b75HdR21qXM7NIx9vpsv2Wzn3-sMzhQUItmftvi5Vs1TC2sLu7iBkZii1di2zlZktXdMnVhyQ-khgA/s400/NIGERIAN+EYE+BREAKING+NEWS+1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <b>Fresh reports reaching NigerianEye has it that suspected Boko Haram </b><b>terrorists on Friday night attacked </b><b>Abuja, the Nigerian capital</b><b> with multiple bomb blasts in different parts of the city.</b><br /> <br /> The first occurred in front of the police station, while the second occurred at the town’s main market, 15 minutes apart from other.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> A third explosion was reported at Nyanya Bus Station thereafter. Nyanya was the scene of two bombings in 2014, leading to scores of death.<br /> <br /> Abuja, a bit remote from the frontline of Boko Haram war had seen several bombings, beginning from the attack on Police Headquarters in June 2011, UN Headquarters in August 2011, Nyanya Bus Station, April 2014 and Barnez Plaza in June last year.<br /> <br /> All the bombs were claimed by Boko Haram.

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Nigerians react to Diezani’s bail

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Presidency refuse to comment on Diezani Alison-Madueke’s arrest

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgSiNWyboOwaZi0_LObtP5ivyMOsVOpfw-9kC5gVbK5b70tKmzOX_KPcur1GbNVYtDzNyzTDygG-NIssXMdu-sSs7pdoQqR0xmAufxxMqeAu_p9ctYhXA8CBNolXBBiOCf0sU6g-9rS-Y/s1600/Diezani-Alison-Madueke_Nigerianeye.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdgSiNWyboOwaZi0_LObtP5ivyMOsVOpfw-9kC5gVbK5b70tKmzOX_KPcur1GbNVYtDzNyzTDygG-NIssXMdu-sSs7pdoQqR0xmAufxxMqeAu_p9ctYhXA8CBNolXBBiOCf0sU6g-9rS-Y/s400/Diezani-Alison-Madueke_Nigerianeye.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <b><br /></b> <b><br /></b> <b>The Presidency on Friday, declined to comment on the purported arrest of the immediate-past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke (DAM), in London, as well as the invasion of her Asokoro, Abuja residence by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).</b><br /> <br /> When asked to confirm if the arrest and invasion by the EFCC were based on the request of the Nigerian Government, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said: “No comment for now. You can confirm from the security agencies.”<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> It was gathered that some vital documents were removed from the former minister’s Abuja home, reportedly ransacked earlier on today by the anti-graft operatives<br /> <br /> Mrs Deziani was said to have been arrested today, in London, UK, by the newly formed International Corruption Unit (ICU) of the country’s National Crimes Agency.<br /> <br /> She was reportedly arrested along with four other persons in relation to corruption allegations being investigated by the UK anti-crime Agency.<br /> <br /> <b><i>NigerianEy</i></b>e however gathered that she was however released on bail on Friday evening and mandated to report at Charing Cross Police Station on Monday after her passport was confiscated

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BREAKING: Nigeria's former oil minister Deizani Alison-Madueke released on bail

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiN8fKre0HRu6AuCCa9a2A4dN4OHATu8dhmDc_yusg9sCWt6NpR2WSVSb5MmxueUXllHf6-_1t02-e4O0vXy9bsk-e8r-tMA5bSjRD_aknFDqeaDhaNZ8znZdlXR1jVBemhoRcfYt64Kun/s1600/Diezani-Alison-Madueke-700x350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiN8fKre0HRu6AuCCa9a2A4dN4OHATu8dhmDc_yusg9sCWt6NpR2WSVSb5MmxueUXllHf6-_1t02-e4O0vXy9bsk-e8r-tMA5bSjRD_aknFDqeaDhaNZ8znZdlXR1jVBemhoRcfYt64Kun/s640/Diezani-Alison-Madueke-700x350.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <b><br /></b><b>Fresh reports reaching <i>NigerianEye</i> has it that Nigeria's former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has been released on bail after she was arrested on allegations of money laundering in London on Friday.</b><br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Alison-Madueke, who was arrested by the United Kingdom National Crime Agency is however mandated to report at Charing Cross Police Station on Monday after her passport was confiscated<br /> .<br /> <b>NigerianEye</b> gathered that the Seizure Organised Crime Agency within the National Crimes Agency of the UK arrested Alison-Madueke and are probing the allegations against her.<br /> <br /> It was also learnt operatives of Nigeria's anti-graft agency the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) were in a massive search of Alison-Madueke's house in the capital Abuja on Friday.<br /> <br />

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Nigerians react to the arrest of former petroleum minister, Deizani Alison-Madueke

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZTOnoHojMTfqB-KH6XjKI9ZbNGwfc6XSfOr32DX9qMCdneQXoUr6QS20YcPzt35RlaZ2Ha4rN-SpNeg-gizBzA2XLb5RtEnKJlz5js6eN7HVGgtSR0ikriQykl3QsR8E7KJb-vOE-n5z/s1600/Diezani-Alison-Madueke_Nigerianeye.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZTOnoHojMTfqB-KH6XjKI9ZbNGwfc6XSfOr32DX9qMCdneQXoUr6QS20YcPzt35RlaZ2Ha4rN-SpNeg-gizBzA2XLb5RtEnKJlz5js6eN7HVGgtSR0ikriQykl3QsR8E7KJb-vOE-n5z/s640/Diezani-Alison-Madueke_Nigerianeye.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Nigerians are reacting to the arrest of former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke for her connection with alleged corrupt practices.<br /> <br /> <b><i>NigerianEye</i></b> puts together some selected Tweets from Nigerians on social media.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <div class="storify"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="no" height="750" src="//storify.com/CuteNaija/nigerians-react-to/embed?border=false" width="100%"></iframe><script src="//storify.com/CuteNaija/nigerians-react-to.js?border=false" type="text/javascript"> </script><noscript>[<a href="//storify.com/CuteNaija/nigerians-react-to" target="_blank">View the story "Nigerians react to the arrest of former petroleum minister, Deizani Alison-Madueke" on Storify</a>]</noscript></div>

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EFCC seals Abuja home of former Nigerian minister, Alison-Madueke

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyloAT9iWubb7kMQ2GmOJf1iBtUlrnHxIMETMHnuMWEQNqzwPqpyPbLDm5435EFOhshq5zAKht3QcmCTCIAo-yq094K70vFzCk9Gna-ZDKe7q5S3Fyz9M9e5RHjmfL6x46Jo5i6UU5y_4f/s1600/EFCC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyloAT9iWubb7kMQ2GmOJf1iBtUlrnHxIMETMHnuMWEQNqzwPqpyPbLDm5435EFOhshq5zAKht3QcmCTCIAo-yq094K70vFzCk9Gna-ZDKe7q5S3Fyz9M9e5RHjmfL6x46Jo5i6UU5y_4f/s640/EFCC.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b>Operatives of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have raided the Abuja home of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, few hours after she was arrested in London.</b><br /> <br /> EFCC agents arrived Mrs. Alison-Madueke’s palatial home, located in the Asokoro district of Abuja, and sealed the property Friday evening.<br /> <br /> An Abuja resident, who witnessed the raid, said, “I just left the place. More and more of them (EFCC operatives) are arriving. Two Buses. Three hilux trucks and about five saloon cars. They are breaking something inside. May be doors.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “You can hear the noise. There are two uniformed operatives outside and two at the backyard. I saw also a man brought in in a black Toyota Corolla with a video camera and immediately started video recording from outside the gate and then went into the compound. I observed those operation for about three hours before I left.”<br /> <br /> Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke was on Friday arrested in London.<br /> <br /> The former minister, who was one of the most powerful officials of the President Goodluck Jonathan administration, was arrested Friday morning alongside four other people by the UK National Crime Agency.<br /> <br /> The identities of the four other people arrested along with her could not be immediately ascertained.

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Hajj stampede: Nigeria’s death toll rises to 74

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMLfE0JSeYGUopYV3REGujTLIIQQUgWwBqQ0NTBEdOOQmaOTXIsj8AnQOrQcX_RcbdQHyczTBCdnxVo7-A4YA2tRK3L-nLPIp8gGoREcp0bg0BwDGywBLVbAw1Z8-jtdWjEV41i4wM5aP/s1600/hajj+stampede+mecca.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMLfE0JSeYGUopYV3REGujTLIIQQUgWwBqQ0NTBEdOOQmaOTXIsj8AnQOrQcX_RcbdQHyczTBCdnxVo7-A4YA2tRK3L-nLPIp8gGoREcp0bg0BwDGywBLVbAw1Z8-jtdWjEV41i4wM5aP/s640/hajj+stampede+mecca.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> More Nigerian pilgrims died in last week’s Hajj stampede, than previously reported, and the current death toll stands at 74, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, said Friday.<br /> <br /> In an interview with BBC Hausa Service, the chairman of the commission, Abdullahi Mohammed, said the number of the Nigerian pilgrims who died in the tragedy had risen to 74.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> While giving the breakdown of the figures, he said 54 out of 74 pilgrims who died in the stampede were from states’ delegation, while 20 were international pilgrims who used private tour operators.<br /> “We can confirm that 75 persons is the latest figure, while 243 pilgrims are [still] missing,” he said.<br /> The NAHCON chairman also said Sokoto State had the highest number of casualties.<br /> <br /> Mr. Mohammed said the commission could not declare those missing as dead or injured until the committee set to confirm the status of all victims of the stampede made confirmation.<br /> <br /> The commission had earlier said that 54 Nigerians perished in the stampede.<br /> <br /> NAHCON said the dead pilgrims were from Bauchi, Borno, Cross Rivers, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, and Nasarawa states, while others are from Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe and Zamfara states.<br /> <br /> In order account for the number of the victims, NAHCON said two committees had been set up by the commission and the hajj leadership to take care of burial arrangements.<br /> <br /> The commission said another committee that would collect information from survivors and witnesses on causes of the stampeded would be headed by the Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration.<br /> DNA profiling of all victims completed<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s Health Ministry has stated that it has completed the DNA profiling of all the pilgrims who were injured and killed in last week’s stampede in Mina.<br /> <br /> It urged victims’ relatives to provide blood samples so that they can be used to match those taken from their loved ones.<br /> <br /> Spokesperson of the Ministry Faisal Al-Zahrani told Arab News on Thursday that all the DNA profiles are being kept at Makkah’s Al-Noor Specialist Hospital in Hijra district.<br /> DNA profiling is a forensic technique used to identify individuals.<br /> <br /> <br /> “The immediate blood relatives of those who are missing should visit Al-Noor Hospital in Makkah and provide their blood samples for the hospital authorities to match their DNA with the ones collected from the stampede victims,” Al-Zahrani said.<br /> <br /> He said blood samples are needed from close relatives.<br /> <br /> For example, for a woman to be identified though her DNA sample, the hospital would need a sample from either a son, daughter, or parent.

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BREAKING NEWS: EFCC arrests former petroleum minister, Deizani Alison-Madueke in London

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi64ADwtiXwE4Fj8gb9Ui7508DYT5DVIUB4jkgup-aCOP9RjLh8lWBc0tw7DCC7ATgilbIaeEmbBvhG6ZJ7sZacCI3lsD9-bwKOk_KLMnNC2EuZ1rTYbER9h4blOKEbAWE66wq6XU1MsrCA/s1600/Diezani-Alison-Madueke-600x330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi64ADwtiXwE4Fj8gb9Ui7508DYT5DVIUB4jkgup-aCOP9RjLh8lWBc0tw7DCC7ATgilbIaeEmbBvhG6ZJ7sZacCI3lsD9-bwKOk_KLMnNC2EuZ1rTYbER9h4blOKEbAWE66wq6XU1MsrCA/s640/Diezani-Alison-Madueke-600x330.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <b>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday stormed  the residence of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke and arrested her for connection with ongoing investigation of alleged corrupt practices.</b><br /> <br /> <i><b>NigerianEye</b></i> gathered that the EFCC and NCA had been collaborating on investigation of some scandals in the nation’s oil sector during the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.<br /> <br /> According to investigation, EFCC operatives were drafted to the posh residence of the ex-Minister at about 5pm on Friday.<br /> <br /> The Spokesman for the UK High Commission in Abuja, Joe Abuku, confirmed to that five persons were arrested by the agency.<br /> <br /> He, however, did not disclose their identities.<br /> <br /> It was gathered that the Seizure Organised Crime Agency within the National Crimes Agency of the UK arrested Deziani and are probing the allegations against her.<br /> <br /> It was further learnt that Deziani was picked up by operatives of the SOCA at the instance of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission which has been discretely probing her.<br /> <br /> <b><i>NigerianEye</i></b> gathered that the SOCA has a working agreement with the EFCC in the area of investigation of allegations of financial crimes and proceeds of such crimes.<br /> <br /> A source said, “It is true that the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Deziani has been arrested by the UK’s National Crimes Agency, not the Metropolitan Police.<br /> <br /> “There is an agency within the National Crimes Agency called the Seizures Organised Crimes Agency. She was actually arrested by operatives of SOCA because the agency has a working agreement with the EFCC. We have been cooperating with SOCA on a number issues.<br /> <br /> “I can tell you that Deziani is being quizzed over allegations of bribery and fraud by the UK police.”<br /> <br /> Investigations further revealed that the EFCC dispatched a team of crack investigators to the residence of Allison-Maduekwe’s resident at Frederick Chiluba Avenue, Asokoro, moments after the commission was alerted that the investigation had commenced from the UK’s end.<br /> <br /> A family relation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, confirmed the arrest of Allison-Maduekwe to our correspondent on Friday.<br /> <br /> NE could not get the Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, to comment on the issue as the repeated calls to his mobile telephone line indicated that it was either switched off or in an area outside network coverage.<br /> <br /> It was further gathered that the EFCC operatives were still ransacking her residence as of the time of filing this report.<br /> <div><br /></div>

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Man employed as night guard leads gang to rob residents

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-44lRlpExaItUAfzz8KkgaaRUjQ7Edteg3aP2gdiPIR2ZNnxJppNmY_MtLQuO2GqlP1yMO6e_ghAJFxVYAaIjnMezolQocGvowDZzMaG6XfLSaKyFJWBkxbp0JDN5Lp4vVbipu3aKF41/s1600/Robbers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-44lRlpExaItUAfzz8KkgaaRUjQ7Edteg3aP2gdiPIR2ZNnxJppNmY_MtLQuO2GqlP1yMO6e_ghAJFxVYAaIjnMezolQocGvowDZzMaG6XfLSaKyFJWBkxbp0JDN5Lp4vVbipu3aKF41/s640/Robbers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> A night guard, Sunday Uche, and four others have been arrested for armed robbery by men of the Ogun State Police Command.<br /> <br /> Uche, who was employed as a night guard at Iyana Iyesi community in Ado Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state, allegedly led his gang to rob the residents.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Other members of the gang were Mohammed Aliu, Ojulari Sakiru, Akinniyi Ademola and Odeh Benedict.<br /> <br /> The state Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said Uche, who is the leader of the gang, deceived the members of the community when they were calling on him while the robbery operation lasted, as told the embattled residents that he was in charge.<br /> <br /> The suspects were said to have been terrorising the residents Itele, Ijagba, Iyana Iyesi and other places in the same local government area.<br /> <br /> Adejobi said they were arrested by detectives attached to the Special Anti- Robbery Squad of the command, while acting on a tip-off.<br /> <br /> Police said items recovered from the bandits included three locally-made single-barreled guns, a dummy gun, some live cartridges, assorted charms and 13 handsets.<br /> <br /> Adejobi added that the Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, had directed that the SARS should carry out proper investigation into the case and charge the suspects to court immediately.<br /> <br /> He said, “The police boss also advised members of the public to always screen those to be employed as night guards or maids to avoid such an incident in the state.”

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A night guard, Sunday Uche, and four others have been arrested for armed robbery by men of the Ogun State Police Command. Uche, who was ...

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