Pregnant Woman Delivers Baby in the Bush While Running From Boko Haram

A pregnant woman fleeing from at­tacks by Boko Ha­ram at Kala-Balge community in Borno State has delivered a baby girl in the bush, a native of the area has disclosed.

According to Abba Ab­dulmuminu, in a press con­ference with journalists at the Correspondents Chapel in Bauchi, the woman was among thousands of natives of the local government area, who had fled the constant re­prisal attacks on the people of Kala-Balge by members of the deadly sect.

***BREAKING NEWS*** Police Foils Attempt To Seize Enugu Radio By Biafran Group

*Two people dead, one Inspector wounded

JUST IN *** Onwuka 12 BZF members arrested

Barrister Benjamin Onwuka, leader Biafra Zionist Federation

Members of the Pro-Biafra group, Biafra Zionists Federation, BZF led by Barrister Benjamin Onwuka who attacked the Government House, Enugu on March 8, in the early hours of today (Thursday) launched another attack on the Enugu State Broadcasting Service, ESBS in a failed attempt to make a broadcast  The incident occurred at about 6am.

The BZM members, who were led to the television house by Onwuka, killed a police sergeant and wounded another Inspector who were among a four-man police patrol team that rushed to the scene to stop them.

However, a member of the group was shot dead by the police team who disorganized the plan of the hoodlums said to be over 20.

Jonathan may be Nigeria’s last president —Igbo leaders

Igbo Leaders of Thought, a group of prominent Igbo political leaders, rose from a meeting in Enugu on Wednesday with a warning that President Goodluck Jonathan may become the last president of one united Nigeria, if a politician from the North-East and North-West continue to sponsor the activities of the Boko Haram sect.

The Igbo leaders maintained their belief that the terror campaign of the Boko Haram sect was an ethno/religious war being waged by unnamed northern political leaders, who seek to take control of the presidency.

200 feared killed as Boko Haram in military uniforms attack Borno villages

At least 200 villagers may have died in Borno State after gunmen believed to be members of the extremist Boko Haram sect, but dressed in military uniforms attacked villages in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State, government officials and eyewitnesses have said.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered from reliable sources that the villages of Attagara, Agapalawa and Aganjara, all in Gwoza Local Government Area, were on Monday attacked by gunmen who pretended to be soldiers.

Commenting on the attack, the senator representing the area, Muhammed Ndume, said his constituents were under the siege of the Boko Haram insurgent group.

Escapee Chibok girls in Lagos for rehabilitation

As the efforts to free the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls in the custody of Boko Haram insurgents intensify, three of their mates who escaped from the camp of the militant group are now in Lagos undergoing rehabilitation.

The girls, who were barred from talking to the media, literally escaped from the lion’s den and were sneaked into Lagos, accompanied by 21 of the mothers of their mates still being held hostage by the sect.

The visit was facilitated by three non-governmental organisations: Omoluabi Network, Unlikely Heroes and Gabassawa Women.

The escapee girls, who were dressed in flowing gowns, with hijabs,

Enugu Magistrate dies in prison custody

A magistrate in Enugu State Judiciary, Mrs. Ifeoma Nneji reportedly died inside her cell in Enugu Prison Tuesday night for alleged complications arising from shock.

She was remanded in Enugu prison along with her husband on Monday after they were arraigned for “conspiracy, false information and attempted murder.”

The deceased magistrate, who served at Oji River Magisterial District before she was recently suspended by the State Judicial Service Commission on account of her involvement in the alleged abduction of

Nigeria’s population statistics inaccurate —Mark

 SENATE President, David Mark, on Tuesday, said Nigeria’s population census has failed to yield accurate figures over the years, adding that such failures were recorded despite huge financial commitments by the government.

Senator Mark, who stated this during the consideration of presidential nominees for appointment into the National Population Commission, said  the new appointees need to chart a new way forward.

The nominees, who were approved on Tuesday, were Hassan Bashir and Olanrewaju Fayemi from Bauchi and Ekiti states respectively.

“Population is a very serious issue in this country and I believe that the new members would bring something on board, so that we know our true figures.

“Every time we talk about statistics in this country, depending on who you are talking to, we don’t appear to have the accurate figure.

“I hope that they would help to bring something on board, so that we can know our true population in this country,” Mark said.

Boko Haram: Group raps North for sabotaging Jonathan’s effort

ABAKALIKI—Youth leader of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ebonyi State, Chinedu Ogah, has called on Northern leaders and politicians to stop sabotaging President Goodluck Jonathan’s efforts at ending Boko Haram insurgency in the country.

The youth leader made the call yesterday while fielding questions from journalists in Abakaliki.

He stated that the Boko Haram sect was killing innocent Nigerians because of an existing conspiracy against President Jonathan’s presidential ambition in 2015.
According to him, nobody can stop Jonathan from contesting the forthcoming general election.

Ogah argued that if the Boko Haram insurgency remained in existence till next year’s election, the constitution of Nigeria would empower the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, not to conduct election in the affected states in the country, which would favour Jonathan’s return to power.

He called for a more effective collaboration between all the Northern leaders and security agencies deployed in their area to forestall the brutal killing of innocent lives and destruction of properties by the deadly Islamic sect.

“The more the Boko Haram insurgency remains, the more the constitution of Nigeria will not allow election to hold in that place and President Jonathan will continue to be the President of this country.

   ”What are the governors of the North doing to end the insurgency? 

My quarrel with Obasanjo over –Atiku

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that the quarrel between him and his former boss, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo is over.

Atiku also said that he did not harbour any “hatred or enmity” against the former President.

The former VP spoke on Tuesday, in Abuja, when he granted audience to the leaders of the Northern Youth Leaders Forum, a group that recently embarked on a mission to settle the quarrel between the former President and his deputy.

BringBackOurGirls group demands N200m damages

Members of the #BringBackOurGirls coalition have asked a court   to order the Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mbu, to pay them N200m as damages for   violating their rights.

Their request is contained in a suit they filed at a Federal High Court in the FCT on Tuesday challenging the ban on rallies in the FCT by Mbu.

Shortly after their lawyer, Femi Falana headed for the court,   Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar,   over-ruled the CP.

Use our special forces to rescue Chibok girls –Australia

Australian Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop

The Australian government has offered to provide its special forces to help Nigeria to rescue the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram.

The schoolgirls were abducted by the Islamic sect on April 14. The abduction attracted international outrage and led to the birth of the BringBackOurGirls campaign.

Australian television website, abc.au.net, reports that the country’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop told Sky News that Australia had offered to lend its support but Nigeria had not responded.

Britain, France and the United States had also offered to help Nigeria.

Shettima attends emir’s burial with 150 soldiers •Emirs absent

 

BORNO State governor, Kashim Shettima, left Maiduguri, the state capital, amid tight security, powered by a combined force of about 150 soldiers of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Maiduguri; the police special squad and the Civilian JTF, through the 135km deserted Maiduguri-Bama Road to attend the burial of the Emir of Gwoza, Alhaji Shehu Mustapha Idris Timta, on Sunday.

The late emir, who was killed by Boko Haram gunmen on Friday, was buried on Sunday in his domain amid tears.

2015: North plotting fresh crisis against Jonathan —Group

THE Southern Mandate, a coalition of socio-political groups, on Sunday, raised the alarm that a fresh plot by some northern leaders and  the elite to oust President Goodluck Jonathan from office at all cost in 2015 will plunge the nation into crises.

Ask your governors what they do with their allocations - Okonjo-Iweala tells Nigerians

The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has challenged state governors to tell Nigerians what they do with the huge allocations they receive regularly from the Federal Government.

According to the minister, many of the states get monetary allocations that far outweigh the annual budget of some neigbouring countries to Nigeria.

Okonjo-Iweala spoke on Sunday at Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, while delivering the Babcock University’s convocation lecture entitled: ‘Transforming Nigeria’s economy: Opportunities and challenges’.

The minister alongside the Executive Producer of Moments with Mo on Ebony Live TV, Mo Abudu, received the university’s honorary doctorate degrees.

FCT Police bans #bringbackourgirls protest in Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mbu, on Monday banned all protests over the 234  abducted  Chibok school girls in the territory with immediate effect.

Mbu, who announced the ban at a news conference in Abuja, said that the trend of the protest in the FCT was posing a serious security threat.