The Defence Headquarters yesterday said that a Boko Haram commander, Momodu Bama, who was said to be the second-in-command to the leader of the sect, Imam Abubakar Shekau and 17 others, had been killed in a shoot-outbetween Special Forces and the insurgents. Besides, 24 members of the sectwere arrested by the troops. Bama was one of the 19 leadersof Boko Haram declared wantedby the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State on November 23, last year. There was no independent confirmation of Bama’s death last night. But it was learnt that the commander’sbody was taken away by the insurgents. According to a statement by theDirector of Information at the Defence Headquarters, Brig.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, Shekau’s deputy was killed along the “Bama corridor”. He was described as an expert inmanning anti-aircraft guns for Boko Haram. The statement said:“As troops intensify pursuit of terrorists, who have been unleashing mayhem in Borno and Yobe communities, the death of Momodu Bama, said to be the second-in-command to the leader of Boko Haram, AbubakarShekau, has been confirmed by other arrested terrorists. “This followed encounters with the terrorists around the Bama corridor. “Momodu Bama has been personally leading the attacks against troops and innocent citizens in the communities of Yobe and Adamawa. “A specialistin manning the anti-aircraft gunsof the group, he is known to be vicious and heartless with a penchant for personally slaughtering and executing his victims. “Momodu Bama has been a most wanted terrorist with a N25million bounty alreadyplaced on his head. “Others that died in the operation include Bama’s father,Alhaji Abatcha Flatari, who is also one of the spiritual guidinglights of the outlawed terrorists group. 17 other terrorists also lost their lives in the encounter while 24 were arrested. “The troops are continuing the pursuit of the terrorists while intensifying aggressive aerial and land patrols to ensure better security cover for the communities, especially in the two states.” Shedding more light on the encounters with Boko Haram members, a top source added: “The second-in-command to Boko Haram leader and 17 others were actually killed between Sunday and Monday inBama corridor. “What happened was that after they attacked Bama town, we launched counter-attacks. It was in the process of trailing them that troops engaged the insurgents in some encounters which led to the death of the 18, including Momodu Bama and hisfather. “We did not even know that Momodu Bama was shot dead in the crossfire until we started interrogating the arrested suspects who confirmed it to us. They gave us sufficient testimony to reach our conclusion.” Asked if the military had retrieved Bama’s body, the source said: “As usual of the sect, they took away the corpse of Momodu Bama.” Bama was one of the 19 leadersof Boko Haram declared wantedby the Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State on November 23, 2012. A N25million ransom was placed on him by the JTF. Others were four members of the Shurra Committee of the sect, including, Shekau (N50million); Habibu Yusuf (a.k.aAsalafi) N25million; Khalid Albarnawai( N25million); and Mohammed Zangina (N25million). The Boko Haram Commanders are Abu Saad (N10million); AbbaKaka (N10million); Abdulmalik Bama (N10million) Umar Fulata(N10million); Alhaji Mustapha (Massa) Ibrahim (N10million); Abubakar Suleiman-Habu (a.k.a Khalid) N10million; Hassan Jazair N10million; Ali Jalingo (N10million); Alhaji Musa Modu (N10million); Bashir Aketa (N10million); Abba Goroma(N10million); Ibrahim Bashir (N10million); Abubakar Zakariya (N10million); and Tukur Ahmed Mohammed (N10million). In Maiduguri, JTF also confirmedBama’s killing. JTF spokesman Lt. Col. Sagir Musa told reporters that the person killed by security forces in neighbouring Adamawa Statewas not Momodu Bama as claimed. “It is either the suspect adoptedthe name of Momodu Bama, a popular Boko Haram operation officer and the second-in-command to Shekau, or the task force could not ascertain his real identity. “On the contrary, we killed Bama and his father, Abatcha Flatari, a BokoHaram spiritual leader, on August4 during a counter-insurgency operation at Bama.” He added that “it took over a week to ascertain their identities”.
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The fan who was jailed for invading the pitch during the International Champions Cup match between Real Madrid and Chelsea to hug Cristiano Ronaldo last week has stressed that he has no regrets over his actions. Ronald Gjoka, 19, ran onto the pitch in the 67th minuteto embrace his idol, only to be arrested by local police and taken to jail for trespassing and disorderly conduct. Gjoka spent the night in prison before he was allowed to leave the day after, yet he has stressed that the moment was worththe punishment. "Honestly, first thing was look straight, find Cristiano and don't look back. Just go," Gjoka told Local10. "I decided to add a little knee slide on it just for a little celebration. I think Ronaldo always does that celebration so I thought that he would find it funny, and he did, he gave it a littlelaugh. "But after that, I gave him a big hug, told him you're one of my biggest idols, always followed you and I said, 'Please, Ronaldo, don't let the cops take me,' and that's when Ronaldo gave me a very big hug. "I got the opportunity to talk to Ronaldo. It was a unique opportunity and I had to take it. It was worth the detention." The Portugal international netted twice to help Madrid to a 3-1 win over Chelsea in last week's encounter. WATCH VIDEO:
A set of conjoined twins were delivered by a housewife, Ene Musa Andrew, at the St. Daniels hospital, Otukpo, Benue state andthe incident has thrown the people of Jerusalem street, in Otukpo Local Government into panic, as there has been no incident of this mysterious birth in any part of the various communities of the local government. According to sources, it was gathered that the incident occurred last Monday , as the twins were delivered through cesarean operation, joined by thepelvic girdle, the twins posses four hands, three legs, two heads, two chests and noses. The Siamese twins are still in the hospital as no one as come for assistance in their plight. Leadership News reports: There has never been any incident of this mysterious birth in any part of the various communities of the local government. Otukpo is the ancestral home of the Idoma nation, a minority tribe in the agrarian state. The proprietor of St. Daniels Hospital, Dr. M. O Daniel, said that the twins are joined together at the abdominal region with a shared female organ, with one having a healthy traces of surviving than the other. He stated that the twins were eating well but it may result to complications if an urgent high-tech operation is not carried out outside the state and appealed to government agencies, philanthropists and religious institutions to come to the aid of the parents. Mr. Andrew Musa, a corporal withthe Nigeria Police currently serving with the Otukpo division is the father of the joined twins. He said “there has never been such strange delivery in his family lineage.
A member of a family of eight inUvuru, Uzo Uwani Local Government, Enugu State, has died of suspected food poisoning while the others are still hospitalised. The News Agency of Nigeria learnt that thefamily of Mr Clement Alumona was thrown into confusion aftereating a meal made from cassava flour as they began to vomit blood and began stooling.Dr. Oji Chimaroke of the Bishop Shanahan Hospital, told NAN thatthe family was brought in by relatives on Sunday, while one of them, Bridget, 4, died on Monday. Chimaroke said the other members of the family, except Clement's wife, Veronica, had come out of intensive care and were now recuperating. The doctor said Veronica's case was still serious as of Tuesday afternoon. Family sources told NAN that Veronica bought dry cassava tubers, which were ground intoflour for the preparation of `alibo', which they consumed. NAN learnt that each member ofthe family was transfused with two pints of blood in the hospital.
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We can't meet ASUU'sN92bn demand - FG The Federal Government on Tuesday said it did not have the resources to meet the N92bn financial demandby the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the opening of a two-day meeting of Commissioners of Finance and Accountants-General of states, said the N92bn being demanded by the university lecturers was notwithin the reach of the Federal Government. She said, "At present,ASUU wants the Federal Government to pay N92bn in extra allowances, when the resourcesare not there, and whenwe are working to integrate past increases in pensions. We need tomake choices in this country as we are getting to the stage whererecurrent expenditures take the bulk of our resources and people get paid but can do no work."Since I assumed office, the share of recurrent expenditure in our total budgets had increased astronomically. In fact, recurrent expenditure accounted for about 77.2 per cent of the federal budget and we are now working to re-balance this ratio." The minister added, "The country is still suffering from the effect of the 2010 increase in salary. Do wewant to get to astage in this country that all the money we earn is used to pay salaries and allowances?" The theme of the meeting is 'Restructuring Nigeria's Finances.' She said, "If the demands of the university lecturers are met and we continueto pay them salaries and allowances, we will not be able to provide infrastructure in the universities." The minister also lamented that Nigeria's over-dependence on oil had resulted in deterioration of the nation's non-oil tax. She said that non-oil taxes accounted for 74 per cent of Nigeria's Government revenues in 1970 but by 2012, it had declined to only 30 per cent. She said many states and local governments were also dependent on monthly revenue allocation from the central government. "On the average only11 percent of sub-national revenue was obtained from internally-generated sources," sheadded. Meanwhile, the negotiation between the Federal Government and striking members of the ASUU ended in a deadlock as both parties rescheduled the meeting to Monday next week. The Chief Mediator on behalf of Federal Government and Governor of Benue State, Dr. Gabriel Suswam, who spoke with journalists on Tuesday after a marathon meeting, said"tremendous progress" has been made in the negotiations, particularly on the NEEDs Assessment and Earned Allowance issues raised by ASUU. Suswam, who also serves as chairman of the Universities Needs Assessment Committee, expressed optimism that the issues would soon be resolved going by the progress made so far. Click Here For More latest gists/news like this today.
This pop-up meat stall selling HUMAN FLESH hasbecome a crowd-pleaser at a one of Britain¡¯s most famous meat markets. Wesker & Son, whoclaim to have been providing ¡°Fine meats since 1966¡å, set up a stall at London¡¯sSmithfields market selling ¡®human¡¯ body parts, including hands, legs, buttocks and arms. To promote new zombie computer game Resident Evil 6, fans were invitedto purchase the ¡®delicacies¡¯ made from various cuts of pork. ¡®Peppered Human & Lemon Sausages¡¯ and ¡®J¡¯avo Caught Human Thigh Steaks¡¯ were available for purchase for those with strong stomachs, and all proceeds were donated to the Limbless Association. Click Here For More latest gists/news like this today.
More photos down below. Chisco, 35, stands ankle deep in a polluted swamp, boiling up crude over a fire. He employs three people. "I was jobless, but I have a younger brother who read geology at university and he taught me the process," he told thenewsmen, adding that it was hazardous work -- "you caneasily burn the whole refinery tothe ground". Godswill, who also declined to givehis surname, teamed up with two of his friends to start a refinery sitetwo years ago. His main job is maintaining a depot where crude oil is stored in a large holethat he dug in the ground. Whenever police or military discover the site, he says, he simplypays them off."Sometimes we have to run away and they burn down the site," he said. "Then we just make a new one." See one normal working day of him and his company below: More Photos: Click Here
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