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Blessing Okagbare Grabs Another Medal
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Blessing Okagbare finished third the 200 metres women final at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow, Russia.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, from Jamaica, who has already taken the gold medal for the distance 100 m finished first, while Cote d’Ivorian Murielle Ahoure, the silver medalist of 100 m, got another silver medal.
Blessing Okagbare improved a lot, as she showed only 6th result in 100 metres run on August 12, 2013.
Here are the podium finishers and their times.
1 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM 22.17
2 Murielle Ahoure CIV 22.32
3 Blessing Okagbare NGR 22.32
17YRS OLD GIRL BEHEADED IN ABA
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The beheading of a 17-year-old girl, Chioma Emeka Ikwuagwu, by unknown killers has caused tension between Ameke and Ukome communities in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State.
The late Chioma hails from Ameke but lived with her parents at Ukome, where she was killed. The bereaved community of Ameke is said to have given Ukome three days to produce their daughter.
The notice expired on July 30, thus creating apprehension in Ukome community. Sources at Ukome said the deceased, who was an SSS3 student of Holy Rosary College, Umuahia, was the first of five children.
Her father, Emeka Ikwuagwu, told reporters that on July 26, he went to collect some corn from one of his farm while his wife, Akunna, led some people to weed their other farm. Ikwuagwu said Chioma brought food to the farm for her mother and the workers at noon. He said: “She was asked to go to another farm to collect some vegetables for use later that evening and she never came back.
It was the last time she was seen alive. “When she did not return, her mother went in search of her, only to discover blood everywhere at the farm and she alerted me.
“I immediately organised a search party to look for her around the farm and her lifeless body was found at a nearby spot with palm fronds covering her. “When we found her, her jeans were drawn down close to her lap, she clutched tightly to her underwear with one hand with machete cuts on her other arm. Her head had been cut off.
“We left the body like that so that the police could see it. They (police) came on Saturday morning to remove the body and deposited it at the City Gate Mortuary, Umuahia, after the Federal Medical Centre rejected it.” A source said upon hearing the news, Ukome youths searched the bush for the killers. He said: “They didn’t find anything.
The father was compelled by tradition to report the incident to his kinsmen at Ameke, which he did. “On July 28, they marched on Ukome with wooden gongs and symbolic palm fronds, which they handed down to Ukome people, demanding their daughter or her killers.” It was gathered that a suspect has been arrested.
The man is said to have threatened the family over a piece of land because of a piece of land willed to Ikwuagwu by his late grandmother. Police spokesman Geoffrey Ogbonna said the command was aware of the matter, but that they are still waiting for full details before starting investigations.
The Origins Of Nigeria’s Very Own Terrorist Sect” news.
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The Director International Press Centre, IPC, Lagos, Mr. Lanre Arogundade, has said Boko Haram is a Frankenstein monster that was created as a result of the nonchalant attitude of erstwhile Nigerian governments to the education of youths in the northern part of the country.
He added that that the terrorist group is not a recent creation but an entity that gradually snowballed to what it is now.
According to him, members of the Boko Haram terrorist group were ostensibly almajiris, who were at a time in their lives deprived of western education and have now grown up to fight the system that deprived them of those rights.
He spoke Tuesday at a two-day training workshop for journalists on Disaster Communication, Accountability in Disaster Management and Conflict, organised by the Human Security in Conflict & Emergency Theme, ActionAid Nigeria and the International Press Centre in Lagos, IPC.
The workshop, which held at the conference hall of the IPC ended today.
Mr Arogundade also highlighted the role of the media in disaster management and declared that the training could not have come at a better time than now when Nigeria is passing through a lot of security and disaster-related challenges.
On his part, Mr Gbenro Olajuyigbe, ActionAid Nigeria’s Human Security Manager bemoaned the attitude of government as well as Nigerians to disasters and conflicts in Nigeria.
He said while there is no proper accountability in emergency response in Nigeria, government officials see response to disasters as charitable ventures and not as their primary responsibility to the people.
He also said those officials regard response to emergency as avenues to get rich quick.
“The welfare, security and safety of the people as citizens are the primary responsibilities of government.
Irrespective of the frontier of threats, hazards and the actual occurrence of disasters, the state has a duty to respond in a way that assures citizens and residents of their continued welfare, security and safety,” he said.
Olajuyigbe also disclosed that in 2012 alone, natural disasters took the lives of nearly 200,000 people, affected more than 300 million others, and cost a record $366 billion in economic damage worldwide.
He recalled that from June 2012 Nigeria witnessed some of the most widespread incidences of catastrophic flooding in recent history, stating that the result included devastating flood disasters affecting 70% percent of the states in the country, cutting off communities and local governments from the rest of the country with major roads rendered impassable.
According to him, this was in addition to various violent security challenges and outbreaks of conflicts in various regions in the country, adding that reports and studies have clearly demonstrated that the impact of future disasters is likely to be even more devastating.
“Disasters are expected to become more frequent in the future and to take a greater toll due to climate change, a growing world population, and more people settling in hazard-prone areas,” he said.
Olajuyigbe said since Emergency Preparedness/Disaster risk reduction are multifaceted and long-term works, media and women groups are central to the effort, as emphasized in the Hyogo Framework of Action.
He said ActionAid will continue to work in partnership with the media in its disaster risk reduction efforts, especially in holding the state accountable for disaster management.
BREAKING NEWS: 2 WANTED BOKO HARAM LEADERS KILLED- JTF
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Two top members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect, Zakariyya Yau and Momodu Bama – aka Abu Saad – the deputy leader of the Boko Haram, alongside five others have been killed in Adamawa State by the Joint Military Taskforce, JTF, enforcing the state of emergency imposed on Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states.
Zakariyya Yau and Momodu Bama, who have been on the wanted list of the military authorities with a N10 and N25 million ransom were trailed from their base in Borno State and arrested in Mubi, Adamawa State, according to the Military authority.
The Battalion Commander of the Special Operations Battalion, Lt. Col. Beydi Markus Martins, told newsmen in Mubi, the operational base of the JTF, that the duo died in the process of arresting them.
But according to Primium Times, the military said Abu Saad was killed alongside his father, Abatcha Flatari, who was described as “one the spiritual mentors” of Boko Haram.
He was “in charge of indoctrinating child foot soldiers who are mainly abducted children,” Sagir Musa, spokesman of the Borno JTF, said in the statement.
According to Vanguard, Col Martins also disclosed the arrest of suspected Boko Haram members in Mubi last week, five of whom were paraded, while some were still being interrogated by the battalion on the level of their involvement in insurgency in Adamawa State.
The battalion commander also stated that those paraded yesterday were arrested last week when they attacked the Bureau De Exchange in Mubi International Market where they carted away millions in both Nigerian and foreign currencies.
However, some of the currencies recovered by the JTF were handed over to the chairman of the Bureau De Exchange in Mubi, after parading the suspects, who had used four Russian AK47 guns in their operations.
JTF’s recovered items included: 485 live ammunitions, 28 magazines, Dane guns, bows and arrows, axes, cutlasses, rocket propeller charger, and other dangerous weapons.
Lt. Col. Martins commended the people of Mubi for their cooperation and support, without which the achievements recorded by JTF could not have been possible. He then appealed to members of Adamawa communities in the state to continue to cooperate with the taskforce.
He also declared that the Nigerian – Cameroonian border is completely secured with the presence of the military in the area
We can’t meet ASUU’s N92bn demand – FG
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We can’t meet ASUU’s N92bn demand – FG
THE Federal Government on Tuesday said it did not have the resources to meet the N92bn financial demand by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.
Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the opening of a two-day meeting of Commissioners of Finance and Accountants-General of states, said the N92bn being demanded by the university lecturers was not within the reach of the Federal Government.
She said, “At present, ASUU wants the Federal Government to pay N92bn in extra allowances, when the resources are not there, and when we are working to integrate past increases in pensions. We need to make choices in this country as we are getting to the stage where recurrent expenditures take the bulk of our resources and people get paid but can do no work.
“Since I assumed office, the share of recurrent expenditure in our total budgets had increased astronomically. In fact, recurrent expenditure accounted for about 77.2 per cent of the federal budget and we are now working to re-balance this ratio.”
The minister added, “The country is still suffering from the effect of the 2010 increase in salary. Do we want to get to a stage in this country that all the money we earn is used to pay salaries and allowances?”
The theme of the meeting is ‘Restructuring Nigeria’s Finances.’
She said, “If the demands of the university lecturers are met and we continue to pay them salaries and allowances, we will not be able to provide infrastructure in the universities.”
The minister also lamented that Nigeria’s over-dependence on oil had resulted in deterioration of the nation’s non-oil tax.
She said that non-oil taxes accounted for 74 per cent of Nigeria’s Government revenues in 1970 but by 2012, it had declined to only 30 per cent.
She said many states and local governments were also dependent on monthly revenue allocation from the central government. “On the average only 11 percent of sub-national revenue was obtained from internally-generated sources,” she added.
Meanwhile, the negotiation between the Federal Government and striking members of the ASUU ended in a deadlock as both parties rescheduled the meeting to Monday next week.
The Chief Mediator on behalf of Federal Government and Governor of Benue State, Dr. Gabriel Suswam, who spoke with journalists on Tuesday after a marathon meeting, said “tremendous progress” has been made in the negotiations, particularly on the NEEDs Assessment and Earned Allowance issues raised by ASUU.
Suswam, who also serves as chairman of the Universities Needs Assessment Committee, expressed optimism that the issues would soon be resolved going by the progress made so far.
TWO UNILORIN STUDENTS CONSTRUCTS AIRCRAFT PROTOTYPE
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Two 500-level students of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ilorin, Ali David and Patrick Effiong, have constructed an aircraft prototype.
The duo told journalists in Ilorin that they had nurtured the passion to construct the aircraft when they were in 100 level, adding that it was now their final year project.
Mr. David noted that many of his colleagues were skeptical when they first broached the subject, adding that they were not deterred by the challenges they faced.
“What we are actually working on is a machine that will lift up itself through the law of aerodynamics and having an engine, a propeller and the fuselage,” he added.
Mr. Effiong, on his part, said: “With some of our lecturers backing us, we were motivated; we decided that we can carry out the construction.
Also speaking with newsmen, the project supervisor, Tajudeen Ajiboye, said the students had demonstrated a high level of intellectualism in spite of the challenges they faced.
Mr. Ajiboye, who said the students were faced with the problems of materials and manpower at the initial stage, commended them for their tenacity to accomplish the project.
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56 gunned down in maiduguri
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Insurgents kill 56 in Nigeria mosque, village: sources
Suspected Islamist extremists have stormed a mosque and shot dead 44 worshippers as well as 12 other people in a nearby village in Nigeria’s restive northeast, officials said on Monday.
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A vigilante peers into the trunk of a car looking for weapons on July 19, 2013 in Maiduguri, where Boko Haram has carried out most of its deadly attacks. Suspected Islamist extremists have stormed a mosque and shot dead 44 worshippers as well as 12 other people in a nearby village in Nigeria’s restive northeast, officials said on Monday.
The attacks at the weekend were believed to be in revenge over citizen vigilante groups forming to help the military battle Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, which has been waging an insurgency since 2009.
“Gunmen believed to be Boko Haram members entered the mosque and opened fire on Muslim worshippers, killing 44,” a senior government official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak publicly of the attack in Konduga on Sunday.
“We believe the attack was not unconnected with the cooperation residents are giving to security operatives in identifying and arresting Boko Haram members in their midst.”
A local official said suspected Boko Haram members also raided Ngom village in the nearby Mafa district and shot dead 12 people on Saturday night.
“Boko Haram members came into Ngom village … and shot dead 12 people on Saturday night,” the official said, also on condition of anonymity. He said they were shot at their homes.
Some residents spoke of the attackers in Konduga arriving wearing army camouflage, a tactic they have used in the past to disguise themselves, though those details had not been officially confirmed.
The violence came as Nigeria’s military pursues an offensive in the country’s northeast aimed at ending the insurgency, with a state of emergency declared in the region in May.
In recent weeks, the military has encouraged the formation of vigilante groups to help authorities locate and arrest members of Boko Haram.
The vigilante groups have been credited with reducing the number of attacks, but some have warned that the situation could spiral out of control and lead to further violence.
Boko Haram’s insurgency has left at least 3,600 people dead since 2009, including killings by the security forces, who have been accused of major abuses.
The military has claimed major successes with its offensive, but its version of events is difficult to verify with authorities having cut phone lines in many areas and access to remote locations restricted.
While the number of attacks appears to have declined, violence has nonetheless continued, including three recent deadly school attacks.
In a video obtained by AFP on Monday, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau claimed a series of recent deadly attacks on security forces in the northeast and insisted that he was in “good health” despite the offensive.
The video contained what Shekau claimed was footage of Boko Haram gunmen opening fire on the military in the town of Bama, using heavy weapons mounted on flat-bed trucks.
Shekau also referred to fighting in the towns Baga and Gamboru Ngala near the border with Cameroon.
The Boko Haram leader has been declared a global terrorist by the United States, which in March put a $7 million (5.3 million euros) bounty on his head.
“I’m challenging Obama,” Shekau said in the video. He voiced similar challenges to French President Francois Hollande and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“They are no match for me,” he proclaimed.
Boko Haram has claimed to be fighting for the creation of an Islamic state in Africa’s most populous nation and largest oil producer, though it is believed to have various factions with differing aims.
Nigeria’s 160 million population is roughly divided between a mainly Muslim north and predominately Christian south.
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