Yobe Boko Haram Attack: Death toll rises to 78

The death toll of the massacre carried out by suspected to be Boko Haram gunmen in Gujba community of Yobe state have risen to 78.  The Boko Haram gunmen, said to be wearing military camouflage with black bandanas round their heads, opened fire on the students of the College of Agriculture, Gujba, at 3a.m on Sunday.

List of six major confraternities in Nigeria: Origins and Beliefs – By Soldiers Of Christ Outreach Ministries (SOCOM)

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SEADOGS (NAS)

PYRATE CONFRATERNITY

AHOI-SEADOG

This cult group was the first identifiable cult group formed between 1952 and 1954 at the foremost Western University of Ibadan now University of Ibadan by seven persons namely: Ralph Opara, Ikhehare Aig-Imokhuede, Sylvanus Egbuchie, Nathaniel Oyelola, Pius Oleghe, Olumuyiwa Awe and Wole Soyinka. The pioneers of  NAS were collectively known as “The Magnificent Seven”. It was headed by CAPON

WICKEDNESS: Bodies of students shot in Yobe school on Sunday – CHANNELSTV

Scores of students have been killed in yet another attack by terrorist group, Boko Haram, in Yobe state.

The insurgents attacked the College of Agriculture Gujba, 50 KM south of Damaturu, the state capital yesterday night and killed several students.

A staff of the school who confirmed the attack to Channels Television said several dead bodies are still being recovered from bushes, hostels and classes in and around the school as scores were killed in the attack.

The source also revealed that surviving students are at the moment making efforts to re unite with their

Boko Haram goes to Yoruba Babalawos for 'spiritual' fortification

As the military assault against the Boko Haram sect continues in some Northern 
states, members of the sect might have concluded plans to infiltrate the South-West to seek traditional medicine protection from gunshots.

Sunday Tribune gathered that the last few weeks have seen large-scale efforts being made by people believed to be members of the sect to contact

Cowards! Boko Haram opens fire on sleeping teenagers in Yobe. About 40 students killed while sleeping in their hostels by Boko Haram gunmen

Boko Haram gunmen on Sunday stormed a college dormitory in Nigeria’s conflict-scarred northeast, firing on students as they slept, the military told AFP, in the latest such attack blamed on the Islamist insurgents.

Security forces were at the

“Please don’t Kill me” – Kelvin Oniarah buckles in DSS detection, begs DSS agents

Contrary to his public image as a fearless, arrogant and brutal individual, leader of a notorious gang of kidnappers that had held sway in the entire Niger Delta region until recently, Kelvin Oniarah -Ibruvwe, is actually a “weakling” a reliable source in the State Security Service (SSS) has revealed.

Confronted with the grim prospect of being brought to justice, the gang leader, who only a few days ago while addressing a gathering of his kinsmen at his native town of Kokori in Delta State, gave President Goodluck Jonathan a 60-day ultimatum to address the degradation of his native land and other communities in the Niger Delta or face grave consequences, was humbled as he feared for his life and pleaded with law enforcement agents not to kill him.

Ekiti Marijuana industry: 600 acre of hemp farm discovered in Ekiti State

Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday discovered a 600-acre hemp farm at Ode-Ekiti in the Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State.

Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekiti, Commandant of the NDLEA in Ekiti, Mr Dele Akingbade said the hemp farm was the largest individually-owned hemp farm in Ekiti.

According to him, the cost of the hemp farm was too huge to be determined immediately. He described the discovery of the farm as one of the `biggest feats’ of the agency in the state.

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Breaking News! Nigerian diplomat attacked in South Africa this morning. Driver wounded and attacker killed

A Nigerian diplomat has been attacked in a suspected hijacking attempt in Johannesburg. One suspect was killed by the driver of the diplomat who was also was wounded after a shoot-out in Magliessig, north of Johannesburg.

River Niger boat accident! 42 people drown and 100 still missing in River Niger boat mishap in Niger State

No fewer than 42 people were on Friday drowned in a boat mishap on River Niger close to Malilli Village in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that 100 others on board were missing in the mishap which occurred at about 2 p.m.

The Public Relations Officer of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Hussaini,

Tolu Kalejaiye, Nigerian-born accountant allegedly murdered by 21-Year-Old son in her UK 4-bedroom home.

A son was today arrested on suspicion of murder after his mother was found dead in their home.

Police were called to a large £350,000 four-bedroom property in Wickford, Essex, at about 10am where they discovered the body of a woman named locally as 46-year-old accountant Tolu Kalejaiye.

Her son, who is aged 21, was arrested shortly after and remained in custody tonight. Neighbours said they had been told the mother was stabbed to death, but it was not confirmed how she died.

More than 10 of Mrs Kalejaiye’s friends and family stood in tears this afternoon outside the family home, which remained cordoned off whilst a team of forensic officers worked inside the property.

Michael Day, 57, her neighbour on the quiet road, said: ‘I left my house at just gone 9.30am and when I came back 10 minutes later, there was all this commotion.

‘People were running around on the grass outside on their phones and it was all very chaotic. Police cars were quickly on the scene and then the police helicopter was overhead.’

How I escaped death in Kenya mall attack –Soyinka

But for a stroke of luck, Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, would have been among the dead in the terror attack that took place at the Nairobi Westgate mall in Kenya last weekend.

JUNE 12 REVELATION: I gave Abiola N35m to contest – Babangida

Could this be the beginning of understanding the dramas and intrigues of the historic June 12, 1993 election? Perhaps. Perhaps, too, for the first time, the high priest of that epoch, Gen Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, is going beyond the first layer of the mystery of what is today

Kelvin Oniarah confesses! Points accusing fingers on high profile security operatives, politicians and traditional leaders

The kidnap kingpin of Delta State Kelvin Oniarah aka Ibruvwe has reportedly made earth-quaking confessional statements, implicating a high-ranking military officer in the state, police top brass, prominent politicians and community leaders.

“From what we have heard, heads may roll if the confessions made by Kelvin so far turn out to be true, because he said so many things and implicated so many people, including a very high-ranking officer

13 associates of Kelvin Oniarah killed in Kokori after Kelvin’s arrest

No fewer than 13 persons were feared dead in Wednesday’s bloody clash between the Joint Task Force (JTF) troops and armed youths loyal to kidnap and robbery kingpin Kelvin Prosper Oniarah (aka Ibruvwe) in Kokori, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State.

“Prophet Ajanaku was a chronic liar and slept with his female aides” – Former aide reveals

Former aide of influential clergyman, Late Prophet Ajanaku has come out with shocking revelations describing him as a liar who slept with his female aides.

Emmanuel Olasemeji who worked with the late Prophet for five years spoke with a soft-sell magazine, Encomium Weekly, said Ajanaku was dubious and was fond of owing those who worked for him.

Excerpts of the interview below:

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How did you become one of late Prophet Ajanaku’s aides?

The first day I saw him, I was not attracted to him because of his physical look. He bleached. However, when my boss who was one

Underground facilities used by ritualists in Ogun State uncovered

A strange underground apartment has been discovered in Adiyan, a community in the outskirts of Ogun State. The underground facility conceals some odd buildings in which were found mysterious and fetish materials such as herbs, bottles of dry gin, shrines splashed with blood,

Obasanjo did plan a coup against Abacha and why we killed Ironsi — Jeremiah Useni

Lt. General Jeremiah Useni needs no introduction. The prominent role he played during the reign of late Head of State, Sani Abacha, as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, is well known. However, there are two things about Jeremiah Useni, who was referred to as ‘Jerry Boy’ at the time. He was indeed a Boy, because he joined the Army at the age of 14. Firstly, he was one of the soldiers who fired shots during the coup against General Ironsi in which the General was killed in Ibadan. Mr. Useni was also the closest person to General Abacha up to his last moments.

The ‘exhumation’ of Shekau: Farce or real deal?

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Abubakar Shekau

The media was awash yesterday with the news of the ‘resurfacing’ of Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the islamist extremist group in Nigeria, Boko Haram, who the Nigerian Army recently suggested was dead. The long silence from Abubakar Shekau between the time he was pronounced dead by the army and his latest ‘communication’ lent credence to the suggestion, and people began to believe that he was truly dead.

Nigerian unemployed graduates inaugurate online association

Some Nigerians youths have formed a group online with a view to tackling joblessness in the country.

On the Facebook page of the group known as the National Association of Unemployed Graduates, the youths said the initiative was set up to solve the problem of unemployment in Nigeria.

The move, they added, was to “cleanse the country of the virus called unemployment” by holding government at all levels accountable.

Truck crushes 12 in Ogun State

No fewer than six people were feared dead, while six others were critically injured after a tipper driver rammed into roadside traders at old Ota Toll Gate in Ogun State.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the accident, which happened around 11am on Thursday, was caused by brake failure.

Eyewitnesses said the sand-filled tipper marked

Notorious Kelvin captured: Delta State Kidnap Kingpin Kelvin Oniarah aka Kelvin Ibruvwe arrested by DSS and soldiers

Within a week after he openly ‘ranted’ an ultimatum to the Nigerian Government, a notorious criminal behind most of the kidnaps in the south-south and south-east region of Nigeria, Kelvin Prosper Oniarah  (Ibruvwe) was today arrested by the men of the Nigerian security force.  A combined security team of Nigerian Army and Department of Security Service, DSS, apprehended Kelvin, and five of his ‘boys’ in a hotel in Port Harcourt.

Delta State cult war leaves two dead

At least two persons were feared dead in a renewed wave of violence unleashed by suspected cultists in parts of Obiaruku, the administrative headquarters of Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State.

Pastor caught burying two year old in a church. Body of child exhumed in church premises

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Operatives at the Homicide Section of the state Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Yaba, Lagos, have begun investigation into the discovery of the decomposing body of a two-year-old child in a church premises in Egbeda area of Lagos.

The pastor (names withheld) has been arrested over the alleged murder of the child.

Although details of investigation were still sketchy at press time, it was gathered that the pastor was allegedly caught burying the dead child in a

6 cultists arraigned for robbery and attempted murder

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Six suspects, alleged to be members of a secret cult, known as Buccaneers, aged between 19 and 21, have been arraigned before an Owerri Chief Magistrate’s Court for armed robbery and attempted murder.Those standing trial for the alleged offences include Miracle Orji, 19, Chukwuezi Chijioke, 20, Ezino Ikenna, 19, Maduabuchi Nnadi, 21, Maduforo Chinonso, 20, and Ugochukwu Iheme, 20.

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No he saw them! One was climbing down a small tree close to the footpath while the other hastily disappeared into the footpath. The men moved like ghosts, with utmost care not to alarm their target. There was that grim expression on their faces, which frightened the commercial cyclist. He was certain they had seen him, but probably their concern was somewhere else.

The men were dressed in black; one in a black T-shirt and jeans and the other in a black shirt and chinos, with black berets pulled over their left ears. In their possession were dangerous-looking guns. The men were deadly, and the Akawoke man knew it.

He had no doubt, who the two men were after. Quickly, he fixed the plug. He stood, the good part of him told him to warn the stupid boy. He could have conveniently done that and gotten away but when he remembered what the boy had just done to him, his anger intensified.

“Let him go rot in hell where he belonged!” he mumbled as he climbed on his bike. Quickly he started the bike and rode off.