President Goodluck Jonathan Declares State Of Emergency In Parts Of Nigeria.

Nigeria's President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has declared a State Of Emergency in parts of the country (Borno, Yobe, Plateau & Niger States) following the recent bombings in the country. While visiting the scene of the chritsmas day bombing he described the #BokoHaram sect as a "cancerous" body that was bent on destroying the country....meanwhile.... Hmmm! President GEJ has applied some politics in the STATE OF EMERGENCY. It's shouldn't be LGAs but states. ... A State Governor is the Chief Security of his State. When s/he have lost control of his territory, a STATE OF EMERGENCY is required, 100%!!! Declaring a STATE OF EMERGENCY in LGAs of lost STATES is the most laughable of it all. President Goodluck Jonathan and PDP are at it again....besides why would it take him 6 days to visit the scene of the bomb attack that killed 37 & wounded over 57 citizens. #smh

Another Bomb blast hit Mosque in Maiduguri,Kills four…..Could This Be A Reprisal Attack?

An explosion and gunfire rocked an area near a mosque and market in northeasternNigeria on Friday, killing four people, residents said, but the military denied there was a blast and said two people had been shot dead by armed robbers.

The violence erupted after a series of Christmas Day attacks blamed on Islamist sect Boko Haram that killed at least 49 people, most of them outside a Catholic church near the capital Abuja, and triggered fears of reprisals by Christians.


Details of Friday’s incident remained unclear, with residents initially reporting a loudexplosion near a mosque in Maiduguri, a northeastern city that has borne the brunt ofviolence blamed on the Islamists.
Two residents said they later saw four dead bodies.

A spokesman for a military task force at first confirmed an explosion near the city’s main market, but later strongly denied there had been a blast, saying armed robbers had shotthree people and that soldiers were in pursuit.
Lieutenant Colonel Hassan Mohammed said several robbers had stormed a market in Maiduguri after Muslim prayers.
“In the course of trying to rob the traders, they gunned down three people,” he said, adding that two people had been killed and the third was critically ill in hospital.
He said the robbers may also be members of Boko Haram, which has been accused of carrying out armed robberies in the past to finance its activities.
A relief agency official in the city said on condition of anonymity that “many residents in Maiduguri said that they heard the blast that took place in Guddum area, behind the emir’s palace.
“But the (military task force) denied there was a blast,” the official said.
“A robbery took place in the central business district of Maiduguri and there were gunshots fired at the scene. Where the robbery took place is about a kilometre away from the scene of the blast.”
Nigeria’s security agencies have come under intense pressure to stop attacks by Boko Haram amid spiralling violence blamed on the group.
President Goodluck Jonathan met with his security chiefs for the second time in as many days in Abuja on Friday following suggestions that he may reshuffle his team.
Boko Haram has carried out scores of attacks in Nigeria, most of them in the northeast, and its targets have included Muslim leaders.
Thousands have fled Maiduguri fearing further attacks by Boko Haram and heavy-handedmilitary raids, with soldiers accused of killing civilians and burning their homes after bomb blasts.
Christian leaders have expressed mounting frustration over the Nigerian authorities’ inability to stop attacks that have killed hundreds of people this year.
They have said they will be forced to defend themselves if the authorities do not address the problem.
Amid the mounting concerns over reprisals, a bomb was thrown into an Arabic school on Tuesday in Delta state in southern Nigeria, wounding six children and an adult.
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is roughly divided between a mainly Muslim north and predominantly Christian south.

Violence had been raging even in the days before the Christmas Day bombings, especially in the northeastern cities of Damaturu, Potiskum and Maiduguri.
Another attack hit the northeast on Wednesday night, when gunmen opened fire and threw explosives at a hotel and open-air bar in the city of Gombe, wounding 15 people, the hotel manager said.
The motive for that attack was not clear, although Boko Haram has often targeted bars.
In Damaturu last week, suspected members of Boko Haram carried out attacks followed by a military crackdown that led to clashes. A rights group and police source said up to 100 people were feared dead in the violence.
An emergency official has said an estimated 90,000 people have been displaced in Damaturu.


Culled from Vanguard

List Of St Theresa's Catholic Church Madalla Bomb Blast Victims Released

Below is a list of victims of the Xmas bombing at St. Theresa Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State.

Anthony Okoronkwo,
Comrade Dike A. Williams,
Emmanuel Dike,
Richard Dike,
Lillian Dike,
Linda Chioma Obiukwu,
Uche Q. Obiukwu,
Chindinma Cythia Obiukwu,
Ifeoma G. Obiukwu,
Ann Chinedu Aigbadon,

Continue to see the full list......oh my, why must it be only igbo people?????



Chiemeri Nwachukwu,
Cecilia Ebeku,
Oluebube Faustina Pius,
Chidera Sylvia Pius,
Florence Nwachukwu,
Eucharia Ewoh,
Joseph Daniel,
Inspector Titus Eze,
Obasi Jonathan Onyebuchi,
Ehiawaguan Peter,
Uche Esiri,
Sgt. Kadiri Danjuma,

Unidentified person (5)

Victims at the National Hospital
Paulina Koju,
Chukwudi Umeh,
Christiana Kadiri,
Esther Agbo,
David Agbo,
Hellen Okolo,
Mercy Agbo,
John Agbo,
Obiukwu Uche Stella,
Ebuka Abuyi,
Celestine Aniowo,
Michael Sunday,
Lucy Unji,
Chiamaka Obiukwu,
Favour Dike,
Chimaobi Dike,
Favour Agbo,
Maria Obodugo,
Kosisochukwu Egbo,
Nzubechukwu Pius,
Obodo Linus,
Austin Ogbugu,
Chuks Ajuwe,
Esther Ibu,
Blessing Philip,
Isaac Ibu,
Kenedilim Aloysius.

Specialists Hospital Gwagwalada

Innocent Okoronkwo (Intensive Unit),
Chima Ohazurume,
Justina Uche,
Chinyere Amaechi,
Ifeanyi Emenaba,
Fidelia Onugwu,
Chinyere Anthony,
Sadiq Idris,
Onyinyi Peace Eneh,
Clara Iwuozor,
Pauline Okoronkwo,
Uche Bonaventure,
Uche Michael,
Lawal Abubakar,
Victor James.
General Hospital Suleja
Owen Sylvester, Danlamin Isah (passer-by), Ali Sani (passer-by)

Major Hospital Kwamba
Edeh Christiana

Delight Hospital Suleja
Roseline Okeke,
Chisom Eucharia Okoye

Suzan Hospital Suleja

Chukwuebuka Obiakor,
Jenifer Obiakor,
Chidera Obiakor,
Beatrice Otogo.

Daughter of Charity Kubwa

Oliver Ogbona,
Remmy Ofoha,
Francis Raphael

Diamond Crest Hospital Zuba
Gabriel Christiana, Michael Nwanze, Achunike Okolo, Fvaour, Ugochukwu, Nzube Pius
State House Clinic Abuja
Uche Thaddeus, Tanko Mpan, Lucy Wumi, Unknown
Lucas Hospital Madalla
Dominic Mbeng, Agnes Justin Wadzani, Samuel Eze, Ugwu Calistus, Raphael Okoro.
Solace Hospital Suleja
Jane Francis Mmadunacho, Unknown
General Hospital Kubwa
PC Ibrahim Gaita.