Red Cross Deployed Boats to Rescue Victims Trapped By Lokoja Flood

The Nigeria Red Cross Society said on Sunday that it had deployed three boats three boats to the riverine areas of Ibaji Local Government Council of Kogi, to rescue trapped flood victims  taking refuge on tree tops.Mr Mustafa Allah-Dey, the Chairman of the state branch of the Society, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja that the National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) released the boats for the rescue operation.

Nustafa said that men of the Nigerian Navy and officials of  NEMA, SEMA and the state Ministry of Environment were also involved in the operation, adding that many of the victims were said to be in life threatening situations.

He said that the people should be blamed for their present predicament, adding that they failed to heed several warnings to quit their houses to avoid being trapped.

The chairman said that he did not have the figure of exact number of people trapped and that no report of casualties  been received as at the time of this report. He only described the situation in Ibaji as “very terrible”.

Meanwhile, the traffic gridlock on Lokoja-Abuja road has become more chaotic with vehicles forming long queues on both sides of the road.

The queue at the Lokoja end of the road has extended to Obajana village, about 15 kms drive to the Lokoja city centre.

Mr Isaac Martins, the Head of operations of the State Sector Command of the FRSC, who confirmed this , said that there was not much the commission could do to help the situation.

He said the problem was particularly with the small cars, adding that it takes officials and youths assisting them an average of 20 minutes to help a car out of the water.

“ Vehicles are moving but they are moving slowly, that is just the situation at hand now, Martins said.

He appealed to motorists to make use of alternative roads pending the time the flood would be over.

Pictures and Stories Of the World's Longest Snake Kept In a Haunted House

Statistics says the snake weighs more than 300lbs, is 25ft long and needs at least 15 people to hold her.
This gigantic monster called Medusa has found its way into the Guinness World record books as the world’s largest snake living in captivity.
The massive python, lives in the Edge of Hell haunted house attraction in Kansas City, eats a 40lb animal about once a week but could easily eat something weighing more than 100lbs.

Medusa’s primary diet consists of a combination of rabbits, hogs and deer, served to her every two weeks.

Staff knows her as the sloppiest eater within attraction, as she’s been known to accidentally bite into herself instead of her dinner.

Representatives from the Guinness Book of World Records have verified her new title and she will now join the book for 2013.

Medusa is owned by Full Moon Productions, a haunted house attraction in Kansas City, Missouri
Medusa measures a staggering 25ft 2 in long

Medusa’s trainer Larry Elgar claims he isn’t intimidated by the monster python.
He said: ‘They’ve actually cut people out of them, they are man eaters.

‘Fear is just a lack of understanding. I have no fear. I understand that she can kill me. I’ve been wrapped up and put unconscious by a reticulated python that was only 18 feet long.
To keep Medusa fed, she is given a combination of rabbits, hogs and deer every two weeks

‘I understand the repercussions, but that’s no reason to fear. That car you drove in has killed more people than anything else in the world.

But you’re not scared when you put your keys in it, are you?’

Mr Edgar said he bought the eight-year-old snake as a baby and she’s still growing.
He said then ‘ his snake was 24 inches long, as big as my finger.’

Medusa was brought to the haunted house as a 24 inches long baby

The massive python scooped the record from 24ft long Fluffy
Medusa has bumped Fluffy, a reticulated python, off the top spot.
At 24ft long she held the record for longest snake living in captivity until she died at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Powell, Ohio, in October 2010.
She was 18 years old and still 24 ft long and died of an apparent tumor.

Extra-Judicial Killing: Police to pay N15 Million for Murder of Undergraduate - Court

A State High Court in Benin City, Edo State on the 19th day of September 2012 slammed a N15m judgment against the Nigeria Police Force for the extra-judicial killing of one BABA ISAAC EDOH on June 5, 2011 whilst in custody at the State Criminal Department, Sapele Road, Benin – City. The Court also directed the Police authorities to produce the deceased’s corpse to the family members for burial.

The judgment was sequel to an application for enforcement of the deceased’s right to life filed by the father- MR. ISAAC EDOH through the law firm of FALANA & FALANA'S CHAMBERS. In the suit the applicant sought the following reliefs:

1.    A declaration that the parade of Mr. Isaac Edoh as a kidnapper before the media on June 4, 2011 by the respondents and their agents is unconstitutional as it violates his fundamental rights to dignity of his person and fair hearing guaranteed by sections 34 and 36 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Articles 4 and 7 of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights;

2.    A declaration that the extra judicial killing of Mr. Isaac Edoh by the respondents and their agents on June 5, 2011 at Benin City, Edo State is illegal and unconstitutional as it violates the fundamental right of the deceased to life as guaranteed by section 33 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Article 5 of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights;
   
3.    An order directing the respondents to prosecute the Policemen who carried out the extra judicial killing of Mr. Isaac Edoh;

4.     An order directing the respondents to pay the sum of N200, 000.00, being compensation to the estate of Mr. Isaac Edoh for the infringement of the deceased’s rights to life and dignity of his person; and

5.    An order compelling the respondents to produce the corpse of the deceased whom the killed on June 5, 2011 for burial by the deceased’s family.

The Police filed a response to the suit wherein they vehemently denied any scintilla of knowledge of the arrest and incarceration of the deceased let alone killing him in their custody.

Deaths, Tears as Suicide Bomber Attack Bauchi Church

The ugly spectre of bombing of churches reared its head again on Sunday as a suicide bomber attacked St. John’s Catholic Cathedral in Wunti, Bauchi, directly across from the Bauchi Township Stadium around 9a.m.

The suicide bomber rammed an Opel Vectra sedan into the gate of the church during morning mass, killing himself, a woman and a child and injuring 46 others.

The suicide bomber, suspected to be a Boko Haram member, had tried to drive into the church but was deterred by the concrete barriers at the entrance.

He then rammed the car into the church’s gate.

The spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency, Yushau Shuaib, who confirmed the development, said the dead and injured had been taken to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi.

“Apart from the suspected suicide bomber who was killed by the explosion, a woman and a child also lost their lives after the incident. Twenty-two other injured victims are currently receiving medical treatment in hospital in Bauchi,” he said.

The spokesman for the state police command, Hassan Auyo, also confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria.

Bauchi has been hit by a number of bomb attacks and murders linked to the Boko Haram sect in the last few months.

More details later.

Nigerian Businessmen Allegedly Shot Dead By Police 5 days After His Wedding

Ugo Ozuah was allegedly shot by men of the Nigerian police force in front of the UPS office on the Gbagada Express way on Thursday September 20th. He died early this morning at a hospital in Lagos. Ugo just got married last Saturday September 15th, 2012.

Details as to what really happened that Thursday night are sketchy but according to friends of the late businessman, he was at the expressway with another friend trying to flag down a taxi around 9 at night, when policemen pulled up and shot him twice in the chest at close range. They said he was not resisting arrest, he wasn’t arguing with the police, he was not asked to identify himself, he was just standing there with a friend and got killed for no reason.