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CrimeKiller-driver-arrested-as-plateau-buries-the-dead. by wrench(op): 10:02am On Aug 06, 2013
Nigeria’s Plateau State Police Command said ithas arrested the driver who killed 14 childrenat Mazat village in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area on Saturday.
The deceased were among 40 Boys’ Brigade and Girls’ Guide of COCIN Church and Assembly of God Church who were training early morning of 3 August but were ran over by a speedy car on Bokkos–Barkin Ladi road.
The children aged between 10 and 18 years will be buried today.
Mrs Felicia Anslem, the Command’s Public Relations Officer said that the driver, Jacob Joshua, ran away when he committed the offence only to be arrested in neighbouring Bokkos Local Government Area of the state.
“We are able to track the driver down after he ran away when he killed the children at Mazat village of Barkin Ladi Local Government.
“Our officers and men tracked him down last Sunday evening (Aug. 4) and he is now in detention,” she said.
Anslem said that an investigation into the incident had commenced and that the driver would be prosecuted.
“Nobody who commits such a crime can run away from the law; he or she must face the wrath of the law,” she said.
She said that the vehicle, which was involved in the accident, was in police custody.
Meanwhile, Governor Jonah Jang has commiserated with families of the 14 children crushed by the vehicle.
Jang, who was emotionally moved by the incident, described it as “very shocking and sad“, and cautioned motorists against recklessness on the highway.
“We have lost precious leaders of tomorrow to somebody’s recklessness but all the same, only God knows why; He must have allowed itfor a purpose.
“Only God can explain why this large number of young people should die at a go; it is not sickness, it is not war, yet a colossal loss,” he lamented.
Jang charged the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to ensure that all the roads within the state were effectively patrolled to check motorists’ recklessness.
Mr Emmanuel Loman, Chairman, Barkin Ladi Local Government Council, thanked the governor for the condolence visit.
He said the council has had various kinds of misfortunes for some time now and that the people had taken solace in God.
“Only God knows why all these are happening to us.”
The children aged between 10 and 18 years, will be buried today.
AutosRe: Very Clean (Blue) 2000 Toyota Camry For Sale *** SOLD *** by wrench: 6:59pm On Aug 05, 2013
Dude; seems u aint goin down on ur initial price. I cant go further than 950. Thanks.
CelebritiesRe: Chigozie Atuanya Weds Jennifer Oranike (Pictures) by wrench: 4:24pm On Aug 04, 2013
Happy Married Life.
CrimeOne Dies As Explosion Rocks Dangote Cement Plant by wrench(op): 8:03pm On Aug 01, 2013
…As workers, community protest incident

MAKURDI — Emotion ran high, Wednesday, evening, at the Gboko plant of the Dangote Cement, when an explosion allegedly claimed the live of a father of two and labourer at the factory, one Mr. Solomon Ashir.

Vanguard gathered from an eyewitness, that the deceased was hit by limestone from the quarry site of the plant which led to his instant death before medical attention could get to him.

According to the eyewitness, the incident sparked angry reaction from his colleagues and youths of the host community who barricaded the factory and Makurdi-Gboko road with bonfire in protest against alleged poor safety measures in the plant.

“The deceased who was an indigene of the host community and staff of the parking plant of the company was hit by limestone atthe quarry after an explosion that occurred when workers at the site were prospecting for raw materials.

“His death sparked angry reaction from fellow workers and youths of the community who in protest took the corpse of the young man to the palace of the traditional ruler of the community, Tyoor Ukpekpe, Chief Ishi Yonguigba.

“At the palace, the paramount ruler pleaded with the protesters to remain calm and also have restraint in their action.

“Not satisfied, the mob made bonfires on the highway and matched with the corpse into the factory where they insisted on seeing the Assistant General Manager, AGM, in charge of mines, who had fled the scene for fear of being molested.

“They, however, forced their way into the AGM’s office where they dumped the remains of the deceased.”

Vanguard, however, gathered that Ashir’s remains was taken away and deposited at the Gboko General Hospital by the management of the factory.
Efforts to get a reaction from the company’s manager in charge of community relations, Mr. Bem Meladu, proved abortive as his cellphone was switched off.

Meantime, the Benue State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Deputy Superintendent, DSP, Daniel Ezeala who confirmed the incident said the command had commenced investigations into the matter.



Source:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/08/one-dies-as-explosion-rocks-dangote-cement-plant/
EducationRe: Collect Your Certificates Before December Or Face Penalty - WAEC by wrench: 7:44am On Jul 30, 2013
Oh boy this concern me ooo....i'm just damn lazy to go back to that secondary school to collect the cert. I'll try and get it when they resume september.
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Ok, i love ur sincerity, but sorry i cant make it to cotonou. Thanks for ur time.
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Foreign AffairsBritain Reacts To ‘migrants Go home’ Van Campaign by wrench(op): 9:28pm On Jul 29, 2013
LONDON (AFP) – Britain’s government on Monday defended a controversial campaign featuring vans with billboards urging illegal immigrants to “go home or face arrest”, after criticism from a senior minister.

Two trucks, each displaying a huge poster with a number for migrants to text if they wish to return to their country of origin, were driven around six London boroughs for a week in a pilot scheme by the interior ministry.

Posters, leaflets and advertisements in local newspapers will run for a further month.

Trucks, each displaying a huge poster with a number for migrants to text if they wish to return to their country of origin, were driven around London
Business Secretary Vince Cable, a member of the Liberal Democrat party which is the junior partner in the coalition government with Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives, called the campaign “stupid and offensive”.

But Cameron’s spokesman defended the vans, saying it was “clear that this is already working” and that getting illegal immigrants to leave voluntarily was the most cost-effective solution.

The interior ministry had already received a “great deal of interest” as a result of the campaign, the spokesman added.

The government will decide whether or not to roll out the vans nationwide after the ministry has collected all the necessary information, he added.
Immigration is a key issue with less than two years until Britain’s next general election, as the centre-right Conservatives fear a growing threat from the UK Independence Party, which campaigns for migration curbs and an exit from the European Union.

But the “go home” campaign has revived tensions in the coalition government, with the office of Liberal Democrat Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg reportedly saying he had not been told about the van plan in advance.
The posters feature a huge picture of a pair of handcuffs together with a number said to represent the number of arrests in the local area and the words: “In the UK illegally? Go home or face arrest.”

It tells people to text the word “HOME” to the displayed number to get help.

The trucks were driven through several areas of London with large ethnic minority populations.

A Home Office spokesman said the cost of the entire campaign, £10,000 ($15,000, 11,500 euros), was less than the £15,000 cost to forcibly remove one illegal immigrant from Britain.

The opposition Labour Party’s home affairs spokeswoman, Yvette Cooper, said the schemewas “ludicrous”.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage said ethnic communities would take the billboards as a “sign of open warfare”.

“I think it’s very Big Brother, very state-ish, verysort of East Germany circa the 1980s, it’s just a horrid way of doing it,” the member of the European parliament told LBC radio.

There was also a backlash from British commentators and on social media.

In a commentary on the Guardian newspaper website, user “Pukkah Punjabi”, a graphic designer from London, described how she hadcalled the Home Office and asked them to help her go “home” — to her house in the suburb of Willesden Green.

She said “go home” had been a racist slogan of abuse against migrants when she was growing up in the 1970s.

The Twitter hashtag #racistvan drew a series of other users saying they had texted the ministry to ask for train times and lost keys, while there was even a spoof Twitter account @theracistvan, with the sole message “RT (retweet) if you’re in the UK illegally.”

The Conservatives in particular have been trying to shore up their right-wing credentials on the immigration issue in recent months, with centre-left Labour being seen as weaker on the issue.

In June Britain said it would charge “high-risk”adult visitors from Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Ghana a refundable bond of £3,000 for a six-month visa.

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I'm not in lagos that would have been easier for me. Is there no way of me gettin it transported to kogi state?
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TV/MoviesRe: Beverly Osu Talks About Her Mother Again On Big Brother Africa by wrench: 1:59pm On Jul 29, 2013
What is she still doing in the house? She needs to be evicted.
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CelebritiesRe: Nicki Minaj Files Restraining Order Against "Weird" DJ Khaled After MTV Proposal by wrench: 7:47pm On Jul 28, 2013
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Foreign AffairsRe: Bananas Thrown At Black Italian Minister During Speech. by wrench: 3:23pm On Jul 27, 2013
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Foreign AffairsRe: Jamaican Teen Transvestite Stabbed To Death At Street Dance by wrench: 3:20pm On Jul 27, 2013
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CrimeWoman Allegedly Beats Maid To Death In Lagos by wrench(op): 6:44pm On Jul 24, 2013
By Evelyn Usman and Uju Mbanusi

A middle aged woman simply identified as madam Agnes is currently being detained at the State Criminal Investigations Department, SCID Panti, for allegedly beating an 11-year-old child that was staying with her to death.

The deceased identified as Angelina, was reportedly taken from her parents in far away Ogoja, Cross River state by Agnes, with a promise to send her to school, when she was barely four years old. Angelina, grew up callingher guardian mother, apparently unaware she was not her biological mother.

But things as gathered, fell apart for late Angelina after she turned 6, as she was reportedly made to carry out overwhelming house chores. Initial rebuff of such attitude from madam Rose who crime Alert learnt is related to Angelina’s mother, by neighbour was reportedly greeted with an outburst.

The dehumanising treatment on Angelina reached its peak last Friday, as she was reportedly beaten to death by her madam, for failure to carry out chores as instructed.

Investigation by Crime Alert revealed that on that fateful day, at about 5pm, Madam Agnes returned home screaming at the little girl whom neighbours said was not feeling too well. Madam Agnes reportAedly dragged Angelina into her apartment located on 75 Barracks lllane, Ajegunle and started beating her. The helpless girl was said to have shoutedfor help. But none was forth coming. Then, all of a sudden she seized crying.

Neighbours later became apprehensive after they sighted madam Agnes rush out of her room to a medicine store opposite the building. She reportedly came back with a nurse who went inside with her and rushed out again to get something.

At this point, a neighbour told Crime Alert during a visit at the building yesterday that “ we suspected all was not well. When the nursecame out , we asked what the problem was and she told us that Angelina had fainted. We all rushed inside, only to behold Angelina’s lifeless body on the ground.

On further observation, we discovered a pestleby the side with blood stain and we concluded she could have used it on Angelina”.

Another neighbour who also spoke on condition of anonymity said, “ We are not surprised at Angelina’s demise because madam Agnes had always threatened. At the slightest provocation, she would beat her withany object at her disposal. At times she would smash bottle on her head and at other times, she would use a stool on her. At a point we got angry but there was nothing we could do to alert Angelina’s biological parents”.

Asked why none of them bothered to report the abuse on Angelina to the Police, another neighbour replied, “ Police? You want madam Agnes to fight you? Even if you attempt to rescue Angelina from her grip whenever she was being beaten, Agnes would fight you and ask if you were her relative.

At a point, she resorted to locking the doors whenever she wanted to beat the girl, in orderto prevent anyone from
coming to her rescue”.

Everyone who spoke with Crime Alert described the late Angelina as a dutiful girl who never complained while carrying out any of the house chores. At times she reportedly missed schools in order to finish the chores before the arrival of her guardian. Most times neighbours said she would be made to finish the chores before taking her first meal either at noon or evening.
“Saturdays were the most hectic for the little girl as she would be made to wash her guardians clothes and those of her two grownchildren”.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/07/c-a-l-l-o-u-s-woman-allegedly-beats-maid-to-death-in-lagos/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter
PoliticsRe: Agreement With ASSU Can't Be Implemented - FG by wrench: 10:50am On Jul 24, 2013
This means this strike would last more than we thought.
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Gold slippers or gold plated sandal?
CelebritiesRe: OJB Has Only 8 Weeks To Survive by wrench: 6:07pm On Jun 25, 2013
WIZGUY69: since we are over 1million in nairaland....make everybody bring 1600 nah!! We go put the money for seun account then seun go gather the money carry am go him house!! On behalf of nairaland members...or wetin una think say i talkhuh?
Erm bro u try but some of wey come get more than one account nko? So na double we go pay be that?
CrimeRe: Ex-Policeman Trailed Over Attempt To Murder Wife by wrench: 9:33am On Jun 21, 2013
wickedness
PoliticsRe: A 1967 “Welcome To Nigeria” Billboard by wrench: 3:03pm On Feb 14, 2013
Kay u sabi lie o
Amrealphils: I miss those days wen garri was 1cup #10... winkcheesy
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Nigeria Civil Defence Corps, Immigration, SSS 2012/2013 by wrench: 9:17pm On Jan 10, 2013
gbolasteve: My friends there are some form on the net about NSCDC recruitment, but I want to tell you that there is nothing like that in Civil Defense for now, but I promise to keep you inform when its time because I am an NSCDC officer serving at oyo state command headquarters presently.
Thank You Bro. Try And Keep Us Posted.
FamilyRe: If Your Kid Scratched Your Car: How Will You Respond? by wrench: 9:11pm On Jan 10, 2013
Hahahahaha..........That Looks Like Chalk Writting. Anyway Sha I'll Beat The Hell Outta Him
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