FRSC official allegedly assaults an elderly woman in Lagos!

According to information received by the daughter to the woman in the picture below, identified as "@spikkylibral" on twitter; an FRSC official allegedly assaulted this elderly woman in Mushin area of Lagos - Nigeria.

It was gathered that happened when she was stopped for a crack windscreen and she was pleading that she is going for her daughter engagement.

It is however unclear what really transpired between the FRSC official and the elderly woman to warrant the alleged assault. But if this allegation is true, then the FRSC authority should please investigate this case and make sure that the assaulter is brought to book, to deter future occurrence.

If i am right, i think is main duty of the FRSC is "Making the highway safe for motorists and other road users. Recommending works and devices designed to eliminate or minimize accidents on the highways and advising the Federal and State Governments including the Federal Capital Territory Administration and relevant governmental agencies on the localities where such works and devices are required, and Educating motorists and members of the public on the importance of discipline on the highway. 

In particular the Commission is charged with the responsibilities for: Preventing or minimizing accidents on the highway; Clearing obstructions on any part of the highways; Educating drivers, motorists  and other members of the public generally on the proper use of the highways; Designing and producing the driver’s license to be used by various categories of vehicle operators; Determining, from time to time, the requirements to be satisfied by an applicant for a driver’s licence; Designing and producing vehicle number plates" .

There is nothing like assaulting commuters written here. so, the FRSC authorities should endevour that her officials on our highways adhere to the their duties.

Red carpet pose that gives you the slim look!

Wondering how your favorite celebrities look radiant and slim on the red carpet? Hair, makeup, and gorgeous gowns aside, truth be told, so much of mastering photo-ops is knowing how to stand, finding your best angles, and looking confident for the camera. And while taking flattering snapshots 100 percent of the time isn’t an easy skill to master, there are lots of tricks of the trade you can learn—just from studying the step-and-repeat. That’s why ELLE magazine dissected and analyzed thousands of photographs of our favorite leading ladies and culled Hollywood’s most popular poses. 

Pictures below:

Police Charge Reporter Over Report On #BringBackOurGirls Protest!

Report has it that the Police in Nasarawa state- Central Nigeria has charged a Nasarawa State correspondent of Daily Trust Newspapers, identified as Hir Joseph to court after keeping him in detention on Friday and Monday over a report on the #BringBackOurGirls protest in Lafia, the state capital.

The allegations filed by the Police were on the grounds of “Injurious Falsehood”, they also sought that Mr. Joseph be remanded in prison, with a reason that if he was granted bail, the reporter might interfere in police investigation, as well as do similar reports.

According to the First Information Report (FIR) filed by the police prosecutor, D.O. Abolanre at the Chief Magistrate Court II sitting in Lafia, the police “discovered that one Hir Joseph, a new reporter for the Nigerian Daily Trust Newspaper, with intent to injure or cast aspersion on the credibility of the Nigerian Police Force or achieve personal goals, falsely caused to be printed or reported on the Daily Trust….an article caption: Female NSCDC, Police Personnel Demand Rescue of Chibok Girls.”

Daily Trust newspapers reports:

“This he did with the aim to injure the credibility of the Nigeria Police or give the impression that Nigerian women police are against the wisdom of government of the Federal Government of Nigeria or the Inspector General of Police in steps being taken for the rescue of the Chibok schoolgirls.”

The FIR also said the reporter further injured the credibility of the state police command in a report that the command detained six female police officers over their involvement in the #BringBackOurGirls protest in Lafia, last week.

The reporter, who was docked at about 3:24pm, pleaded “not guilty” to the charges before Magistrate Yakubu Egga.

A team of counsels who appeared in court for the reporter, argued for the bail of the reporter, insisting that it was a bailable offence. The lawyers, lled by Barrister Mohammed Danjuma, were Barristers Abubakar Abubakar Dogara, Oshafu Mohammed Zakarai and Mohammed Abdul Ibrahim.

The leadership of the Lafia branch of Nigerian bar Association, led by the chairman, Barrister Ortan Gabriel Akaaka, was also in court alongside the team of lawyers who appeared for the reporter.

The judge granted the reporter bail in the sum of N150,000, or a shortee. State chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr. Daniel Yakubu, signed as shortee to bail the reporter.

Earlier, the reporter was held in police custody at the state Criminal Investigation Department (CID) along Jos Road between 9am when he first reported their, to 2:15 when the Investigating Police Officer (IPO), Mr. Musa Akase alongside with the prosecutor herded him out of the station to board commercial motorcycles for the court along Shendam Road.

The police had, last Friday, invited and detained Joseph over his reporter of that day on the participation of policewomen in the chants to free the schoolgirls of Chibok. He was held in the custody between12:07, and later dragged into an over-crowded cell where he remained between minutes to 7pm and past 9pm.

Asari Dokubo leads anti #BringBackOurGirls Protest!

Even in the face of blaring evidence that over 200 high school girls were taken from their school hostels in Chibok Borno state, by members of the terrorist boko - haran sect, and held hostage since then, Nigerian controversial ex- militant Asari Dokubo in the picture below is seen championing an anti  #BringBackOurGirls Protest. 



One can not help but wonder what he is really up to this time around.....

We keep are fingers crossed and eyes open as events unfolds.

Iranian women defy Islamic dress code in online campaign!

Thousands of Iranian women have come together in an online campaign for greater social freedoms, posting pictures of themselves flouting the Islamic dress code required of all women in public.

According to reports, more than 146,000 people have supported the Facebook page “Stealthy Freedoms of Women in Iran,” which was created just 10 days ago with the aim of sparking debate on whether women should have the right to choose to wear the hijab.

It has yet to provoke an official response from the Iranian authorities, who fear people are letting Islamic values slip as they turn towards a more Western lifestyle.

The hijab, which is obligatory in Iran, requires women to cover their hair and much of their body in loose clothing in public. It has become a defining feature of Iran’s interpretation of sharia, or Islamic law, since the 1979 revolution.

More than one hundred photos have already been posted on the page, with young women posing bare-headed in the countryside, suburbs, by the sea and even in cities.

“This is me committing a crime,” wrote a girl who posted an image of herself sitting in the middle of a secluded road in Nour Forest in northern Iran, with her headscarf resting on her shoulder. “Covertly, but in absolute peace,” her caption said.

Another photo shows a grandmother, a mother and her daughter together on a pavement.

“In one frame, three generations secure freedom at a corner of this street,” read the caption.

“Here’s hoping the day comes when the next generation can exercise its most basic right, before their hair goes grey.”

For more than a decade, the issue of the hijab has been hotly contested between hardline authorities and ordinary women pushing its boundaries.

A dedicated morality Police has long handed out fines, verbal notices or even arrests to women it considers are not observing the hijab rules properly.

The unit has reportedly been ordered to exercise more restraint since President Hassan Rouhani, a self-declared moderate, took office in August promising greater social freedoms.

But regime hardliners are opposed to any relaxing of the rules.

Parents identify their missing girls from video released by boko haram1

Some parents and some of the Chibok girls that escaped captivity on Tuesday viewed the video released by the Boko Haram and identified 54 of the girls in the clips.

The Borno State Government subsequently issued a statement to officially confirm the identity of the victims and also publish the names of those identified from the Boko Haram video.

According to reports, those that partook in the preview and identification of the teenagers in the video included some parents of the abducted girls and four escapees who were among the dozens that escaped after being kidnapped by the Boko Haram from the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State on April 14.

The video was previewed in the office of the Chief of Staff, Government House, Abubakar Kari.

Information revealed that the Chairman of Chibok Local Government Area, Maina Lawan, who was among those that reviewed the video, behaved rashly towards journalists who accosted him while stepping out of the governor’s office after the preview.

He almost shattered the camera of some journalists for trying to take shots of the crew he brought from his local government for the verification exercise.

The identification of 54 of the girls throws more controversy on the identity of the remaining 83 of the 136 girls shown in the video; as well as the whereabouts of the remainder of the over 200 Chibok school girls believed to still be with the Boko Haram.

In the video, Mr. Shekau had claimed majority of the girls converted to Islam. The 136 girls shown were dressed in the Islamic hijab and reciting Quranic verses.

Mr. Shekau said he would not release the girls unless Boko Haram members in federal government jail were released. The government is yet to make a concrete and definite statement on the offer, but said it is reviewing all options.

Mr. Shekau did not give any reason why all the girls were not shown; while there have also been reports that some of the girls shown were not kidnapped from Chibok but were among those kidnapped from other Borno villages.

The Borno government, however, said the identification process has not been concluded.

A statement issued by Governor Kashim Shettima’s Adviser on Media, Isa Gusau, said the identification of the girls is still ongoing even as he listed the names of those identified.

“Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has confirmed that young girls shown in a video released by the Boko Haram sect, are part of schoolgirls abducted at Government Secondary School Chibok following a night attack on April 14,2014”, said Mr. Gusau.

“Fifty four of the girls of the video have been identified by their names at an exercise that involved some parents of the girls, fellow students that include escapees from abduction, some teachers, security men and some officials of the Borno State Government led by the Chief of Staff to the Government House, Abubakar Kyari. The parents and students were conveyed to the Government House in Maiduguri to make for an open identification exercise.

“The names are currently being compared with school records as well as names published some days back to ensure accuracy. The exercise continues at the Government House and it is hoped that more names will be established by parents, students and teachers as well as management of the affected school”.

Names of the girls identified by their parents and fellow students:

1. Agnes Gafane
2. Saraya Stober
3. Hauwa Bitrus
4. Hajara Isa
5. Na’omi Philimun
6. Hauwa Abdu (1st Speaking)
7. Magret Yama
8. Shitta Abdu
9. Jummai Muta
10. Ladi Paul
11. Roda Peter
12. Filo Dauda
13. Godiya Bitrus
14. Saratu Tauji (2nd Speaking)
15. Ross Daniel
16. Hauwa Ali
17. Hajara Isa (Amira 3rd Speaking)
18. Luba Afga
19. Na’omi Luka
20. Saraya Emos Ali
21. Bilkisu Abdullahi
22. Mairama Ali
23. Maryam Ali Maiyanga
24. Dabora Abbas
25. Kabu Mala
26. Halima Ali
27. Yana Bukar
28. Solomi Pugu
29. Lydia Emmar
30. Luba Sanda
31. Saraya Samuel
32. Comfort Habila
33. Rejoice Shanki
34. Gloria Yaga
35. Mary Nkeki
36. Moda Baba
37. Hauwa Isuwa
38. Patient Jacob
39. Ladi Jajel
40. Abigel Bukar
41. Fanta Lawan
42. Zainabu Yaga
43. Aisha Lawan Zanna
44. Dokas Yakubu
45. Kabu Mala
46. Maryama Bashir
47. Hauwa M. Maina
48. Mary G. Dauda
49. Susana Yakubu
50. Maryam Abbas
51. Laraba John
52. Hanatu Nuhu
53. Na’ omi Bukar
54. Rifkatu Galang

Nyanya bombing- Suspected masterminds paraded!

The Department of State Security in Abuja paraded five men alleged to have confessed to being involved in the bombing of the El-Rufai Motor Park in
Nyanya on April 14. 

The men: Ahmad Rufai Abubakar, Muhammad Sani, Adamu Yusufu, Yau Saidu
and Anas Isah, were referred to in a paper handed to journalists after the
parade as “suspected masterminds” of the attacks.

According to the Police handout, a Boko Haram leader called Rufai Abubakar 
Tsiga, who is currently at large, was “a mastermind of the bombing incident.”

The police said that Tsiga was actively aided by a co-mastermind, Aminu Sadiq
Ogwuche, also at large, a student of Arabic Language at the International 
University of Africa, Sudan. 

“In the night of 13th April 2014, Rufai Abubakr TSIGA and Aminu moved the
explosives laden vehicle to the position from where he detonated the explosives
the Police said. 

It is unclear why the Police chose a public parade rather than a courtroom in
which to commence prosecution of the suspects.

The SSS Write-Up below:

Recall that 14th April 2014, at El-Rufai Motor Park Nyanya , a bomb explosion 
occurred which resulted in the death of 74 people, leaving several other 
injured. As investigation was ongoing another bomb blast occurred on 1st 
May, 2014.  Following these incidents and in line with the Security Forces 
commitment to bring to book perpetrators of evil in our society, a thorough 
investigation was initiated which led to the arrest of some suspected masterminds 
of the attacks. 

They include:

(1)    Ahmad Rufai ABUBAKAR

(2)    Muhammad Sani

(3)    Adamu  YUSUF

(4)    Yau SAIDU

(5)     Anas ISAH

RUFAI ABUBAKAR---was arrested on 22ndApril 2014 at Gwantu Sanga LGA of 
Kaduna State by a Joint Security team. He is a forty-three (43) year old indigene 
of Yarimawa , Kazaure LGA Jigawa State.

He has admitted that shortly after the bomb blast of April 14, 2014 one Rufai
Abubakar Tsiga now at large confirmed to him that he (TSIGA) and other members
of the Boko Haram sect carried the attack at Nyanya Motor Park to retaliate the
killing of a sect member at the same Park eight days earlier.

The said Rufai Abubakar TSIGA hails from Angwan Gabas , Gidan Mammai Tsiga
Town, Bakori LGA Katsina .

Ahmad Rufai ABUBAKAR confirmed that Rufai Abubakar TSIGA  sent him recharge
card credit of N800 after the bombing incident.

That it was later discovered that the phone of one Muhammadu Sani ISHAQ was
used in sending him the credit.

According to Ahmad Rufai ABUBAKAR, (A.K.A Maiturare ) , Rufai Abubakar TSIGA 
also told him that Boko Haram National Leader had directed that all members 
of the sect should relocated with their families to “Gaaba” (Boko Haram forest 
camp)in preparation for mass attacks against the Nigerian State.

MUHAMMADU SANI ISHAQ---Sani was arrested on 24th April 2014 at Utako 
village behind Julius Berger Yard Utako following the disclosure made by Ahmad
Rufai ABUBAKAR(A.K.A Maiturare). He is a thirty (30) year old indigene of Balari 
village Ajingi LGA of Kano State.

Sani was a sale boy in Rufai Abubakar TSIGA’s patent medicine store at Utako
called “Kishi Clinic “ a structure which also served as a base for Boko Haram’s
convert activities in the FCT. He revealed that two day before the Nyanya blasts
Rufai Abubakar TSIGA his boss , informed him around 4.00pm after prayer that 
there was a plan to bomb a facility in Abuja but stated that he was never informed
of the exact location.

He further revealed that Rufai TSIGA later informed him that the bomb to be 
used for the blasts were being coupled at the residence of one Adamu YUSUF.

According to SANI , a day before the Nyanya bombing precisely 13th April 
2014 he and TSIGA drove the car laden with explosives and parked it behind 
four (4) buses inside the Nyanya Bus Park overnight after which they left the 
area.

He revealed that before 7.00am the following morning Rufai TSIGA went and 
detonated the explosives.

According to him, two (2) cars were wired for attack. He claimed one was 
used for the April 14th 2014 incident which was a retaliatory attack on the 
motor park by the boko haram sect whose member was mobbed and killed a 
week before the bombing incident

When h was intercepted with firearms at the Nyanya Motor Park, (However, 
this story of killing of a boko haram member at the Nyanya Motor Park a week 
earlier would appear untrue but was fabricated by TSIGA to elicit the interest 
of SANI and other sect members used for the attack).

YAU SAIDU ---Yau was arrested on 29thApril 2014 at his village Dandambo, 
Tsanyawa LGA Kano State. He is twenty-eight (28) years old.

Before his arrest, SAIDU was an apprentice under Rufai TSIGA at his medicine 
store in Utako village market.

Although he denied membership of the boko haram sect, he claimed that his 
uncle , Rufai Abubakar TSIGA and Muahmmadu Sani ISHAQ  attempted to enlist
him several times.

He identified the perpetrators of the Nyanya bomb blast as Rufai Abubakar TSIGA 
Muhammadu Sani ISHAQ and Aminu Sadiq OGWUCHE.

He also disclosed that on 13th A pril 2014 about 11 hours, a day before the 
Nyanya bombing, Rufai Abubakar TSIGA and Muhammadu Sani ISHAQ drove 
out from Utako village market in a back-coloured Honda Accord car and 
returned about 15 hours . Later the same day, they went out again in the 
same car and did not return until the following day, 14th April  2014 about 
11 hours  after the Nyanya bombing incident had occurred.

He alleged that when TSIGA learnt of Muhammadu Sani ISAQ’s arrest he fled 
Utako to an unknown location and left his business in his care.

TSIGA equally sent a message to his wife, Hauwa on GSM 07067434122 
directing her to pack her belongings and flee the area.

ADMU YUSUF ----Was arrested in Bauchi on 5th May, 2014.  He is forty-three 
(43) years old . He confessed that he is member of the boko haram.  Adamu 
was a cleric at Finance Quarters Mosque, Wuye, Abuja.

Muhammadu S ani ISAHQ disclosed that Rufai Abubakar TSIGA confirmed to 
him that the bombs used for the Nyanyan incident were coupled in a bush near 
the residence of Adamu Yusus.

Adamu YUSUF however claims that even though he knows Rufai Abubakar TSIGA
the mastermind of the Nyanya bombing, he did not take part in the bombing 
incident. He mentioned other members of the sect known to him to be;

 Rufai Abubakar TSIGA

Imam Ahmad Rufai Abubakar

Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche

Anas Isah; Claimed to be an apprentice under Rufai Abubakar TSIGA along with
Anas ISAH.

ADAMU claimed that on the day of the Nyanya bomb blast, Rufai Abubakar TSIGA,
called and told him that he heard of the bomb blast and that it was a job well 
done.

ANAS ISAH----Anas was arrested on 3rd of May, 2014 at Unguwar 
Yan-Tagwaye village, Katsina LGA Katsina State.  He is 22 years old and 
indigene of Tsiga Bakori LGA Katsina.

Anas came to Abuja in 2011 and hawked yoghurt for about one (1) month 
before going back to Tsiga. He returned   to Abuja in in 2012 and worked as 
a sales boy in a pharmacy located at Ruga near Wuye Market.

In 2013, Rufai Abubakr TSIGA invited ANAS to join his Clinic at Utako village.  
He identified Mohammadu Sani ISAHQ  and Rufai Abubakar TSIGA as member 
of the sect especially as the latter had confided in him his membership of the 
boko haram sect.

FINDINGS

Rufai Abubakar TSIGA , a boko haram Leader is a mastermind of the  bombing 
incident of 14th April , 2014 at El-Rufai Motor Park Nyanya, Abuja. TSIGA is 
currently at large.

Rufai Abubakar TSIGA was actively aided by a co-mastermind, Aminu Sadiq OGWUCHE,
a student of Arabic Language at the International University of Africa, Sudan.  
He is from Orokam, Ogbadigbo LGA of Benue State. Aminu is currently at large.

In the night of 13th April 2014 Rufai Abubakr TSIGA and moved the explosives 
laden vehicle to the position from where he detonated the explosives.

Muhammadu Sani ISHAQ who took part with Rufai Abubakar TSIGA in 
positioning the explosive laden vehicle that exploded at Nyanya Motor Park, 
killing scores of Nigerians , is in the custody of this service. Altogether, 
five persons who are privy  to the bombing incident have been taken into 
custody and they are :

(1)    Ahmad Rufai ABUBAKAR N(A.K.A Abu Ibrahim /Maiturare

(2)    Muhammadu Sani ISHAQ

(3)    Yau SAIDU ( A.K.A Kotar Rama )

(4)    Anas ISAH and

(5)    Adamu YUSUF    

Rufai Abubakar TSIGA (a.k.a Dr. TSIGA) and Aminu Sadiq OGWUCHE  are 
currently at large and are hereby declared WANTED .the sum of 
Twenty-Five million naira (25M) is hereby announced as reward for anybody 
with useful information on their whereabouts.

It is noteworthy that UK born Aminu Sadiq OGWUCHE  with Service Number 
SVC 95/104 deserted the Nigerian Army in 2006 . He served in the Intelligence 
Unit of the Nigerian Army at Child Avenue Arakan Barracks Lagos between 
2001 and 2006 and was posted to the Nigerain Defence Academy in 2006.

Aminu Sadiq OGWUCHE was arrested on 12th November 2011 at Nnamdi Azikwe
2011 International Airport (NAIA)Abuja on his arrival from the United Kingdom
for suspected involvement in terrorism-related activities but was released 
on bail on 15th October 2012 to his father Col.Agene OGWUCHE (RTD) following
intense pressure from human rights activists who alleged human rights violation.

CONCLUSION

Nigerian security forces shall not rest on their oars until every individual or 
group of persons involved in the Nyanya bombings are brought to book. 
However our findings raise critical issues that demand the collective sensitivity 
and support of the general public if we must win the war on terror. 
Terrorists element are disguising daily by taking up various businesses and 
menial jobs in Abuja and its environs, Therefore, security awareness of the 
public and prompt response to information sharing will continue to play pivotal 
roles in the war on terror.

We hereby enjoin fellow Nigerians to be very vigilant and collaborate with law 
enforcement agencies as we together strive to protect our nation from the antics
of criminals within and outside shores .

Accordingly we urge Nigerians to be patient, to trust and support the nation’s
security forces as all seeming security mysteries in our country will be resolved.

MARYLYN OGAR,msi

Deputy Director, Public Relations,

National Headquarters Abuja

May 12th  2014.