UNN lecturer commits suicide

Tragedy struck at the Enugu Campus of the University of Nigeria,
(UNEC) last weekend as a lecturer at the institution's Law Faculty, Dr
Bede Opata, committed suicide over yet-to-be-ascertained reasons.

The lecturer who was (until his death) the son of a former
Commissioner in the old Anambra state, Chief Cletus Opata, hailed from
Nsukka area of Enugu state.
Informed sources at the university said the deceased had taken his
life in his apartment within the town on Saturday night but his body
was discovered on Sunday.

The 38-year-old Opata who held a Doctorate Degree in Law was said to
have been employed as a lecturer in the university in 2011.

(www.thisdaylive.com/articles/unn-lecturer-commits-suicide/184160/)

Woman gives birth after 14 years pregnancy!

Saturday June 7, 2014, will remain the happiest day in the life of
Mercy James. That was the day she miraculously gave birth to a baby
girl after 14 years of being pregnant.

Mercy, a single parent, said of her ordeal during the 14 years she was
pregnant but could not give birth: "When I first took in, I knew that
I was pregnant with signs and test that confirmed that I was. Four
months later, I went to hospital for another test, the result showed
that I wasn't pregnant, but had fibroid.
Subsequently, I began to experience bleeding, at least once a day.
Sometimes, my tummy would protrude in the semblance of pregnancy. I
went to different hospitals, and I kept on receiving the same result
that nothing was wrong with me. But deep down inside , I knew that all
was not well with me."

"So I was taken aback when a midwife told me I was pregnant. But
considering the test which showed I had fibroid, I was angry with the
midwife for giving me what I felt was a false prophecy of hope.
Thereafter, I started going from one church to another and from one
native doctor to the other. The results that I got from them all
remained the same. I became more feeble and confused that I prayed for
death to come. I went again to the midwife two years after and
complained to her about the pains that I was going through. She told
me again that it was not fibroid but pregnancy. She advised me to be
more prayerful so that God will deliver me from the hands of the
devil. I kept on praying and at the same time asking myself that," If
truly I'm pregnant, why is it that the baby was not kicking?".
I bought many concoctions that they said could cure fibroid and drank
them. I even drank 12 bottles of a local cleanser but to no avail.
This went on for years. Then God took pity on me and decided to wipe
my tears.

On the day I gave birth to my baby girl, I initially thought that
worms were trying to come out of my body not knowing that it was a
baby. This was what I told the midwife when we came to her. But after
examining me she told me to push.
I ignored her. I became unconscious for about 15 minutes and when I
regained consciousness, I heard the cry of a baby. I was surprised and
confused seeing my baby. I couldn't believe my eyes. Hmm,I thank God
for my life and that of my baby Miracle. I named her Miracle because
she is truly a miraculous child".

(www.vanguardngr.com/2014/06/incredible-woman-gives-birth-14-years-pregnancy/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter).

Women demobilise Boko Haram insurgents in Borno.

MAIDUGURI-- Residents of Attagara and Kawuri villages in Gwoza and Bama local government areas of Borno State, respectively, repelled attacks on their community by suspected Boko Haram insurgents. A resident said the attackers invaded the village yesterday on motorcycles but met some women, adding "they wanted to hit the women with sticks but when they raised the sticks, their hands refused to descend."

 "Three of the insurgents fled, but seven were not lucky as the women alerted the people," and the vigilante group in the community rushed to the scene, disarmed the seven insurgents, who were later lynched. Attagara, a border community with Cameroon is about 10 kilometres South-East of Pulka District in Gwoza Local Government Area of the state and about 130 kilometres from Maiduguri, the state capital.

Also, scores of gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram were killed yesterday through the combined efforts of members of the vigilante youths, otherwise known as Civilian JTF, and the military in Kawuri village, Bama Local Government Area of Borno State. *Click here to continue: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/05/women-demobilise-boko-haram-insurgents-borno/ .

Boko Haram plans to abduct boys to marry abducted girls

The Principal of Government College, Makurdi, Mr Godfrey Ugudu, on
Saturday said the school had received a letter from the Boko Haram
sect threatening to attack the school.

Ugudu, who announced this at a news conference in Makurdi on Saturday,
added that the school received two letters which had the same content
on May 14.

"It is true that we saw two letters informing us of the intention of
the sect to invade our school on Friday or Monday. The letters were
dated May 14, 2014, stating that they were coming either of the two
days to abduct our boys whom they would marry to the secondary school
girls abducted in Chibok. In the letter, we were asked to inform the
Mount Saint Gabriel Secondary School opposite us to also get prepared
as they promised to invade the place too.''

According to him, "We immediately alerted the police and the
Commissioner for Education. A report has been made to the Governor on
the issue. One of the two copies of the letter, written in pidgin
English, was sighted inside one of the classrooms and the second one
was slipped into the staff room'', he said.


The principal commended the government and security operatives in the
state for their prompt response to the issue.
He said that everything had been done to ensure the safety of the
school children, adding that he had informed the Principal of Mount
Saint Gabriel.


About 500 out of about 700 students of the college are living in the
school while Mount Saint Gabriel is a purely boarding school.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Dan Ezeala,
confirmed the report and assured that the police were on top of the
situation.


( www.vanguardngr.com/2014/05/boko-haram-plans-abduct-boys-marry-abducted-girls/
)

Boko Haram on the rampage in Borno: Kills 56, abducts 5 cops, 10 Chinese, burn village, seizes armoured vehicle

No fewer than 56 persons were killed by Boko Haram insurgents in
separate attacks in several areas of Borno State at the weekend. The
sect also abducted five policemen and seized the Armoured Patrol
Vehicle (APC) the policemen were using.
This is even as a Chinese national was feared killed and 10 others
kidnapped after an overnight attack by the sect in Kuseri village
between Gamboru Ngala council area and Cameroon Republic, also
yesterday.


In one of the attacks, at least 40 villagers were killed and several
others injured yesterday's evening by gunmen suspected to be Boko
Haram members in Dalwa-Masuba village of Damboa Local Government area
of Borno State, security sources and witnesses said.

The gunmen who were reported to have attacked the villages in their
large numbers also burnt down the entire village alongside three
pickup vans carrying firewood from Damboa to Maiduguri, the state
capital.

A member of the security vigilantes, Abbas Gava, who spoke on phone,
said no security personnel had reached the attacked town at the time
he was speaking.

"We heard about the attack from some of the villagers who fled the
village, and we had to drive there on our patrol van. The entire
village was set on fire, and about 40 persons were lying dead all over
the place; their firewood pickups were also set ablaze", the local
vigilante said.

But the attack, however, has not been confirmed by the police and
other security operatives, as all their phone numbers could not be
reached for confirmation as at press time.



*Click here to continue:

www.nationalmirroronline.net/new/boko-haram-on-the-rampage-in-borno-kills-56-abducts-5-cops-10-chinese-burn-village-seizes-armoured-vehicle/

Man Mysteriously Dies In Grave Trying To Exhume Body In Osun

An unidentified man suspected to be a ritual killer has been
mysteriously killed in Osun state while trying to exhume a buried
corpse.


According to reports gathered on the strange incident which took place
in Ilobu community, located in the Irepodun Local Govenrment Area of
Osun state, the supposed ritualist was found dead, half buried in a
grave from which he had tried to cut off the head of an aged woman who
had been buried there.

A source in the community who spoke to newsmen revealed that the
corpse had been buried for over 5 years and that the man found dead
did not operate alone.


"This particular corpse was buried five years ago and the suspected
ritualist attended the burial in Ilobu. There are indications that he
did not dig the grave alone.
What we discovered is that he may have been attempting to cut off the
head of the corpse when something suddenly hooked him as he managed to
force half of his body into the grave to cut off the head.
He got hooked and died on the spot, a development which possibly
compelled other ritualists to run away from the scene so that they may
not be affected by the mysterious thing that killed their colleague",
the source said.

Speaking on how the residents of Ilobu got to know about the incident,
the source explained that the half-buried body of the suspected
ritualist was discovered by a hawker in the early hours of the day.

"A woman who was hawking ogi (a local corn meal) early in the morning
of Wednesday spotted the torso of the suspect sticking out of the
grave and raised the alarm.His corpse was discovered around 6.30am and
his head was covered in mud. The residents here alerted the police
division in Ilobu and they later came to evacuate the body and put it
in their van before taking him away," he said.


The remains of the deceased were said to have been deposited at the
Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital (LAUTECH) mortuary in
Osogbo ,the state capital.


( www.m.naij.com/news/66527.html )

20 children kidnapped in Calabar in 3 months + Their tricks that parents should watch out for.

(on April 12, 2014 at 6:27 pm)

With over 20 kids abducted in three months in Calabar, the stories
surrounding their disappearance are like tales from the moon, but what
is happening to kids between the ages of three and six in the Cross
River State capital, is far from tales; they are real-life incidents
which are sending shivers down the spine of many parents.

Since February, men from hell have besieged the city, snatching
children suspectedly for ritual purposes or sale to barren women
around the city who allegedly pay triple digit amounts for the kids.

The Cross River State House of Assembly and the State Security
Adviser, Mr Rekpene Bassey, disturbed by the trend, raised the alarm
but this has not yielded any results. The police in the state are yet
to make arrest on the kidnapped children.

Describing the modus operandi of the abductors, Bassey said they would
position themselves in busy areas to watch out for parents who park
cars with children inside to abduct the kids. In other cases, the
thieves abduct children playing outside their residences. Others are
snatched while on errand or on the way to or from school. And in some
daring cases , the abductors snatch kids from parents while pretending
to offer them lift. The security adviser warned parents to beware of
child kidnappers and assured that security agencies had been placed on
the alert over the situation.

In one of the cases of child kidnapping which occurred on March 23, a
four-year-old, Nsew Udo Akpan, was snatched by abductors while playing
outside his home with his sister at Atekong Street, Biq Qua Town.
Another 4-year-old-boy, Effiong Edet, was abducted in Ikot Onim area
of Calabar by hoodlums who raided the community in an Audi car with
the number plate covered.

The kidnappers struck at about 8:30 pm on Wednesday March 12 while the
local vigilante members, majority of whom are said to be football
lovers, were preoccupied with watching the Arsenal match against a
Turkish football club in the European league.

The gang , on arrival at the community, reportedly drove to the Edets'
compound where they sighted the boy (Effiong) and his friends
playing.

The hoodlums first attempted to whisk away a six-year old boy,
identified as Joseph, who resisted his assailants by crying and biting
one of the kidnappers on the hand which caused them to abandon him .
Then ,they seized Effiong who they bundled into their car and sped
off.

In February, a three-year-old boy, Victor Offiong-Edem, was taken away
by unknown persons at the Assemblies of God Church, located at 14,
Nnamdi Azikiwe Street, Calabar South, during Sunday service.The father
of the boy, Mr Offiong Edem, a staff of the College of Health
Technology, Calabar, told Sunday Vanguard that he took his family to
the church on the fateful day. After the offering, he went to work and
left Victor in the company of his wife, Angelica, and his other son,
Samuel, but was later informed that Victor had gone missing".

*Click here for more details and stories:

www.vanguardngr.com/2014/04/men-hell-snatch-20-children-calabar/ .

Parents, 6 Sons Sexually Abused Girl For Nearly A Decade (14.05.2014, 18:11 Foreign)

Parents and their six sons were arrested for the alleged sexual abuse
of their 16-year-old sister/daughter.

According to the sheriff of a small county in northeast North
Carolina, Eric Tilley, the alleged abuse by the brothers, ranging in
age from 19 to 27, began when the girl was 4 years of age and
continued until she was almost 15.

Authorities have identified the brothers as Aaron Jackson, 19,
Benjamin Jackson, also 19, Nathaniel Jackson, 21, Mathew Jackson, 23,
Jon Jackson, 25, and Eric Jackson, 27.

Charges against the brothers range from rape to sexual assault,
according to Tilley.
The men's parents, John Jackson, 65 and Nita Jackson, 54, face charges
of felony child abuse.
The sheriff stated that part of the investigation revealed that, at
one point, the mother observed some of this activity and never did
anything about it.
Tilley described the family as "bizarre" and said he believes the
father is "anti-government" and "anti-schools."
"The children were home-schooled with very limited education," said
the sheriff. "They were very private and the whole yard has a fence
around it -- like a little compound. They're very different."

The allegations of abuse surfaced in December 2012, when Eric Jackson
allegedly told the pastor at Hope Baptist Church in Wake Forest, North
Carolina, about the alleged abuse.
After speaking with the pastor, Eric Jackson allegedly went to the
Perquimans County Sheriff's Office and told them that he, along with
five of his siblings, had been sexually abusing their sister.
"From there, we had two more brothers confirm what he said," Tilley said.

Despite the alleged confessions, police needed more evidence to make
arrests in the case. For that, they attempted to speak with the
alleged victim, but she and her parents moved to Colorado.

"I sent one of my investigators to Colorado and he had an eight-hour
interview with her," Tilley said. "She confirmed everything her
brothers told us."

All six of the brothers were arrested on May 6 and are being held on a
$150,000 bond. The parents are currently free on a $15,000 bond.


( m.naij.com/news/66327.html )

"I Know Where the Female Students Are but I Won't Tell Anybody" --Senator Opens Up

Nigeria is at a crossroads and that is the explanation for this
madness going on. While the international community and countries like
the USA, France, China, and the UK are strategizing on how to rescue
the over two hundreds girls kidnapped from their school in Chibok,
Borno State, a Nigerian senator representing Borno North, Senator
Ahmed Zanna, has said he won't tell anyone where the abducted girls
are being kept.

As an insider, he was asked where the girls are. The senator said: "I
won't tell where they are being kept again because I have told the
Federal Government where they are likely being kept before the video
was released. Now that I saw the video, the vegetation in the clip
confirmed what I have told them earlier.If they want to know where
they are being kept, then the government should remember what I told
them before. What I can tell you is that the girls are no longer here
in Chibok."

Senator Zanna made this declaration on Monday on CNN when he was being
interviewed by Isha Sesay.
When the lawmaker was asked by the reporter about what he felt about
the latest video released on Monday by the Boko Haram terror group
showing some of the abducted school girls, the senator said he
experienced mixed feelings when he saw the video.
Sen. Zanna opined that while he was happy to know that the kidnapped
girls are still alive, he also informed that he felt sad to realise
that the teenagers are being used as ransoms by the terrorists in
exchange for some of the members captured by the military.

While saying he was privy to information about the movement of the
insurgents when the girls were abducted, the Senator said he told
security agents that contrary to their belief that the abducted girls
were in Sambisa forest with their abductors, that they have since been
split and ferried through Lake Chad to neighbouring countries among
which he said were Chad, Niger and Cameroon.

Senator Zanna blamed the military for failing to rescue the girls
before the development given that they got all the necessary
information about the movement of the insurgents from him personally.



( www.gistmania.com/talk/topic,205483.0.html )

Borno residents overpower and kill over 200 Boko Haram members

200 Boko Haram Terrorists Killed By Locals In Kala-Balge LGA,
Borno14.05.2014, 16:48 Local


About 200 suspected Boko Haram terrorists lost their lives yesterday
in a failed attempt to ravage the town of Rann, headquarters of
Kala/Balge LGA of Borno State, as local residents retaliated.


The BBC and AFP information agencies, as well as Sahara Reporters have
confirmed the story first published by Nigeria's Daily Trust and
Naij.com.

In the early hours of May 13, from 300 to 400 insurgents disguised in
military outfits stormed Rann and nearby Kalabage village in two
armoured tanks, eight Hilux pick-up vehicles, and seven SUVs, also
painted in Nigerian army colors, according to eyewitnesses. They were
met by armed locals who had knowledge of the impending attack.


Residents say they have formed a vigilante group since the mlitary are
not doing enough to protect ordinary Nigerians. A trader from
Kalabalge said this is why most attacks by Boko Haram on their village
have been repelled.

As soon as they gathered the information of the impending attack,
local men positioned themselves in surrounding bushes and forests,
armed with bows and arrows, dane guns and pump action rifles.

Speaking to the AFP on condition of anonymity, a Borno official
disclosed that at least 10 insurgents have been detained, scores
killed and injured. A number of motorcycles were recovered from the
insurgents, as well as several Toyota Hilux vehicles and an armoured
personnel carrier.

An anonymous eyewitness, who spoke to the BBC Hausa Service, said the
area was "littered with bodies" after the fighting, adding he counted
50 bodies of the insurgents in one village, and 150 in another. Some
vigilantes are said to have also lost their lives and sustained
injuries in the fighting, but the numbers are yet to be ascertained.

Also, according to Sahara reporters,the state's Governor Kashim
Shettima is to visit Kalabalge later this week.
Kala-Balge LGA lies along the shores of the Lake Chad, sharing border
with Cameroon.

Despite the emergency rule imposed on the state a year ago, Borno
State has been a constant target for Boko Haram attacks.


Over 200 female students were kidnapped by the sect on April 14 from
Chibok town. Ngala LGA of the state has also been hit, as over 300
persons were killed on May 5; another 30 lost their lives on May 8,
when a bridge linking Nigeria to Cameroon was bombed by the sect.


( www.m.naij.com/news/66259.html )

French Sources Say Kidnapped Chibok Girls Are Now In Central Africa

(11.05.2014, 11:36 Local time)


French news medium, Jeune Afrique, has said that the kidnapped Chibok
girls have been seen in troubled Central African Republic with armed
men.
They said the girls were seen with armed men in Birao, a small village
in the north of CAR.


The French report was translated by Punch reporters and it states
that: "The Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram have passed
through the northern CAR, escorted by armed men. Based on several
testimonies of inhabitants, the women arrived Wednesday, April 30
aboard trucks.


"They were guarded by heavily armed men, who spoke English, and also
members of the former (CAR) rebel group Seleka."
Seleka is an Islamic rebel militia that took over the CAR government
last year and has put in their leader as President. The group has been
carrying out several executions, rape and looting, making France send
more troops to the troubled area.

The French paper continued: "According to our source, the convoy of
two trucks and a pickup was previously seen at Tiroungoulou (about 170
kilometres southwest of Birao) and perhaps Chad."

"Upon arrival, some were frightened, cried and were violently rebuked
in English. The girls and their guardians were then housed for several
days in a house. The group reportedly left the scene on the night of
Sunday to Monday, May 4 to 5, without a trace," the report said.

Meanwhile, the Cameroonian government has denied reports that most of
the girls were married off in the country.


(www.m.naij.com/news/66078.html )

How school principal handed over schoolgirls to Boko Haram men in military uniform.

THE Associated Press reported on Thursday how the principal of the
Government Secondary School, Chibok,Borno State,Asabe Kwambura,
mistakenly handed over 129 schoolgirls to Boko Haram gunmen, who posed
as military men.

The story was tweeted by Jon Gambrel on his twitter handle
@jongambrell/AP around noon on Thursday.

The principal said the insurgents arrived after midnight at her
school,wearing military fatigues and posing as soldiers. She said she
believed them when they told her that they needed to move the girls
for their own safety. So, she allowed the extremists posing as
soldiers to load the students on to the back of a truck.


"It was only as the armed men were leaving, and started shooting, that
I realised my mistake. The militants killed a soldier and a police
officer guarding the school," she said.


SOURCE: www.tribune.com.ng/news/top-stories/item/3549-abducted-schoolgirls-the-mistake-i-made-by-principal
.


*Dear readers,do you believe her story? If not ,why? What lessons have
you learnt from this news?

"Jesus may not come again;he was probably drunk when he made that promise". --Vatican.

According to spokesperson for the Vatican, Cardinal Giorgio Salvadore,
the second coming of Jesus, the only son of God, may not happen
after all.
Cardinal Giorgio Salvadore has officially announced that this year's
1,981st anniversary is to be the Vatican's last in regards to waiting
for the Lord to return to Earth. But he urged followers to still
continue with their faith, regardless of the news.



Cardinal Salvadore said, "We just feel Jesus is not coming back by the
looks of it. It's been ages .He's probably flat out doing other really
good things for people somewhere else."


In John 14:1-3 of the Bible, Jesus promised his disciples that he
would come again: "There are many homes up where my Father lives, and
I am going to prepare them for your coming. When everything is ready,
then I will come and get you, so that you can always be with Me where
I am. If this weren't so, I would tell you plainly."


Cardinal explained Jesus' broken promise saying that he was probably
drinking wine at the time when he made the comments. "Having the
ability to turn water into wine has its ups and its downs. We all make
promises we can't keep when we're drunk. Jesus was no different,"
added Cardinal Salvadore.


The church said it will now focus attention on rebuilding its
reputation around the world, but will keep an optimistic mind for the
Saviour's second coming.


SOURCE: m.naij.com/news/65202.html .

Varsity students gang-rape fellow male student

Five male students of a Nigerian university landed into a big soup
when they allegedly gang-raped another guy who nearly bled to death
from the injuries he sustained from the assault.


One of the students, a 2nd-year student ,whose name was given as
Friday Desmond, had been lovers with the raped boy whose name was
given as George. He had promised to marry George as soon as he
graduated from the university. Their illicit love affair had been
going on smoothly with both of them meeting regularly at selected
places.


On that fateful day, however, Friday took four of his friends to Bwari
Area Council where George lived with his parents and lured George to a
hotel in the neighbourhood. The five students allegedly took turns
to rape George.


After the incident, George was allowed to go. At home, he discovered
that he was bleeding from his anus. He quickly alerted his parents who
tried every first aid measure to stop the bleeding to no avail. They
quickly rushed George to a nearby medical centre where the health
officials put him on intensive care.


Every attempt to stop the bleeding failed. The distraught parents
enquired what happened to him and he told them how the five students
gang-raped him and left him with the injuries.
The parents immediately reported the matter in a police station in the
area council and the operatives swung into action and arrested
Friday. The Police in Bwari later transferred the case to Kubwa where
Friday is said to have remained in detention.


SOURCE: leadership.ng/news/367982/varsity-students-gang-rape-male-colleague .

ODD WORLD: University lecturer arrested as Boko Haram kingpin

"When two elephants fight,it is the grass that suffers". But one of
the combating "elephants" suffered during the 2013 ASUU strike when a
university lecturer (not a student) was arrested as a Boko Haram
kingpin. "The Devil finds work for idle hands". To get the full
gist,click here:

http://www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/news-headlines/item/26814-boko-haram-sss-parades-varsity-lecturer,-4-others.html