4 Dead & Dozens Injured As 12 Year Old Female Suicide Bomber Strikes In Yobe
4 Dead & Dozens Injured As 12 Year Old Female Suicide Bomber Strikes In Yobe
Six people, including two suspected suicide bombers, have died in two bomb explosions that occurred on Tuesday in Damaturu.
DSP Toyin Gbadegeshin, the Yobe Police Command Public Relations Officer, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Gbadegeshin said that three others were in critical condition, while 40 others who sustained various degrees of injury had been evacuated to hospitals in the area.
He said one of the explosions involving a female suicide bomber of about 12 years of age, happened at the entrance of the Damaturu main motor park.
“The girl detonated the explosive at the screening centre of the motor park gate, killing herself and four others, including a pregnant woman and a baby.Meanwhile, Alhaji Abdullahi Bego, Director of Press to Yobe Governor, described the incident as “sad and unfortunate.”
The other explosive which went off at about the same time with the first one at Pompomari when a suspected male suicide bomber sensing he will be apprehended, ran into a nearby bush and the explosive went off killing him alone,’’ the police spokesman said.
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1) When you say, "Mummy, I'm Sorry!" And she
replies, "Sorry
for yourself!"
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2) When you ask her where you should drop
something and she
says, “Drop it on my head."
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3) When she brings food
wrapped in a nylon bag from a party.
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4) When you say, ''Mummy, I have fever.” And
she replies
you, “Why won't you have fever when you press
phone every night”
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5) When you say, “Mummy I took 2nd in my
class.” and she replies, “So the person that took
first has two heads abi?”
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6) When she takes the DSTV remote to work, just
to punish you.
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7) When you are watching television with her and
then she sleeps off and still doesn’t
want you to change the
channel.
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8) When you tell her you are going to a friend's
place to play and she asks, ''When last did that friend
come here to play with you?
.
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9) When she asks you if the food she served you is enough, and
you reply no, and she says, come and eat own with yours.
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10) When she tells you, if I hear Peem, you will
hear Ween.
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11) When she touches hot pot comfortably
without a cloth or
paper.
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12) When she tells you, ''I didn't kill my mother,
so you will not kill
me''.
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13) When she calls you from your room upstairs
and then sends you back upstairs to bring her
purse.
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14) When you ask her to refund the money you
borrowed her and
she tells you, "All the food you have been eating
in the house
nko? Which money did you think was used in
buying them?''
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Baba Sala’s health worsens, rushed to UCH
There
are fears in family circle on Tuesday concerning the health of popular
Yoruba actor, Moses Olaiya, popularly known as Baba Sala.
Sources in the family said the aged
actor was rushed to the University College Hospital, Ibadan on Monday
night after his health deteriorated in his Ilesa, Osun State, residence.
One of his sons confirmed to one of our correspondents that his father was rushed to UCH on Monday.
He, however, denied that his father had died as being speculated in some quarters.
Ekiti varsity expels two for exam malpractices
The
authorities of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, have
expelled two students for engaging in examination malpractices
during the 2013/2014 academic session.
Speaking
with journalists in Oye Ekiti, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Isaac Asuzu,
who did not reveal the identity of the students, said they were expelled
after being found guilty by the University Disciplinary Committee.
He
disclosed that about 6,000 applicants sat for the Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination, out of which only 1,000 would be admitted in
compliance with the carrying capacity allotted by the National
Universities Commission.
Asuzu
said the institution had ensured that cultism did not exist, adding that
adequate facilities were being put in place to secure accreditation for
29 out of the 30 courses when the NUC visit the institution by August
ending.
He
disclosed that the University had constructed three new laboratories for
Science Faculty, a central laboratory for the Faculty of Agriculture
and completed the Virtual Library, where students could have access to
e-books and international journals.
“We are
very optimistic that many of these courses will get full accreditation.
We have provided facilities that can meet up the NUC’s standard.
“What
makes our achievements more rewarding was the fact that we did all these
facilities through the internally generated revenues of
this institution. We are working to meet the standards and nothing shall
be spared to make sure that the standard is not compromised,” he said.
Asuzu
added that the University had taken delivery of equipment worth
N500million to equip the newly built laboratories that would boost
research in the institution.
We’ll respond to heavy loss against Pillars – 3SC
Shooting Stars Sports Club of Ibadan said Kano Pillars deserved the 4-1 victory the hosts recorded against them on Sunday in Kano.The Oluyole warriors however, described the defeat as a temporary set-back to their rejuvenated team spirit.
Media officer of the club, Jubril Arowolo, told our correspondent after the team returned to Ibadan from Kano that the players had been urged to put the defeat behind them and look ahead to the next match.
He said after reviewing the loss in Kano, it was time for the team to respond to the heavy defeat by getting a good result when they visit Kwara United on Sunday.
Arowolo said there was no point looking for a scapegoat among the players.
The spokesman added, “We have to put the defeat behind us because it was just a game out of many; you cannot blame anybody because it was a collective failure.
“We have started preparation ahead of the next match, where we hope to respond to the disappointment. There is no time to waste.
“Pillars did what they had to do in Kano. The goals were coming and they were good goals. The officiating was above average too. We played well but lost all our scoring chances except one towards the closing stage.”
The club’s midweek match against Nasarawa United in Ibadan was postponed because the visitors have a Confederation Cup match.
Arowolo said this would present an opportunity for the players to prepare well for the Sunday match in Ilorin.
In the first round, 3SC beat Kwara United in Ibadan by 2-0 with goals coming from Najeem Olukokun and Femi Ajayi.
“We must respect our opponents and face the truth. There is no easy match in the league. Everyone is like the final. Kwara lost to Wikki Tourists in Ilorin in their last home fixture and they visit Heartland on Wednesday.
“Maybe, we will have the physical advantage, having had the time to rest but our hosts would not want to disappoint their fans again. We must prepare well for the match,” he added.
Customs chief resigns, says I’ve nothing to fear
Retired Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service, Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko
President Muhammadu Buhari has
accepted the resignation of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria
Customs Service, Alhaji Dikko Abdullahi.
With the acceptance, Abdullahi is expected to proceed on voluntary retirement from Tuesday (today).
He had earlier written a letter dated
August 3 to the President in which he notified Buhari of his desire to
proceed on voluntary retirement from Tuesday.
Buhari’s approval of Abdullahi’s request was dated August 14 and personally signed by the President.
He thanked the NCS boss for his services to the country in the last six years.
The President’s letter was titled, “Voluntary retirement from the Nigeria Customs Service.”
The approval read, “Dear, Alhaji D.I.
Abdullahi. I write to acknowledge the receipt of your letter Ref. No.
NCS/ADM/HQ/P. 35802 of 3rd August, 2015 conveying your decision to
voluntarily retire from the Nigeria Customs Service with effect from
Tuesday, August 18, 2015.
“I note with appreciation your services
to this nation, especially as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria
Customs Service in the last six years.
“Accordingly, I hereby approve your voluntary retirement from the Nigeria Customs Service with effect from 18th of August, 2015.
“I wish you the very best in your future endeavours.
“Yours sincerely, Muhammadu Buhari.”
Abdullahi had in his letter to the
President thanked him for the confidence and trust reposed on him since
he (Buhari) was inaugurated on May 29.
He said by August 18, he would be six years in office as the Comptroller-General of the NCS.
He recalled that on assumption of office, he articulated a six-point agenda which he vigorously pursued.
He said the agenda had positively
impacted on the efficiency and performance of officers of the service
and had drastically changed the negative perception of the service.
He listed the six-point agenda to
include capacity building, introduction of e-Customs, enhancing
productivity through improved welfare package, moral rebirth for
discipline and integrity in service, collaboration and partnering
stakeholders and international organisations, as well as fostering
understanding of the Service in the eye of the general public using an
intensified and a well-coordinated public relations platform.
He added that the decision to resign “is
taken with a view to allowing young people to take over the mantle of
leadership of the service in order to sustain and improve on my legacy.”
The President has yet to name Abdullahi’s successor at the time of filing this report.
Speaking with State House correspondents
shortly after paying a farewell visit to President Buhari at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday, Abdullahi said he had nothing to
fear about the ongoing investigation of revenue-earning agencies being
conducted by the Federal Government.
Abdullahi said revenue appreciated under his watch by 20 per cent.
He said, “The only way the NCS can move
forward is by sacrifice; to give chance to others so that they can
continue with the legacy that we have up in place.
“Revenue appreciated by 20 per cent from
when I took over and the officers that did the work are still around
and I think that the NCS, I stand to be corrected, is the only service
that is fully automated in the system of operation.
“We have no fear. The time I’m leaving
is the time I feel those young ones that have developed the software can
manage the software.
“So, that is basically the reason.”
Naira rises to 217 against dollar
The naira appreciated against the United States dollar at the parallel market on Monday to 217, from 221 recorded on Friday.
The naira rose on the back of weak demand for the dollar at the foreign exchange market
Forex traders
linked this to an improved dollar liquidity occasioned by the sustained sales of the greenback by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
linked this to an improved dollar liquidity occasioned by the sustained sales of the greenback by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Reacting to the rising fortune of the
local currency, the Acting President, Association of Bureau De Change
Operators, Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, said, “The market has started feeling
the effect of the dollar sales by the central bank in the last two weeks
and tight measures introduced to prevent cross boarder currency
trafficking.”
The
CBN had increased the frequency of dollar sales to the BDC operators
two weeks ago to twice-weekly from the usual once a week previously in a
move meant to increase liquidity in the market and support the local
currency.
Traders said bank customers were no
longer willing to hold dollars after the central bank banned dollar cash
deposits into domiciliary accounts.
“We expect to see more rallies in the
market if the central bank could sustain its support for the naira,”
Harrison Owoh, a bureau de change operator said, Reuters reported.
reported.
The naira was unchanged at the official
interbank market at 197 to the dollar, where the CBN has maintained a
tight control by pegging it to the rate of 197 to the dollar
The naira had weakened on the parallel
market to as much as 245 to the dollar last month, on persistent dollar
demand after central bank limited importers’ access to dollars on the
official interbank market to buy a wide range of goods, in order to save
the external reserves.
The local currency later rebounded to 216
at the parallel market as Deposit Money Banks started rejecting cash
deposits in dollars a few weeks ago.
The naira had, however, weakened to about 223 last week before rising to 217 on Monday
Analysts expect the naira to continue rising, saying it is good for the economy.
The Head, Investment and Research,
Afrinvest West Africa, Mr. Ayodeji Ebo, had said that the gains made by
the naira was good for the economy, adding that it would help the CBN to
gauge the true value of the currency in the event of a possible
devaluation in the near future.
“If there is a convergence between the
interbank and parallel market, the CBN may possibly review its
restrictions imposed on the forex market,” he added.
,” he added.
A currency analyst at Ecobank Nigeria,
Mr. Kunle Ezun, said if the trend continued, the naira might rise to as
much as 200 against the dollar.
Obasanjo persuaded us to call off strike – doctors
After
105 days of strike, resident doctors of the University College
Hospital, Ibadan, returned to work on Monday after former President
Olusegun Obasanjo had intervened.
The President of the association in the
UCH, Dr. Lukman Ogunjimi, who thanked the Central Council of Ibadan
Indigenes for also intervening in the crisis, said Obasanjo invited all
major players in the crisis, including those from other affected
teaching hospitals in the South-West, for a meeting on August 12, 2015
in Abeokuta, where it was decided that the strike should be suspended.
He
said clinical services in the UCH had been hampered by infrastructural
collapse, like non-working patients’ elevators, with attending negative
health implications for members of staff. Other services, like lack of
laboratory materials and disposables, he said, were also there.
He said, “The meeting was facilitated by
the first Director of Administration in UCH, Doja Adewolu, who is an
Egba High Chief. He was concerned that patients were suffering while the
strike continued, just as we were concerned also. The President of the
Association of Resident Doctors in the UCH; Lagos University Teaching
Hospital; Yaba Psychiatric Hospital; Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta;
Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria; medical elders
and Chief Medical Directors in all the hospitals were present at the
meeting. The former president played a fatherly role and persuaded us to
return to work while negotiation continues with the hospitals’
managements.”
Ogunjimi said that at the meeting, the
hospitals’ managements agreed that there was a letter from the Ministry
of Health concerning skipping and that after expressing commitment to
honour it in the next budget, the doctors were compelled to return to
work.
“Our management has agreed to start
working on our agitations locally while the 2016 budget would capture
the monetary aspect. A statement of fact, which UCH management did not
deny, is that there was an increase of N940m in the personnel subvention
of the hospital. Our stand is that this can be used to pay skipping
allowance since payment of salary from personnel subvention can never be
referred to as misappropriation, more importantly now that the
permanent secretary in the health ministry has expressly reiterated the
directive for skipping,” he added.
President Muhammadu Buhari
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Buhari to recover govt houses from Jonathan’s men
President
Muhammadu Buhari has concluded plans to recover all government property
still in possession of government officials who served under former
President Goodluck Jonathan.
The Federal Government’s assets including
vehicles, buildings, generator sets and others were said to still be in
the possession of the former government officials weeks after they had
left office.
Irked by the development, Buhari was said
to have set up a committee made up of civil servants and security
agencies to identify and recover the unreturned public assets from the
former political appointees.
The development is in continuation of ongoing efforts of the President to reclaim Nigeria’s stolen resources.
The
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity,
Mallam Garba Shehu, confirmed the development to journalists on Sunday.
He said, “That is precisely the case.
Even here at the Presidential Villa, there are cars and other property
belonging to the government,which are yet to be returned.
“The property belong to the Nigerian
people. We are not trying to humiliate anyone by asking them to return
their cars or houses.”
The presidential spokesman however did
not disclose the identities of former government officials said to be
still in possession of government property.
But he expressed the conviction that the committee set up by the President would recover all the government assets.
When asked whether the state and local
governments were facing similar challenges with retrieving government
property from their predecessors, Shehu said that he was not in a
position to confirm or deny this.
He added, however, that he would not be
surprised if that was the case, as this attitude of holding on to
government property even after leaving office must be a natural outcome
of the culture of impunity that prevailed in Nigeria over the past years
of the Peoples Democratic Party’s regime.
“But change has come. That is why we have
to do things differently now. Imagine how much Nigeria will save by
retrieving and re-using these government property instead of purchasing
new ones for new government officials,” he said.
Buhari to recover govt houses from Jonathan’s men
The UN said on Monday in Abuja that it has sponsored 500 victims of Boko Haram violence from three North-East states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe to acquire vocational skills.Mr Matthew Alao, UN Conflict Prevention and Peace Building Analyst, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the programme was under the UNDP Livelihood Support Scheme for the zone.
Alao explained that an orientation programme for the 500 selected beneficiaries would commence today, August 17, at the Citizenship and Leadership Training Centre in Jos, Plateau.
According to him, the skills acquisition programme is the first phase of intervention by the UN to ameliorate the sufferings of the displaced persons.
Alao said that the skills training would cover hair dressing, tailoring, knitting, catering and decorations as well as GSM repair, shoe-making, leather works and computer studies.
According to him, the participants will also undertake specialised training on conflict resolution and peace building.
Alao said, “A total of 500 beneficiaries who are victims of Boko Haram from three North East states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe will be placed in a two-week compulsory orientation programme.
“They are going to undergo physical exercise, training, capacity building on mediation, conflict prevention, conflict transformation, social integration, peaceful coexistence for two weeks.
“We received over 2,000 applications and engaged in rigorous screening exercise out of which we selected the 500 that genuinely need this assistance.
“We took the successful 500 candidates for 2-weeks intensive course on mental and physical training.
“We are also going to train them on mediation and conflict transformation as well as business management; after that, we will put then on six-month to one-year training.”
The UN official noted the intervention was necessitated by the negative effects of the activities of Boko Haram insurgency on the people of the North-East.
“Some of them had means of livelihood before, but unfortunately their means of sustaining livelihood have been cut short because of the Boko Haram insurgency.
“But we want to assure them that for every one that is impacted in one way or the other, they will be accommodated in the various phases of the Early Recovery Programme,” he said.
Alao said that the UN would continue to support the displace persons until peace was restored in the area.
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