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precious556:
The rate of Hepatitis B infection is alarming............................. I had a patient that died last week from End stage liver failure caused by Hepatitis B virus......so sad

So sad many people are not aware of this disease

It can be manage better than HIV

Like of awareness is the problem

ABSAO:
She committed sucide reason known to her only! RIP to her!. We Love you but God loves you more!

Weak generation

FlirtyKaren:
Nollywood actress, Damilola Adegbite, has said she is not ready to remarry, at least not for now.

The actress made this revelation in an interview with BBC Pidgin, where she stated that issues regarding marriage and her relationships should rather be left for her to manage.





Asked if she reached out to her former husband over the loss of Jennifer Bettie, his wife, Adegbite, who has a son for Chris Attor before they parted ways, said:



Watch Video:
https://lailasnews.com/video-im-not-ready-to-remarry-damilola-adegbite/

Why na, you are beautiful ooo

OlawaleSmarter0:
Life in Ubulu-Uku, Isele-Uku, Onicha-Olona, Onicha-Ugbo and environs, all agrarian communities in Aniocha and Oshimili local government areas of Delta State, has fallen on hard times. In recent months, some members of the communities have had reasons to curse their fate.

They can be said to be united by a common sense of helplessness. Gone are the days when peace reigned in the communities and everyone went about their business, predominantly farming, without fear of attack. Sadly, in a cruel twist of fate, many residents have deserted their farmlands to save their lives. There have been continued attacks by gunmen alleged to be Fulani herdsmen, forcing many of the residents out of their lands.


In the last one month alone, a prominent chief in Ubulu-Uku Kingdom and the Medical Director of Good News Hospital, Isele-Uku, Chief Chikwe Ojinji and Dr Andrew Odozi respectively, have been murdered by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.

The affected communities were saddened by the deaths, which caused a sense of gloom, despondency and weary hopelessness to descend on residents. Odozi was killed in the line of duty; he was rushing to his hospital to save the life of one Mr Meme, who had been shot in the neck by suspected herdsmen along the Isele-Uku/Ubulu-Uku Road, when he met his death.


The doctor had received a distress call from his staff members that Meme was brought to the hospital in Isele-Uku for gunshot injuries. Odozi left everything he was doing to get to the hospital, but on his way, ran into a roadblock mounted by the assailants, who were robbing commuters. The doctor was subsequently robbed and shot dead.

Odozi was said to have died on the spot and his body was deposited at a mortuary. Meme was later rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba, where he is still recuperating.


Our correspondent was unable to speak to Meme at the hospital but a legal practitioner who was also there following his release after being abducted by the suspected Fulani herdsmen, described his experience as terrible.

Several times, the lawyer, who spoke on condition of anonymity for personal reasons, squeezed his eyes shut and desperately tried to tell himself that it was all a horrible nightmare, which would soon be over. Sadly, it never did. According to him, he was abducted on Isele-Uku/Ubulu-Uku Road and N1m ransom was paid by his wife to secure his release.


The lawyer was visiting his hometown from Lagos when he fell into the hands of the gunmen.


I’m waiting for God to explain why this tragedy befell me –Esther, Benue mother of two kids who drowned
“I saw hell. I had a brief worth millions of naira that I was supposed to handle the following Monday; meanwhile, I was abducted at the weekend. I was released on Wednesday after my wife paid N1m as ransom. This is a shame. I have lived in the North and I understand Fulfulde a little. “My abductors were Fulani people. How can people from far North come to be abducting people in our land and we are keeping quiet? Can people from the South and the South-East go to the northern part of the country and be abducting people, demanding ransom and killing them? This is a shame, and we must address it and kick against this affront or else we should take it that we have been captured,” he said, with palpable frustration.


All over the communities, one could sense the growing frustration among the residents left there.

Mr Charles Ojinji, younger brother to the slain Ojinji, narrated how his brother was killed, describing the situation as shocking.

“We are still in shock at our elder brother’s sudden and unnatural death. He was a warrior who had the interest of the community at heart. We all were farming on the land before Fulani herdsmen, who followed the high tension wire to a forest reserve near a stream in Aniagbala, a suburb of Ubulu-Uku, took over our farmlands. When we saw that they were fully armed, we left our farms for them. What attracted the herdsmen there was the beautiful stream, which has now become a curse to us.



“Their cows would eat our farm produce, eat the yam tubers in our barns, cassava, vegetables, drink our water and mess up our stream. The stream is the only source of water in our community.

“One day, we challenged the herders and they beat some of us up. They held them hostage at gunpoint. Since that time, some people stopped going to the farm to avoid the wrath of herdsmen who have taken over our land. We did nothing and we owe them nothing, yet we have been subjected to all manner of inhuman treatment. Our women are not spared.



“I was shocked this year when my brother went back to the same farmland that we had abandoned for the herdsmen to start faming again. Well, other people were still farming there but, one day, over 200 cows entered the farm and ate up everything. My brother was enraged. I don’t know what transpired between him and the herders. Anyway, an eyewitness told me that my brother was attacked with machetes and then shot dead.

“My brother’s wife had travelled to Lagos so there was nobody at home. When his neighbours noticed that he did not return from the farm, they called me and we went to the farm and saw him in a pool of blood. We rushed him to hospital but the doctor confirmed him dead on arrival.



“They have killed my brother, what else can they do? Today, it is my brother, who knows the next person tomorrow? Well, herdsmen are everywhere in the bushes surrounding our community; we are under siege. The police deposited his body in a mortuary. We want the body of our brother so that we can bury him to allow him rest in peace,” he said as he recalled the unpleasant experience.

Apart from the deep sense of loss felt by members of the affected communities, they are at a loss to find a solution to the problem of insecurity affecting them. Speaking on the plight of Ubulu-Uku people, a member of the local vigilance group, Emeka Chukwudi, described the community as a conquered community, which was at the mercy of herdsmen.



“Yes, that is the truth. We have been conquered by strangers who have taken over our farmlands. This is because we have been rendered incapacitated by the police who have disarmed us and allowed the herdsmen to move freely with sophisticated firearms. The herdsmen are doing well in their agenda to take over our place. Today, I am so sad that the one-time strong Ubulu-Uku is suffering from attacks by Fulani herdsmen.

“Herdsmen abducted our king about three years ago and butchered him like a common criminal. We are still suffering from the abominable act carried out against our king, His Royal Highness, Obi Akaeze Christopher Ofulue. As if that was not enough, the herdsmen want to render us jobless. You know that we are predominantly farmers; that is our pride, but now, we are scared to go to the farms for fear of being killed,” he said.



He continued, “We are surrounded by other communities such as Abu-Ugba, Ogwashi-Uku, Obior and Isele-Uku. The herdsmen have virtually taken over the border land between Ubulu-Uku and other towns and are callously unleashing terror on us on a daily basis.

“Recently, a woman was killed between Ubulu-Uku and Obior. She was going to Umunede Market when she was waylaid by herdsmen, who butchered her and stole her motorcycle. We saw her corpse but we don’t know what they did to her before they finally killed her. A few days later, some indigenes returning home were robbed. The two incidents forced people to abandon the Ubulu-Uku/Obior Road for Isele-Uku/Ubulu-Uku Road in order to access other communities.



“As it is, we are in deep trouble. The hoodlums have taken over all the bushes surrounding Ubulu-Uku, through Isele-Uku, Ogwashi-Uku, Obior, Ubulu-Unor, Onitcha-Ugbo and Abu-Ugba.

“There are no longer safe access roads in and out of Ubulu-Uku and there is no help in sight, as people are scared to go to their farms for fear of being killed. Even if one is courageous enough to go to the farm, how will the person transport the farm produce to neighbouring markets, when the access roads have been taken over by killer herdsmen who unleash terror on road users? These brigands are doing their nefarious business unchallenged and this is a slap on our faces.



“But there is no way we can challenge gunmen with machetes and stones. Our children who live outside the town are scared to visit us at home because of the killer herdsmen that have taken over our surroundings.

“Recently, a resident, Monday Ike, who was working on his farm along the Ubulu-Uku/Onicha Ugbo Road, was accosted by Fulani herdsmen who had kidnapped some victims and kept them in a thick forest. The herdsmen were running out of food and water, so they boldly approached him and ordered Ike to go to the village and bring them water and food, at his own expense, warning that they would kidnap him from his farm if he told anyone. Ike pledged not to report what he saw to anybody.



“He eventually reported the development to the vigilance group, who called in the police. The police and the vigilance group stormed the forest, rescued the victims and arrested a herder. But a few days later, the suspect was freed by the police.


“Recently, herdsmen blocked the Isele-Uku/Ubulu-Uku Road and abducted two occupants of a car. They released the victims after collecting N600,000. Again, an indigene of Isele-Azagba living in Ubulu-Uku, Mr Sunday, his wife and son were accosted along the road. Their attackers, suspected to be herdsmen, shot the man in the neck and abducted his wife and son. After two days in captivity, the victims were released after N1m was paid as ransom. The man is still battling for his life in the hospital.



“In fact, we are like Automated Teller Machines to herdsmen. They are dealing with us unchallenged and it is so sad. Right now, we are living in fear and abject poverty because our farmers are afraid to go to their farms. Commercial motorcycle operation is the only lucrative business in our town now, as farmers have abandoned their farms. And we can’t blame any farmer who has abandoned their farmland.

“Of what use is it, if after investing in your farm and working for almost one year, herdsmen take their cattle to graze on all you laboured for in just one day? That is the problem. Can you imagine what would happen when over 200 cows enter a farm? And when the owner of the farm challenges the herders, they shoot them.



“The worst of it all is that they rape women in the presence of their husbands and children and rape daughters in front of their parents and siblings. I don’t want to mention the names of victims because of the despicable nature of the act. Abomination is being witnessed in our land.

“We, members of vigilance group, are handicapped as it is today. We used to patrol our roads, but our vehicle has been grounded and the police have disarmed us, while the herdsmen are fully armed with AK-47 rifles and other sophisticated weapons. We are only left with machetes, knives and axes. How do we use ordinary cutlasses to confront herdsmen armed with AK-47 and other assault rifles?



“The only solution is to fall back to the police, but the police post in our community is manned by a man and a woman. Let government give us adequate police manpower and leave intelligence gathering to us. We have all it takes in intelligence and we will assist the police in fishing out the herdsmen because we know where they are, but we have been disarmed by the government.”

On his part, the Palace Secretary, who speaks for the Obi of the community, Mr Joseph Obaze, described the situation as worrisome.



He said, “We are really under serious attack by herdsmen. We are really going through excruciating pains. We have just finished a meeting and we are planning to have a massive peaceful protest over the attacks on our people by Fulani herdsmen. We have met heads of farm roads in the town and they all narrated their ordeals in the hands of herdsmen and their cattle. They told us how their farms were being ravaged by cattle. Apart from the fruits and vegetables, the herders would go to our barns and feed their cattle with the yams. We have written to the police and they said they were going to discuss the issue in their security meeting.



“This is a major problem brewing. A native has just opened a cattle ranch and tomatoes market in the town. We are not against him, but he has started employing Fulani to take care of the ranch. Our fear is that, wherever these herders settle, they start bringing their people to the place. We have given the businessman an ultimatum to leave the place because we are not comfortable with people who would kill us.

“What surprises me is that we rear native cows in this area, yet they don’t stray into people’s farms. Our cows don’t feed on yams and cassavas, but only grass. They should leave us alone, we don’t need their meat. They should not use their business to disturb ours. As they love their cows, so we love our farms.



“Many people are scared to go to the farms for fear of being attacked by the herdsmen. Women are being abused and the men are being killed. That is why we are crying to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and the Delta State Commissioner of Police, Mr Adeyinka Adeleke, to come to our rescue and save us from being exterminated by killer herdsmen. The governor and the CP should expedite action as we are living in fear. There is tension in the town; things have really fallen apart.



“It is not as if we are cowardly but we want to explore all avenues for peace. We love peace but our peacefulness should not be taken as weakness. Let government intervene and save us from a war situation.”

Obaze has, however, appealed to Ubulu-Uku indigenes and residents to be law-abiding and conscious of the development. “Let us not abandon farm work that we are known for. People should go to the farm in groups while those travelling should avoid night journey, until government is able to solve the problem,” he said.



However, Adeleke said he was aware of the killing of the doctor, even though the case was not reported to any police station. “I am also aware of the attack on a lawyer and the killing of the Ubulu-Uku chief. I personally led an operation to the bush and some suspects were arrested and are with me. I want to assure you that the police are not keeping quiet. For me to lead an operation to the bush, you must agree that we are doing something about it,” he said.



There have been recurrent cases of kidnap by alleged herdsmen in the state and it seems the security agencies and the state government have so far failed in protecting the people.

While briefing journalists in Asaba recently, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa had said the state government was very much aware of what was going on, but required a very strong directive from the Presidency.

“If that is done, it becomes easier for the security agencies to work with us to take some certain actions. Until that is done, we might just find ourselves doing the best we can and that may not be able to bring out the best in us.



“It is very unfortunate we find ourselves in this country. We are going through some challenges in Delta but if we look at it from a national angle, Delta State is not even among the top five of states you would consider to have a high rate of insecurity. There are worse cases going round this country and it ought not to be so.

“The issue is that everybody is agitated and we are now being put on our toes. In fact, the President has called for a meeting of all the governors.



“The issue that is going to be discussed is that of insecurity across the nation; it is something we need to find solution to before it consumes us completely. It is rather unfortunate on where we are but as it is, it is important to find appropriate solution,” he had said.

The governor noted that the security agencies were doing their best, adding that with a strong statement from the Presidency, he was “sure that a lot more would be done”.



“I hope we would come out with such at the end of our meeting.

“It is truly unfortunate, even on Tuesday, I had to sit to discuss this issue with the Commissioner of Police and he is very worried about what is going on in Delta. The issue of kidnapping and the fact that our people are not able to freely go to their farms because of herdsmen is actually worrisome and we feel it is necessary to do something out of the ordinary to be able to deal with the situation,” Okowa had added.



The governors met with President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed doors on Friday, June 7, 2019.

Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi, who is also the Ekiti State Governor, while addressing journalists after the meeting, said, “We discussed extensively all of these issues and looked at the various ways we felt as governors we could assist Mr. President as the Commander-in-Chief to curb these issues.

“We were able to look at the nexus between our economic challenges, the security challenges and the importance of tackling the causes of crime, not just crime on its own.”



https://punchng.com/fulani-herdsmen-have-taken-over-our-farmlands-they-kill-rape-our-people-delta-communities-residents/

Form vigilante group and defend your land against the northern fulani terrorist

gregyboy:
I don't know why you insist edo sold themselves as slaves what is your gain when the people are telling you they never recorded any such history ...on the otherhand this tourist could be long Benin migrant who parents left the shores of Nigeria long ago to u .s

What is wrong with you, you have seen descendants of those been sold as slaves traced their root back you are still arguing.

For your information the binis dont have transparent history presently made public.

gregyboy:
Lets take a look at benin in the past this was a kingdom that had pride for itself ...that pride took them to a war with all probability of not winning but yet they still fought so that same pridw made tgem forbadw the Portuguese for selling the benins because they understand how slaves were treated

How did the Europeans treat slaves that is horrible than what the Oba was doing in Benin?

The Oba was using Benin people as human sacrifice to serve his idols.

Dont argue what you dont know, the Oba of Benin sold many binis as slaves. You are even seeing some of the slave traced their root back home and you still arguing.

I tire

gregyboy:
Bwnin started selling slaves as trade since 15c with the pourtuguese they sold other tribe Benin's infact originated the tribal marks to mark themselves against captured slaves by the Portuguese after tge arrival of the britsh that other tribes jumped into the trade

The Oba of benin sold the so called benin people to the Portuguese, According to the Portugueses he sold 3.5 million slaves of which 65% was taken to America.

Benin people were sold as slaves, Igbo people were sold as slaves, yoruba people were sold as slaves. Ask the yoruba people how they got to south america.

The Oba of benin put his son Ado in Lagos for slave business. Lagos mean Eko... camp in our language

It means where we camp slaves before been sold, that was a center of slave market.

Again, benin people were sold as slaves by the Oba of benin.

gregyboy:
Nigga stop make false claim benin never sold themselves to slavery never in history they knew what slavery as they were in the buisness with the Portuguese ( kpotokis) they trace thier origins here wad not dna bases more of tourism it could also be this people mistook benin republic for bini edo state

You lied, the Oba of Benin sold the highest slaves in west Africa, 3.5 million as am told

65% of them went to America, the Benin people were sold as slaves.

eyeview:
God bless you

It is high time we the aborigines start to deals with them. We are not asking them not to join their oduduwa, no part of our land will ever be succeeded to their oduduwa republic.

We are going to put coaster bus in ring road for them to relocate their oduduwa land where their ancestors comes from.

Our land is Biafra

eyeview:
The fulani herdsmen are raping and killing unhindered.
Yet 80% of the slaves here will prefer to insult and deride igbos if they speak out against it. The slavery mentality juju that has caught these tribes will never catch igbos. I know many fools from Edo state who are ever on nairaland insulting any igbo group speaks up against these attacks while their Edo and even South west forests are being taken over by the same herdsmen.

Is that not the lowest form of slave mentality.

Any body you see insulting Igbo here is not from Edo State, though he or she may be living and bears Edo name.

They are Yorubas who their ancestors migrated with Orominyan to Benin city many centuries ago.

No aborigines of Edo State will ever insult Igbo people because the Igbos are our brothers.

Horus:
The real reason why he called off the attacks is the financial cost of a new war that the US cannot afford

Quiet.. US military budget since 2 years he took over office is 750 billion USD each year. That is 15billion dollar.

Na beer them de use the money drink, the fund is meant for war.

They are ready for war anyday...any time

dammylink5:
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State and former Political Adviser to Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Mr Charles Idahosa, has read more

The APC chieftain is an idiot

Abati60:
Hmmm,may he not get reelected

He has won already

Omooba77:
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom has warned British nationals against travelling to about 21 states in Nigeria over security concerns.

The travel warning posted on its website and updated on Monday, stemmed from the worsening security situation occasioned by the Boko Haram terrorists attacks in the North East, armed banditry in the North-West and militancy in the South-South.



Specifically, the FCO advised against all travels to Borno; Yobe; Adamawa; Gombe; and the riverine areas of Delta, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River states.

The British government also cautioned against trips to within 20km of the border with Niger and Zamfara states.

The FCO further advised against all but essential travel to Bauchi, Zamfara, Kano, Jigawa, Katsina, Kogi and within 20km of the border with Niger in Sokoto and Kebbi states including the non-riverine areas of Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Abia States.

The advisory admonished British nationals to avoid crowds including political meetings, religious gatherings and places of worship, markets, shopping malls, hotels, bars, restaurants, transport hubs and camps for displaced persons.

“Attacks could be indiscriminate and could affect western interests as well as places visited by tourists. Besides Abuja, other major towns and cities remain particularly at risk, including Kano and Kaduna,” it stated.

The FCO noted that there was a high threat of kidnap throughout the country, adding that abductions could be motivated by criminality or terrorism, and could be carried out for financial or political gain.

It stated, “The security environment in the northeast has deteriorated since 2018 and there is a heightened risk of kidnap.

“There is also a high threat of criminal kidnap in the Niger Delta region and Kogi State. If you travel to areas to which the FCO advise against travel, you are particularly at risk and will need a high level of security.”

https://punchng.com/uk-warns-against-travel-to-21-states/

Even Sweden, go to their Nigeria embassy website you will see it there.

If they feel Nigeria is not safe to live why are they not granting asylum to Nigerians in their country who claim they ran away from crisis

MiltonFine:
Una dey here dey rain abuse on Obama calling him spineless. Nigerians are the worst hypocrites ever.Against all odds Obama became the first and I suppose the last ever African American POTUS and yet u say he's spineless. Make una go run for Councillor una go know the meaning of spineless. You call diplomacy spineless? Why is your own Federal Govt. paying ex-militants in the name of Amnesty? It is because sometimes diplomacy is the right card. Sorry this is not just about Iran, it's about tearing down Obama's legacy be it ObamaCare,NAFTA, TPP, Climate change and what have you. It's pure childish and racist politics.

So called black man

Lawless savagies

Useless country

There are bigger mosquitos in Bayelsa

iamJ:
nigeria is a failed country not because of our leaders, its because of us, we are all self centered lazy ungrateful, hypocrites that want free thing without working, u think that am lying?

go to aba and see fake drugs

go to lagos and see fake products

go to any business owned by a nigerian and see how he will charge u unnecessarily for no reason


we like to lie to ourselves and deceive ourselves, when ur pastor says God will visit boko haram and destroy it and u say amen, sit down and ask urself how? the same prayers up and down and ur life never improve, ask urself na?

buhari didnt lie, we are lazy


person go church and say amen to buy car and build house and the person sells onion, how na?

person carry him family do juju to get money

scams, land sales, car sales, mmm and the other ones


buhari might be blunt and harsh but in our hearts we know that what he said is true

Nigerians are not lazy

They are just not sincere and desperate

Yeah shut it down

The yanks are terrorist

Bloody Zoo

Same question i asked my girl here in Sweden

She weren't wearing trouser in Nigeria.. here she wears trouser.

All religions are man made

Hell hole

Stupid, Ignorant and backward country

I believe snake swallow money

If you can believe snake deceive eve

Talking donkey in the bible

You wonder why America soldiers died in Niger

This is the reason... Uranium the reason they went to Niger

I stop watching the video when i heard his assertions about Ghadafi

This pastor is so ignorant

Anybody know this lady

She died 2 days ago in her apartment

She live in France

Someone should please help locate her relatives in Nigeria.

@justwise

Rival:
If every Ogbia man knows that then who are the Ogbia people I interact with everyday in Ijaw forums on facebook?

Why won't they interact

Are they not from the same state

Go to bayelsa and ask....when goodluck was president how the Ogbia people immiginalized Ijaws when it comes to appointments, jobs , scholarships

Rival:
Why do you think your inconsequential opinion about who is IJAW and who is not should matter enough to warrant a proof from him?

This is not opinion but fact.....this is what Ogbia history shows...they are not Ijaws ...they migrated from benin

Every Ogbia man knows that....I have lived with Ijaw and Ogbia people for a very long time...I even married one

That Ijaws and Ogbia people live in the same geographical region does not mean they are the same

Afriifa:
living in bayelsa for over 6 years and you say Ogbia is not an Izon clan? hahahahahahahaha.. abeg shift go dat side.

Ogbia people are not ijaw

Proove me wrong

Afriifa:
i faint ooh. yur brain is sick I swear. have u ever heard of DSP? Alams is also an Ogbia man.

Shut up there

What do you know

I live in bayelsa for 6 years

DSP Alams is from Amasoma ....and they are Ijaw

Goodluck Jonathan is an Ogbia man....that is why there was a combination that time ..Alams governor and goodluck deputy

Ijaws are not the only tribes living in bayelsa and i doubt they are the majority because i don't have statistics