Traffic report at its best.

Get latest traffic report in Lagos. See our live cams and be informed on latest traffic report all around lagos.

<iframe id="embedframe" src="http://widget.tsaboin.com/index.php?utm_source=www.peterenekhu.blogspot.com&utm_medium=widget&utm_campaign=media%20widget&pk_campaign=www.peterenekhu.blogspot.com&bg=fff&txt=222" width="100%" height="auto" style="width:100%; min-width:300px; min-height:550px" scrolling="yes" frameBorder="0" seamless="seamless">Browser not compatible.</iframe> Browser not compatible.">Browser not compatible. 

Posted via Blogaway

Another 200+ women & children fleeing from Boko Haram members rescued in Adamawa

The Nigerian military says it has rescued 260 women and children who got stuck in the outskirts of Chalawa village in Adamawa state after they fled from Madagali village in Adamawa state during one of the Boko Haram attacks on their community.

This new development is contained in statement released by the Defence Headquarters this evening. See the statement after the cut...

Part of the statement reads

Troops on patrol yesterday located 260 women and children in the outskirts of Chalawa village in Adamawa state where they had been held up while trying to escape from terrorists. They have now been conveyed back to their various communities in Madagali after undergoing the normal security profiling. Some of them disclosed that they had to abandon their homes to escape from the terrorists when Madagali came under attack, while others were actually abducted. . The terrorists were however sacked from the Madagali recently. A number of terrorists died in an encounter with with troops who caught up with them as they fled prior to the recovery of the women and children.

Some of the terrorists still managed to escape with varying degrees of gun shot wounds. Others who were captured are now being interrogated by intelligence officers. A machine gun, some rounds of ammunition, as well as some motorcycles and bicycles were also captured from the terrorists. A member of the vigilante group serving as ģuide to the troops was however wounded. Meanwhile the operation in Sambisa forest is continuing as troops are methodically searching every aspect of the expansive terrain

Presidential Elections: Why I Conceded Defeat – Jonathan

Several reasons have been given as to why President Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat to Muhammadu Buhari in the March 28 presidential election, but the real reason why he made the legendary concession has been revealed by Jonathan. 

Speaking, yesterday, while responding to remarks by the French ambassador to Nigeria, Denis Guaer, who commended him for setting a record of humility, patriotism and courage in safeguarding the democratic process in Nigeria and Africa for which he will always be remembered, Jonathan said he conceded defeat so as to avert a collective tragedy.

“Nigeria is not only an economic power in the world today, but also a great democratic example. And it is all by your effort, Mr. President. The last elections and your response was truly a great achievement and you will always be remembered for it,” the French ambassador said.

President Jonathan responded saying: “Since I assumed duty, I have been involved in quelling political crises in some African countries and I know what they passed through and what some are still going through. If you scuttle a system for personal ambition, it becomes a collective tragedy.

“You need to have a nation before you can have an ambition. It should always be the nation first. You don’t have to scuttle national progress for personal ambition. Democracy has to be nurtured to grow. Strong democratic institutions are the backbone and future of our democracy. They must be protected and nurtured. As for me, as a matter of principle, it is always the nation first.

“President Francois Hollande was our guest in Nigeria during the celebration of Nigeria’s centenary. He has been very supportive of the country in the fight against terrorism. I expect that the same warmth and goodwill will be extended to the incoming government.

“I expect that France will continue to work with the new administration, especially on issues of terrorism. The United Nations has been supportive as well. Our troops, supported by regional forces, have done very well in fighting the terrorists in recent times. What we need now is support to help our people get back their lives,” he said.

Nigerian Union to resettle 50 Nigerians attacked by S’Africans

The Nigerian Union in South Africa has said that it has concluded arrangements to resettle 50 Nigerians affected by the ongoing xenophobic attacks.

The President of the union, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on phone from Pretoria, South Africa, on Saturday.

Anyene said the Nigerians were displaced at Jeppes Town, near Johannesburg.

“We met about 300 Nigerians in Jeppes town, near Johannesburg, who fled for their safety and about 50 of them do not have any place to stay.

“We are making arrangements with the Nigerian mission in South Africa to get them a place to stay for their safety.

“The Nigerian union has also presented relief materials to those affected by the attacks and we are in touch with various branches of the union in the provinces on their safety and security.”

According to him, Nigerian shops and businesses in Durban and Johannesburg have been looted and some burnt.

He said two shops belonging to Nigerians in Durban were looted and they lost goods worth 400,000 Rand.

“In Jeppes Town, near Johannesburg, five shops were looted and one burnt while the estimated loss is put at One million Rand.

“The incidents have been reported to the police and we are still taking stock of attacks on Nigerians,” he said.

Anyene reiterated the union’s call to the Federal Government to put more pressure on the South African government to halt the attacks.

Mysterious disease kills patients within 24 hours in Ondo State, South -West Nigeria

Laboratory tests have so far ruled out Ebola or any other virus (FILE- EPA)

A "mysterious" disease that kills patients within 24 hours has claimed at least 17 lives in a southwestern Nigerian town, the government said.

"Seventeen people have died of the mysterious disease since it broke out early this week in Ode-Irele town," the government spokesman for Ondo state, Kayode Akinmade, told AFP news agency on Saturday.

The disease, whose symptoms include headache, weight loss, blurred vision and loss of consciousness, killed the victims within 24 hours of their falling ill, he said.

Laboratory tests have so far ruled out Ebola or any other virus, Akinmade added.

The World Health Organisation said it had information on 14 cases with at least 12 dead.

"Common symptoms were sudden blurred vision, headache, loss of consciousness followed by death, occurring within 24 hours," spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told AFP.

Akinmade said health officials and experts from the government and aid agencies, as well as WHO epidemiologists, have arrived in Ode-Irele.

"Outside a total of 17 deaths recorded, in the past 72 hours we have not recorded new cases. There is no patient of the disease in any hospital and the disease has not spread beyond the town," he said.

Jasarevic said blood and urine samples had been taken from two victims and cerebrospinal fluid from another.

"All samples have been sent to Lagos University Teaching Hospital this morning, and results are still pending. Investigations are still ongoing," he said.

Source: AFP