Many Nigerians Confirmed Dead As Migrant Boat Capsized Off Libya Coast

Thirty-one people drowned in the accident that occurred late Friday, and the rest were rescued by a freighter and brought on Sunday to the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, Ansa reported, citing the survivors.

Most of the migrants came from Nigeria, Gambia, Benin and Senegal, and the survivors were suffering from shock and hypothermia.

Italian authorities say more than 470 migrants have reached Italy in a 24-hour period.

Sad news: Boko Haram kill 20 civilians in Borno

More than 20 civilians have been shot dead by suspected members of Nigeria’s Islamist group Boko Haram.

According to sources, the incident occurred when the Boko Haram members were attacked by a vigilante group in northern Borno state.

In a statement made by the spokesman for the multinational Joint Task Force, Haruna Mohammed Sani,  he said the suspected sect members came armed and fired sporadic shots that killed over twenty innocent civilians.

YOUTH PASTOR, WIFE, CHAPERONE DIED IN BUS CRASH

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The youth pastor of an Indianapolis church and his pregnant wife were among the three who died in Saturday's bus crash, a church leader said.

Youth pastor Chad Phelps and his wife, Courtney Phelps, were expecting their second child next month, Colonial Hills Baptist Church deacon Jeff Leffew said at a news conference Sunday. Chad Phelps is the son of the church's main pastor, Charles Phelps.

Tonya Weindorf, a mother of five who was a chaperone on the trip to the northern Michigan youth camp, also died, Leffew said.

"Our church grieves now. We grieve the fact that they're not here now. We miss them," Leffew said.

Dozens were injured in the crash, which happened Saturday afternoon on an Interstate 465 exit ramp. Bus driver Dennis Mauer, 68, told authorities that the brakes failed before the vehicle struck a raised concrete median and flipped on its side, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department report.

Obi Nwakanma: The deportation of citizens from Lagos is not only lawless, it is vexatious

To put this very mildly: Lagos was built by Nigerians with massive Nigerian resources, and it is a migrants’ city. Fashola’s administration cannot hide its dirt-poor under the carpet and by forced deportations.

Once again, the Lagos state government deported Nigerians from a Nigerian state; an action that is as lawless as it is vexatious. Newspaper reports last week indicated that the Lagos authorities out of possibly excessive enthusiasm, and certainly out of pitiable ignorance and overreach, rounded up all manners of the city poor from the streets, sixty-seven of them, put them in a vehicle, and transported them across the bridge to Onitsha, Anambra state.

“She was showing me where to buy tomatoes”: Married man claims after getting caught with a prostitute

A man who told police that a prostitute was in his car as she was showing him where to buy tomatoes has been found guilty of kerb crawling.

The known sex worker was spotted in Wednesbury Road, Walsall , sitting in a Nissan Micra apparently waiting for the driver to return from a nearby cash point.

As he drove away police followed the 39-year-old security guard into Wallows Lane where he was stopped and arrested on suspicion of soliciting.

17 Children Rescued From Child Traffickers

 

                                                              The rescued Children
From Vanguard

The Benue state Police Command has rescued 17 under aged children from a suspected child trafficking syndicate who specialized in picking children from Benue and neighboring states for distribution to yet to be identified persons in Lagos, Abeokuta and Ibadan.

Also arrested by the command, were eight members of the gang who were nabbed along Otukpo-Enugu while conveying their victims to unknown persons around the country.

Photos From Taiwo Oyebanjo and Dotun Ojuolape's Engagement Ceremony In Ogun State

Taiwo Oyebanjo and Dotun of Cool Fm arriving  their Engagement venue which took place at Remo Majestic Hotel, Sagamu in Ogun State. D'banj was spotted around town. Their white wedding holds next week Saturday. We say big congrats to them. More pictures after the cut.