Boko Haram paid me N200 to bomb Borno State – Teenager

An 18-year-old Boko Haram suicide bomber, Amina, who was intercepted by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Tuesday in Maiduguri, Borno State said she was given N200 for the mission.
Amina said she was abducted two years ago by the sect members in Madagali, Adamawa State and taken to Sambisa forest.

She said: “They gave us N200 each, which they said we should use to buy food for ourselves.
“It took us three days to come to Maiduguri on a motorcycle.
“We were directed by the sect members to detonate our explosives any where we saw any form of gathering.
“They said if we press the button, the bomb would explode and we will automatically go to heaven.

“I was scared, so, I told them that I could not detonate any explosive.
“So, they said if Zainab detonated her own, it would serve the purpose.
“On our way to Maiduguri, we encountered the military and they were shooting.
“I was very scared and the people that brought us ran away.

“I am from Imam Shekau’s faction of Boko Haram, even though I have never seen Shekau.But I hear about him in Gobarawa.”
Amina said that her father, mother and younger brother, Umar, were all killed when they tried to escape from the Boko Haram enclave where they were held hostage.
She said: “We came from Gobarawa along Damboa, Madagali and Algarno axis, in a community where a lot of us were held hostage and married off by the sect members.
“I also am married to a Boko Haram Commander known as ‘Amir’.”
The NSCDC Commandant in Borno State, Abdullahi Ibrahim, said the command had handed over the suspect to the Garrison Commander, 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri “for proper investigation”.
The Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maiduguri, Major General Lucky Irabor, confirmed that the suspect was in the custody of the Army and that she would undergo investigation.
Irabor said: “We are going to profile her as she would give us the lead to get to other insurgents.”
Operatives of the NSCDC had earlier intercepted two female suicide bombers who tried to ram into motorists at the NNPC Mega Station along Damboa Road, Maiduguri.
Ibrahim told the News Agency of Nigeria that the incident occurred at about 6.45am.
He said: “Our personnel at the NNPC station intercepted two female suicide bombers who were targeting motorists on the long queue at the NNPC mega petrol station at about 6.45am.
“One of the bombers got scared and threw away her bomb and was instantly arrested, while the other one began to run after people with her explosive, but luckily, she was shot on the leg by our personnel after he chased her to a safe place.”

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NYSC warns over Night clubs - see why

The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Sulaiman Kazaure has warned corps members against embarking on unnecessary travels and night pleasures due to safety and security risks.
Kazaure also encouraged corps members to respect cultures and traditions of host communities and to initiate projects and programmes that will promote such communities.

The NYSC boss gave the charge during a visit to the Rivers State Orientation Camp in Tai Local Government Area where he addressed members of the 2016 Batch B Stream Two.
He urged the corps members to pay adequate attention to skill acquisition training in the camp, which he said would help them overcome the challenges of searching for job after their service year.
“I congratulate you on your call-up to the NYSC Orientation camp. I want to crave your indulgence to be good citizens of Nigeria, to be good examples to your younger ones.
“You need to understand the terrain you have found yourselves and be very cautious of how you move.

“As Youth Corps members, you are meant be of good conduct. Stop making unnecessary trips and avoid going to night clubs,” he said.
On his part, the Rivers State Coordinator of NYSC, Omotayo Adewoye commended the government for providing enabling environment and good welfare for corps members

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Germany may deport 12,000 Nigerians next year

More than 12,000 Nigerians may be deported from Germany in 2018.
This was revealed by Ralf Sanftenberg, the country’s global head of programme, migration and development, during his visit to the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diasport, Abike Dabiri-Erewa.

Sanftenberg, who is the leader of delegation from the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, said: “We have over 37,000 Nigerians in Germany and more than 12,000 of them are asylum seekers.
“There is a little chance for their applications to be moved and they may be forced to come back to Nigeria next year.”
He admitted that 99% of them would likely be denied asylum status, as Nigeria was not listed among war countries.
However, asylum seekers willing to return to Nigeria voluntarily will not be forced back or deported.

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Cour sentences ‘yahoo boy’ to two years imprisonment

An internet fraudster, identified as Amegor Ovenseri was on Monday sentenced to two years imprisonment by a Federal High Court sitting in Benin, the Edo State capital for alleged internet fraud.
The accused was first arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on February 21, 2013 on a two count charge bordering on possession of fraudulent documents.

The suspect was arrested on the 18th of January, 2013 at his residence No. 56 Siloko Road, Benin City, by men of the JTF, 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Benin following a tip-off.
Laptops and phones were recovered from his residence at the point of arrest and were handed over to EFCC, for further investigation and possible prosecution.
The magistrate, Justice P. I. Ajoku found Amergor guilty on a two count charge.
The count charge reads, “that you Amegor Ovenseri, on or about the 18th day of January, 2013, at Siluko road, Benin City, Edo State within the jurisdiction of this Honorable court did with conspire with one Ede Amegor to commit felony to wit: obtaining by false pretence contrary to Section 8a of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and Punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act”.

Count two of the charge reads: “That you Amegor Ovenseri, on or about the 18th day of January, 2013, at Siluko road, Benin City, Edo State within the jurisdiction of this Honorable court did possess a document containing false representation to wit: A letter of introduction as frederyk from England, which said representation you made in a bid to obtain by false pretence, and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 6 and 8b of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and Punishable under Section 1 (3) of the same Act.”
Amegor, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him.
Justice P. I. Ajoku, consequently sentenced the accused to two years imprisonment without an option of fine on each of the charge counts. The sentences are to run concurrently.

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