SIMPLE NEWS NAIJA : 05/12/16

Graphic photo of the suicide bomber that struck the Borno state government secretariat today

According to a statement released by the Nigerian Army this afternoon, a combined team of Nigeria policemen maintaining security duties at the entrance of Borno State Government Secretariat, (which was known as Musa Usman Secretariat) in Maiduguri, intercepted and prevented a male suicide bomber from entering to attack workers based on suspicion.

Unfortunately, in the process of stopping him, he detonated the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on his body, instantly killing himself, a policeman and critically injuring another policeman that stopped him from gaining entry into the Secretariat Complex. Sadly, the injured policeman died later.

Similarly, 18 people have sustained various degrees of injuries and have since been evacuated to hospital for treatment. Troops have cordoned off the area and evacuated all workers from the Secretariat and reinforced security. In addition, the Explosive Ordinance Device (EOD) and K9 teams have been mobilized to the Secretariat for screening until it is declared safe.

Source: Linda Ikeji

NFF appeal to French Embassy after officials and a player are denied visa to France for friendlies

The Nigeria Football Federation has appealed to the French Embassy in Abuja to issue visas to its officials and a player after they were denied visas ahead of an international friendly organized by NFF to take place in France towards the end of May. Nigeria will play Mali in Rouen, France on Friday, 27th May before playing Luxembourg in Luxembourg on Wednesday, 1st June.

NFF protocol officials revealed that about 60% of the passports taken to the embassy on Friday, 29th April have been returned without visas according to reports by theNFF.com.

“We are appealing to the Embassy of France in Nigeria to reconsider its stance and issue visas to these officials. They are going to Europe for very important assignments as the two matches are key to the preparation of the Super Eagles for future engagements,” NFF General Secretary, Dr. Mohammed Sanusi, said on Wednesday.

Photo: Six homosexuals arrested in Edo

Six young men accused of being homosexuals have been arrested by the Edo state police command. According to the Nation, the young men whose names were given as Festus Osagiede (24), Hyacinth Imahanrebhor (20), Itama Omon (25), Onwukwe Prince (28), Monye Chukwuma (23) and Osadebe Kelvin‎ (26), were paraded by the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 5, AIG Musa Daura at the state police command headquarters in Benin city today May 12th.

According to Daura, the suspected homosexuals were arrested in different parts of the state. The AIG said leader of the homosexuals, Festus Osagiede, lured one of the suspects, Itama Omon into the act after attending a night club in 2006.

“After the third suspect (Itama) got drunk, Festus Osagiede invited him to his house and forcefully had carnal knowledge of him. Since then, they have been committing the crime with others at large until May, 2016, when luck ran out of them and they were swooped on by zonal detectives.”he said

All of them are presently being detained by the police and would soon be charged to court.

Source: Linda Ikeji

Jussie Smollett announces his time on Empire is done

Guess they are going to kill him off on the show or send him to prison or something!

Photos: EFCC arraigns Man for N10 million Fraud

The EFCC today arraigned one Mohammed Sambo (pictured) before Justice M. M Kolo of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, sitting in Wuse Abuja, on one count charge bordering on obtaining millions of naira by false pretence.

Mohammed Sambo was alleged to have fraudulently obtained the sum of ten million naira from one Abdulmalik Bello - CEO, Sunbeam International Company, purportedly to facilitate a contract for the construction of some stores in Zamfara State.

Source: Linda Ikeji

Photos: Car bombing at Baghdad market kills 50 people including women and children...ISIS claims responsibility

A car bomb in a Shia district of Baghdad, Iraq has killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 60 others this morning according to reports by The Associated Press.

The SUV packed with explosives exploded near a beauty salon in a bustling busy market at rush hour in the Sadr City district. Most of the victims were women and many of the wounded are in critical condition, according to reports released by Iraqi forces to the Associated Press.

ISIS, which considers Shias as apostates (non-believers), have claimed responsibility for the attack claiming they targeted Shia members.

The fight against ISIS has worsened a long-running sectarian conflict in Iraq, mostly between the Shia majority and Sunni minority.

'The car bomb was a pickup truck loaded with fruit and vegetables.' Eye- witness Karim Salih, 45, told the Associated Press.

'Its driver parked the vehicle and quickly disappeared among the crowd....It was such a thunderous explosion that jolted the ground,The force of the explosion threw me for meters and I lost conscious for a few minutes," he added.

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