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The burning tanker A tanker fire has burnt one person to death and razed five trucks at Kirikiri area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The incident took place around 4.20pm on Saturday, when a tanker conveying Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, fell while trying to navigate the Kirikiri road. As it fell, the tanker caught fire in the process leading to the burning of another truck conveying gas and three other container trucks. General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Adesina Tiamiyu said the agency received an alert via its control and command centre of a burning PMS tanker at about 4:20 pm. The burning tanker “This prompted the activation of the Agency’s Emergency Rescue Team, ERT. Investigation at the scene revealed that a tanker conveying PMS fell while trying to navigate the Kirikiri road, ignited fire in the process, leading to the burning of one other trailer conveying gas and three other containerised trucks,” he said. Tiamiyu disclosed that one person was...

Nigerian soldiers The Cameroonian Army has commended the gallant effort of the Nigerian Army in chasing away Boko Haram terrorists from the country. The Commander Sector 1 of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Brig.-Gen. Bouba Dobekreo said this when he visited General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 division, Nigerian Army Brig.-Gen. Victor Ezugwu in Maiduguri. Col. Mustapha Anka, spokesman of the division stated this in a statement in Maiduguri. Dobekreo commended army for its gallantry in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency, saying that such action has shown the determination of the Nigerian government to end terrorism. Anka quoted the visitor as saying that the Boko Haram insurgency since its inception had affected the economy of Cameroon, especially as it concerned that Trans Sahara Trade. Dobekreo described the GOC as a strategist, professional and team player, who believed in synergy and cooperation to achieve set objectives. He thanked the GOC for all the suppo...

Flash floods in Egypt Twenty-six people have been killed in accidents related to flash floods in parts of Egypt this week, state television reported on its website Saturday. The deaths occurred in the provinces of southern Sinai, the Red Sea and Sohag, areas hardest hit by torrential rains that started on Thursday, the report said, citing the Health Ministry. On Saturday, Prime Minister Sherif Ismail visited the Red Sea town of Ras Gharib and inspected the damaged caused by flooding there, Egyptian television said. Dozens of Ras Gharib residents, angered by the government’s response to the floods, blocked a main road in the town and prevented Ismail from completing his tour, independent newspaper al-Masry al-Youm reported. The protesters chanted slogans against the prime minister, the report said. Online pictures purportedly from Ras Gharib showed cars trapped in flooded streets. Last year, the governor of Alexandria, Egypt’s second-biggest city, resigned after residents accuse...

Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick and missed a penalty as Real Madrid beat Alaves and increased their lead at the top of La Liga. Deyverson gave Alaves an early lead but then gave a penalty away which was converted by the Portugal forward. Ronaldo added a second before the break with a deflected shot but had a second spot-kick saved by Alaves goalkeeper Fernando Pacheco 10 minutes from time. Alvaro Morata scored Real’s third before Ronaldo completed his treble. Zinedine Zidane’s side are three points clear of Sevilla, who were held to a 1-1 draw by Sporting Gijon earlier in the day. Alaves were unbeaten at home in La Liga before this match, but once again Ronaldo’s impact on the game was decisive. The 31-year-old confidently sent Pacheco the wrong away from the penalty spot to equalise after Brazilian forward Deyverson was deemed to have handled, then his long-range effort sailed into the top corner. Pacheco guessed correctly to save Ronaldo’s second penalty, but Re...

Dr Mike Adenuga and the Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama The Republic of Ghana on Saturday conferred its highest civil national award of “The Companion of the Star of Ghana (CSG)” on Globacom Chairman, Dr. Mike Adenuga, Jr. The event was held at the Accra International Conference Centre. President of Ghana, Mr. John Dramani Mahama said the Award “is in recognition of your unique and outstanding contribution to business enterprise both in Ghana and the continent of Africa at large”. The BOSS newspaper reports that President Mahama justified the award further by saying that “through your creative business exertions, you have touched many lives in Ghana. You have provided employment for our teeming youth, artists, footballers and many more. I am particularly proud of you. This award is our way of saying a simple THANK YOU”. The citation on Dr Adenuga commended his “transformational achievements in the telecommunications industry”, which included the laying of the historic Glo 1...

Philippe Coutinho is man of the match Liverpool moved level on points with Premier League leaders Manchester City courtesy of a thrilling victory at Crystal Palace. Goals from Emre Can, Dejan Lovren, Joel Matip and Roberto Firmino secured the Reds’ fifth win in six league games and only goal difference now separates City, second-placed Arsenal and Liverpool in third. Despite their brilliance in attack, Liverpool’s defence remains a weakness, with Lovren twice allowing James McArthur to level before the break. It was a wonderfully entertaining match, with the opening 45 minutes particularly pleasing on the eye as defensive mishaps and attacking verve resulted in five goals – the most in a first half in the Premier League this season. Indeed, the first three goals in a breathless encounter came within a hectic spell of five minutes and 45 seconds. Liverpool were mesmerising going forward with Philippe Coutinho pulling the strings once again with his wonderful passing. The Brazili...

Aguero Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League in emphatic style as victory at West Brom ended Pep Guardiola’s worst run in management. City and boss Guardiola were without a win in six matches in all competitions, but Sergio Aguero flashed in Ilkay Gundogan’s through ball to give them the lead. The Baggies were flat and Aguero struck again, punishing hesitant defending with a powerful, top-corner finish. West Brom improved hugely after the break but failed to take their chances before Gundogan twice slotted home – first from Aguero’s chip and then after being found by Kevin de Bruyne. The win means City leapfrog Arsenal, who won 4-1 at Sunderland earlier in the day, into first place in the table with 10 matches played. Tony Pulis’ side struck the post through Gareth McAuley late on and should have got one back at 2-0 through Salomon Rondon, but they slip to 15th and are now without a win in their past five games. Aguero’s last goals for City came in the 3-1 l...

Commander Adekunle Ajibade (TRACE) Two persons were confirmed dead on Saturday when a Nissan Cabstar truck rammed over a group of street urchins, popularly called “area boys,” in Sango-Ota area on Lagos/Abeokuta Expressway. The accident, which left seven others critically injured, occurred about 6:10a.m in front of the abandoned Gateway Hotel, Ota. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement agency (TRACE), confirmed the report. Akinbiyi said that ‎two trucks, with registration number Lagos EKY 653 XB and Lagos KJA 113 XR, had earlier broken down in the area. He said the brakes of one of the trucks failed while descending the slope of the old Sango Ota Toll Gate‎ and crashed into the other truck, which had earlier broken down, causing serious obstruction on the highway.‎ He said the driver of the Nissan Cabstar was desperate to evade some policemen and ‎also beat the commencement of the monthly environmental sanitation when it ram...

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State The Chairman, Kogi Chapter of Wuro Miyetti-Allah Association, Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakar, has been assassinated by unknown gunmen who invaded his residence in the early hours of Saturday. The unknown gunmen numbering about eight, invaded the Peace Community, Road 3, Ganaja road, Lokoja residence of Abubakar at about 2:05 Saturday morning to carry out the dastardly act. Residents of the area, who spoke with newsmen, said they were gripped with fear when they started hearing gunshots from the residence of the chairman of Fulani socio-cultural group in the operation that lasted over an hour. They said that the gunmen passed through “unfamiliar routes” to gain access to the deceased’s residence beating the ‘C’ Division Police Station route where they could have been spotted and questioned. A neighbour who identified himself simply as Musa, said there were some strange faces in the vicinity much earlier before the incident, not knowing they had a sinis...

Babatunde Adejare, Commissioner for the Environment Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos and Federal Governments are in talks over the relocation of the Ikoyi Prisons built in 1955 due to the environmental nuisance it presently constitutes in the state. Commissioner for the Environment, Dr. Babatunde Adejare revealed this while fielding questions from journalists shortly after monitoring the October edition of the monthly environmental sanitation in Ikoyi-Obalende Local Council Development Area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. Adejare said the 61-year old facility had outlived its usefulness and needed to be relocated. “We also visited Ikoyi prison to see the challenge there. I can assure you that we will tackle it. We will see how we would work with the Federal Prison Service to ensure that we provide sewage system. “There is a larger thing coming into play soon; that is relocation of the prison. The facility had passed its usefulness. The most valuable land in Africa is there. We should not ...

Alexis Sanchez Arsenal increased the pressure on Sunderland manager David Moyes with a comfortable victory over a Black Cats side who remain bottom of the table and without a Premier League win this season. Alexis Sanchez put the Gunners ahead when he got in front of defender Lamine Kone to head in Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s cross. The dominant visitors had a strong penalty appeal turned down after Sanchez looked to have been brought down before Jermain Defoe equalised from the spot after keeper Petr Cech had fouled Duncan Watmore. However, Arsenal reasserted their authority and lead with three goals in six minutes and 20 seconds. Olivier Giroud came off the bench to guide in a shot and then headed in a Mesut Ozil corner, while Sanchez’s close range effort was the signal for the home fans to start streaming out of the Stadium of Light. The win moved Arsenal top of the Premier League – but whether they stay there depends on how Manchester City and Liverpool fare in their later gam...

court The Department of Environment in Surulere Local Government on Saturday served over 10 houses in Surulere Area Notices to appear before the Court for constituting hazards to the environment. The Sole Administrator, Surulere Local Government, Mr Sheriff Balogun, made the disclosure in Lagos, during the sanitation exercise. Balogun said that the environmental department had served the respective houses and also served the owners of some scraped cars parked along the street, Notices to evacuate them from the environment. Some houses along Rufai St., Makinde St., Oladehinde St, Surulere, Lagos, were affected. “We usually go around the streets during sanitation days with officers in the environmental department of the council. “We have been able to discover a shop built on top of the drain which is not allowing water to flow in Rufai St. “We are able to discover leakages of sewage which can also cause environmental pollution. “We have been sensitising residents of Surulere co...

Nigerian soldiers The Nigerian Military will soon launch an operation to tackle security challenges posed by herdsmen across the country, the Acting Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Rabe Abubakar, has said. Abubakar made the disclosure at an interractive media session in Kaduna on the role of the media in national security. “We are coming out with another operation code named “Operation Accord” to address the issue of herdsmen clashes,” Abubakar said. He disclosed that the military had carried out 13 operations to ensure peace and order across the country. The defence spokesman assured that the military would not allow any individual or group to destabilise Nigeria. “We will not spare any security threat in any part of the country, we will contain it; national security will not be compromised. “Today, no Nigeria territory is under the control of Boko Haram, no illegal flag foisted on our land. “We will synergise with other security agencies to secure the remaining C...

UN soldiers in CAR Clashes between militia groups in the Central African Republic have killed 25 people including six gendarmes caught in an ambush, the UN peacekeeping mission to the country, MINUSCA, said on Saturday. MINUSCA condemned the violence around the central town of Bambari and appealed to the two militia groups behind the clashes to respond to an invitation by President Faustin-Archange Touadéra for talks. “Six gendarmes and four civilians lost their lives on Friday morning in an ambush on the Bambari-Grimari road. The day before, clashes between elements of the anti-Balaka and ex-Seleka caused 15 deaths and a number of wounded,” MINUSCA said. There was no immediate comment from the government or the militia groups. Central African Republic has been plagued by inter-religious and inter-communal violence since 2013 when the mainly Muslim Seleka rebels seized power, prompting reprisals from the anti-Balaka militia, which draws some of its fighters from the country’s Chr...

18 kilogrammes of cocaine Authorities in Benin Republic have arrested a prominent businessman and politician, Sebastien Ajavon in connection with a seized 18 kilogrammes of cocaine. The cocaine was found in a shipping container on Thursday at the port of Cotonou, the commercial capital. The head of the country’s maritime military police, Boris Tchilao said the shipment belongs to Ajavon, who was a former presidential candidate, in the country’s last election. Ajavon has denied the allegation, saying it was politically motivated, designed to harm him and his business. Benin and some other West African countries have gained the notoriety for about a decade of being a major transit point for cocaine grown in Latin America on its way to Europe. Last year August, eagle-eyed South African police at OR Tambo International Airport in Gauteng seized 143kg of cocaine with a street value of about R50-million, the SA Police Service (SAPS). The cargo was destined for Benin. The seizure was...

Airlines-767-on-fire The right-side engine of an American Airlines Boeing 767 failed Friday during an attempted takeoff, sending debris as far as a half mile and passengers hurriedly down emergency slides onto a runway at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Three sources familiar with the unfolding investigation told CNN the General Electric engine suffered an apparent “uncontained” failure. The 161 terrified passengers and nine crew members scrambled to safety Friday afternoon after huge flames erupted on the right side of the plane. Airport fire Chief Timothy Sampey said crews responded to a report of a No. 2 engine on fire. The plane, which had stopped well before the end of the runway, had about 43,000 pounds of fuel. “This could have been absolutely devastating if it happened later,” he said. About 20 people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries that occurred during the evacuation down the emergency slides, District Chief Juan Hernandez said. There were peop...

Tu Baba Brian Munro Ltd. (BML),one of the Nigeria’s leading beverage companies, Campari is set to host the biggest music, comedy and cocktail festival in Nigeria on Nov. 5. The Festival is tagged: “Dare to Mix”, and is being organised by the company named Brian Munro Ltd. (BML). Brian Munro’s General Manager, Marketing, Abayomi Ajao, said that, “ this is one of the many ways we reward our customers for their loyalty. “It is an opportunity as well in bringing our ambassador, TuBaba, closer to lovers of his music and introducing them to Campari cocktails. “We are also so excited to be holding the first ever cocktail festival in Nigeria,” he said. Ajao, however, said that, “the essence of the festival was to educate consumers on the cocktails that can be made using Campari. “We also want to celebrate the diversity in music, comedy and cocktails using our “Dare to Mix” campaign,” he said. The festival which will take place at the Ikeja City mall, would also have major attractions...

FILE PHOTO: Rice farm in Nigeria. Yobe Commissioner for Agriculture Mustapha Gajerima says that rice farmers in the state have scaled up their production following the ban on importation of rice. Gajerima made the disclosure in Dayama village, Yobe on Saturday. He said that farmers were exploiting the advantage of the ban to scale up production and develop local content. According to him, the state has recorded increase in farming activities, especially rice, guinea corn, millet, sesame seeds and vegetables across the state. “It is very encouraging to see such a great number of irrigation farmers springing up in the state planting vegetables, rice and wheat,” he said. The commissioner said public officers, including commissioners, legislators, elites and civil servants were into irrigation farming thereby encouraging the subsistence farmers. “I have personally cultivated 11 hectares of farm in Damaya with vegetables which also trains over 30 youths in irrigation farming. Gaje...

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives to speak at a news conference at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016. Photo: The Associated Press. Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, has urged the FBI to release complete information about its newly discovered emails of her private server when she was Secretary of State. Clinton said at a news conference that American people deserved to have full and complete information about the bureau’s latest review of the emails. “We are 11 days out from perhaps the most important national election of our lifetime. “Voting is already underway in our country. So, the American people deserve to get the full and complete facts immediately. “The director himself has said he doesn’t know whether the emails referenced in his letter are significant or not. “I’m confident that whatever they are will not change the conclusion reached in July. “Therefore, it is imperative that th...

NCI The National Council on Information (NCI) has urged the media in Nigeria to expose corrupt public officials through investigative reporting with a view to instilling accountability in governance. The council made the call in a communique at the end of its 46th summit late Friday night in Asaba, Delta. The council resolved to collaborate with the media in government’s war against corruption by urging them to adopt investigative journalism in exposing ill-gotten wealth in the public service. “The media should be involved in exposing ill-gotten wealth through investigative journalism and make public office holders give account of their stewardship through the media regularly,” it said. It also resolved to adopt the “Change Begins with Me” initiative of government at enthroning a new order and support the campaign for its successful implementation and sustainability. The council pledged to ensure that broadcast challenges through technology were addressed through effective and ...

Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Umar Shehu The Police Command in Kaduna State says it arrested 168 suspected criminals in October for various criminal offences. A statement by the Command’s Spokesman, ASP Aliyu Usman, said that the command charged 126 suspects to court while 42 others were still under investigation. Usman said that several arms were also recovered from the suspects, and described the alleged rise in crime rates in Kaduna State as over bloated. According to him, the Command has been working relentlessly toward crime prevention and has successfully checkmated notorious gangs and criminal syndicates in the state. He said the command during the period under review recovered one pump Action, No. 167; one pump Lar Rifle, No. 22803; one AK 47 Rifle, two locally made pistols, one locally made revolver gun, and one locally made revolver pistol. The others were one Dane gun, while ammunition, seven rounds of live cartridges, six rounds of live 9.5mm ammunition, thre...

FILE PHOTO: Nigerian Army The Nigerian Army has arrested an impostor, Mike Ajulo, parading himself as an Army officer in Ose Local Government of Ondo State. Capt. Ojo Adenegan, the Assistant Director, Army Public Relations,32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Cantonment, stated this in a statement in Akure on Saturday. “A fake Army officer, Mike Ajulo, from Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State who has been impersonating as an Army Officer was arrested on Friday. “His arrest was as a result of reported cases of Land Issues and other criminal activities against him and confession to some of the crimes reported against him. “The Brigade is using this medium to inform the general public that Mike Ajulo is not an Army Officer and was never in any Military Service,”Adenegan said. He, therefore, said that the suspect was still under investigation and would be charged to court after the investigation.

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state The Borno Government on Saturday said it had employed 1,000 women among the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) as Street Vanguards to boost sanitation in the state capital. Alhaji Nasiru Surundi, the Sole Coordinator of the Borno State Environmental Protection Agency (BOSEPA), stated this in Maiduguri. Surundi said the IDPs who were selected based on their applications, were posted to strategic locations in the state capital to clean the surroundings . According to him, more vanguards would be employed and posted to some of the Local Government Areas liberated from the Boko Haram insurgents. ” The agency has precured high quality sanitation equipment which include about 400,000 chemical sprayers, vapour, excavators and hydrofoamers. Surundi said the gesture was also part of the agency’s efforts to prevent outbreak of diseases as well as create job opportunities for victims of the insurgency. “We are constantly challenged by this negativ...

Tu Baba Brian Munro Ltd. (BML),one of the Nigeria’s leading beverage companies, Campari is set to host the biggest music, comedy and cocktail festival in Nigeria on Nov. 5. The Festival is tagged: “Dare to Mix”, and is being organised by the company named Brian Munro Ltd. (BML). Brian Munro’s General Manager, Marketing, Abayomi Ajao, said that, “ this is one of the many ways we reward our customers for their loyalty. “It is an opportunity as well in bringing our ambassador, TuBaba, closer to lovers of his music and introducing them to Campari cocktails. “We are also so excited to be holding the first ever cocktail festival in Nigeria,” he said. Ajao, however, said that, “the essence of the festival was to educate consumers on the cocktails that can be made using Campari. “We also want to celebrate the diversity in music, comedy and cocktails using our “Dare to Mix” campaign,” he said. The festival which will take place at the Ikeja City mall, would also have major attractions...

NEMA The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said nine persons had died and 24 others were injured in two explosions that occurred in the early hours of Saturday, in Maiduguri, Borno. Mr Sanni Datti, Head of Media, NEMA, confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja. Datti said that one of the explosions occurred at the entrance to the Bakasi Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp, while the second happened at the NNPC filling station along Damboa road, Maiduguri. He said the injured persons had been evacuated from the scene of the incidents and admitted to various hospitals in Maiduguri. “As at the time of this report, the NEMA rescue team had evacuated victims. More updates on the incidents and rescue details will come later,” the spokesman said.

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State No fewer than 500 youths have been employed by the Sokoto State Government for refuse evacuation. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Alhaji Aminu Dodo-Iya, made the disclosure at the end of the monthly environmental sanitation in Sokoto on Saturday. Dodo-Iya said that the youths had since been redeployed and they had swung into action. ‘These youths will continuously operate to rid the city and its environs of filth. They will be used for daily clearance and evacuation of refuse in the city.” Dodo-Iya also said that the state government had purchased 30 specialised refuse evacuation tricycles. He explained that the tricycles were being deployed in hard-to-reach areas of the city. The permanent secretary decried the non-challant attitude of the residents toward the exercise, adding that the state government might be forced to wield the big stick, using the tribunals. ” This is to force the residents to ensure personal and ...

Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai The UN says it has negotiated the release of 876 children in Nigeria, who were being held by the army over possible links to Islamist militants. The children, who had previously lived in areas controlled by Boko Haram, were held in a military barracks in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, a UN spokesman told the BBC. Details of the children’s ages and the length of their detention have not been given. The army has not made any comment. Human rights groups argue that there is no proper legal process for civilians, including children, who are detained by the army as part of their counter-insurgency operations. “We fear that there are still kids who are being at least temporarily detained because they are being released from Boko Haram areas by the army but then kept for a while,” Manuel Fontaine, regional director for the UN Children’s fund (Unicef) in Central and West Africa, told Reuters news agency. Earlier this month, 21...

UNICEF The UN has negotiated the release of nearly 900 children detained by Nigeria’s army and security forces after they have retaken land from Boko Haram militants, a senior official said. The 876 children had been held in the barracks in Maiduguri, UNICEF’S Regional Director for Western and Central Africa, Manuel Fontaine, said after visiting the north-eastern city. It was not immediately clear how long they had been held. However, the army routinely detains civilians who have been living in areas that had been ruled by the insurgents on suspicion that they too might be linked to militant activities. Nonetheless, rights groups said there was no proper legal process for such civilians, including the children. They said that they were not formally charged and some ended up in so-called rehabilitation centres or Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps. The United Nations says children should not be detained. “We fear that there are still kids who are being at least temporar...

Col-Sani-Kukasheka-Usman The Nigerian Army on Saturday confirmed the killing of at least nine persons in twin blasts in Maiduguri. Col. Mustapha Anka, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations Department, stated this in Maiduguri. Anka said that the blast occurred at the Bakassi Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp and the NNPC fuel station along Damboa road. ”At about 7.05 a.m. this morning, there were twin simultaneous suicide bomb explosions at the entrance of Bakassi Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp and NNPC Mega Filling Station, Damboa Road, Maiduguri. “At the Bakassi IDPs camp, a suspected female suicide bomber ran into a group of men and women at the entrance while they were coming out of the camp, killing 5 men and injuring 11 women. “The bodies of the dead men and the injured women have been evacuated. “At the NNPC, a female suicide bomber followed a fuel tanker in Keke NAPEP tricycle with the sole aim of gaining entry to cause maximum damage and casualty b...

Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State The Kaduna State Police Command on Saturday said it had arrested 14 suspects who allegedly attempted to disrupt Friday prayer at the Sultan Bello Mosque, Kaduna. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Aliyu Usman, disclosed in Kaduna that the suspects were arrested with machetes and knives. Usman, however, said the Friday prayer was observed peacefully. “Attempts to cause breach of the peace by some miscreants was professionally handled and thwarted by a team of policemen dispatched to the mosque. “The Policemen deployed were to provide protection to the worshipers and they thwarted an attempt to cause chaos,“ Usman said He said that the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigation was completed.

Suicide bombers struck in Maiduguri on Saturday No fewer than eight persons were killed early today as two suicide bombers struck in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state and the heart of a seven-year-old insurgency by Boko Haram militants. The first attack by a female suicide bomber occurred at 6 a.m in front of a camp for the internally displaced persons in the Bakassi area as scores of people were coming out of the camp to begin a new day. Five persons died at the scene. Minutes later a second bomb went off near the NNPC mega station. The attack was carried out by another female bomber, who was inside a tricycle, popularly called KEKE NAPEP. Army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman disclosed that the bomber was tailing a fuel tanker that was about to discharge fuel at the station. “Miraculously, a car came in between them. The bomber, whether by error or whatever detonated, killing all the three occupants of the tricycle.There was no other person involved”, he said Usman said the Gener...

FILE PHOTO: Party faithful during a campaign process. Taraba State Independent Electoral Commission [TSIEC], on Friday, said it had lifted the ban on campaigns and other political activities in the 16 Local Government Areas of the state. Dr Philip Duwe, Chairman of the commission, who made the announcement in a statement issued in Jalingo, said the order takes effect from Oct. 28. He said that the election would hold after 90 days. “I Dr Philip Duwe, the Chairman and Chief Electoral Officer of Taraba, by the powers conferred on me under section 6 of the TSIEC Law no. 6 of 2002 and other relevant provisions of the law and enactments there off; “Do hereby pursuant to sec. 30 of the Electoral Act 2010 declare 90 days notice beginning from the 28 October 2016 for the conduct of local government elections in the state. “By this notice, the ban on political activities on local government elections in the state is hereby lifted,” Duwe said.