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Police Arrest 13 Year-Old Suspected Female Suicide Bomber

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The Kano State Police Command on Wednesday paraded a 13-year-old girl suspected to be one of the female suicide bombers who attacked the Kwari Textile Market on December 10. That attack left six persons dead.

At a joint press conference by the Police and the State Security Services, the Police Commissioner in Kano State Command, Aderenle Shinaba, told journalists that Zahara’u Adamu was arrested in a hospital in the city after sustaining an injury following the explosion at the market.

An indigene of Yobe State, in north-east Nigeria, Zahara’u said she was recruited by her father and sent to Kano alongside two others who successfully detonated their own devices at the market, while hers failed to explode.

“My father took me to the bush where there is nothing except tanks. They asked if I wanted to go to heaven. When I said yes, they said i had to do suicide bombing and that if i attempt to run, they will kill me.

“My father said I should first go to heaven and he would join me later. I was so disturbed and decided to do what they asked me to do. It even went to the extent that they told us that if we refuse to take part in that operation they would kill us or they would bury us alive,” she said

The suspected suicide bomber further confirmed that she was not one of the girls that were abducted from a school in Chibok by members of a terrorist group, Boko Haram, in April.

An explosive strap found with the girl that she could not detonate

The commissioner also displayed some of the items recovered from the bomber, which included seven explosives and power source.

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December 24, 2014 |

IGP Conducts Aerial Patrol On Kaduna-Abuja-Lokoja Highway

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The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, has reassured Nigerians of round-the-clock safety and security before, during and after the Yuletide.

IGP Abba stated this when he addressed journalists on Christmas Eve at the Custom Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada after completing a phased aerial surveillance of the FCT and the Kaduna-Abuja-Lokoja Highway.

The Police Chief, who was accompanied by senior police officers, added that the helicopter patrol was undertaken to complement the good efforts of Police personnel who are strategically deployed nationwide to ensure safety and security of lives and property.

He further stated that the Nigeria Police and other security agencies are working round the clock to ensure safety and security of Nigerians and enjoined Nigerians to cooperate with the security agencies and report any suspicious persons or group.

This, he said, would enable the Nigeria Police respond to prevent any threat of a breach of the peace.

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December 24, 2014 |

Jonathan Asks Nigerians To Pray For Divine Peace At Christmas

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The Nigerian President in a Christmas message asked all Nigerians to pray for a greater manifestation of divine peace and the vanquishing of all demons of hatred, divisiveness and disunity in our midst.

President Jonathan in the Christmas message on Wednesday said that the Christmas season had remained a time that all Christians and non-Christians alike should reflect more deeply on the virtues and ideals which the Messiah, Jesus Christ, espoused during his earthly mission.

“To my mind, there can be no doubt that the greater internalisation of the virtues of love for our fellowmen, tolerance, Godliness, honesty, fairness to others, selflessness, and peaceful co-existence with others, by all adult Nigerians, and the inculcation of the same in our youth, will definitely help our dear nation to overcome most of its present challenges.

“Peace and love for others, especially, were a constant refrain in the Messiah’s teachings and admonitions to mankind.

“Therefore, as we celebrate his birth, I urge all Nigerians to offer special prayers for a greater manifestation of divine peace in our country and the vanquishing of all demons of hatred, divisiveness and disunity in our midst,” President Jonathan said in the 19-paragraph christmas message.

He further urged all Nigerians to remember and offer special prayers for all women and children who have suffered and continue to suffer untold hardship, deprivation and death at the hands of terrorists and insurgents.

The President further called for prayers for Nigeria’s gallant soldiers and security agents who remained at the forefront of the national effort to overcome terrorism and violent extremism, even as the rest of the nation celebrates Christmas and the coming New Year.

“In this season of goodwill, I urge all patriotic Nigerians to rededicate themselves to doing all within their powers to support the brave men and women of our armed forces in the ongoing …read more      

December 24, 2014 |

Tambuwal Asks Nigerians To Pray For Successful 2015 Elections

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Tambuwal, has urged Nigerians to use the occasion of this year’s Christmas to pray for the successful conduct of the 2015 general elections.

In a message to commemorate this year’s Christmas season issued by his spokesman, Mr Imam Imam, Tambuwal equally enjoined Nigerians to seek God’s intervention for the end of the current security challenges confronting the nation.

He said: “Despite the current difficulties confronting the nation, a new dawn is about to set forth in the country. We should all pray for the successful conduct of the 2015 general election because candidates who emerged through free, fair and credible exercise are more likely to serve the interest of the nation.

“The coming elections provide an opportunity for our country to start afresh. I am confident we will get it right”.

While wishing all Nigerians, especially those of the Christian faith, a merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year, Tambuwal prayed for a hitch-free celebrations and holidays.

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December 24, 2014 |

Failed Suicide Bombing At Bajoga Military Checkpoint

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Primed Improvised Explosive Devices recovered from the vehicle

A suicide bomber, who rammed into a military checkpoint in Bajoga, Gombe State on Tuesday, failed to achieve his mission after hitting a military Armoured Personnel Carrier with his explosive laden Honda car.

His attempt to escape also failed, as he was brought down by vigilant soldiers after the explosives failed to detonate.

The Improvised Explosive Device had been evacuated and handed over to the police.

In another development in Kano, security forces raided a terrorists’ hideout in Nasarawa Local Government Area and arrested bomb making experts, who are already helping in the investigation into activities of bombers lately.

Officers believe that the efforts will yield useful clues.

Troops deployed in all locations of the counter terrorism campaign have been directed to sustain the tempo of operations all through the period of yuletide.

They were also asked to ensure that the intention of terrorists to attack civilian target while avoiding troops would be duly frustrated.

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December 24, 2014 |

El-Rufai Chooses Kaduna APC Chairman, Bantex As Running Mate

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Mr Barnabas Bala Bantex has been chosen as the running mate to the governorship Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Malam Nasir El-Rufai in the forthcoming 2015 election in Kaduna State.

The choice of Mr Bantex, an architect and current chairman of the APC in Kaduna State, came after extensive consultations with party leaders, governorship aspirants and elder-statesmen across the state.

Mr Bantex eventually emerged from a carefully-considered list of five other nominees.

The committee saddled with the responsibility of selecting El-Rufai’s running mate based its selection on the capacity and ability of the person to play a substantive and dynamic role in the government that may likely take over power in the state.

The party also considered political experience and exposure, within a framework that embraces diversity, an individual with the talents, intellectual acumen and professional background that will be a competent partner to an elected governor.

Mr El-Rufai, while confirming the choice of Mr Bala to the public, said he was delighted that a person of Mr Barnabas Bantex caliber had been selected by the party to share the responsibility of governance with him when they are elected in 2015.

Mr Bantex holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Architecture from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He was born in 1956 in Kagoro, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State and was a former local government chairman as well as a former member of the House of Representatives.

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December 24, 2014 |
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