Kelechi Iheanacho's 90th minute goal was all Manchester City needed to secure all three points against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.
Full time result: Crystal Palace 0
Manchester City 1
Saturday, 12 September 2015
Iheanacho Wins It For Man City.
Posted on 10:50 by Steve Igbokwe
Seven Die In Suicide Attack On Displaced Persons Camp
Posted on 10:25 by Steve Igbokwe
Emergency services have confirmed seven people dead in an attack on a displaced persons camp by two suspected female suicide bombers.
The attack on Malkohi IDP camp in Adamawa State which happened around 11am also left 13 persons including four NEMA officials injured.
LEADERSHIP WEEKEND's investigations showed that over 300 new IDPs from Sambisa forest and Madagali local government area were admitted into the facility the day before the bomb blast occurred.
Adamawa State Commissioner for Information, Comrade Ahmed Sajoh who confirmed the attack also relayed Governor Muhammadu Umaru Bindow's directive for the state emergency management agency to pay the medical bills of the injured. The governor was in Kaduna State on an official visit when the incident happened.
Sajoh said that the state would work with other emergency management agencies to improve security at all the IDP camps in the state. He noted that security operatives were re-screening all the IDPs at the Malkohi camp.
“We have discussed with security agencies on how to fortify all the camps in the state and a re- screening of the IDPs is currently on going,” he declared.
Security Operatives Arrest 8 In Abuja Over Sallah Day Bombing Plan.
Posted on 10:25 by Steve Igbokwe
Operatives of the Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA, on Friday arrested eight persons over their alleged plan to bomb targets within the Abuja Federal Capital Territory on Sallah Day which comes up on September 24.
The suspects who are already undergoing interrogation are reported to have made useful statements.
Boko Haram terrorists had in the past bombed targets in Abuja which included the UN building at Asokoro, Police Force Headquarters, Emab Plaza in Wuse 2, This Day Newspapers in Jabi, and Nyanya Motor Park.
Friday, 11 September 2015
Gov Orders Removal Of DPO Over Murder Of Vigilante Leader
Posted on 22:17 by Steve Igbokwe
Following the recent murder of an 80 years old vigilante leader in Kankara village of Kankara local government area of Katsina State by unknown gunmen, Gov Bello Masari has ordered the immediate removal of the DPO in charge of the area. He also ordered the redeployment of all key police officers serving in Kankara Division.
Eyewitnesses said that armed attackers on motorcycles stormed Kankara late in the night, blocking the main entrance to the village and shooting sporadically before invading octogenarian Baba Koshe's home.
By the time they left, the old man and his son in law were dead and two other people were injured. Eyewitnesses said that there was no response from the police while the attack lasted.
Gov Masari who was among the early sympathizers at Baba Koshe's home condemned the attack and promised that government would bring the perpetrators to book.
Boko Haram In Disarray As Camps Are Destroyed - DHQ
Posted on 21:42 by Steve Igbokwe
The Defence Headquarters says that all camps and cells of terror group, Boko Haram in the Northeast have been destroyed.
Director of Defense Information, Col Rabe Abubakar said this in a chat with newsmen at the Defense Headquarters, Abuja
He said that the militants have been so degraded that they would never be able to capture or hold any Nigerian territory again. He added that displaced persons would soon return to their communities and resume their normal lives.
“These terrorists have been subdued, even if they are adopting other means, and as they are re-strategizing, we are also doing same.
“We have been coordinating air and ground assault to make sure that these terrorists’ hideouts are completely decimated. As I am speaking to you, all the terrorists’ camps have completely been wiped out. So, right now, they are completely in disarray, having no command and control from where to plan.
“We have even taken over their camps; most of them have even abandoned their bases and blended within towns and communities. We have also apprehended some of them and very soon displaced persons will move back to their communities.”
The Army spokesman attributed the success recorded against the insurgents to new strategies adopted by the military chiefs.
3.4m Nigerians Are Living With HIV-AIDS - UNAIDS
Posted on 20:43 by Steve Igbokwe
About 3.4 million Nigerians are presently living with the HIV-AIDS virus, says the UNAIDS. The figure includes about 60,000 children infected in 2014.
UNAIDS Country Director for Nigeria, Mr Bitali Camara reeled out the figures in Abuja on Friday during a courtesy visit to House of Representatives Majority Leader, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila.
He said that most of the children were infected through mother to child transmission and infected blood.
Mr Camara advised the Federal Government to encourage pharmaceutical companies to produce anti retro viral drugs locally since Nigeria is now on the scale of countries that need to do more to curb the HIV-AIDS menace. He said,
“We as Africans have a responsibility to take up the global initiative on Aids for the benefit of our people. Domestic resources have proved inadequate to match the global drive for eradication of the disease.
“We must make sure that investment coming from outside is matched with what we are making inside as Africans."
Responding, a worried Hon Gbajabiamila called on all stakeholders to do more.
FG Yet To Get Report On Senator Detained In Saudi Arabia
Posted on 19:57 by Steve Igbokwe
The Federal Government says it is yet to get a detailed report on the circumstances surrounding the arrest and detention of former Senator and ex gubernatorial candidate, Hassan Barata in Saudi Arabia.
According to the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Amedu Ogbole-Ode, the Nigerian Embassy in Saudi Arabia is yet to brief the Federal Government on how the one time Chairman of Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism got arrested and detained in that country.
However, Senator Barata is believed to have got into trouble for over staying in Saudi Arabia and lying to the authorities that he was a staff of Nigerian embassy.
He is also believed to be carrying an official passport, a document which he is no longer entitled to.
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