Monday, 16 June 2014

Military arrest 14 Boko Haram suspects, as gunmen kill 15 in fresh Borno attack

BARELY a week after foiling multiple attacks on Bitta and other villages in Borno state, troops of 7 Division of Nigerian Army  in Maiduguri, has  arrested 14 Boko Haram terror suspects, following “intelligence reports” from residents on the infiltration of terror suspects into the metropolis from Gwoza and Damboa that were recently attacked by insurgents.
The arrest, according to military sources in Maiduguri, was made at the weekend on Baga road when a commercial tricycle driver was stopped at the timber shed, near NNPC mega station; after an alarm was raised by one of the passengers that; “a Boko Haram suspect is among us in this tricycle. This man participated in the serial border attacks in Gwoza East, where many people were killed last week.”
On raising the alarm it attracted the attention of soldiers at one of the military post who quickly intervened.
The identified suspect, according to one of the passengers, disguised in a long robe with a black polythene bag held in his hand before surrendering to the military.
The Guardian also learnt that after the suspect was taken away by soldiers in their patrol vehicle to hideouts of fleeing suspects, six others were arrested, while the leader of the group, who identified himself as Ibrahim Tom, led the soldiers to arrest seven others in three undisclosed locations in Maiduguri.

GUNMEN suspected of Boko Haram members attacked Daggu village in Askira/Uba council area of state; and shot dead 15 people with the torching of Assembly of God Church and houses on Sunday.
The insurgents, according to a resident, Thlama Apagu, dressed in military uniform with their heads tied with handkerchiefs, before shooting sporadically at traders at the market square that attempted to flee into nearby bushes and farmlands.
“The gunmen burst into the village market by 1pm yesterday; and started pursuing us and other neighbours on motorcycles with sporadic gunshots, while others were chased on foot and fell, before some of us were gunned down with others injured and taken to Lassa General Hospital for treatment,” said Apagu
He said while pursuing villagers and traders on motorcycles, the ward head, Bulus Audu was also gunned down along with 10 other villagers, after torching our local church and several houses and shops near the market square.
Speaking on how the villagers were slain, he said: “immediately they burst into the village and market square that afternoon, they pursue fleeing villagers on motorcycles to kill; and if you escape and tried to return to the village, they pursue you, until you’re shot dead. Their aim was to kill and destroy other structures that the people rely for their survival. I saw over dozen bodies at the market square, including the ones in nearby bushes that are yet to be picked up by surviving volunteers for burial on Monday morning.”
The Guardian also learnt that the village was attacked last October by suspected Boko Haram gunmen, who also killed the ward head and six other people.
The Borno State Police Commissioner, Tanko Lawal also confirmed the incident.

Military arrest 14 Boko Haram suspects, as gunmen kill 15 in fresh Borno attack

BARELY a week after foiling multiple attacks on Bitta and other villages in Borno state, troops of 7 Division of Nigerian Army  in Maiduguri, has  arrested 14 Boko Haram terror suspects, following “intelligence reports” from residents on the infiltration of terror suspects into the metropolis from Gwoza and Damboa that were recently attacked by insurgents.
The arrest, according to military sources in Maiduguri, was made at the weekend on Baga road when a commercial tricycle driver was stopped at the timber shed, near NNPC mega station; after an alarm was raised by one of the passengers that; “a Boko Haram suspect is among us in this tricycle. This man participated in the serial border attacks in Gwoza East, where many people were killed last week.”
On raising the alarm it attracted the attention of soldiers at one of the military post who quickly intervened.
The identified suspect, according to one of the passengers, disguised in a long robe with a black polythene bag held in his hand before surrendering to the military.
The Guardian also learnt that after the suspect was taken away by soldiers in their patrol vehicle to hideouts of fleeing suspects, six others were arrested, while the leader of the group, who identified himself as Ibrahim Tom, led the soldiers to arrest seven others in three undisclosed locations in Maiduguri.

GUNMEN suspected of Boko Haram members attacked Daggu village in Askira/Uba council area of state; and shot dead 15 people with the torching of Assembly of God Church and houses on Sunday.
The insurgents, according to a resident, Thlama Apagu, dressed in military uniform with their heads tied with handkerchiefs, before shooting sporadically at traders at the market square that attempted to flee into nearby bushes and farmlands.
“The gunmen burst into the village market by 1pm yesterday; and started pursuing us and other neighbours on motorcycles with sporadic gunshots, while others were chased on foot and fell, before some of us were gunned down with others injured and taken to Lassa General Hospital for treatment,” said Apagu
He said while pursuing villagers and traders on motorcycles, the ward head, Bulus Audu was also gunned down along with 10 other villagers, after torching our local church and several houses and shops near the market square.
Speaking on how the villagers were slain, he said: “immediately they burst into the village and market square that afternoon, they pursue fleeing villagers on motorcycles to kill; and if you escape and tried to return to the village, they pursue you, until you’re shot dead. Their aim was to kill and destroy other structures that the people rely for their survival. I saw over dozen bodies at the market square, including the ones in nearby bushes that are yet to be picked up by surviving volunteers for burial on Monday morning.”
The Guardian also learnt that the village was attacked last October by suspected Boko Haram gunmen, who also killed the ward head and six other people.
The Borno State Police Commissioner, Tanko Lawal also confirmed the incident.

Brent oil rises above $113 amid Iraqi insurgency

BRENT crude rose above 113 dollars per barrel on Monday as Sunni insurgents advanced in Iraq which intensifies concerns over a potential disruption to oil exports from the second-largest OPEC producer.
The sudden eruption of violence in Iraq led to a sharp spike in prices last week with both Brent and U.S. crude gaining over four per cent.
"It's a bit calmer now because people realise the militants are not just going to just roll right into Baghdad.
``It looks like the country is headed to civil war, which will mean… higher …oil prices," said Tony Nunan, oil risk manager at Mitsubishi Corp in Tokyo.
"This may not mean a stop to Iraqi exports immediately, but it probably will affect the Iraq's ability to increase their production rate," he said.
Brent crude for August delivery rose 61 cents to 113.07 dollars a barrel.
The July contract, which expired on Friday, settled 39 cents higher at 113.41 dollars per barrel, the highest since Sept. 9.
U.S. oil climbed 44 cents to 107.35 dollars per barrel.
On Friday, it rose as high as 107.68 dollars before settling up 38 cents at 106.91 dollars per barrel, the highest level since Sept. 18.
Sunni insurgents on Sunday seized a mainly ethnic Turkmen city in northwestern Iraq on Sunday after heavy fighting, solidifying their grip on the north.
Yet for the moment threat to Iraq's oil supplies remains limited, analysts and consultants say.
Northern exports have run at a trickle for months, and few had expected a rapid recovery.
President Barack Obama said on Friday he needed several days to determine how the United States would help Iraq deal with the Islamists' stunning advance.
In Libya, its western El Feel oil field has resumed production after security guards ended a protest that lasted more than two months, oil ministry officials said.
However, many oil fields and ports remain blocked.
Production at El Feel will reach 80,000 barrels a day within 24 hours, an official said on Sunday.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will have to produce a million barrels per day more oil in the second half of 2014 to balance the global market.
The market will see a steep seasonal spike in demand, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said.
The IEA said in its monthly report it had raised its estimate of the demand for OPEC crude oil in the second half of this year by 150,000 bpd.
Its forecast last month was an average of 30.9 million bpd. (Reuters/NAN)

Brent oil rises above $113 amid Iraqi insurgency

BRENT crude rose above 113 dollars per barrel on Monday as Sunni insurgents advanced in Iraq which intensifies concerns over a potential disruption to oil exports from the second-largest OPEC producer.
The sudden eruption of violence in Iraq led to a sharp spike in prices last week with both Brent and U.S. crude gaining over four per cent.
"It's a bit calmer now because people realise the militants are not just going to just roll right into Baghdad.
``It looks like the country is headed to civil war, which will mean… higher …oil prices," said Tony Nunan, oil risk manager at Mitsubishi Corp in Tokyo.
"This may not mean a stop to Iraqi exports immediately, but it probably will affect the Iraq's ability to increase their production rate," he said.
Brent crude for August delivery rose 61 cents to 113.07 dollars a barrel.
The July contract, which expired on Friday, settled 39 cents higher at 113.41 dollars per barrel, the highest since Sept. 9.
U.S. oil climbed 44 cents to 107.35 dollars per barrel.
On Friday, it rose as high as 107.68 dollars before settling up 38 cents at 106.91 dollars per barrel, the highest level since Sept. 18.
Sunni insurgents on Sunday seized a mainly ethnic Turkmen city in northwestern Iraq on Sunday after heavy fighting, solidifying their grip on the north.
Yet for the moment threat to Iraq's oil supplies remains limited, analysts and consultants say.
Northern exports have run at a trickle for months, and few had expected a rapid recovery.
President Barack Obama said on Friday he needed several days to determine how the United States would help Iraq deal with the Islamists' stunning advance.
In Libya, its western El Feel oil field has resumed production after security guards ended a protest that lasted more than two months, oil ministry officials said.
However, many oil fields and ports remain blocked.
Production at El Feel will reach 80,000 barrels a day within 24 hours, an official said on Sunday.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries will have to produce a million barrels per day more oil in the second half of 2014 to balance the global market.
The market will see a steep seasonal spike in demand, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said.
The IEA said in its monthly report it had raised its estimate of the demand for OPEC crude oil in the second half of this year by 150,000 bpd.
Its forecast last month was an average of 30.9 million bpd. (Reuters/NAN)

RMAFC assures robust funding for solid mineral sector

THE Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) on Monday promised to provide more funding for the development of the solid minerals sub sector.
This is contained in a statement signed by the commission's Head of Public Relations, Mr Ibrahim Mohammed, in Abuja.
The statement quoted the Chairman of the commission, Elias Mbam, as making the pledge when he received the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Musa Sada.
Mbam stressed the importance of developing the solid minerals sub sector to make it more viable and serve as alternative source of revenue for the nation.
He said that for the sector to perform optimally in line with global best practices, it required more funding windows in form of long term financing.
According to him, this will go a long way to reducing over reliance on the annual budgetary provisions and increase the quantum of revenue into the Federation Account.
``Under the current Revenue Allocation Formula, the Solid Minerals Sector is a beneficiary of the 1.6 per cent of all distributable revenue from the Federation Account as provided in the Natural Resources Development Fund.
``The commission is committed to attracting more funding for the sector in view of its overriding importance as a revenue earner.
``Solid minerals deserves to be enthroned with a viable fiscal policy regime that will place the sector at par with other revenue generating agencies like the Customs and the FIRS which collect seven per cent and four per cent respectively from total revenues collected," he said.
Earlier, the minister decried the poor revenue-generating capacity of the solid minerals sector.
He said that at the moment, Federal Government was not collecting up to 20 per cent from the sector due to the series of weaknesses inherent in the sector.
Sada said that the moribund sector would soon be restored to its past glory since government had identified the sector as one of the very strong and strategic tool of its transformation agenda.
He said that the sector had the ability to improve local content, value addition and import substitution for required raw materials to improve the nation's economy.
The minister said the ongoing reforms in the sector had attracted the attention of the World Bank which was currently helping to reform the sector to involve the private sector.
``The World Bank has comprehensively carried out institutional reforms which include strengthening legal and regulatory frameworks and fiscal governance to enhance the revenue generation capacity and governance of mining institutions in Nigeria.
``Nigeria is blessed with huge limestone deposit producing only two million metric tonnes of cement.
``But with reforms, the production figure has risen to 30 million metric tonnes making the country an exporter of cement," he said.
The minister was accompanied by Dauda Kigbu, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry and other directors. (NAN)

RMAFC assures robust funding for solid mineral sector

THE Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) on Monday promised to provide more funding for the development of the solid minerals sub sector.
This is contained in a statement signed by the commission's Head of Public Relations, Mr Ibrahim Mohammed, in Abuja.
The statement quoted the Chairman of the commission, Elias Mbam, as making the pledge when he received the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Musa Sada.
Mbam stressed the importance of developing the solid minerals sub sector to make it more viable and serve as alternative source of revenue for the nation.
He said that for the sector to perform optimally in line with global best practices, it required more funding windows in form of long term financing.
According to him, this will go a long way to reducing over reliance on the annual budgetary provisions and increase the quantum of revenue into the Federation Account.
``Under the current Revenue Allocation Formula, the Solid Minerals Sector is a beneficiary of the 1.6 per cent of all distributable revenue from the Federation Account as provided in the Natural Resources Development Fund.
``The commission is committed to attracting more funding for the sector in view of its overriding importance as a revenue earner.
``Solid minerals deserves to be enthroned with a viable fiscal policy regime that will place the sector at par with other revenue generating agencies like the Customs and the FIRS which collect seven per cent and four per cent respectively from total revenues collected," he said.
Earlier, the minister decried the poor revenue-generating capacity of the solid minerals sector.
He said that at the moment, Federal Government was not collecting up to 20 per cent from the sector due to the series of weaknesses inherent in the sector.
Sada said that the moribund sector would soon be restored to its past glory since government had identified the sector as one of the very strong and strategic tool of its transformation agenda.
He said that the sector had the ability to improve local content, value addition and import substitution for required raw materials to improve the nation's economy.
The minister said the ongoing reforms in the sector had attracted the attention of the World Bank which was currently helping to reform the sector to involve the private sector.
``The World Bank has comprehensively carried out institutional reforms which include strengthening legal and regulatory frameworks and fiscal governance to enhance the revenue generation capacity and governance of mining institutions in Nigeria.
``Nigeria is blessed with huge limestone deposit producing only two million metric tonnes of cement.
``But with reforms, the production figure has risen to 30 million metric tonnes making the country an exporter of cement," he said.
The minister was accompanied by Dauda Kigbu, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry and other directors. (NAN)

Question of the day: What's the difference between making love and having sex?

There are people who believe there's a difference between making love and having sex.
"Making love necessarily involves having sex. But having sex, even great sex, is not necessarily making love." this is according to a popular saying.
Are you one of those who believe in this saying? If so, tell us what you think the difference is...

Question of the day: What's the difference between making love and having sex?

There are people who believe there's a difference between making love and having sex.
"Making love necessarily involves having sex. But having sex, even great sex, is not necessarily making love." this is according to a popular saying.
Are you one of those who believe in this saying? If so, tell us what you think the difference is...

My Husband Is A Liar, Cheater And He Beats Me. But I Love Him’

LONG story short. I married at 17... I love him.
He cheated, lied, and kicked me out. Beat me, beat my dog... So I left...multiple times... And he keeps telling me he has changed. But he is still seeing other girls and cheating on me!! I love this guy. Would do anything for him. But enough is enough. It’s been years and he hasn’t stopped and now he is telling me he got me a new diamond ring and he is going to ask me to re-marry him.I’m so confused. Has anybody had any miracles with anybody? Help... Thank you.. God bless.
Lovers’ Answers Game: THE rule: Ask the opposite sex one question about love, and choose your lover from the top three answers.
This weeks questions: should I ask my boyfriends’ best friend (who is a guy)to help me find out if my boyfriend is cheating on me?
Call 07035547794 to send your question or answers.

My Husband Is A Liar, Cheater And He Beats Me. But I Love Him’

LONG story short. I married at 17... I love him.
He cheated, lied, and kicked me out. Beat me, beat my dog... So I left...multiple times... And he keeps telling me he has changed. But he is still seeing other girls and cheating on me!! I love this guy. Would do anything for him. But enough is enough. It’s been years and he hasn’t stopped and now he is telling me he got me a new diamond ring and he is going to ask me to re-marry him.I’m so confused. Has anybody had any miracles with anybody? Help... Thank you.. God bless.
Lovers’ Answers Game: THE rule: Ask the opposite sex one question about love, and choose your lover from the top three answers.
This weeks questions: should I ask my boyfriends’ best friend (who is a guy)to help me find out if my boyfriend is cheating on me?
Call 07035547794 to send your question or answers.

My Husband Beats Me’

I HAVE been married for almost 9-10 months now. My husband is abusive. He does love me but he beats me very badly.
When I say he loves me, he takes care of my diet, my food etc. He is having a tough time managing finances but he is abusive as well.
I do work too and give him all my salary (almost as much as his). And he keeps reminding me that he is feeding me and paying for my expenses. He cares for his friends a little too much and wants to spend too much on them. They ignore me totally but he expects me to be lovey-dovey with them. If I even show that I am not interested in them, he beats me very badly. I am now five months pregnant yet he beating doesn’t stop.
   Just the other day, he asked me what I wanted and I said nothing and he beat me so bad my head swell up and still hurting on the third day. He even threatened to beat me in the stomach. I do care for him and love him but my love isn’t seeming to be enough. What do I do? We in our country don’t have as many good shelter homes by the government or any counselors. Pls, help me dear readers.

My Husband Beats Me’

I HAVE been married for almost 9-10 months now. My husband is abusive. He does love me but he beats me very badly.
When I say he loves me, he takes care of my diet, my food etc. He is having a tough time managing finances but he is abusive as well.
I do work too and give him all my salary (almost as much as his). And he keeps reminding me that he is feeding me and paying for my expenses. He cares for his friends a little too much and wants to spend too much on them. They ignore me totally but he expects me to be lovey-dovey with them. If I even show that I am not interested in them, he beats me very badly. I am now five months pregnant yet he beating doesn’t stop.
   Just the other day, he asked me what I wanted and I said nothing and he beat me so bad my head swell up and still hurting on the third day. He even threatened to beat me in the stomach. I do care for him and love him but my love isn’t seeming to be enough. What do I do? We in our country don’t have as many good shelter homes by the government or any counselors. Pls, help me dear readers.

Photos: Omotola's kids are so grown! Wow!

Actress Omotola Jalade Ekeinde's four children pictured with their dad. They are so grown...and cute!

Photos: Omotola's kids are so grown! Wow!

Actress Omotola Jalade Ekeinde's four children pictured with their dad. They are so grown...and cute!

Six Men To Face 1,300 Years In Prison For Raping 15-Year-Old 16 June, 2014

photo - Six Men Sentenced To 1,300 Years In Prison Each For Raping 15-Yr-Old
[L-R] Devoric Javon Evans, 20; Lamont Tray Davis, 19; Day’tron Derrell Smith, 18; Da’Juan Oshea Degrate, 18; Demond Canada, 19; Cory Darnell Hall, 18.
Six men are facing more than 1,300 years in prison each after being accused of gang raping a 15-year-old high school student.
According to the police, Douglas Demond Canada, 19, and Da’Juan Oshea Degrate, 18, convinced the teen to cut class at Waco High School, where all three are students on April 23.
When the girl arrived at the home where they were planning to 'hang out,' four other men were there: Devoric Javon Evans, 20; Lamont Tray Davis, 19; Day’tron Derrell Smith, 18; and Cory Darnell Hall, 18.
According to authorities, Hall stated that he heard the girl telling Canada to stop when he began to rape her in the bathroom.
According to court, documents, she told police: "I told him to stop, but he wouldn't. Then he walked me out to the bedroom and the other boys were there. They all had sex with me one at a time."
A grand jury in Waco, Texas, charged Canada with 13 counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and three counts of sexual assault of a child.
The other five are each charged with 13 counts of first-degree felony aggravated sexual assault of a child and two counts of sexual assault of a child.
Together each man faces more than 1,300 years in prison.
The steep sentence is because the men were indicted of 'acting in concert' which each other - making each one responsible for the other's crimes.

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