China condemns Nigerian schoolgirls’ kidnapping

China on Wednesday condemned an incident in Nigeria in which over 100 schoolgirls were kidnapped by armed gunmen, and voiced firm support for the Nigerian government.

The Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Hua Chunying said, in reference to the raid on the Girls College in Chibok Town in northeastern Nigeria: “China strongly condemns and opposes terrorism in all forms.’’

“We urge the immediate release of those innocent students, and assurance of their safety,’’ Hua said at a regular press briefing.

She said China, as Nigeria’s strategic co-operative partner, would continue to firmly support the Nigerian government to safeguard its national security and stability.

Kano rally: Ango Abdullahi, Junaid blast President

Some northern groups on Tuesday described President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to Kano on Monday, as the height of insensitivity and callousness.

In separate telephone interviews with The PUNCH, spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, and Dr. Junaid Mohammed, a member of the National Conference, said the President had only demonstrated his disdain for human lives.

Abdullahi said this was not the first time when the President would continue with festivities during a national tragedy.

He expressed disappointment that people who were supposed to be concerned go ahead to wine and dine when they should be sympathising with victims.

Kwakwanso embezzled my campaign fund, Jonathan alleges

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday took on Governor Rabiu Kwakwanso of Kano State, accusing him of embezzling the money his (President’s) campaign office provided to mobilise the state delegates for the 2011 presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party and the main election.

He said the governor deliberately engaged in the act to make the state delegates angry and refuse to vote for him in the primary and during the presidential election.

Jonathan said contrary to his claim, Kwakwanso did not vote for him in the 2011 presidential election.

The President made the allegations at a PDP unity rally held in Kano to welcome a former governor of the state, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, into the party.

He was reacting to a media report that quoted the governor as saying that he regretted voting for him (the President) in the 2011 election because he had not brought any development to the state.

The President recalled that when it was becoming obvious that he was going to win the presidential primary in 2011, Kwankwaso and the state delegates stormed out of the Eagles Square, Abuja venue of the election.

Boko Haram abducts 100 schoolgirls in Borno

No fewer than 100   female students of the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State, were on Monday night abducted by members of the outlawed militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram.

The incident took place less than 15 hours after four suicide bombers detonated Improvised Explosive Devices, killing 89 people in a busy motor park in Nyanya, a satellite community bordering the Federal Capital Territory and Nasarawa State.

Just before the news of the abduction spread on Tuesday, there was pandemonium at the National Assembly as a bomb scare forced lawmakers and workers to hurriedly close their offices.

Parents told the Hausa service of the British Broadcasting Corporation that the girls, who are Senior Secondary Schools Examination candidates, were woken up at about 10pm in their hostel by the insurgents   and ordered into four waiting lorries.

10-Month-Old Baby Reunites With ‘Missing’ Mother in Hospital

A 10-month-old baby simply identified as Goodness, who was rescued from the scene of the Monday bomb blast in Nyanya near Abuja,  has been reunited with her mother in hospital.

Goodness was separated from her mother, Gloria Adams, who was presumed dead in the explosion.

Before she was taken from the Asokoro Hospital to the Wuse General Hospital where her mother is receiving treatment in  the Intensive Care Unit, Goodness spent Tuesday morning sleeping.

Medical workers and her aunt, Maria Dominic, looked after the little baby who had only a slight swelling close to one of her eyes.

Her mother suffered severe injuries and is one of the two left in the Wuse General Hospital’s ICU after one other victim died.

Gloria, according to a hospital source  said she was carrying Goodness on her back when the blast occurred.

Bomb scare at National Assembly

BARELY 24 hours after the Nyanya bomb blast, there  was pandemonium Tuesday at the  National Assembly as staff abandoned  their duty posts as early as 1.30pm to avoid being killed by a bomb allegedly planted in the complex.
Some  workers that spoke to  Vanguard claimed that there was an order that they  should vacate the complex for security reasons.
The commercial banks operating within the complex closed shop at about 1.pm claiming that there was an order that they should vacate the complex.
Attempts to  get clarifications from the civil servants proved abortive as most of them declared that they were on their way home.
The bomb scare story started making the round at about 11am that there was a bomb planted in the complex and an order from an unidentified source said  that all commercial food vendors should vacate the complex immediately.

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WASTE OF TAXPAYER's FUND: President Jonathan’s Lavish Gold-plated iPhones For Foster Daughter’s Wedding Guests Spark Controversy

A Twitter picture of a set of gold-plated iPhones lavishly customized by a UK-based jewelry designer for President Goodluck Jonathan as gifts for his adopted daughter’s wedding have enraged Nigerian citizens who question the unconscionable use of public funds.

While the presidency has denied the phones, however, the designer has confirmed them, claiming they are merely his own gifts.

Some commentators have also questioned the illegal and reckless use of the national emblem on the phones, giving that the wedding, which began last weekend, was a private event.

North can survive without oil, says Lamido Adamawa

A delegate to the  National Conference and the  Lamido of Adamawa,  Alhaji Muhammadu Mustapha, has said that the North can survive  economically without proceeds from petroleum resources.

The controversial monarch noted that but for the laziness on the part of the people of the region, the proceeds from agricultural produce would have made the region less dependent on oil.

He argued that while a litre of palm oil is sold for N300, the same measurement is sold for N97 per litre when it is petroleum.

He said if the North could harness its natural resources (agriculture), the region would have survived oil (petroleum), which had turned the people of the North to beggars in the eyes of those from the oil-producing states (petroleum).

Breaking News: About 200 died In Abuja Bomb Explosion- BLOODY MONDAY MORNING:

More than 200 people are feared dead in an explosion which rocked an outskirt of Abuja, the Nigerian capital, this morning.
The explosion sounded in a highly populated motor park in Nyanya, less than five minutes drive from the Abuja city Centre.
It is not clear yet how the bomb was ferried into the park, but witnesses suspect it was planted by a suicide bomber.
Several dead bodies now litter the blood spattered park and the expressway leading to the city.
Some of the dead victims and the injured are being taken to the hospital by ambulances and vans belonging to the police, the Vehicle Inspection Office, Federal Road Safety Commission…
Our reporter counted more than 50 bodies that are yet to be evacuated. Several vehicle including about 12 government owned high capacity buses were destroyed in the attack. Some of the buses were said to be loaded with passengers when the explosion occurred.