Gunmen attack NTA Onitsha office, burn down building

Acting Manager of the station, Mr Chris Nwigwe, told newsmen in Onitsha that the incident occurred at about 1.40 a.m. “Some armed men tried to attack the staff on duty but only succeeded in burning down the Star Times building,” he said, adding that no life was lost in the attack.

 An eyewitness said that an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was planted at the security post of the station, while tyres were set around the premises to set the station ablaze. “There was a gun duel between the armed men and policemen who are manning the office. 

“They managed to burn down the Star Times office while the fire was later put out with the help of people around. “This type of incident has never happened,” the source said. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Sam Okaula, who visited the scene with the Anti-Bomb Squad to evacuate the explosive device, confirmed that three suspects had been arrested in connection with the incident. 

New: Boko Haram taunts Buhari, threatens more carnage in new video

Boko Haram has released a new video without its embattled leader Abubakar Shekau, lending weight to claims by the Nigerian army he had been gravely wounded in an air strike.

The 13-minute video posted on YouTube late Tuesday shows an unidentified man in a flowing white robe and a sword dangling by his side presiding over Eid prayers in a mosque.

Hundreds of poorly fed villagers and children, who are apparently Boko Haram supporters, are seen in the video filmed.


The man says he is representing Shekau, who had allegedly been ousted by the Islamic State to which Boko Haram pledged allegiance in March 2015.
“My brethren, today is Eid ..in the Islamic Caliphate under the leadership of Abubakar Shekau, may Allah protect him,” he says, speaking in the local Hausa language.

The Nigerian army claimed on August 23 Shekau had been seriously wounded in the shoulder in an air raid in which several commanders were killed.

“We convey our Eid greetings to our brethren all over the world under the Islamic Caliphate and especially our leader Abubakar Shekau, may Allah protect him,” the man in the video says.

He then taunts the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying Boko Haram would fight on despite a military crackdown, adding: “No retreat, no surrender.”

It was not immediately clear if the video, which was technically superior to previous ones, was shot in Boko Haram’s Sambisa forest stronghold in the northern state of Borno or elsewhere.
SOURCE:GUIDIAN NEWS

Police arrest:A 30 yrs old man for killing woman, son

 A 30-year- old man Haruna Barde was arrested for allegedly killing a 70-year -old woman and her son in Jahun Local Government Area of the state. 

The Police Public Relations Officer (PRRO), Alhaji Jinjiri Abdu, confirmed the arrest in Dutse, saying that the incident occurred on Sept. 13 at about 10.30 p.m. in Nahuce village of Harbo town in Jahun Local Government Area. Abdu said that the victims were 70-year-old Zainab Abubakar and her 50-year-old son, Hassan Abubakar.

 He added that “yes, on Sept. 13, we received a report around 10.30 p.m. that one Haruna Barde of Nahuce, Harbo town in Jahun, allegedly attacked one Zainab Abubakar with machete. 

“The 30-year-old Barde also attacked the woman’s son, Hassan Abubakar, who tried to save her. “Upon reception of the report, our men immediately arrived at the scene, rescued and took the victims to hospital and arrested the suspect. “However, the woman and her son both died minutes later due to injuries they sustained.” The police spokesman said corpses of the deceased had since been handed over to their family for burial.

 He said investigation into the case had commenced, noting that “it is only after investigation that we will know the reason for the attack.”
SOURCE: (NAN)

AMAZING AFRICAN PROVERBS :WISDOM TALK BY OUR ELDERS

  Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.
The fool speaks and the wise listen.
Peace is costly but it worth the expense.
If you are in harmony with your family that is success.
If you give bad food to your stomach , it drums for you to dance.
The cook does not have to be a beautiful woman.
It's easy to fall in love than to stay in love.

CELEBRATION:NOLLYWOOD ACTRESS WELCOME HER GRANDDAUGHTER ON HER BIRTHDAY

Nollywood actress Patience Ozokwor Aka {MAMAG} whose daughter named Chioma Ozokworani just gave birth to a baby girl today on her birthday........double celebration for her, grand mum and granddaughter born the same day  September14.BIG CONGRATE MAMA G
SEE PHOTOS AFTER D CUT...........

Chris Brown flouts police on Instagram in standoff

Troubled singer Chris Brown on Tuesday took to Instagram to upbraid police outside his door after officers responded to a woman’s distress call.

The Los Angeles Police Department said that officers from homicide and robbery division, which deals with celebrity cases, headed to Brown’s address after a woman called for help at 3:11 am (1031 GMT).

Brown hours later was still inside his home and posted videos on Instagram in which he sought to ally himself with the Black Lives Matter movement against police brutality.

‘Governor can’t be impeached,’ PDP says

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has said Governor Nyesom Wike cannot be impeached.
The party made the assertion in response to comments made by former All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the state, Dakuku Peterside that Wike would not finish his tenure.
The Rivers PDP’s remarks were made by state Publicity Secretary, Samuel Nwanosike while speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt on Monday, August 29, 2016.

“Dakuku Peterside should know that the governor cannot be impeached because in the state House of Assembly, the PDP is in the majority. The issue of the governor’s regime coming to an end cannot come up,” Nwanosike said.
“Governor Wike is using the resources at his disposal to develop the state and that is why he will continue to enjoy the support of the people. They can try as much as they can, they cannot do anything to Governor Wike.
“Rivers State is PDP. We have got up to the Supreme Court and we won. So, to say that Wike’s administration will soon come to an end does not make any meaning to us,” he added.
The state Publicity Secretary of the APC, Chris Finebone, however dismissed Nwanosike’s comments saying that “Rivers belongs to the APC and will remain APC.”

SOURCE:PULSE NEWS