Nigeria Security Forces In Random Killing Following Bomb Blast-Amnesty International

July 25, 2011 

The Nigerian authorities must immediately put a stop to unlawful killings by security forces, Amnesty International said today after at least 23 people were killed by police following a bomb blast on Saturday in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri.
The bomb, allegedly set off by the Islamist group Boko Haram, went off in the Budum market in central Maiduguri and injured three soldiers. According to reports received by Amnesty International, the Nigerian Joint Military Task Force (JTF) responded by shooting and killing a number of people, apparently at random, before burning down the market.
“President Goodluck Jonathan must get a grip on the Nigerian armed forces and immediately prevent them from carrying out further human rights violations and unlawful killings,” said Tawanda Hondora, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Africa.
“The government must now investigate these heinous crimes and put on trial those found to be responsible for the killings. Allowing troops to go on the rampage will not bring to justice those who carry out these terrible bomb attacks on civilians,” he said.
“While staying within the law, the government must step up efforts to bring to justice members of Boko Haram who wreck untold suffering on people in the middle belt.”
One wing of Boko Haram has reportedly disowned the bomb blast, saying it may have been carried out by a splinter group.
The JTF was set up by the federal government in June 2011 to restore order in Borno state. In recent months, Amnesty International has received numerous reports that security forces in Borno state have resorted to unlawful killings, dragnet arrests, arbitrary and unlawful detentions, extortion, and intimidation.
One human rights defender told Amnesty International “Soldiers went on the rampage. They shot several people and burned all their shops and properties and burned their cars.”
Following a bombing in Maiduguri two weeks ago, members of the JTF reportedly threatened to shoot residents if they failed to report planned attacks.

“House to house searches, brutalisation, unlawful arrests, killings and disappearances have been the operating practice in Maiduguri for some months now. Unless steps are taken to ensure security forces operate within the law and respect human rights at all times, the next time Boko Haram attacks or kills a soldier, we are likely to see the same thing happen again,” said Tawanda Hondora.

Thousands of people living in Maiduguri have already left the city; and many more continue to do so.
The JTF have also been accused of raping women during their operations in recent months.
“Allegations of rape of women by members of the JTF have to be investigated and perpetrators brought to justice, “Tawanda Hondora said.
“Survivors of rape and sexual violence must be provided with appropriate support and aftercare,” he added.
Since July 2010, attacks by people believed to be members of the religious sect Boko Haram have increased. More than 250 people have been killed in such attacks, many of which have targeted police officers and government officials.
Several religious leaders have been killed and churches have also been targeted.
Since June 2011, Boko Haram has also attacked bars and beer-gardens, killing scores of people.

  By Katy Pownall

Jonathan's Single-Term Proposal what do you think ? Scam or welcome development..

  Goodluck Jonathan

Yesterday, as President Goodluck Jonathan unveiled a proposal stipulating a single 6-year tenure for the office of Nigeria’s president as well as state governors, his office circulated a press statement focusing on Mr. Jonathan’s reported concern about the widespread acrimony generated every four years at the federal and state levels as a result of re-election campaigns.

Boko Haram Kills District Head And His 9-Year Old Daughter In Maiduguri

caption: Gov. Kashim Shettima inspecting Budum market after Boko Haram insurgents attacked the market

Suspected Boko Haram islamists  shot and killed Mohammed Ali Lawal, the district head of Bulabulin in Maiduguri around 8: am today in Maiduguri.
Alhaji Ali's attackers numbering 3 also shot and killed his 9 years old daughter. A neighbor's daughter was also caught in the cross fire. Family sources claimed she  sustained serious injuries.

 
Since its resurgence about a year ago, the northeasatern Nigeria based islamist sect has targetted and killed several districts heads, islamic scholars, local officials and security agents in a campaign of violence.

Victory over lawlessness: Edo Dep Gov’s wife ordered to pay N12 million damages to Army officer

   

                                                                                                                                     

       Captan Stephen olorunduyilemi


On 25 July, a Federal High Court in Benin City, ordered Mrs Endurance Odubu, wife Edo State Deputy Governor, Dr Pius Odubu, to pay N12 million as damages to an army officer, Captain Stephen Olorunduyilemi, who was brutally assaulted by her security personnel early in 2010.
The ruling followed a suit No. FHC/B/CS/226/2010, filed by the officer’s counsel, Clement Dike, stating as follows:

Bomb scare at UNIJOS students, workers flee admin block

Barely 74 hours after suspected Boko Haram members allegedly planted a bomb at National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp, University of  Jos was yesterday jolted over bomb scare.
Sources told Saturday Sun that following the bomb scare, the administrative block of the university was evacuated.
A staffer of the university, whose office is located at the administrative block, revealed: “We saw a strange man coming out of the admin block and we wonder what the man came for. The strange man does not look like any of our staff or students.”

He added: “When we went towards the direction of office he was coming, to find out if such person came there, we found out the suspect was not known as a staffer or visitor.

“We became afraid because before we came back to ask the man his mission, he was no where to be found. The man disappeared into thin air. This development scared all the staff of admin block and we had to vacate the offices, suspecting that the man must have dropped some explosives.”
 Plateau State police command Public Relations Officer, ASP Apev Jacob, confirmed the incident. He said: “Anti-bomb squad went there immediately and they combed the area but found nothing harmful.”

It was gathered that the university authority had to make distress call to the police, which responded promptly by sending the anti-bomb squad to the school.
The bomb scare disrupted academic activities of students preparing for their examinations selected for Monday.
Staffers of the institution later went back to their normal duties, when no bomb was found.

From ANDREW AJIJAH, Jos

You Must Be Boko Haram If….

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Correct Me If I Am Right By Rudolf Okonkwo

Majority of Nigerians, including Northern Nigerians, agree that the killings being orchestrated across Nigeria by the Islamic group, Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Haram, are wrong. In English, their name means "People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet's Teachings and Jihad". If you do a literal translation it means, "Association of Sunnis for the Propagation of Islam and for Holy War".

Boko Haram Detonates A Bomb In Maiduguri

An explosion occurred in the Gwange area in Maiduguri, Thursday. Officials suspect that militant group, Boko Haram are behind these attacks. There are no reports of any casualties at the time of filling this report.
  Today’s attack appears to be linked to a meeting held yesterday between Pres. Jonathan and elders from Borno state, in which the President refused to withdraw soldiers from the state.  More updates to follow as they become available to us.

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Murder Trial Of Police Officers Involved In The Killing Of Boko Haram Leader Commences In Abuja

The Nigerian police began the trial of five police officers involved in the extra-judicial murder of Mohammed Yusuf, the leader of Boko Haram at the federal high court in Abuja.
The police officers shot and killed Yusuf after his capture in 2009. They later claimed he died in a gun battle.

 By SaharaReporters, New York

Stop The Bloodbath Now! -A Petition By Concerned Citizens Jonathan

  Al Jazeera footage photo showing Nigerian security agents shooting civilains

 

By Concerned Citizens

Your Excellency, we, the undersigned, Citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, at home and abroad, do hereby address the following Petition to you pursuant to peace and stability in Nigeria generally and particularly in the North Eastern part of the country where the Islamic sect, Boko Haram is presenting a security threat to the Nigerian state and the Nigerian people.

Boko Haram :Lagos Evacuates 200 from Maiduguri

Joke Adefulire, Lagos state Deputy Governor

The Lagos state government has commenced the evacuation of its citizens from the University of Maiduguri and by  Friday the state had moved 200 students from the violence ridden city to Yola, Adamawa State from where it started airlifting them to Lagos.

The first batch of the students that arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos were received by officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), led by the general manager, Dr Oluwafemi  Osanyintolu

According to the LASEMA boss, the evacuation of the 200 Lagos residents followed the alert raised in Maiduguri, which prompted the agency to dispatch its officials to the crisis zone, who evacuated the residents to Yola Airport, from where they are being air lifted into Lagos.

Ex-Borno gov in Aso Rock, denies Boko Haram links

A former governor of Borno State, Alli Modu Sherrif, accused of being the godfather of the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, met with President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday and denied his alleged links with the group.

Ex-Borno Governor created Boko Haram – Gen Useni

ABUJA- THE Chairman of the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, Lt. Gen. Jeremiah Useni (rtd) yesterday gave an insight into the emergence of the deadly Islamic sect, Boko Haram, saying that the group used to function as a political thuggery cell to a former governor of Borno State.
The retired army general who spoke with State House correspondents, after separate meetings with President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo also supported the use of force by the Nigeria Army to flush out Boko Haram, saying that “like in war, the soldiers must be working on information on the Boko Haram. Innocent ones would definitely be killed in the process of trying to dislodge the Boko Haram members from their base”.
This is just as the leadership of the ACF called for the convocation of a Northern Peace Summit to discuss and proffer possible solution to the menace of the Islamic sect, currently ravaging the region.

President Goodluck Jonathan flanked by the Chairman Arewa Consultative Forum, Lt. Gen Jerry Useni and Vice President Namadi Sambo (2l) while others watched during a meeting with the Presidency and the Northern Leaders at the State House, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida

Gen. Useni disclosed that he had earlier warned the former governor against the use of thugs during election, saying that like in Rivers state where thuggery gave birth to militancy, Boko Haram used to be a political thug group; but later metamorphosed into a terror entity.

32-year-old twins born blind cry for help

By Gbubemi God’s Covenant Snr.

THURSDAY, May 5, 2011 was their 32nd birthday, but Taiwo and Kehinde Lawal, blind twins were separated about 300 kilometres apart, for lack of a home, the junior squatting with the mother of a blind man she hopes to marry someday, and the senior squatting on an all-male blind people’s centre in Ketu, Lagos. Nobody sent them a gift or card to wish them many happy returns of the day. Gbubemi God’s Covenant Snr. had an encounter with Kehinde and Taiwo who bemoan their fate, painting a picture of gloomy and futureless birthday for adult twins.

A marriage in sign language!

THE bride, Oluwayemisi Olatokunbo Ogunbayo, a Master�s degree holder in Special Child Education from Gallaudet University in Washington D.C. the United States (US) is deaf and cannot speak. The groom, Opeoluwa Samuel Sotonwa, a lawyer, who holds a Master�s degree in Law from Howard University in Washington, and in the service of the US government is also deaf, but can speak to some extent.

ONLY the unfathomable script of predestination could work out this history, which is unlikely to be equalled or beaten anytime soon. The bride, Oluwayemisi Olatokunbo Ogunbayo, a Master’s degree holder in Special Child Education from Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., the United States of America (USA) is deaf and cannot speak. 

Nigerian who built his own car....

A young Nigerian engineer who built and rides in a car he built has one ambition, to build cars that will be sought after in international market.

Residents of Lagos Island and environs have now and again caught sight of a cute, rugged red SUV cruising along the highways or parked by the beaches on weekends with the slogan: ‘A question of attitude’ scrawled on its side. Don’t go shopping for it in any showroom because it is one of its kind in the whole wide world, fully Nigerian, built in Nigeria, by a Nigerian who had the ‘can do’ spirit GBUBEMI GOD’S COVENANT, SNR and DENNIS OKOSUN cruised around the Island in the jeep and filed in this report.

The young engineer is Sunday Abiodun Okpere, born on December 25, 1975 in Ebute-Metta, Lagos Mainland to Victoria and Augustine Okpere. His father was a managing director with the old National Electric Power Authority before he passed on when Sunday was only two years old.