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NOVEMBER 12, 2016
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Top Stories 2 Unknown gunmen behead three children in Taraba village Justin Tyopuusu JALINGO
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t least three children were on Monday beheaded in Dissol village of Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State, throwing the community into mourning. The victims from a family of four met their death when they went to had their bath in a nearby stream. The parish priest of the victims Rev. Fr Julius Ioryue told journalists in Jalingo on Friday that the beheaded children were in the stream together with other people when the incident happened. He explained that the unknown gunmen armed with dangerous weapons attacked, killed and beheaded three out of
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ties across the state urged the people not to revenge, but look up to God who she said is the giver of life. She advised members of the community to be careful in their dealings with one another, saying justice for all evil meted out to fellow men will surely come no matter how long it takes. “The governor has always say, give me peace and I will give you development. Without peace there can never be devel-
opment. As regard the security report on the killings I want to assured you that I will channel it to the appropriate quarters for timely government intervention,” she said. In his remarks, Rev.Fr. Julius Iorgue commended the Governor’s wife for her concern to the family and the people of the state and prayed God to comfort the family.
NSCDC rescues 18-year-old pregnant girl from committing suicide UMUAHIA
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the four children of Mr. and Mrs. James Agambuegh who have been thrown into deep psychological shock. Wife of the Taraba State Governor, Barr. Mrs. Anna Darius Ishaku while on a condolence visit to the family on Friday appealed to the people of Gassol Local Government to embrace peace and live in harmony with one another. Mrs. Ishaku who lamented the continuous loss of precious lives in communi-
he Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps,(NSCDC) Abia State Command Umuahia has rescued an 18 years old pregnant girl Miss Deborah (surname withheld) for attempting to commit suicide. According to the Commandant said the girl was rescued at a forest in Ossah Mission Hill, Umuahia while trying to commit suicide adding that the victim hails from Ariaria in Osisioma Local Government Area of the State. Briefing newsmen, the commandant Walter Akubiro said the girl was frustrated and lost hope in life when their mother, Mrs. Happiness (surname withheld) abandoned her and her three younger
sisters to remarry in 2013 after the death of their father. The NSCDC boss noted that efforts made by the girl to better her life and that of her younger ones proved abortive and last hope she relocated to her boyfriend house David Surname (withheld) in Aba. Speaking further said under the circumstance the young girl find herself became pregnant for her boyfriend inthe-course-of their living together, but unfortunately for her the boyfriend denied the pregnancy and ejected her. The commandant noted that Deborah having been overwhelmed by her present condition and help coming from nowhere resulted in her wondering around the street until she made up her mind to take her life by committing suicide. He disclosed that help came her way when an officer of NSCDC attached to
Ossah Mission hill area sighted her in the forest trying to kill herself and rushed to rescued her. The State Commandant said efforts made by Nigerian Security and civil defence Corp Anti-Child Trafficking Unit to reach the mother of the girl and her boyfriend proved abortive. Akubiro while parading the victim assured her of adequate care by the corps and a brighter future for her irrespective of her situation. He therefore enjoined the general public to be their brothers keeper and to always give helping hand to venerable persons in the society, adding that such gesture goes a long way to make the society a better place, he however appeal to anti child trafficking unit of the corps to be up and doing to nip in the board such societal problem.
NYSC member drowns in boat mishap
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National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member is believed to have drowned in a boat accident on Thursday in Okpotuwari Community, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Sources in the community told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday that the corps member, who hailed from Anambra drowned when the canoe he boarded capsized. Tontiemote Yeiyei, a resident, said the
deceased, who was serving at Okpotuwari Community, had gone to Ondewari with two of his friends across the Osiana creek by a hand paddled canoe. Mr. Yeiyei said the ill-fated canoe encountered rough currents at the jetty as the deceased and the others were returning to Okpotuwari. He said that following the boat accident, sympathisers quickly raised a search party, during which the two others were rescued alive.
“The rescue team searched for the remains of the drowned corps member to no avail, and local divers later joined them but they are yet to find the body. Hopefully it will be afloat by Saturday. “The survivors have been stabilised and are being taken care of at a clinic,” Yeiyei said. Marine police sources in Southern Ijaw said that the incident was yet to be reported.
Soldiers kill three female suicide bombers in Maiduguri
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oldiers in the early hours of Friday shot three women strapped with explosive device on their bodies while attempting to invade Maiduguri, an official said. Explosions reverberated across the city as two of the bombs went off on the women, killing three of them. The police spokesperson in the state, Victor Isuku, a deputy superintendent of police, confirmed the incident in a text message sent via his office’s WhatsApp handle. “This morning at about 0530hrs, three (3) female suicide bombers with IED strapped to their bodies were sighted by military patrol team in Umarari village, near Mulai
towards Maiduguri”, he said. “They were promptly gun down and the IED on two of them exploded killing all three of them. The unexploded IED on the third was rendered safe and detonated by Police bomb disposal Unit who promptly mobilized to the scene”. Boko Haram’s hostility, especially suicide bomb attacks, has increased since the release of 21 Chibok schoolgirls mid October. The Borno State police commissioner, Damian Chukwu, recently blamed the increased Boko Haram attacks on the coming of the dry season, which, he said, gives the insurgents ample access routes to invade the city through bush paths.
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