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WARSAW (AFP) – Al-Qaeda may have played a
role in the killing of four Americans in an attack on
a US consulate in Libya, including the US
ambassador, Poland’s President Bronislaw
Komorowski said Wednesday.
“It’s possible that what happened is tied to
worrying developments in eastern Libya and
probably also in Egypt where we see extremist
activities by Al-Qaeda playing on peoples’
emotions,” Komorowski told reporters, citing an
intelligence report by Poland’s interior ministry.
Washington’s envoy to Libya Chris Stevens and
three other Americans were killed when a mob
outraged over a low-budget American-made
Internet video mocking Islam stormed the US
consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday.
“While we support the Arab Spring, this
development is a cause for concern,” the Polish
leader said. “We’re worried about seeing a
resurgence of political elements thinking in terms
of Islamic fundamentalism or radical political or
military methods.”

Omo na so one hairstylist go barbe my eyebrows commot

I was pricing garri, and i remember garri was still very affordable den

The Ondo State Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)
governorship candidate, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu
(SAN), has said he will not increase tuition fees at the
Adekunle Ajasin University (AAU) in Akungba-
Akoko and Rufus Giwa Polytechnic (RUGIPOLY) in Owo,
if elected in the October 20 governorship election.
The frontline lawyer assured workers of both
institutions and teachers in the state that their
allowances, which have not been paid by Governor
Olusegun Mimiko, would be fully paid, if he becomes
governor.
A statement by the Director of Media, Publicity and
Strategy of Akeredolu Campaign Organisation (ACO)
, Mr Idowu Ajanaku, said the governorship hopeful
spoke in Ayegunle-Akoko, where he was hosted by
members of the Omoluabi Forum.
Responding to a question by a students’ leader,
Akeredolu said: “I know the importance of education.
Although some states increased fees because they have
no money, God has blessed us with oil wealth in Ondo
State. Therefore, I say today that my government will
not increase tuition fees. That is final. You can quote me
on that.”
The ACN candidate promised to pay the allowances of
AAU workers, which have not been paid in the last 32
months.
He added that teachers too would be paid their
outstanding allowances in full.
Akeredolu said the bursary for Ondo State indigenes in
the higher institutions would be paid, if he becomes
governor.
The former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President
said an ACN administration would pay special
attention to indigent students, so that they can be well
educated.
He said his administration would not waste money on
mega schools but renovate existing schools and build
new ones in rural areas.
Akeredolu promised to focus on health and job
creation.
He restated his commitment to the creation of 30,000
jobs within his 100 days in office and step up
infrastructural development, among others.
The Coordinator of Omoluabi Forum, Chief Gabriel
Tolu Obaleye, said the group is supporting Akeredolu
because of his vision for the state.
He said the people of Ondo State are tired of the
Mimiko administration, which he accused of building
cosmetic projects, such as town halls, boreholes,
markets and fountains.
Obaleye said the residents’ essential needs are potable
water, motorable roads, among other vital
infrastructure.
He said the ruling Labour Party (LP) administration
has not inaugurated a road in the last three and a half
years.
Akerdolu explained that the development in Lagos,
Ekiti, Oyo, Osun and Edo states indicate that Ondo State
would witness massive development.
The ACN candidate inaugurated the Independent
Campaign Group of the forum and donated N1
million.

Although she is recuperating in Germany, First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, was among recipients of an honorary doctorate degree at the 7th Convocation of the Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka.
Mrs Jonathan bagged an honorary doctorate degree in
Political Science at the ceremony held at the weekend.
She was represented at the event by the Minister of
Women Affairs, Hajia Zanab Maina.
Besides her was the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala, who was awarded an honorary doctoral
degree in Philosophy.
After receiving the award, Dame Jonathan said that
the Federal Government would establish more tertiary
institutions in the country.
Speaking in the same vein, Dr Okonjo-Iweala promised
various scholarship awards to excelling graduates of
the Department of Economics both for first degree and
post-graduate degree level.
In his remark at the ceremony, Governor Emmanuel
Uduaghan of Delta State disclosed that part of the
state’s proceeds from the removal of subsidy on
petroleum products would be used to complete all on-
going projects at DELSU.
The governor said that apart from education, the
subsidy fund would be spent on empowerment through
micro-credit and transportation.
He said that there were challenges in the funding of
three campuses of the university but he assured that
none of the projects currently being executed would be
left uncompleted by the administration.
Uduaghan, however, solicited the cooperation of the
students, staff and management of the university to
ensure that the projects were completed on scheduled.
Specifically, Uduaghan promised to build a
convocation arena with roof for the institution to ensure
that with or without rain, the university can hold its
convocation regularly.[b][/b]

An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Monday
remanded a herdsman, Abdullahi Oseni, in prison
custody for allegedly threatening to kill one Alhaji
Maikudi Mohammed.
The accused, along with one other now at large, was
alleged to have taken his cows into the
complainant’s farm, resulting in the destruction of
his crops.
Police prosecutor David Wodi said the complainant
reported the matter to the police and that while
investigation was going on, the accused and his
accomplice went to his house and allegedly
threatened to kill him.
Wodi objected to bail for the accused, pending the
arrest of the second accused.
He said the accused was arraigned on a two-count
charge of criminal conspiracy and intimidation,
offences which contravened the provisions of
Sections 97 and 387 of the Penal Code.
He prayed the court to remand the accused in
prison pending the completion of investigation.
Magistrate Bola Adeyemo ordered the accused to be
remanded in prison custody, and adjourned the
case to Sep. 25, for mention. (NAN)[b]An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Monday
remanded a herdsman, Abdullahi Oseni, in prison
custody for allegedly threatening to kill one Alhaji
Maikudi Mohammed.
The accused, along with one other now at large, was
alleged to have taken his cows into the
complainant’s farm, resulting in the destruction of
his crops.
Police prosecutor David Wodi said the complainant
reported the matter to the police and that while
investigation was going on, the accused and his
accomplice went to his house and allegedly
threatened to kill him.
Wodi objected to bail for the accused, pending the
arrest of the second accused.
He said the accused was arraigned on a two-count
charge of criminal conspiracy and intimidation,
offences which contravened the provisions of
Sections 97 and 387 of the Penal Code.
He prayed the court to remand the accused in
prison pending the completion of investigation.
Magistrate Bola Adeyemo ordered the accused to be
remanded in prison custody, and adjourned the
case to Sep. 25, for mention. (NAN)[/b]An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Monday
remanded a herdsman, Abdullahi Oseni, in prison
custody for allegedly threatening to kill one Alhaji
Maikudi Mohammed.
The accused, along with one other now at large, was
alleged to have taken his cows into the
complainant’s farm, resulting in the destruction of
his crops.
Police prosecutor David Wodi said the complainant
reported the matter to the police and that while
investigation was going on, the accused and his
accomplice went to his house and allegedly
threatened to kill him.
Wodi objected to bail for the accused, pending the
arrest of the second accused.
He said the accused was arraigned on a two-count
charge of criminal conspiracy and intimidation,
offences which contravened the provisions of
Sections 97 and 387 of the Penal Code.
He prayed the court to remand the accused in
prison pending the completion of investigation.
Magistrate Bola Adeyemo ordered the accused to be
remanded in prison custody, and adjourned the
case to Sep. 25, for mention. (NAN)

More floods have hit Northern and Central Taraba in
Taraba State, ravaging communities on the banks of
River Benue.
The Chairman of Ardo-Kola Local Government,
Taraba State, Dr. Jalo Buba, told the News Agency of
Nigeria in Sunkani on Monday that more than 3,000
hectares of crops, mainly rice, had been destroyed by
the floods in 13 villages in the area.
Buba, who spoke to NAN shortly after visiting the
areas affected by the floods, also said over 8,000
people had been displaced and were now taking refuge in
churches, mosques and primary school buildings in
Mayo-Ranewo and Tau villages.
He listed the 13 villages located on the bank of River
Benue, which were completely destroyed by the floods,
as Shomo-Gale, Shomo-Ndajule, Karim lazei,
Gadaguru and Shomotawa.
Others are Garinseini, Jiru-Dauda, Jiru-s-Sabon-
Gari, Jiru-Tsohon Gari, Jiru-kasa, Doi and Munci as
well as part of Mayo-Renewo.
The chairman said farm produce mainly rice and
maize, covering over 3,000 hectares had been affected,
a development he explained, could cause food shortage
in the state.
Buba said the area contributed over 70 per cent of the
total rice produce in the state annually, and that
almost 80 per cent of such rice farms had been
consumed by the floods.
He also said that residential buildings, fishing
materials and boats were swept away by the disaster.
Buba said that f materials had been provided by the
council and the state government, but that more was
needed to assist the victims,whom he said, lost all
their belongings to the floods.
He called on the National Emergency Management
Agency, other relevant agencies and well-meaning
individuals and organisations to come to the aid of the
victims[b]More floods have hit Northern and Central Taraba in
Taraba State, ravaging communities on the banks of
River Benue.
The Chairman of Ardo-Kola Local Government,
Taraba State, Dr. Jalo Buba, told the News Agency of
Nigeria in Sunkani on Monday that more than 3,000
hectares of crops, mainly rice, had been destroyed by
the floods in 13 villages in the area.
Buba, who spoke to NAN shortly after visiting the
areas affected by the floods, also said over 8,000
people had been displaced and were now taking refuge in
churches, mosques and primary school buildings in
Mayo-Ranewo and Tau villages.
He listed the 13 villages located on the bank of River
Benue, which were completely destroyed by the floods,
as Shomo-Gale, Shomo-Ndajule, Karim lazei,
Gadaguru and Shomotawa.
Others are Garinseini, Jiru-Dauda, Jiru-s-Sabon-
Gari, Jiru-Tsohon Gari, Jiru-kasa, Doi and Munci as
well as part of Mayo-Renewo.
The chairman said farm produce mainly rice and
maize, covering over 3,000 hectares had been affected,
a development he explained, could cause food shortage
in the state.
Buba said the area contributed over 70 per cent of the
total rice produce in the state annually, and that
almost 80 per cent of such rice farms had been
consumed by the floods.
He also said that residential buildings, fishing
materials and boats were swept away by the disaster.
Buba said that f materials had been provided by the
council and the state government, but that more was
needed to assist the victims,whom he said, lost all
their belongings to the floods.
He called on the National Emergency Management
Agency, other relevant agencies and well-meaning
individuals and organisations to come to the aid of the
victims[/b]More floods have hit Northern and Central Taraba in
Taraba State, ravaging communities on the banks of
River Benue.
The Chairman of Ardo-Kola Local Government,
Taraba State, Dr. Jalo Buba, told the News Agency of
Nigeria in Sunkani on Monday that more than 3,000
hectares of crops, mainly rice, had been destroyed by
the floods in 13 villages in the area.
Buba, who spoke to NAN shortly after visiting the
areas affected by the floods, also said over 8,000
people had been displaced and were now taking refuge in
churches, mosques and primary school buildings in
Mayo-Ranewo and Tau villages.
He listed the 13 villages located on the bank of River
Benue, which were completely destroyed by the floods,
as Shomo-Gale, Shomo-Ndajule, Karim lazei,
Gadaguru and Shomotawa.
Others are Garinseini, Jiru-Dauda, Jiru-s-Sabon-
Gari, Jiru-Tsohon Gari, Jiru-kasa, Doi and Munci as
well as part of Mayo-Renewo.
The chairman said farm produce mainly rice and
maize, covering over 3,000 hectares had been affected,
a development he explained, could cause food shortage
in the state.
Buba said the area contributed over 70 per cent of the
total rice produce in the state annually, and that
almost 80 per cent of such rice farms had been
consumed by the floods.
He also said that residential buildings, fishing
materials and boats were swept away by the disaster.
Buba said that f materials had been provided by the
council and the state government, but that more was
needed to assist the victims,whom he said, lost all
their belongings to the floods.
He called on the National Emergency Management
Agency, other relevant agencies and well-meaning
individuals and organisations to come to the aid of the
victims

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I SLIMBOY will suspend ur FUCKEN license
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Less than 72 hours after masts belonging to major
telecommunication companies were destroyed in Borno,
Yobe and Bauchi states, some group of vandals on
Saturday destroyed masts belonging to MTN
telecommunications at Dong village of Jos North Local
Government Area of Plateau State.
SUNDAY PUNCH gathered that a security man
guarding the facility was tied to a tree before the
vandals carried out the act
Mr. Nansak Bable, a resident of the area, who
witnessed the incident, told our correspondent that he
woke up early Saturday morning and saw rays of
torchlight coming from the mast and he thought it
was the normal maintenance routine.
Bable said the vandals also carted away generator
supplying power to the facility and as a result,
residents of the area cut off from mobile phone
services.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr.
Emmanuel Abuh, who confirmed the incident said that
no arrest had been made, but stated that the police had
launched an investigation into the incident.

The losses that traders of the Labaowo
International Market, Ibadan suffered in an inferno
that gutted the market on Wednesday cannot be
forgotten in a hurry.
Within minutes that the fire started, their means
of livelihood were consumed. Over 300 hundred
shops with property worth one billion were
destroyed. Painfully, some of the traders just got
some loans from banks and co-operatives to boost
their businesses.
Though no life was lost, some of the traders would
have chosen death as an option if they knew that the
inferno would consume all they had.
The fire started some minutes past 10 a.m. when
the gum that a girl was trying to sell to her
customers attracted fire from a nearby shop where
another woman was cooking. Before they knew what
was happening, the shops were on fire which later
engulfed five buildings that house over 300 shops
in the densely populated market.
Alarm was raised immediately, but owing to the
distance and inaccessibility to the spot, help could
not come on time from the Oyo State Fire Service
and other companies in the area.
As at 3.05 p.m. when Sunday Vanguard visited
the market, billows of suffocating smoke still
enveloped the market. Traders were running helter-
skelter. Some of the traders who were lucky to
retrieve some of their wares from the fire stood on
guard to prevent hoodlums loitering the area from
causing further damage.
A woman who could still not comprehend how fate
could be so cruel to her declined to make comments
even when one of the leaders of the market
introduced our correspondent. She merely shook her
head and turned back.
Another affected trader, Mr. Taiwo Olabode, was
stunned to speechlessness when Sunday Vanguard
visited him. He was trying to mutter some words,
his lips were moving but no word came out. When
next he tried, it was tears that streamed down his
face.
The president of the market, Alhaji Lukman
Alaka, told our correspondent that items such as
electronics, motor spare parts, generator spare
parts, building materials and many others were
lost to the fire incident.
He said, “the fire started some minutes past 10
this morning(Wednesday). Five buildings with over
300 shops were burnt. You too can see the damage
caused by the fire.
When asked what caused the fire, Alaka said a girl
was selling gum to her customer and it caught fire
because a woman was cooking very close to her.
“Suddenly, we saw balls of smoke accompanied by
fire.
We called all the Fire Stations close to us, but, the
response was not immediate. I called Challenge fire
station and another one at Mapo. When I noticed
that they were not forthcoming, I had to go to
Mapo on Okada before help could come. But, before
we got back to the market, the fire had gone out of
hand”, he said.
“On the property lost, it can’t be less than one
billion. Many traders were affected. Some could not
even retrieve any item from their shops. The Fire
Service came but it was too late. We would be happy
if the government can provide a Fire Station for us
here.”, he lamented.
The market traders leader complained that when
fire gutted the market about three years ago, the
government sent its officials who came promising
heaven and earth, but nothing came.
According to him, the only help that the Governor
Abiola Ajimobi-led administration can do for
them is to give them a fire station in the market.
Mr. Sikiru Olayiwola, the leader of the legislative
arm of the market, said it was a pity that
successive governments in the Oyo neglected them
because they were not civil servants.
“Governor Ajimobi should help those of us who are
not civil servants too. They should let us have a
sense of belonging and give us opportunity to enjoy
in this administration too. If they don’t want these
people to die, they should do something very
urgently”, he said.
One of the victims, Sarafa, an Eletrical part
seller whose shop was gutted by fire. Pix by Dare
Fasube
He ruled out any suspicion that somebody
somewhere could be responsible for the incident,
pointing out that the fire that gutted the market
three years ago ignited when a spark of fire landed
on mattresses.
“As for this one, it happened during the day time.
We all saw how it started. So, I don’t suspect any
foul play from anybody.
Another affected trader, Mr. Tijani Amoo, who
sells fan belt and bearing in the market, explained
that he just collected a bank loan worth N800,000
to buy wares.
“Most of us in this market collect bank and co-
operative loans. I just collected N800,000 and used
it to stock my shop. Tell me, how can I pay back
the loan now? Oh God!, he stated.
Amoo said he lost all the items. Though, he was
not far away from the scene of the fire, by the time
he knew, smoke had covered my shop and then fire.
Muniru Lasisi, who sells generator spare parts,
he said he lost goods worth two million, while
Babatunde Olusegun, who lives at Ogbere Oriyangi,
Ibadan, said his motor spare parts estimated at
N500,000 were destroyed.
Also, Femi Akinlabi, motor spare parts seller,
said the girl that was selling gum was injured in
the fire incident and had been rushed to hospital.
He claimed he took a bank loan of N400,000 and
estimated his losses at over N600,000 because he
had some goods before he took the loan.
The Director of State Fire Service, Engineer Kareem
Oyekunle, said his men were still battling the fire
as at 3. 56 p.m. but was hopeful that the fire
would be put out. His response contradicted that of
the market leader, noting as soon as the distress
call came, he and his officials rushed to the scene.[b]The losses that traders of the Labaowo
International Market, Ibadan suffered in an inferno
that gutted the market on Wednesday cannot be
forgotten in a hurry.
Within minutes that the fire started, their means
of livelihood were consumed. Over 300 hundred
shops with property worth one billion were
destroyed. Painfully, some of the traders just got
some loans from banks and co-operatives to boost
their businesses.
Though no life was lost, some of the traders would
have chosen death as an option if they knew that the
inferno would consume all they had.
The fire started some minutes past 10 a.m. when
the gum that a girl was trying to sell to her
customers attracted fire from a nearby shop where
another woman was cooking. Before they knew what
was happening, the shops were on fire which later
engulfed five buildings that house over 300 shops
in the densely populated market.
Alarm was raised immediately, but owing to the
distance and inaccessibility to the spot, help could
not come on time from the Oyo State Fire Service
and other companies in the area.
As at 3.05 p.m. when Sunday Vanguard visited
the market, billows of suffocating smoke still
enveloped the market. Traders were running helter-
skelter. Some of the traders who were lucky to
retrieve some of their wares from the fire stood on
guard to prevent hoodlums loitering the area from
causing further damage.
A woman who could still not comprehend how fate
could be so cruel to her declined to make comments
even when one of the leaders of the market
introduced our correspondent. She merely shook her
head and turned back.
Another affected trader, Mr. Taiwo Olabode, was
stunned to speechlessness when Sunday Vanguard
visited him. He was trying to mutter some words,
his lips were moving but no word came out. When
next he tried, it was tears that streamed down his
face.
The president of the market, Alhaji Lukman
Alaka, told our correspondent that items such as
electronics, motor spare parts, generator spare
parts, building materials and many others were
lost to the fire incident.
He said, “the fire started some minutes past 10
this morning(Wednesday). Five buildings with over
300 shops were burnt. You too can see the damage
caused by the fire.
When asked what caused the fire, Alaka said a girl
was selling gum to her customer and it caught fire
because a woman was cooking very close to her.
“Suddenly, we saw balls of smoke accompanied by
fire.
We called all the Fire Stations close to us, but, the
response was not immediate. I called Challenge fire
station and another one at Mapo. When I noticed
that they were not forthcoming, I had to go to
Mapo on Okada before help could come. But, before
we got back to the market, the fire had gone out of
hand”, he said.
“On the property lost, it can’t be less than one
billion. Many traders were affected. Some could not
even retrieve any item from their shops. The Fire
Service came but it was too late. We would be happy
if the government can provide a Fire Station for us
here.”, he lamented.
The market traders leader complained that when
fire gutted the market about three years ago, the
government sent its officials who came promising
heaven and earth, but nothing came.
According to him, the only help that the Governor
Abiola Ajimobi-led administration can do for
them is to give them a fire station in the market.
Mr. Sikiru Olayiwola, the leader of the legislative
arm of the market, said it was a pity that
successive governments in the Oyo neglected them
because they were not civil servants.
“Governor Ajimobi should help those of us who are
not civil servants too. They should let us have a
sense of belonging and give us opportunity to enjoy
in this administration too. If they don’t want these
people to die, they should do something very
urgently”, he said.
One of the victims, Sarafa, an Eletrical part
seller whose shop was gutted by fire. Pix by Dare
Fasube
He ruled out any suspicion that somebody
somewhere could be responsible for the incident,
pointing out that the fire that gutted the market
three years ago ignited when a spark of fire landed
on mattresses.
“As for this one, it happened during the day time.
We all saw how it started. So, I don’t suspect any
foul play from anybody.
Another affected trader, Mr. Tijani Amoo, who
sells fan belt and bearing in the market, explained
that he just collected a bank loan worth N800,000
to buy wares.
“Most of us in this market collect bank and co-
operative loans. I just collected N800,000 and used
it to stock my shop. Tell me, how can I pay back
the loan now? Oh God!, he stated.
Amoo said he lost all the items. Though, he was
not far away from the scene of the fire, by the time
he knew, smoke had covered my shop and then fire.
Muniru Lasisi, who sells generator spare parts,
he said he lost goods worth two million, while
Babatunde Olusegun, who lives at Ogbere Oriyangi,
Ibadan, said his motor spare parts estimated at
N500,000 were destroyed.
Also, Femi Akinlabi, motor spare parts seller,
said the girl that was selling gum was injured in
the fire incident and had been rushed to hospital.
He claimed he took a bank loan of N400,000 and
estimated his losses at over N600,000 because he
had some goods before he took the loan.
The Director of State Fire Service, Engineer Kareem
Oyekunle, said his men were still battling the fire
as at 3. 56 p.m. but was hopeful that the fire
would be put out. His response contradicted that of
the market leader, noting as soon as the distress
call came, he and his officials rushed to the scene.[/b]The losses that traders of the Labaowo
International Market, Ibadan suffered in an inferno
that gutted the market on Wednesday cannot be
forgotten in a hurry.
Within minutes that the fire started, their means
of livelihood were consumed. Over 300 hundred
shops with property worth one billion were
destroyed. Painfully, some of the traders just got
some loans from banks and co-operatives to boost
their businesses.
Though no life was lost, some of the traders would
have chosen death as an option if they knew that the
inferno would consume all they had.
The fire started some minutes past 10 a.m. when
the gum that a girl was trying to sell to her
customers attracted fire from a nearby shop where
another woman was cooking. Before they knew what
was happening, the shops were on fire which later
engulfed five buildings that house over 300 shops
in the densely populated market.
Alarm was raised immediately, but owing to the
distance and inaccessibility to the spot, help could
not come on time from the Oyo State Fire Service
and other companies in the area.
As at 3.05 p.m. when Sunday Vanguard visited
the market, billows of suffocating smoke still
enveloped the market. Traders were running helter-
skelter. Some of the traders who were lucky to
retrieve some of their wares from the fire stood on
guard to prevent hoodlums loitering the area from
causing further damage.
A woman who could still not comprehend how fate
could be so cruel to her declined to make comments
even when one of the leaders of the market
introduced our correspondent. She merely shook her
head and turned back.
Another affected trader, Mr. Taiwo Olabode, was
stunned to speechlessness when Sunday Vanguard
visited him. He was trying to mutter some words,
his lips were moving but no word came out. When
next he tried, it was tears that streamed down his
face.
The president of the market, Alhaji Lukman
Alaka, told our correspondent that items such as
electronics, motor spare parts, generator spare
parts, building materials and many others were
lost to the fire incident.
He said, “the fire started some minutes past 10
this morning(Wednesday). Five buildings with over
300 shops were burnt. You too can see the damage
caused by the fire.
When asked what caused the fire, Alaka said a girl
was selling gum to her customer and it caught fire
because a woman was cooking very close to her.
“Suddenly, we saw balls of smoke accompanied by
fire.
We called all the Fire Stations close to us, but, the
response was not immediate. I called Challenge fire
station and another one at Mapo. When I noticed
that they were not forthcoming, I had to go to
Mapo on Okada before help could come. But, before
we got back to the market, the fire had gone out of
hand”, he said.
“On the property lost, it can’t be less than one
billion. Many traders were affected. Some could not
even retrieve any item from their shops. The Fire
Service came but it was too late. We would be happy
if the government can provide a Fire Station for us
here.”, he lamented.
The market traders leader complained that when
fire gutted the market about three years ago, the
government sent its officials who came promising
heaven and earth, but nothing came.
According to him, the only help that the Governor
Abiola Ajimobi-led administration can do for
them is to give them a fire station in the market.
Mr. Sikiru Olayiwola, the leader of the legislative
arm of the market, said it was a pity that
successive governments in the Oyo neglected them
because they were not civil servants.
“Governor Ajimobi should help those of us who are
not civil servants too. They should let us have a
sense of belonging and give us opportunity to enjoy
in this administration too. If they don’t want these
people to die, they should do something very
urgently”, he said.
One of the victims, Sarafa, an Eletrical part
seller whose shop was gutted by fire. Pix by Dare
Fasube
He ruled out any suspicion that somebody
somewhere could be responsible for the incident,
pointing out that the fire that gutted the market
three years ago ignited when a spark of fire landed
on mattresses.
“As for this one, it happened during the day time.
We all saw how it started. So, I don’t suspect any
foul play from anybody.
Another affected trader, Mr. Tijani Amoo, who
sells fan belt and bearing in the market, explained
that he just collected a bank loan worth N800,000
to buy wares.
“Most of us in this market collect bank and co-
operative loans. I just collected N800,000 and used
it to stock my shop. Tell me, how can I pay back
the loan now? Oh God!, he stated.
Amoo said he lost all the items. Though, he was
not far away from the scene of the fire, by the time
he knew, smoke had covered my shop and then fire.
Muniru Lasisi, who sells generator spare parts,
he said he lost goods worth two million, while
Babatunde Olusegun, who lives at Ogbere Oriyangi,
Ibadan, said his motor spare parts estimated at
N500,000 were destroyed.
Also, Femi Akinlabi, motor spare parts seller,
said the girl that was selling gum was injured in
the fire incident and had been rushed to hospital.
He claimed he took a bank loan of N400,000 and
estimated his losses at over N600,000 because he
had some goods before he took the loan.
The Director of State Fire Service, Engineer Kareem
Oyekunle, said his men were still battling the fire
as at 3. 56 p.m. but was hopeful that the fire
would be put out. His response contradicted that of
the market leader, noting as soon as the distress
call came, he and his officials rushed to the scene.

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An ocean surge that sacked communities around
Kuramo Beach, Lagos, on Saturday, left one person
dead and 15 others missing.
Confirming the incident, the General Manager of the
State Emergency Management Agency, Femi Oke-
Osanyintolu, said the surge occurred around 2a.m. on
Saturday, when residents were still asleep.
"We have recovered one body and we are searching for
about 15 people that are still missing," he said.
"The area has been cordoned off and we have already
asked residents to vacate the place immediately."
He also urged residents living or doing business in
other coastal areas of the state to vacate immediately,
adding that such communities adjoining beaches and
water fronts are prone to havoc.
Meanwhile, the State Commissioner for Waterfront
Infrastructure Development, Segun Oniru, has ordered
the immediate evacuation of the state’s waterfront
communities.
In a release made available to Daily Times NG, Oniru
explained that the move was necessary to avert disaster
at the waterfronts.
He also said the move was necessitated by seven days of
high waves accompanied by a strong ocean surge which
hit the country’s coastline, including Lagos.
He identified places from which residents are expected
to move as including, Badagry and Ojo Waterfront
areas, Bar Beach, Kuramo Beach, Goshen Estate,
Maiyegun and Alpha Beach.
According to him, the State emergency services had
been mobilised to monitor the situation and respond
accordingly.
It will be noted that coastal areas in the state,
particularly communities surrounding Alpha Beach,
have recently been sacked by ocean surges.
Residents have blamed the recent experiences on ship
wrecks and abandoned vessels on the sea.
However, in spite of promises from the state and
federal governments, the situation has continued
unabated.
When Daily Times visited the beach, the area had been
cordoned off and residents ordered to vacate the vicinity.
Construction vehicles were seen on site frantically trying
to curtail the surge by sandfilling the shores of the
beach.

Suspected robbers on Thursday invaded a branch of a
first generation bank in Ifaki Ekiti in Ido Osi Local
Government Area of Ekiti State and operated for about
20 minutes.
Our correspondent learnt that the robbers stormed the
town in four vehicles and attacked the police station in
the town before the bank.
However, it was not clear if anybody was killed or
injured.
A source in the town told our correspondent that an
undisclosed amount of money was carted away from
the bank by the hoodlums numbering about 10.
The attack forced other banks and shops in the town to
close abruptly with the Ado/Ifaki Road and Ifaki/Oye
Road deserted.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sotonye Wakama,
told our corespondent that nobody was killed in the
operation.
He said, “The robbers came in four vehicles and
attacked a police station and the bank. We closed down
the whole state and our men pursued the hoodlums
and caught up with them at Aramoko.”

Onitsha (Anambra) – No fewer than 938
prominent sons and daughters of the South East
zone are alleged to have been kidnapped between
January 2008 and August 2012, a civil society
group, Campaign for Democracy (CD), has said.
Police authorities, however, disagreed with the
figures, saying it was the figment of the
imagination of the group that released the figures.
In a statement signed by Mr Uzor Uzor and Dr
Jerry Chukwuokolo, the CD chairman and secretary
respectively in the South East, said the kidnapped
persons paid ransoms said to be valued at about
N1.2 billion during the period.
The statement also said that kidnappers collected
substantial amounts from their victims ranging
from N5 million to N30 million per individual.
“Anambra State has the highest incidence of
kidnapping of 273 persons, especially within the
commercial axis of Onitsha and Nnewi. And it is
happening at a constant rate for over five years now.
“Imo State with the current up-surge in
kidnapping incidence has recorded 265 cases, while
its residence is living in heightened fear.
“Abia follows behind with 215 persons so far;
although the incidences of kidnapping had
continued to reduce for some months now after the
death of a notorious kidnapper called Osisikankwu.
“Enugu has recorded 95 cases in the past five
years. However, the state has recorded the highest
in abduction of government officials.
“Ebonyi is the least of all the five states in the
South-east. It has recorded 90 cases so far
officially. However, apart from kidnapping the
state is laden with communal crisis,’’ it said.
The statement maintained that there was a need to
take decisive actions to checkmate the spate of
kidnapping in the zone.
“One practical way of doing it is the demolition of
established structures or buildings used by
kidnappers to advance their operations.
“The governors in the zone must work in synergy to
address the issue of security and draft laws that
would stiffen the penalties for kidnapping and
other related offences,’’ the CD said.
The group gave the South-east governors’ forum
till the end of October 2012 to address the up-
surge in kidnapping and restore the confidence of
foreign investors to the zone.
Contacted, the Deputy Force Public Relations
Officer, CSP Frank Mba, described CD’s figures as
a figment of their imagination.
He said that the police was the statutory authority
to issue the number of persons kidnapped in an
area.
He, however, raised some questions over the CD’s
statement: “What is the source of their
information? What is the methodology of obtaining
the figures? Do the CD work with the kidnappers
or did the kidnappers render account to them?’’
“Not until they verify from the police, the figures
and the amount they gave make no sense,’’ Mba
said. (NAN)

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - The Nigerian
Islamist sect Boko Haram denied on Monday that 20 of
its fighters had been killed in a raid by security forces
in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri the day before,
saying all those killed were civilians.
A security officer said a mixed military and police
force, tipped off about a Boko Haram meeting on
Sunday, had been fired on when they approached the
site and killed 20 "terrorists" for the loss of one soldier
in the ensuing shootout.
The Islamist group, modelled on the Taliban, is
fighting to create an Islamic state in Nigeria, whose
160 million people are split evenly between Christians
and Muslims.
Boko Haram spokesman Abu Qaqa told a teleconference
for journalists in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state
and the sect's heartland, that his fighters had not been
meeting at the place where the military said it killed
them.
"They only succeeded in killing civilians," Qaqa said.
"Twenty of us cannot risk sitting in a volatile place to
hold a meeting ... It is not possible."
The Islamists have killed hundreds in gun and bomb
attacks in Nigeria, Africa's top energy producer, since
they launched an uprising in 2009.
The violence has centred on Maiduguri and other parts
of the predominantly Muslim north, but has spread
across central Nigeria in the past year.
Many important figures in the sect have been killed or
arrested in a military crackdown that appears to have
weakened it since the beginning of the year.
But many civilians have also died or been beaten and
harassed in the crackdown, fuelling resentment that
helps generate support for the movement.
The United States is urging Nigeria not to use excessive
or indiscriminate force in the north, an aide who went to
Nigeria with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
last week said.
The death of Boko Haram's leader in police custody in
2009 was seen as the event that transformed it from a
rebellious clerical movement into a dangerous militant
group.

The British government has threatened to invade the
Embassy of Ecuador in London and arrest WikiLeaders
founder Julian Assange, who is seeking political
asylum there.
The dramatic development came two months after
Assange suddenly walked into the embassy in a bid to
avoid being extradited to Sweden where he faces
allegations of sexual assault.
Ecuador’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ricardo Patino,
released details of a letter he said was delivered
through a British embassy official in Quito, and said
that the Ecuadorian government would announce on
Thursday whether it would give Assange asylum,
telegraph.co.uk reports.
The letter said, “You need to be aware that there is a
legal base in the UK, the Diplomatic and Consular
Premises Act 1987, that would allow us to take actions
in order to arrest Mr Assange in the current premises
of the Embassy.
“We sincerely hope that we do not reach that point, but
if you are not capable of resolving this matter of Mr
Assange’s presence in your premises, this is an open
option for us.”
Patino said, “Today we received from the United
Kingdom an express threat, in writing, that they
might storm our embassy in London if we don’t hand
over Julian Assange”
He said the letter was “improper of a democratic,
civilized and rule abiding country.
“If the measure announced in the British official
communication is enacted, it will be interpreted by
Ecuador as an unacceptable, unfriendly and hostile act
and as an attempt against our sovereignty. It would
force us to respond,” he said.
“We are not a British colony.
A spokeswoman for the Foreign office said Britain
remained “determined” to extradite Assange to Sweden.
“We have an obligation to extradite Mr Assange and it
is only right that we give Ecuador the full picture.
“Throughout this process we have drawn the
Ecuadorians’ attention to relevant provisions of our law,
whether, for example, the extensive human rights
safeguards in our extradition procedures, or the legal
status of diplomatic premises in the UK.
“The UK has a legal obligation to extradite Mr Assange
to Sweden to face questioning over allegations of sexual
offences and we remain determined to fulfil this
obligation.
“We have an obligation to extradite Mr Assange and it
is only right that we give Ecuador the full picture.
“Throughout this process we have drawn the
Ecuadorians’ attention to relevant provisions of our law,
whether, for example, the extensive human rights
safeguards in our extradition procedures, or the legal
status of diplomatic premises in the UK.
“We are still committed to reaching a mutually
acceptable solution,” she said

The Northern States Governors Forum recently set
up a committee to look into the state of insecurity in
the region. The move considered belated in some
quarters, is the first overt move by the northern
governors to stem the crisis that has turned the
region into a theatre of war.
THE decision of the governors of the 19 northern
states to set up a 41-man committee to address
the spate of bombings and other terrorist actions in
the region came out of the blue. For long the
governors had kept mute on the issue with many of
them skirting around calls for decisiveness from
the populace.
Their silence and that of other notable northern
leaders at one point forced the President of the
Senate, Senator David Mark, to chide them over
what he insinuated was either cowardice or cringing
fear.
Speaking during an Arewa Consultative Forum,
ACF, summit in January, Senator Mark berated
Northern leaders over their inability to condemn
terrorism in the region. He had fumed: “Won’t we
be able to condemn current degree of insecurity in
the North occasioned and heightened by Boko
Haram? Are we afraid to openly condemn Boko
Haram either for political reasons or out of fear of
possible attack by the sect? ”
Despite this challenge by Mark and several others,
nothing much came from the northern leaders and
governors except, calls now and then, for dialogue
with the sect by a few northern radicals such as
Alhaji Balarabe Musa, Alhaji Ali Monguno,
Shehu Sani and the Arewa Consultative among
others.
The 41-man rescue squad: The seeming quietness
inevitably sent signals of acceptance of the actions of
the Boko Haram group by the northern leaders.
Even when northerners and Muslims were the
subject of the attack as it happened in Kano last
January, not much expression of revulsion was
expressed. It was as such not surprising that
some alleged that Boko Haram had become a tool by
the north’s elite to negotiate power ahead of the
2015 general elections.
L-r: Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa of Kaduna
State with chairman, Northern Governors Forum,
Dr Babangida Aliyu of Niger State and Governor
Gabriel Suswam of Benue State at one of their
meetings in Kaduna

An accident involving a train and a danfo
bus occurred, yesterday, at the Ajayi Farm
railway crossing in Ikeja, Lagos, injuring four
persons, among them, a pregnant woman.
Unconfirmed report said one person died during
the stampede.
The incident happened barely two days after a
similar one also involving a commercial bus
occurred at the same spot, where several persons
reportedly sustained injuries.
An eye-witnesses account said yesterday’s incident
occurred about 7a.m. with the train colliding with
the vehicle with number-plate XF 899 FGG which
was driving towards Ikeja.
The impact of the collision flung the vehicle with
its four passengers – a pregnant woman and three
men – to the front of The Christian Dominion
Ministry building at 26 Adegbola Street,
Anifowoshe.
The pregnant woman, according to eye-witnesses,
was bleeding as at the time she was taken to the
hospital alongside other passengers,where doctors
were said to be battling to save their lives.
When Vanguard arrived the scene, the affected
vehicle which had its windscreen shattered, was
dripped with blood stains inside. It was glaring
that the train hit the vehicle from the driver’s side.
The incident caused a stampede as everyone fled for
dear life. But the train did not stop. Officials of the
Railway Service were sighted at the scene.
Another eyewitness, who gave his name as Mr.
Gbenro Bangbe, blamed the drivers of the train and
vehicle, saying: “The bus driver was not patient
enough to let the train pass while the train driver
did not hoot his horn to alert vehicles that might be
driving through the railway.”
Vanguard gathered that a similar incident occurred
Monday on same spot, after a train collided with a
commercial bus,where several persons reportedly
sustained varying degrees of injuries.
“On that day, the bus was dragged all the way to
the bridge by the train. A lot of people sustained
injuries and were rushed to the Ikeja general
hospital. It is the same driver that drove the train
on Monday that also drove today. He does not hoot
the horn like other drivers do”, an eye witness said.
Meanwhile, commercial motorcyclists plying the
route have called on the state government to device
measures aimed at preventing a re-occurrence.An accident involving a train and a danfo
bus occurred, yesterday, at the Ajayi Farm
railway crossing in Ikeja, Lagos, injuring four
persons, among them, a pregnant woman.
Unconfirmed report said one person died during
the stampede.
The incident happened barely two days after a
similar one also involving a commercial bus
occurred at the same spot, where several persons
reportedly sustained injuries.
An eye-witnesses account said yesterday’s incident
occurred about 7a.m. with the train colliding with
the vehicle with number-plate XF 899 FGG which
was driving towards Ikeja.
The impact of the collision flung the vehicle with
its four passengers – a pregnant woman and three
men – to the front of The Christian Dominion
Ministry building at 26 Adegbola Street,
Anifowoshe.
The pregnant woman, according to eye-witnesses,
was bleeding as at the time she was taken to the
hospital alongside other passengers,where doctors
were said to be battling to save their lives.
When Vanguard arrived the scene, the affected
vehicle which had its windscreen shattered, was
dripped with blood stains inside. It was glaring
that the train hit the vehicle from the driver’s side.
The incident caused a stampede as everyone fled for
dear life. But the train did not stop. Officials of the
Railway Service were sighted at the scene.
Another eyewitness, who gave his name as Mr.
Gbenro Bangbe, blamed the drivers of the train and
vehicle, saying: “The bus driver was not patient
enough to let the train pass while the train driver
did not hoot his horn to alert vehicles that might be
driving through the railway.”
Vanguard gathered that a similar incident occurred
Monday on same spot, after a train collided with a
commercial bus,where several persons reportedly
sustained varying degrees of injuries.
“On that day, the bus was dragged all the way to
the bridge by the train. A lot of people sustained
injuries and were rushed to the Ikeja general
hospital. It is the same driver that drove the train
on Monday that also drove today. He does not hoot
the horn like other drivers do”, an eye witness said.
Meanwhile, commercial motorcyclists plying the
route have called on the state government to device
measures aimed at preventing a re-occurrence.An accident involving a train and a danfo
bus occurred, yesterday, at the Ajayi Farm
railway crossing in Ikeja, Lagos, injuring four
persons, among them, a pregnant woman.
Unconfirmed report said one person died during
the stampede.
The incident happened barely two days after a
similar one also involving a commercial bus
occurred at the same spot, where several persons
reportedly sustained injuries.
An eye-witnesses account said yesterday’s incident
occurred about 7a.m. with the train colliding with
the vehicle with number-plate XF 899 FGG which
was driving towards Ikeja.
The impact of the collision flung the vehicle with
its four passengers – a pregnant woman and three
men – to the front of The Christian Dominion
Ministry building at 26 Adegbola Street,
Anifowoshe.
The pregnant woman, according to eye-witnesses,
was bleeding as at the time she was taken to the
hospital alongside other passengers,where doctors
were said to be battling to save their lives.
When Vanguard arrived the scene, the affected
vehicle which had its windscreen shattered, was
dripped with blood stains inside. It was glaring
that the train hit the vehicle from the driver’s side.
The incident caused a stampede as everyone fled for
dear life. But the train did not stop. Officials of the
Railway Service were sighted at the scene.
Another eyewitness, who gave his name as Mr.
Gbenro Bangbe, blamed the drivers of the train and
vehicle, saying: “The bus driver was not patient
enough to let the train pass while the train driver
did not hoot his horn to alert vehicles that might be
driving through the railway.”
Vanguard gathered that a similar incident occurred
Monday on same spot, after a train collided with a
commercial bus,where several persons reportedly
sustained varying degrees of injuries.
“On that day, the bus was dragged all the way to
the bridge by the train. A lot of people sustained
injuries and were rushed to the Ikeja general
hospital. It is the same driver that drove the train
on Monday that also drove today. He does not hoot
the horn like other drivers do”, an eye witness said.
Meanwhile, commercial motorcyclists plying the
route have called on the state government to device
measures aimed at preventing a re-occurrence.

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JOS—Another bloody attack was, yesterday,
averted in Kwakwi village of Riyom Local Government
Area of Plateau State, where similar attacks
claimed the lives of two prominent lawmakers and
hundreds of other residents in the council last
month.
The would-be assailants, eyewitnesses claimed, were
armed Fulani herdsmen, who were dressed in black
attires. The village’s vigilante group, with the help
of Police, gave them a hot chase and one of the
suspected raiders was apprehended.
State Police Commissioner, Mr. Emmanuel Ayeni,
told newsmen that a suspect was arrested in
collaboration with vigilante group at 2am, with
AK-47 rifle and 28 rounds of ammunition, while
attempting to raid the village.
Ayeni said: “A gang of criminals invaded Kwakwi
village in Riyom council and the youths mobilised
and prevented them from carrying out their
devilish act.
“A phone call was made to the Riyom Divisional
Police and a patrol team with the youths swung into
action and were able to capture the suspect with his
AK-47 riffle.”
Ayeni confirmed that no one was killed in the
incident and appealed to citizens to remain alert and
give credible information to the Police to help fight
crime in the state.

ON Thursday, August 2, 2012, the Governor of
Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, signed
the Lagos Road Traffic Bill into law. He said it was
in a bid to ensure safety and orderly flow of traffic
in the state.
He reeled out statistics to illustrate the alarming
rise in accident rates resulting in injuries and
death.
The new law spells out the offences and
punishments attached. For instance, trailers
(apart from fuel tankers and long buses) are now
prohibited from plying the roads between 6.00
a.m. and 9.00 p.m. Commercial motorcycle
operators are not to ply major trunks, such as
Ikorodu Road, Funsho Williams Avenue, Apapa-
Oshodi Express, Lagos-Badagry and Lekki-Epe
Express.
Motorists are also forbidden to make phone calls,
eat, count money or engage in “other dangerous
activities,” while on the wheel. Pedestrians are
forbidden to cross the expressways. They are now to
compulsorily use the pedestrian bridges.
Violation of these laws attracts between N30,000
and N50,000 fines or imprisonment up to three
years.
Predictably, many commentators have criticised the
law as being “draconian.” We share the reservations
of those, who feel that sending a traffic offender to
three years in prison is way over the roof.
But at the same time, we believe any citizen, who is
willing to obey the laws of the land will have nothing
to fear. Only those bent on maintaining the “jungle
city” reputation of Lagos have cause to worry.
But those who, like the state government, believe that
the rise of Lagos to a mega city status calls for
more discipline and adherence to safety standards
will welcome the measures as we do.
The real problem, however, is whether the state
government has the capacity to implement this
law. Does it have the disciplined personnel to instil
discipline on erring members of the public? Fears
are being expressed that the track record of law
enforcement agencies like the Kick Against
Indiscipline (KAI) and Lagos State Traffic
Management Authority (LASTMA) have not been
enviable. Laws like the ban on commercial
motorcycles use of the highways and the wearing of
crash helmet failed due to poor implementation.
Secondly, rotten eggs in LASTMA capitalise on
these laws to victimise citizens through corrupt
entrapment tactics for selfish profit.
LASTMA officials permit drivers of their own
vehicles to violate the law, and military and police
officers harass officials bent on implementing the
law. What new safeguards has the state government
come up with to ensure that this new law works?
Massive public enlightenment must be mounted on
all media, and government alone should not be left
to do it. The law is in our collective interest. Let us
give it a chance.