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The lawmaker representing Brass Constituency 1 in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly (APC ), Hon. Israel Sunny-Goli, escaped assassination attempt as unknown gunmen stormed his residence in Twon-Brass area of the state and shot sporadically into the building. 

It was gathered that the gunmen attacked the lawmaker's residence last night and shot for over one hour unhindered after they couldn't get him, according to reports.

Meanwhile, thugs yesterday attacked the secretariat of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Twon Brass in Brass Local Government of Bayelsa State.

The thugs were said to have torched part of the building and burnt the flag of PDP, provoking fears of mayhem in the violent-prone island.

See more; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/09/hon-israel-sunny-goli-apc-lawmaker-escapes-assassination-in-bayelsa.html

It was reported that some residents were forced to lay on the ground by security operatives in Osun state. According to reports, the three suspects were apprehended for allegedly carrying charms and banned substances to a polling unit during the rerun election in Osun State.

The suspects were forced to lay on the ground while being searched by the security agents. 

Another man, a resident of the street where the polling units are situated in Osogbo, was dragged and teargassed.

He was allegedly taking pictures from his balcony.

Earlier, the police arrested a man perceived to be obstructing the voting process at a polling unit in Osogbo, the Osun State capital.

See more; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/09/osundecides2018-three-men-arrested-for-allegedly-carrying-charms-photos.html

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Even though the rerun election in Osun state has been largely peaceful so far, it has not no gone without major incidents. It was reported that at Ward 8, unit 3, Kajola village in Orolu local government area, voters were stranded as hoodlums prevented them from accessing their polling units.

The alleged thugs harassment is said to have happened the presence of security operatives who did nothing. 

Orolu local government is allegedly the stronghold of the PDP.

Independent observers have also complained of being prevented from accessing the polling unit by policemen.

No reason was given on why they were prevented from doing so.

See more; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/09/osunrerun-security-present-as-political-thugs-harass-voters-photos.html

THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY. And it's already on front page

https://www.nairaland.com/4755770/panic-police-shoot-sporadically-osun

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Front page please

Some residents were forced to lie down on the ground by security operatives ahead of voting commencement in Orolu local government area in Osun state, according to reports. Their "crime" was not disclosed but a social media user who captured the incident from afar, posted the picture online as he alleged police harassment in their area.

Orolu is one of the four local government areas where the rerun election is current being held after last Saturday's gubernatorial election was declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Meanwhile, a man has just been arrested. He was caught distributing money. It was reported that he refused to reveal his name despite persuasion from the press.

He, however, confirmed his offence was distributing money to voters. He was allegedly in possession of Fake voters cards. He has been whisked away by security agents.

See more; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/09/osun-rerun-security-men-force-voters-to-lay-on-the-ground-photos.html

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Earlier today, members of the dreaded cult group known as Islands trooped out of their hideout in a bush to surrender their weapons to the authorities while denouncing their membership of the cult groups in Ukanafun and Etim Ekpo local government areas of Akwa Ibom state. 

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State signed into force, the Cultism and other Violent Behaviour Prohibition Order 2018 with effect from March 12, 2018.

Governor Emmanuel said the security issues reported recently in Etim Ekpo, Ukanfun and Ikot Ekpene Local Government Areas of the state necessitated the security re-enforcements. 

See more; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/09/islands-cultists-denounce-membership-surrender-their-weapons.html

Manchester United stars, Alexis Sanchez, Victor Lindelof and Arsenal star; Mesut Ozil have all be named in “The Worst” XI in Marca’s spoof awards. Nigerian forward, Kelechi Iheanacho was also not left out.

Loris Karius unsurprisingly makes the XI after his Champions League final horror show, while Tiemoue Bakayoko is also in after a nightmare year at Chelsea.

On the back of last night’s Fifa The Best Awards, the Spanish publication have held no punches in outing the players who endured a year to forget.

And unfortunately for fans of English football, there’s a decidedly strong Premier League flavour.

Check out the full XI as named by Marca.

See more; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/09/iheanacho-alexis-sanchez-ozil-included-in-the-worst-xi-spoof-awards.html

Six months on from the fatal shooting of 26-year-old Abraham Badru in Hackney, officers continue to appeal for help from the public in catching his killers and piecing together details of Abraham’s life. The graduate son of House of Representatives member, Hon. Enitan Dolapo Badru, representing Lagos Island, was shot dead near his family’s London home.

A £20,000 (over N9.5 million) reward remains on offer for anyone with information leading to the arrest and prosecution of those responsible for the murder.

Police were called on Sunday, 25 March to Ferncliff Road, E8, following reports of gunshots heard. Abraham, a personal trainer, was found suffering from shotgun injuries. He died at the scene from a shotgun wound to the chest.

Moments after the shooting, a black male believed to be wearing a black Puffa-type jacket made off from the scene on foot, before getting on a bicycle; he had rucksack on his back. The bicycle is described as white and didn't have any lights.

Detectives investigating the murder have taken 163 statements, followed up over 600 lines of inquiry and viewed 200 hours of CCTV footage - this has been a challenge in itself with some video formats taking hours to view 10 minutes of footage.

Officers believe there are still a number of witnesses to be traced and they have released a timeline of Abraham’s final movements in a bid for them to come forward.

Abraham Badru, 26, who was given a police bravery award as a teenager for saving a woman from a sex attack, was gunned down in the street.

See more; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/09/reward-offered-following-murder-of-abraham-badru-in-hackney.html

See previous thread >>> https://www.nairaland.com/4421727/abraham-badru-shot-dead-uk#66207125

There is jubilation and celebration among residents and supporters after the Imo state High Court sitting in Owerri  declared the impeachment of Deputy Governor of the state, Eze Madumere as invalid and of no legal effect.

Madumere was removed from office in July by the House of Assembly for “gross misconduct”.

Nineteen of the 27 members of the Assembly voted for his removal after reviewing the report of the seven-man panel set up by the chief judge to investigate allegations of misconduct levelled against him.

The panel report, according to Speaker Acho Ihim, indicted Madumere.

Justice Benjamin Iheaka in his ruling which lasted for over two hours  justice lashed the Chief Judge of the state, Paschal Nnadi and the Attorney General of the state, Militus Nlemadim for not following  the provisions of section 188(5) of the 1999 constitution as amended in the impeachment of Madumere on July 31,2018.

See more; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/09/court-declares-madumeres-impeachment-illegal.html

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Some days ago, it was reported that over three persons were killed in Gura-Riyom community of Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. The victims said to be coming from Sabongida Kanang on Sunday were attacked by some youths from Gura-Riyom in Sot Ward of Gyel under Jos South Local Government Area.

Among the victims was one Aisha Musa, a nine months pregnant woman who was killed on Sunday, 16/9/2018 and her remains were recovered on Monday 17/9/2018. Aisha was a cow milk seller in Bukuru area, according to reports.

In a Facebook post made by one Adamu Mohammed, he stated that, upon receiving news that the victims were missing, the Fulani Youth leader immediately called upon The Gwomre, "Gyel Village Head" of Jos South LGA, who is also the Ward Head of “Kwata Ward” the location where the ugly incident happened.

Mohammed reported that the Gwomre immediately called the Vigilante Commander of Jos South, the Berom Youth Leader of Jos South, the Fulani Youth leader of Jos South, the JNI Director and the DPO of B. Division, Bukuru, who commissioned a joint search for the missing persons.

This combine efforts and the positive role each person played, led to the discovery of the dead victims.

Mohammed said an investigation was carried out by the team and they gathered first hand information from the good people of Berom who revealed their displeasure with what happened to the victims. The Berom Youth leader, The VGN commander, who is also Berom and the Ward Head of Kwata, reportedly went from house to house in search of those who were suspected to be responsible for the killings. The team handed the suspects over to the Police under the authority of the Gyel Village Head and the Jos South LGA Chairman, who did not sleep that very day following what happened.

Muhammad, in his Facebook post said; "I am a living witness of what the Beroms did, which is worthy of commendation and Allah will surely bless them for their intentions are for peace to re-install at Jos South and Plateau at large.  Now we are waiting to see which measure Government will take to put an end to such."

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/09/berom-people-fish-out-suspected-killers-of-fulani-villagers-in-plateau.html

See previous thread >>> https://www.nairaland.com/4745560/gura-riyom-residents-attacked-killed-plateau#71385129

A Nigerian man based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, has taken to social media to reveal his disappointment with the Nigeria Police force following a robbery at his house in Nkwerre, Imo state. In a lengthy piece posted on Wednesday, September 19th (yesterday), Chin Akano, revealed how some of the thieves who burgled his home are now free, no thanks to the police. 

Read what Chin Akano shared on Facebook; 

Nigeria is a finished country and i doubt if any president can save it. There are certain things i see as someone who lives where things are done properly and my heart bleeds profusely. Long RANT:

Late 2016 my home in Nkwerre was massively burgled by Hausa people in connivance with my Hausa security man and police were called in. Sadly police could not do anything. They could not do jack. They were interested in how to make money off my predicament. Out of frustration and not being around, i handed the matter to Nkwerre Vigilante who swung into action, found the criminals and took them to the police. I put pressure and police took them to court and they were remanded. DPO of the police station had to call me to send money to transport these criminals to Owerri from Nkwerre.

He told me they needed to hire a vehicle. I sent money. This DPO who has now been transferred away from Nkwerre did so much to deceive me. Each time i asked him the adjourned date for the case , he would tell me no date and a wrong date. I did not know who the IPO was , neither did i know who the prosecutor was. So what happened was that each time the case was called up, the complainant (me) or his representative was not in court. The magistrate was at the verge of striking out the case, if not that i decided to send someone to the court to find out the actual hearing date and appeared in person. Clearly this DPO was compromised and i would prove it to him, should the need arise.

Every aspect of the investigation, i parted with money. Each time a hearing is fixed, i have to give money to the court to send someone to Owerri to notify the prison authorities to bring the suspects to court. Sometimes i would send money to transport the hoodlums from Owerri prison to the Court in Nkwerre. If i did not give money, they will not appear in court and case will be adjourned.

Then these criminals were granted bail. These were Hausa boys who damaged my house terribly and carted away properties worth several millions of Naira. They were granted bail by a court and the guarantor (surety) was another hausa man whose address was not verrified by the court. The first accused who admitted participating in the crime and explained how they did it and where my properties were, was granted bail and his surety was a fulani herdsman i would say. Of course this man jumped bail and never returned and his name was struck out of the case. Before then the ring leader was never arrested because Noah was said to have ran to Sokoto and police wanted me to fund their journey to Sokoto to look for him. SMH.

The penultimate hearing, i had a serious altercation with the Magistrate who got so irate that she threatened to deal with me , if i did not stop disrespecting her court. Maybe she would have remanded me for contempt of her court. I told her that her court was non-diligent for granting a criminal who has accepted such a crime bail without ensuring that his surety is well known and address verified.

The Police man prosecuting the case for the police is a totally different matter. Very dishonest. When he was asked to look for the escaped suspect or his suerty, he asked me for money which i gave. He just diverted the money and did nothing. When i asked him about the surety, he said he did not find him and that he wandered all the nook and cranny of Anara in Mbano looking for the surety. Anara i asked, he said yes. Little did he know that i had found out that the surety's documented address was 5 minutes walk from his police station ( Okwu in Nkwerre) which is no where near where he said he was wandering about. So sad and pathetic. Heads must roll after this case. Surely.

Case is still progressing and anyone that is called to give his prosecution testimonies ( witness), I am asked to pay them. Now its the turn of the IPO to give his own account ( testimony). Prosecutor told me that i needed to pay the IPO before he would come. Meanwhile the police station is a minute walk from the court. I gave a few thousands reluctantly and after vehement protest. Next hearing, where is the IPO , i asked.

Prosecutor said that the person he thought was the IPO said he wasn't. This was the response of a trained police officer prosecuting a criminal offence of this magnitude. What then, i asked?. He said the actual IPO was on transfer and he would need to be signalled to come, also at my expense. If i insisted that they did the job they are being paid for, case will stall and be struck out. I had to part with money again.

Last last i decided to engage a lawyer to sit in for me and follow things through. The case is ongoing now as i type and i am in far away UK hoping that the witnesses paid appeared in court . In this UK, if you are a victim of crime, all you need do is report to police and they would work with you to prosecute. Victim will even get help and free professional counselling if necessary.

But back home, if you are a victim of crime and have no money, your case will die. I really weep for my country.

See More; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/09/man-disappointed-with-police-after-robbers-who-burgled-his-house-are-free.html

There was confusion few days at the police barracks in Jimeta area in Yola, Adamawa state capital after a new born baby was found dead in a pit toilet. 

The baby was found days after being dropped judging from decomposition of the corpse which shocked the officers at the barracks because they couldn't identify the person responsible for that.

In order to apprehend the culprit, the police decided to arrest all girls between the ages of 16-25 for investigation, according to an online report. 

Emmanuel who lives in Yola shared the graphic pictures of the baby and wrote; 

This is what really happened at police barracks jimeta yola block 17 this Baby was found in the pit toilet this morning inside the ledder below and everyone was shocked because people don't know the girl that did the rubbish... thou the truth is very clear....So police pick all girls within 16--25 for investigation....


See more;  https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/09/dead-baby-found-in-a-pit-latrine-at-police-barracks-in-jimeta-yola.html

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A suspected thief was beaten mercilessly yesterday after he was nabbed following a failed operation in Delta state. It was gathered that the suspect allegedly gained access into a lady's house with the intention to steal along Yoruba road extension in Sapele area.

After stealing the lady's phone, the suspected thief decided to embark on another mission, this time to feed his sexual desire. 

According to the female victim, she felt someone romancing her leg in her sleep as she opened her eyes to see a stranger in her room.  She raised an alarm and shouted before neighbours gave the suspect a hot pursuit. 

It was revealed that the suspect later identified as Julius - was beaten mercilessly by the mob to the extent he pooed on himself. 

The lady disclosed that she's sick and took some drugs that's why she slept off and didn't noticed when the suspect entered her house.

The stolen phone was later recovered. 

See more; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/09/delta-thief-nabbed-while-romancing-female-victim-in-her-sleep.html

Pandemonium occurred this evening in Igede Ekiti, Ekiti state after a group of armed robbers stormed a branch of Union Bank of Nigeria and killed at least one person in the process.

According to reports, the robbers who were well armed and prepared - stormed the town by 5pm and held the area hostage for over 30 minutes while shooting sporadically as security agents were nowhere to be found.

A security guard at the bank was killed in the gunfire and many others injured.

The shocking incident is said to have thrown the entire town into panic.

See more photos; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/09/armed-robbers-attack-bank-in-igede-ekiti-hold-town-hostage-photos.html

Pandemonium broke out during a political gathering in Imo state after a House of representatives aspirant allegedly got into a fight with one of his kinsmen.

Mr. Obioma Onyema popularly known as Osunmanu, one of the House of Assembly aspirants under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who hails from Owerre Nkworji in Nkwerre local government area, allegedly got into a bloody fight with his brother Mr. Munachi Tasie of the same village.

It was gathered that the fight broke out following an argument at the meeting as the duo engaged themselves in the clash that reportedly left both of them injured. 

While some say the aspirant attacked first and butchered Munachi, others claim that it was Munachi who attacked the aspirant first with a knife and stabbed him in the process.

Gruesome pictures show wounded Munachi being treated at the hospital after the fight.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/09/aspirant-and-his-brother-fight-themselves-during-meeting-in-imo.html

This shows the extent Africans are willing to go in the quest for greener pastures abroad. A shocking video which is currently trending online - shows the moment over 20 African migrants were caught in a small vehicle while trying to be smuggled into one of the countries in Europe.

The Africans including ladies who packed themselves in the small vehicle like sardines - were stopped by soldiers at a border as they ordered all the occupants to come out.

Even the security operatives were surprised by the number of migrants that came out from both inside the car and the booth.

This is not the first time Africans are hiding themselves in a vehicle in a bid to enter an European country.

Some time ago, four Africans were found hidden in a secret boot, engine bay and dashboard of a BMW at Spain’s border with Morocco.


Watch the viral video below; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/09/over-20-african-migrants-nabbed-in-a-small-car-in-failed-smuggling-attempt.html