VIDEO: Another Nigerian police officer captured in a video clip trying to extort money from a motorist

A citizen captured this video on his mobile phone in Onitsha where a Nigerian police officer was trying to extort money from a motorist.
Inspite of the recent dismissal of some of them due to similar corrupt practices, they are still extorting money from innocent citizens.
What do you think should be done to effectively eradicate such practices?

Kenya Mall Attack: White Widow Terrorist was in Nigeria before the attack

Samantha Lewthwaite, the British widow known as “White Widow” accused of masterminding the despicable terrorist attack on Kenyan shopping mall which killed about 60 people was in Nigeria and evaded detection, according to a report in the Daily Mirror, UK-based newspaper.

According to the newspaper, “In Nigeria, where police forces are notoriously corrupt, there were reports that she (Lewthwaite) was almost caught a while ago, but she bribed her way out of trouble.”

The full report read: “If White Widow Samantha Lewthwaite is on the run she will be hard to catch. If a Lewthwaite were to be on the run in Kenya, Nigeria or Somalia, it would be a easier to evade detection than in Europe.

"She would be wearing a veil, and sensitivities about searching Muslim women would be observed so she could easily slip through difficult checkpoints.

"In Nigeria, where police forces are notoriously corrupt, there were reports she was almost caught a while ago, but she bribed her way out of trouble," the news report said

"Extremist communities such as al-Shabaab are tight-knit in these countries, making it difficult to recruit agents to penetrate them and trace her.

"And Lewthwaite may hold a great deal of power as a special kind of jihadist, having proved her worth in previous attacks.

"As a white convert mum and widow of a 7/7 bomber, she would be invaluable propaganda and would command huge loyalty.

"Also, the austere nature of her adopted culture means she would rarely go out, so there would be few opportunities to follow her.

"Bounties have failed to nail jihadists as money has no value to individuals loyal to the cause.”

Meanwhile, the Nigerian Ambassador to Kenya, Ambassador Akin Oyateru, yesterday confirmed that no Nigerian citizen was affected in the terrorist attacks or involved with the terrorists in the Westgate Shopping Mall attacks which ended Tuesday after a four-day siege.

About 68 people including six security officers were confirmed dead with over 170 injured.

Briefing journalists via tele-conference, Oyateru said: "We have gone through the list with a fine tooth comb and found no Nigerian name among the dead or the injured."

The ambassador recalled that at the time the siege started, most members of the Nigerian community were attending a pan-Nigerian meeting at a hotel in the central part of the city.

"The meeting was immediately secured and the Nigerians given security briefing," he disclosed.

Oyateru, however, expressed Nigeria's condolences to the government and people of Kenya.

He called on the Nigerian community in Kenya to heed to the calls for blood donations for the injured and also contribute to the relief efforts in whatever way they could.

The Nigerian Mission in Nairobi, he disclosed, has already donated a modest sum of money to assist towards relief efforts, he said.

"Neither the Kenyan or Nigerian government or any other government would succumb to blackmail. These are people feeding on the orgy of violence, they have no cause, they just indulge in mindless killings," he said.

He appealed to the public to always be vigilant and report suspicious activities to security agencies.

"Terrorism is a transnational problem that confronts all nations and everyone has to work together to combat this. Kenya has responded that it will not pull out of Somalia, it will stay for as long as it is required," Oyateru said.

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Boko Haram’s Leader, Shekau appears in video after death claims

 

KANO  – A man who claims to be the leader of Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has appeared in a video taunting world leaders after military claims that he may have been killed from a gunshot wound after a clash with soldiers on June 30.

He said:
“Here is Shekau, Shekau, Shekau, Shekau, original … I want the whole world to know that I’m alive by the grace of Allah.” 

The man resembled past images of Abubakar Shekau, in a video seen by AFP on Wednesday.

Sitting on the ground with an AK-47 leaning against his shoulder, he names Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, US President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as well as Britain's Queen Elizabeth.
It was not clear when or where the video was recorded, but Shekau, speaking in the Hausa language, references recent attacks in northeastern Nigeria, denounces democracy and pledges to keep fighting.

The video, distributed through an intermediary to local reporters, shows the man believed to be Shekau surrounded by a group of fighters dressed in camouflage who are also holding AK-47s.-AFP

China Arnold: Mum Convicted For Microwaving baby To Death Wants New Trial...without the death penalty as an option

China Arnold, a mother convicted of microwaving her 28-month-old baby to death wants a new trial without the possibility of the death penalty.

She was convicted of microwaving her baby to death in 2005. According to pathological reports, baby was likely in microwave for at least 2 minutes.

Now, her attorney Christopher Thompson, is arguing that multiple errors were made in her previous trials and she should receive another one without the death penalty as an option. This would be the fourth trial in the case.



What are your views pertaining this case? Do you think she deserves a death penalty?

Arnold, 33, was already tried three times, with the death penalty a possibility each time, in the murder of her daughter, Paris Talley. Her first trial in February 2008 ended in a mistrial and her second trial ended in September 2008 when she was found guilty but the jury could not decide on the death penalty.
Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Mary Wiseman imposed a sentence of life in prison, but that decision ultimately was overturned on appeal in November 2010.
Arnold’s third trial ended in May 2011 when she was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after a jury did not vote for the death penalty.-CBS


As previously reported by NewsOne, Arnold’s second conviction was overturned by the Second District Court of Appeals in Dayton after the prosecution’s star witness admitted she lied when she testified that Arnold had confessed to putting her baby in the microwave.

The witness claims the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office threatened her with jail time unless she gave that false testimony.

 

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Karamba Diaby makes history as the first Black lawmaker to be elected into the German Parliament

Karamba Diaby has made history as the first Black lawmaker to be elected into the German Parliament. The Huffington Post reports that until now there were no black lawmakers in the German Parliament, despite more than 500,000 people of African origin believed to be living in Germany.

“My election into the German Parliament is of historical importance,” Diaby said.
Diaby has been a German citizen for 12 years. A Senegalese-born chemist who moved to East Germany in 1986 for school, now 51-years-old.