BREAKING: Gunmen kill three police officers in Katsina.

Three police officers were shot dead this morning by Gunmen on motorcycles. The incident happened close to a village, Gidan Mutum Daya, in Kusada Local Government Area of Katsina State. The village is a border community between Katsina and Kano.

Shocking! Man hangs self in Ibadan

Alalubosa Suicide

An unidentified man was on Saturday discovered to have committed suicide by hanging from a mango tree on an undeveloped parcel of land along railway line at Alalubosa GRA, Ibadan in Oyo State.
Information gathered revealed that the body of the deceased was found where it was dangling from the tree by one of the people who had their shops along the rail line, when he went to defecate.
The person who noticed the body reportedly raised the alarm, attracting other workers such as mechanics and furniture makers around the place popularly called Mile 110.
The workers were said to have reported at Iyaganku Division of Oyo State Police Command but were told that the place where the body hanged was under the jurisdiction of Nigeria Railway Corporation police.
They reportedly went to Dugbe Railway police station but as at the time of filing this report, Sunday It was learnt that none of the police officers from the station had visited the scene.
Also, when Sunday Tribune went to the scene at about 5p.m., the body was still found hanging from the tree while flies buzzed round his pair of trousers which was wet with urine.

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I want a successor that will surpass my achievements – Fashola

Babatunde Fashola

I don't want to be the best governor of Lagos State. My interest in the next election for Lagos State is who will best protect and advance the interest of the state.
I prefer a successor that will surpass my achievements in office and advance the cause of Lagos State. I am not praying to be the best ever governor of the state, but I expect my successor to carry on the transformation agenda of the state without further delay.
I am not worried about the person who will succeed me, but I am concerned because I will be involved. I really hope that the person who will take over after me will be a lot better than me. I hope that the person can do in four years what it has taken us eight years to do. That I know will be beneficial to all of us.

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This is Cortana, Microsoft’s answer to Siri

Windows Phone 8.1

Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 8.1 update will include Cortana, a personal digital assistant designed to rival Siri and Google Now. Sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans have revealed to The Verge how Cortana looks and operates, replacing the built-in Bing search functionality on Windows Phone 8.1. While the feature is named after the Halo game series, Cortana will take the form of a circular animated icon instead of a female character. Cortana will animate when it’s speaking or thinking, forming a personality not dissimilar to Apple’s Siri.

Nicknames just like Siri

Just like Siri, Cortana will also allow Windows Phone users to set how they want to be addressed by the voice-activated assistant. Cortana can call users by their name or nicknames like "Master Chief" after the function is enabled in the settings. A key part of Cortana is its ability to save information and data in a Notebook system. Notebook will allow the Cortana digital assistant to access information such as location data, behaviors, personal information, reminders, and contact information. Cortana can also track flights or other mentions in emails, allowing it to generate notifications similar to Google Now.

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Nigerian military arrests Borno blast culprits

Boko Haram Arrest

The Nigerian military said on Sunday, its troops have arrested suspects believed to have thundered two massive car bombs that killed more than 50 in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Saturday.

Military authorities did not particularize the number of those detained, although reports say about two dozen men were rounded up by security forces after the attack on Saturday.

Those arrested are helping with ongoing investigation, the military said in a statement Sunday.

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Updates: 91 killed in separate Boko Haram attacks in Borno

91 killed in separate Boko Haram attacks in Borno	Bomb explosion rocks central Maiduguri	91 killed in separate Boko Haram attacks in Borno
Maiduguri Blast	Bomb Blast Attack	Maiduguri Blast

At least 39 persons were killed on Saturday night in the Borno state village of Mainok, 60km away from Maiduguri, the state capital, where a twin blast had killed at least 52 on the same day, security sources and witnesses said.
An officer at the Department Security Service, who asked not to be quoted as he was not authorized to speak said the attack on Mainok also left the farming community completely razed down.
Mansur Buba, a commercial cab driver in Mainok said he participated Sunday afternoon in the burial of those killed in the attack.
“I was so lucky to escape the attack because I had to convey passengers to Maiduguri and pass the night there; the attackers arrived Mainok less than an hour after I left, but sadly some of my cousins were not lucky. The gunmen rounded up the village and began to shoot, setting fire on buildings. Many people were injured as well; some are fleeing as I am talking to you now. I had to quickly leave Mainok for Maiduguri because there is fear everywhere”, said Mr. Buba.
Borno state Police Commissioner, Tanko Lawan, did not respond to calls to his phone.
Maiduguri blasts
Many travellers from Maiduguri are said to have shelved their journey as Mainok lies on the highway leading to Kano the largest city in northern Nigeria. It shares same Local government with Banisheik which is just 10km further.
Both Mainok and Benisheik, located West of Maiduguri have suffered several attacks by the Boko Haram insurgents especially within last year.
The attack on Mainok coincided with the twin blasts that rocked Ajilari suburb of Maiduguri on Saturday evening.
A PREMIUM TIMES reporter who visited the scene of the blasts was told by witnesses that 51 persons died as a result, while several others got injured.
A Red Cross official confirmed that children made the top list of the casualties.
A leader of the Civilian-JTF, Hassan Ali, said the bombs detonated from two different vehicles.
“The first blast came from a pickup van carrying firewood, and the second from a Volkswagen Golf Salon car,” he said.
Mr. Ali said the first driver drove into a street called Bintu-Suga and packed, and then hurriedly moved into one of the shops as if he was trying to buy something, then the pickup exploded. Few people including the driver died and many were injured.
“As we were trying to rescue injured persons, then boom, the second one went off but this time killing and injuring more people,” he said.
Close to the scene of the blast was a cinema where a DJ was also playing music for fun seekers at a wedding reception.
Some of the youth who laboured all night to rescue the victims trapped under rubble insisted that there were people under the fallen walls but have no facilities to dig under, Mr. Ali said.
Another eyewitness said the second bomber in the Volkswagen Golf was seen abandoning his car and snatching a tricycle from a spectator, with which he attempted fleeing.

“Everyone was confused thinking the man acted out of fear, but in less than 30 seconds after, the car he abandoned exploded, so we then saw him abandoning the tricycle and continued fleeing on foot. That was when some of us raised alarm and rounded him up,” said a Civilian-JTF member, who identified himself as Isa Adamu.
The Maiduguri blasts has angered the youth who now accuse the government of weakening the Civilian-JTF by training some of them and giving them uniforms under the government scheme called Borno Youth Empowerment Scheme (BOYES).
The angry youth argue that paying some few members of the Civilian-JTF stipend as BOYES officials, had dampened the spirit of the “real Civilian-JTF” who would in the past go after members of Boko-Haram.
More corpses under rubbles
Borno state deputy governor, Zannah Mustapha, visited the scene of the blasts amidst tight security to sympathize with the residents.
Briefing the deputy governor, spokesman for community, Bukar Modu, said the explosions had killed 46 persons on the spot, while six others died later in the hospital.
Mr. Modu added that “unspecified numbers of corpses were still under the rubbles of the destroyed buildings”.
The deputy governor who expressed his sympathy said he was directed to visit by Governor Kashim Shettima who was on an official assignment.
Mr. Mustapha instructed the caretaker Chairman of Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Mr. Kadiri Rahis, to “liaise with the people in order to compile comprehensive names of surviving victims currently being treated at various hospitals for immediate assistance”.
He also assured the people that “when the governor returns, a committee would be constituted to look into the issue and see how best government can assist everyone affected.
He also promised that “those involved in the search for more corpses would be provided with excavator to dig into the rubbles in order to make their work easier”.

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