PHOTOS: More than69 persons burnt to ashes in Onitsha-Enugu Express Way

Nnewi—Not less than 69 persons were burnt to death last night as a petrol-laden tanker, descending from Army Barracks side of Onitsha-Enugu Expressway, lost control, rammed into the Asaba Motor Park at Upper Iweka, Onitsha, and exploded.

Eleven vehicles, mostly commuter buses and two motorcycles inside Asaba Park, and the fuel tanker were completely burnt to ashes.





Eye witnesses said the tanker was on a high speed and could not control the speed.

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Nnewi—No fewer than 69 persons were burnt to death last night as a petrol-laden tanker, descending from Army Barracks side of Onitsha-Enugu Expressway, lost control, rammed into the Asaba Motor Park at Upper Iweka, Onitsha, and exploded.
Eleven vehicles, mostly commuter buses and two motorcycles inside Asaba Park, and the fuel tanker were completely burnt to ashes.
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More than 100 people killed in Fulani attack

                            

It was reported that about 4am yesterday, a number of gunmen attacked four villages in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State and killed many people including children and women. Most of whom were taken refuge in the affected communities after they had been displaced from their ancestral homes during previous Fulani attacks.
                            

Governor of Borno state has disclosed Boko Haram's hideout

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state on Tuesday disclosed that Boko Haram terrorists may be hiding the abducted Chibok schoolgirls inside bunkers in Sambisa forest.

The Borno Governor said, ''We are suspecting that Chibok girls are living with the insurgents inside bunkers, I think the military must carry out their operations beyond the earth’s surface.

''They (Boko Haram) were also known to have dug tunnels to enable them move from house to house. So, having been left unchallenged for such a long time, such possibilities cannot be ruled out, which poses serious obstacles within the forest.

''The insurgents used their bases in the Sambisa Forest to launch deadly attacks and make quick retreat enabling them to capture and take over control of all the local government areas bordering Nigeria with Cameroon, Chad and Niger, thus effectively declaring what they assumed was their independent territory (caliphate)''.

''Unless and only if the Sambisa Forest is effectively recovered from the occupation of the terrorists can we think of defeating the Boko Haram and begin to comprehensively embark on a holistic approach for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the North East. In fact, at several stages, the Borno State government had intervened to reconstruct destroyed schools, health centres, homes, markets and so on, only for the insurgents to attack and destroy them again''.

                               

PDP Chairman Resigns

As a result of the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Part, PDP since they lost the 2015 general election, the Chairman of the party Adamu Mu'azu had to resign. He dropped his resignation letter on Wednesday morning and with immediate effect.

Meanwhile, the chairman of the party's Board of Trustees, Chief Anthony Anenih may have been asked by President Goodluck Jonathan to resign but this is yet to be confirmed as Anenih has not yet tendered his resignation.

Breaking News (PHOTO): House Boy Killed Madam in Enugu

One Mrs. Agnes Elue has been killed by her houseboy in Enugu. The House boy whose name was withheld by our source had used a pestle to hit the deceased and kept the deceased naked in her room for four days.

The police has tagged this "a case of rape" having found the body without clothes.

The boy had also gone to the neighbor to ask for N2,000 but before the woman could respond, he had already lunched an attack on her, attempting to rape her. But the woman raised an alarm which had attracted the other neighbors.

Boko Haram Hideouts have been cleared by Nigerian Soldiers

Boko Haram 10 hideouts have been cleared by Nigeria soldiers.  these camps have been described as "prominent" hideouts for the militants.

Though Boko Haram has not yet commented on the army statement and there has been no independent confirmation.

President Elect and Vice Release Official Portraits before May 29

Just Eleven days to the assumption of office, President-elect Muhammadu Buhari, and the Vice-President-elect, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, have released their official portraits which will dorn public and private offices and institutions while they serve as president and vice-president respectively.

The portraits are believed to be shots taken by Bayo Omoboriowo, the StateCraft Inc. photographer responsible for many of the images from the recently concluded election season that culminated in Buhari’s victory, according to the Nigerian Monitor.

A Music Legend is gone

A music Legend, B.B. King is dead. He died at the age of 89 in Las Vegas.

B.B. King died peacefully in his sleep at 9:40 p.m. Thursday at his home.

King got his start in radio with a gospel quartet in Mississippi, but soon moved to Memphis, Tennessee, where a job as a disc jockey at WDIA gave him access to a wide range of recordings. He studied the great blues and jazz guitarists, including Django Reinhardt and T-Bone Walker, and played live music a few minutes each day as the "Beale Street Blues Boy," later shortened to B.B.

He brought new fans to the blues and influenced a generation of musicians with his heartfelt vocals and soaring guitar on songs such as "The Thrill Is Gone."


B.B. King sold millions of records worldwide. He was inducted into the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame in 1984, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and received the Songwriters Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush, gave a guitar to Pope John Paul II and had President Barack Obama sing along to his "Sweet Home Chicago."
         Other Grammy awards included best male rhythm 'n' blues performance in 1971 for "The Thrill Is Gone," best ethnic or traditional recording in 1982 for "There Must Be a Better World Somewhere" and best traditional blues recording or album several times. His final Grammy came in 2009 for best blues album for "One Kind Favor."

Through it all, King modestly insisted he was simply maintaining a tradition.

US denied the killing of the second in command of the Islamic state (IS)

Abdul Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli

The US military has denied claims by Iraq’s government that a coalition air strike hit a mosque where the deputy commander of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group had been meeting with other fighters in the north of the country.

Iraq’s defense ministry said an air strike by the US-led coalition had killed Abu Alaa al-Afari and others who were in a meeting inside a mosque in the city of Tal Afar.

While the coalition confirmed it had conducted an air strike there in the last 24 hours, US officials said they had no information to corroborate claims Afari had been killed.

Meanwhile in Syria, ISIL has seized more territory in the central province of Homs amid intense clashes with government forces, Syrian activists say.

Check out Facebook's new features: A MUST READ

Mark-Zuckerburg

Facebook has teamed up with nine news publishers to launch a feature that will allow them to publish articles directly on the network’s mobile news feeds.

Sharing articles on Facebook’s mobile app is more and more common. But as it stands, it takes about eight seconds to load articles. And this is by far the single slowest content type on Facebook, it said.

The new feature called Instant Articles “makes the reading experience as much as ten times faster than standard mobile web articles,” Facebook said in a blog post on its website.

It added publishers can sell advertisements in their articles and keep the revenue, or use Facebook’s Audience Network to monetize unsold inventory. Publishers will also be able to track data and traffic through comScore and another tools.

The nine partners are The New York Times, National Geographic, BuzzFeed, NBC, The Atlantic, The Guardian, BBC News, Spiegel and Bild, Facebook said.

Islamic State's second in command has been killed by the US

Abdul Rahman Mustafa Mohammed, the second in command of the Islamic State (IS) has been killed by the US-led coalition air strike in Iraq.

Though, there was no immediate confirmation from the US military.

FIFA has banned Reynald Temirarii

Reynald Temirarii, the General Director of the Tahiti Football Association has been banned by FIFA for eight years for breaking the world's ethics code by accepting more than 300,000 euros from former Qatari official Mohamed bin Hammam.

Hollywood Actor, Morgan Freeman: "I use Marijuana"

The Oscar-winning Hollywood Actor has called for marijuana to be legalized in US and "across the board". Following the accident he had in 2008 which affected his left hand. He said that he takes marijuana for medical purposes.

Fear in the Government: Out-going Ministers Must answer for their actions

APC

The Incoming government from the All Progressives Congress, reacting to Dr. Goodluck Jonathan's statement on Sunday said the ministers and the presidential Aides must be ready to answer for all their actions while in the office. The APC said they are not ready to persecute any of them contrary to Dr. Goodluck Jonathan's fear.

The out-going President had said: "For ministers and aides who served with me, I sympathize with them; they will be persecuted. And they must be ready for that persecution.”

Box office smash: Avengers: Age Of Ultron demolished the competition to remain at the top of the U.S. box office for a second weekend running

Avengers: Age Of Ultron reeled in a whopping $77.2 million in its

second weekend bringing its U.S. box office total to a shade under $313 million.

That gives the superheroes film the second biggest second weekend take in movie history, beating out Avatar's $75.6 million, and also makes it the second fastest film to pass the $300 million mark domestically.

It's still lagging behind the behemoth that was 2012's The Avengers that had earned $373 million by the same point, taking in $101 million on its second weekend

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Acting Inspector General of Police Declares his hatred for Corruption

Acting Inspector General of Police Mr. Solon Arase has declared that he is allergic to corruption. He went on to say that 16 teams have been deployed across the country to enforce the ban on roadblocks.
Let's see what his actions can bring.

Breaking News: Boko Haram attack: suicide bomber killed and many injured

A suicide bomber suspected to be a member of dreaded Boko Haram sect armed with Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and AK47 rifle on Friday launched an attack on the College of Administrative and Business Studies (CABS) Potiskum in Yobe state.

A source said that the bomber stormed the school around 8:00am and started shooting sporadically at the gate before entering the school shooting at students and teachers alike aimlessly.
The source said efforts were made to get hold of the bomber whose ammunitions were noticed to be running out after a prolong shooting but to avoid being caught, he triggered his IED and killed himself.

“The bomber stormed the school immediately and commenced shooting at a popular arena where he injured several people and later triggered explosives he was carrying along killing just himself to avoid being caught.

Read the story of rescued women from Boko Haram

they never believed they could survive the days and months of agony as hostages of the Boko Haram terrorists, many of the women who are now heaving a sigh of relief in the rehabilitation camps are still recounting their ordeals with the terrorists and the twin issues of hunger and no clothing.

A MUST SEE: Man killed by Train in Nigeria

An unidentified young man has reportedly been killed by a train in Lagos. A passenger in the train had said that the young man was standing on the track with earphone on his ears unaware of the approaching train.

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Taboo - 70 years old man died on teegage girls

A 70-year-old man identified as Collins Iheanacho, over the weekend allegedly slumped and died after engaging in a marathon sex with two secondary school girls-aged 14 and 16 in a hotel room situated at Ogbaku, a community in Imo State.

Iheanacho until his death was a retired staff of Chevron and the village Chairman of Umueye village, a community in Owerri.

The deceased before his demise was said to have been in the habit of sleeping with teenage girls.

NYSC corps members - INEC ad-hoc staff allowances paid

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said all funds for the payment of allowances of all National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and ad-hoc workers engaged for the 2015 general elections have been released to those affected.

Last Message from a fallen soldier

Gallant Nigerian soldier, Charles Victor Uchenna Ilo from Enugu state was killed during the recent battle with Boko Haram members to recapture Munguno in Borno. Above is what he posted last on his Facebook page.