Fire Engulfs Petrol Tankers In Lagos, Destroy Properties (See Photos)

Five petrol tankers have been engulfed in an afternoon fire at the Kirikiri area of Lagos state. men of the Lagos State Fire Service and the Nigerian Navy are responding to the fire.

Earlier the residents of the area were complaining of slow response, especially when men of the Nigeria Police who arrive the scene in record time, do not have the contact of the fire service.

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Bomb Blast: Boko Haram will pay for Abuja victims – Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has declared that the perpetrators of the bomb blast at Nyanya Bus Park in Abuja which claimed many lives will not go unpunished but pay for their deeds. Speaking at the 4th Presidential National Prayer Breakfast session in Abuja, he said that his administration is doing everything within its powers to support the living and injured victims of the blast.

According to him, the security agencies are not only working to unravel the scourge of the evil attacks, but also to forestall further senseless attacks in the country. He said: “Today our prayers are with the victims of Boko Haram and their families and loved ones. The last tragedy of these heinous ideology occurred while we were preparing to mark the resurrection of our Lord at Easter bringing sorrow to many families who …the reflection of lent.”

Boko Haram slaughter 3, kidnapped 5 women in Yobe in a fresh attacks

Islamists terrorists called Boko Haram  on Friday in Yobe state,  slaughtered three Civil servants and kidnapped another 5 women in Gujba local government area of the state

The reports has it that the terrorist carried their rampage attacks at the eveninig hours of Friday at about 6pm. Adding that the victims were civil servants who had travelled to Damaturu the state capital to withdraw their monthly salary since there was no functional bank nor ATM in Gujba town due to the activities of Boko Haram which had paralaysed economic activities in the area.

Preiviously the local government has come under several and severe attack by the Islamist insurgents in recent time  in which many students at the College of Agriculture Gujba were killed, and also that of  federal Government college. since then the local government has been a ghost of itself.

Scores of people have also been slaughtered on the road linking Gujba to Borno state.

The military joint task force in the area are yet to officially confirm the Friday attacks of the insurgents.

TERRORISTS: THE PAMPERED CHILDREN OF THE NORTH NIGERIA

by Emmanuel Chigozie Osuchukwu

Nigeria is presently in a dangerous impasse and there are many who believe that the country is on the throes of disintegration. If the mindless insurgency and bloodletting ravaging particularly the Northern part of the country is not enough evidence, the ongoing national conference is a clear indication that all is not well. The primary question is how Nigeria got to this dreadful position – to a point where it is safer to live in Afghanistan, Iraq or Somalia. Thanks to a new phenomenon called Boko Haram. Then we ask again, who or what is Boko Haram? I can only at this point say that it is a faceless organisation that we are unsure who they really are except that they are predominantly people drawn from the Northern part of Nigeria, with a clear proclivity towards Islamic fundamentalism and a violent disapproval of mainstream Nigerian, albeit western values. We could also say a sort of rebels without cause.


There is nothing really surprising about the emergence of Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria. Many commentators saw it coming and many were condemned for ever predicting that Nigeria will come to such a state. Hence today the Nigerian press is full of comments such as: ‘serves the North right’; ‘they should have seen it coming’; ‘they brought it on themselves’ etc. It is not that such commentators are not appalled by the wanton killing of innocent women and children or grieve over the senseless killing of now mostly Northern Nigerian youths who could easily have become tomorrow’s doctors, lawyers, teachers and footballers. But many Nigerians have grown up to believe that the North somehow does not disapprove of senseless killing of innocent lives and we have strong reasons stretching over many decades to assume so. The only surprise is that those who should have anticipated it are the very ones expressing surprise and blaming others for the pitiable state of particularly Northern Nigeria and the country generally. Some supposedly knowledgeable Northern opinions have gone as far as accusing the federal government of President Jonathan of masterminding the ongoing killings in the north. But let us put Boko Haram and the problem of the North in its true perspective.

Manchester United dismiss Louis van Gaal deal reports

Manchester United have dismissed press reports in the Netherlands that the club had agreed a three-year deal with Louis van Gaal for him to replace the sacked David Moyes as coach.

Popular broadsheet De Telegraaf said on Saturday that "the national coach (Van Gaal) late last (Friday) night reached a deal with the top British club," to take over as manager after the World Cup.

"The man who's the absolute No 1 to replace axed coach David Moyes will immediately take up the job when the Dutch Eleven is knocked out of the World Cup in Brazil," the paper added.

Van Gaal, 62, who has been on holiday at his villa in Portugal's Algarve "has been in talks with Ed Woodward, lawyer for club owners the Glazer brothers for a multi-year, multi-million contract," it said, without citing any sources.

But United, who have put veteran player Ryan Giggs in charge until the end of the season, quickly denied the reports.

Security Meeting: Why Boko Haram May Not Release the Abducted Over 100 Students of Borno Girls' School

The National Security Council on Thursday gave strict marching order to the Nigerian Army to rescue the Boko Haram abducted girls from Government Girls' School in Borno state.

However, as military plans to rescue them intensifies, all indications shown that the dreaded Islamist sect is strangely desperate to use the over 100 students of Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State it abducted last week as human shield. The military operation is being co-ordinated by the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, who has been shuttling between Abuja and Maiduguri in the last one week.

Soldier kill 44 Boko Haram sects in a Fresh battle Against the Terrorists in Maiduguri

Soldier kill 44 Boko Haram sects in a Fresh battle Against the Terrorists in Maiduguri

The Nigerian Army has reportedly killed more than 44 Boko Haram sects in a Fresh battle against the insurgents in Borno state. The capture of a number of terrorists believed to be the ringleaders of those operating around Alagarno remote villages of Damboa Council Area of Borno state, has sparked off a major fight in the outskirts of Maiduguri metropolis last night.

Bulabulin is a remote village between Alagarmo and Sambisa Forest where the terrorists have been attempting to establish a stronghold in their campaign During the deadly encounter, 40 suspected terrorists died while 4 soldiers lost their lives and 9 were wounded.

DAILY DEVOTIONAL OPEN HEAVEN FOR SATURDAY 26 APRIL BY PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE: "MORE RICHES, MORE PRAYER"

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL For Saturday 26 April 2014 - "MORE RICHES, MORE PRAYER" BY PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

Memory Verse:

Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
Psalm 62:10

Read: Genesis 13:14-18

14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.

17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : ZECHARIAH 11 - 14 and PSALM 90:1-6

Message

Every new promise from God calls for a new level of prayers. Promises yet to be fulfilled also call for perseverance in prayer. Abraham’s life reveals a secret and a law that guides the retention of wealth and the creation of more wealth. Rich people face many challenges in life. 

"Disclose identity of Boko Haram sponsors – Commassie tells Jonathan"

A former Inspector General (IG) of Police, Ibahim Commassie, on Thursday challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to disclose the identity of suspected sponsors of the Boko Haram sect.

Commassie who is a delegate and a co-chairman of the National Conference Committee on Devolution of Power, spoke yesterday in Abuja shortly after his committee embarked on a lunch break.

The President had claimed that not long ago at a church service in the nation’s capital that Boko Haram members had infiltrated his government.

Tito Vilanova, Former Barcelona Coach dies at age 45

The FC Barcelona is in immense mourning. Tito Vilanova has died at the age of 45. May he rest in peace
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) April 25, 2014

A former Barcelona coach, Tito Vilanova, has died at the age of 45 after a long battle with cancer, the club has announced.