‘8,000 Boko Haram insurgents plotting to attack Maiduguri’

Boko haram members, numbering over 8000, are reportedly planning to attack Maiduguri

It’s been revealed by an arrested female suicide bomber, that over 8,000 Boko Haram insurgents are plotting to lay siege on Maiduguri and release their colleagues in prison. This was reportedly disclosed by one of the three female suicide bombers who attacked Damboa road in Maiduguri, on Saturday. 

Isa Musa Sani, a member of the civilian JTF, revealed to Tribune that the female suicide bomber was arrested at a military checkpoint, three hours after the explosion. Sani purportedly said that the female bomber and some of her accomplices fled to hide in Dala Alemderi after the Damboa attack. 

The civilian JTF member was quotedto have said: “Her own bombs refused to detonate and she had to remove them from her body. She realised she did not want to die again and was begging us not to kill her.

“She said she was the lady who was with the other female bombers who attacked the military checkpoint this morning.

“She also revealed that they came all the way from Damasak, where they are working along with some members of the Boko Haram fighters numbering 8,000 who are planning on how to make inroads into Maiduguri to free their men in military custody”.

“She said they wanted to scare the soldiers, so that some of their fighters could have access to the town. She disclosed that their plan was to free some of their members who are being held at the military barracks.”

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‘Kill him like he killed others’ | How father helped get his Boko Haram son arrested

An IDP camp in the North East of Nigeria

A displaced man is reported to have helped identify his son as a Boko Haram suspect.

The father reportedly turned his son in, at an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Damaturu, Yobe state. Apart from the son, 3 other Boko Haram insurgents were arrested as they tried to enter the Pompomari IDP camp.

The arrest of the four Boko Haram suspects was disclosed on Sunday, by Musa Jidawa, Executive Secretary, Yobe State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA). He stated that this particular Boko Haram suspect had come to the camp where his father, mother, wife and child were residing. 

Jidawa said: “A member of his Turo Kura village identified the suspect and raised an alarm, saying he belongs to the sect and the suspect’s father, also an IDP at the camp, confirmed it, which led to his arrest.”

The suspect’s father would later reveal to journalists that he fled his village, when his son plotted to have him killed. “I have nothing to do with him; he should be arrested and killed just like he killed others”, he said.

Furthermore, Jidawa said that two suspects disguised as visitors to see relatives at the camp while the other two were arrested while trying to enter the camp. He said: “Security operatives and some IDPs screening entries and exit from the camp identified the suspects, who were later confirmed as insurgents by the IDPs from their communities.”

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The vehicle ‘swerved several times’ | How OBJ’s accident happened

The aide of former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has affirmed that his principal is ‘hale and hearty’ after being in a minor auto accident on Saturday, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Obasanjo, who’s presently in Ivory Coast for the nation’s election, was on his way back from the memorial programme in honour of his late wife, Stella Obasanjo, when the tyre incident occurred.

The media aide of the former President, Vitalis Ortese, revealed that although the vehicle swerved several times, it did not hit any car nor the curb.

“The Office of His Excellency, former President Olusegun Obasanjo GCFR wishes to clarify that, H.E. President Olusegun Obasanjo GCFR is hale, hearty and away in Abidjan Cote Ivoire, where he is observing the Presidential Elections holding in that country.

“The office also wishes to confirm, that yesterday Saturday, October 24, 2015, H.E. former President Olusegun Obasanjo was indeed involved in an incident on the Ibadan-Lagos Expressway, after Sagamu roundabout, while he was on his way to join in the celebrations of the 80th birthday anniversary of Chief Kessington Adebutu in Tinubu Methodist Church Lagos.

“The vehicle, he was traveling in suffered a burst left tire at the rear and swerved several times but did not hit any curb or any car in front or behind until it did an 180-degree turn and faced where it was coming from, and he had to change vehicles.

“Former President Olusegun Obasanjo wishes to convey his deep appreciation to all those, who by way of calls, personal messages and prayers, and indeed members of the general public, who have shown overwhelming concern about his welfare.”

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Orju Kalu is very qualified to be FIFA President – Sepp Blatter

Sepp Blatter, who’s been suspended as FIFA President, has backed Nigerian billionaire-politician, Orji Uzor Kalu, to succeed him at the helm of world football. Blatter, who’s facing corruption charges, has thrown his weight behind Orji Kalu, who also has a case with the Economic and Financial Commission, Nigerian anti-graft agency. 

The long-serving FIFA President announced his support for Orji Kalu on Sunday, while speaking on a Zurich-based radio station. Blatter said the former governor of Abia state possesses the needed amount of contacts and required experience to take up the role of FIFA President. 

“The position of the FIFA president is too important to be left to just anybody. I have heard of some candidates who want to take over from me. But I find the Businessman from Nigeria Kalu very qualified and interesting because he is not only a businessman, but a politician with lots of contacts and corporate experience. He can bring his great experiences to bear in the running of world football.

He is passionate about the game. I remember how he sponsored one of Nigerian clubs to win the CAF championship twice. He is a man that can take world football to the next level.”

“If Africa hopes to win the support of other federations, then they must queue behind the Nigerian business man. Football has developed beyond just anybody taking over.

I sacked Jerome Champgne in 2010 so how can he come back to lead an Association he tried to destroy. You need a man who can command respect and win friends for football. With Kalu Africa stands a better chance.”

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‘I’ll draw blood with the nastiest book I’ve ever written’ – Soyinka

Soyinka wants to draw blood with the nastiest book he's ever written | YNaija.com

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, says he wants to draw blood and expose liars with his upcoming book, InterInventions. Wole Soyinka said on Saturday, that the book will be his revenge against those who have issued public and unprovoked lies against him. 

The famed literary icon revealed this at the formal inauguration of The Wole Soyinka Foundation, a retreat haven for writers. Soyinka said the book- ‘InterInventions, Between Defective Memory and Public Lie, A Personal Odyssey in The Republic of Liars’- is the nastiest thing he’s ever written. 

The Nobel Laureate stated that it was unfortunate that public lies have become a fast-growing industry that is made even more popular with social media. He said: “(InterInventions), it is the nastiest book I have ever written. It is so truthful that it hurts… it is my vengeance against public lies. It is not one of the butterfly books. No, it is not a butterfly book. 

“I want to draw blood (with it). I’m warning all of you, if you feel vengeful, read this book and you will be alright. It is like homeopathic medicine.”

Soyinka added that there is the need for a “ritual of public purgation where both sides – such victims of lies and the traducers, are brought together before the public tribunal for the world to know the truth.”

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