Names, personal details of 22,000 terrorists leaked

The personal details of not fewer than 22,000 terrorists have been leaked in what is now being described as the breakthrough of a lifetime in the war against terror and insurgency worldwide. According to reports coming from the UK, names and family details of 22,000 jihadis of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have been revealed in huge cache of leaked HR forms of the terrorist organization. Daily Mail UK reports that a priceless cache of documents containing the personal information of 22,000 Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq has been seized. The files which were stored to a memory stick (flash drive) were packed full with the names, addresses, telephone numbers and family contacts of ISIS recruits. The memory stick revealed that recruits had to fill in the 23-question registration card to be allowed into the group, also known as Daesh, including details like next of kin, and previous employment. The flash drive was stolen from an IS leader by a disgruntled recruit who handed it over to British television, Sky News. British authorities are reporting that the details the flash contains are authentic. The files were passed to Sky News on a flash drive stolen from the head of Islamic State’s internal security police, an organisation described by insiders as the group’s SS, who had been entrusted to protect the organisation’s core secrets and he rarely parted with the drive. The man who stole it was a former Free Syrian Army convert to Islamic State who calls himself Abu Hamed.
Daily Mail UK reports that Hamed, disillusioned with the Islamic State leadership, says the terrorist group has now been taken over by former soldiers from the Iraqi Baath party of Saddam Hussein. He claims the Islamic rules he believed in have totally collapsed inside the organisation, prompting him to quit. He told Sky News that IS was giving up on its headquarters in Raqqa and moving into the central deserts of Syria and ultimately Iraq, the group’s birthplace. Asked if the IS files could bring the network down he nodded and said simply: ‘God willing’.  Thanks for reading

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Oil extends losses, falls below $40

World oil prices sank further below $40 per barrel on Tuesday, as hopes faded that major crude producers would freeze output levels to ease a world surplus.
At around 17:00 GMT, United States benchmark West Texas Intermediate for delivery in April was down a hefty $1.11 at $36.07 per barrel.
Brent North Sea crude for May delivery slid 96 cents to $38.57 a barrel compared with Monday’s close.
“The price of Brent crude has fallen four of the last six days, its worst run in three weeks as chances become more remote of a joint output freeze amongst OPEC and non-OPEC producers while Iranian production ramped up significantly last month,” said CMC Markets analyst Jasper Lawler. A meeting proposed by Russia and Saudi Arabia to discuss output limits has been pushed back to April from March 20, after signs that some key producing nations do not support the move.
Oil prices slid Monday after Iran reportedly signalled it would not join the effort until its own crude production reached pre-sanction levels of 4.0 million barrels per day.
WTI had slumped 3.4 per cent and Brent dipped 2.1 percent, giving up gains that saw the global benchmark break $40 a barrel for the first time this year.
“I remain sceptical on any such supply talks as the probability of any definitive action is unlikely to be high,” added analyst Bernard Aw at IG Markets in Singapore.
Even if the talks happen, the meeting’s agenda is freezing production levels – a stop gap measure – rather than the more long-term goal of cutting output to reduce the global crude oversupply, Aw noted.
“What I fear is that any breakdowns in the proposed talks, if there even is a meeting, will drag oil prices through the mud again,” he said.
The talks were supposed to be held in Russia this month, but are now set to happen next month in Doha, Qatar.
Singapore trade minister S. Iswaran told a gas conference Tuesday that crude prices are likely to remain between $30 and $50 per barrel this year due to oversupply, a slowing Chinese economy and Japan restarting nuclear power plants.
Traders are also watching for US economic data and a meeting of US Federal Reserve policy makers starting Tuesday for clues on whether they will announce another interest rate hike.
A rate increase is a boost to the dollar, which would make dollar-priced oil more expensive, hurting demand and prices. The Fed raised rates for the first time in nearly a decade in December.

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Nigerians in diaspora to vote in 2019 elections; says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Malabo said that the Independent National Electoral Commission will be encouraged to explore the possibility of Nigerians abroad voting in the 2019 general elections. This was contained in a statehouse release signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media & Publicity, Femi Adesina. President Buhari who was at an interactive meeting with Nigerians resident in Equatorial Guinea, noted that some African countries have started allowing their citizens resident abroad to vote in national elections. He said that he fully empathised with the desire of Nigerians in the diaspora to vote in national elections, assuring that he will therefore do all within his powers to fulfil that desire. “I want all Nigerians to know that I respect them and their right to choose their leaders,” President Buhari was quoted. The President also said that establishing a new national airline was not currently on the Federal Government’s list of priorities. Thanks for reading

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Malawian President calls TB Joshua ‘fake’: “Why didn’t you foretell the collapse of your church building?”

Yesterday, the President of Malawi, Peter Mutharika mocked prophet TB Joshua over the alleged prophecy that two southern Africa presidents would die before 1st of April.

In his wrods,: “I’m told there is a man in Nigeria called Joshua and he is saying that Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and Peter Mutharika will die before April 1,” the Malawian president said on TV. “Let me tell you, Joshua… you will fail. What you did in 2012 will not happen again this year. ”

It was reported that in 2012, TB Joshua foretold the death of a southern African president, and Mutharika’s brother, who was the president at the said time, died within the timeframe given by the prophet. This earned the prophet strong footing in Malawi and he was even called a ‘spiritual father’ by former Malawian President Joyce Banda. But Peter Muthariak sees TB Joshua as a joke he even made reference to his building that collaps leaving 116 people Dead.

“Why did he not foretell this tragedy?” President Mutharika said of the Synagogue guest house collapse that led to the death of about 116 people, mostly southern Africans. “This all shows that he is a liar. He just wants to raise money.”

TB Joshua is yet to respond to this.

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Alumni Association Kicks Against Aregbesola’s Renaming Of UNIOSUN

The Alumni of the Osun State University  (UNIOSUN), Osogbo has rejected the renaming of the Institution by the State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola during.

The alumni declared that the renaming of the University after late Minister of Justice, Late Chief Bola Ige was immaterial at this point in time, urging the governor to reverse the action.

This was contained in a statement issued and signed by Oluwatosin Abikanlu and Otunde Adebowale, the President and Secretary-General of the Alumni respectively, and a copy was made available to newsmen on Sunday.

The statement noted that the alumni rejected the renaming after late Ige because Chief Bola Ige has nothing to do with the establishment of the University aside being a political leader in the State before he died in December 2001. Also, that the acronym of the UNIOSUN with the renaming of Bola Ige University (BIU) had also clashed with Benson Idahosa University (BIU).

The Alumni noted: “Renaming of the University of Osun State, popularly called UNIOSUN, after late Cicero of Esa-Oke and former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Late Chief Bola Ige at this point in time, is immaterial and misplacement of priority. 

“Chief Bola Ige has nothing to do with the establishment of the University. Mr. Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola action on the development is political and confusing and also, against the wishes of the UNIOSUN-concerned stakeholders.

“The UNIOSUN is to bear the same acronym with Benson Idahosa University (BIU) after its renaming as Bola Ige University (BIU). As Alunmi of the UNIOSUN, we are totally rejected the renaming of UNIOSUN because Mr. Aregbesola has failed to perform its constitutional duty in financing the University as its Visitor.

“We are ready to approach the Court of competent Jurisdiction for redress if Governor Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola is NOT reversing the University to the status quo,” they noted.

It will be recalled that the Osun state University, Osogbo was renamed to Bola Ige University, Osogbo by the state governor recently during UNIOSUN 4th and 5th convocation ceremony.

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1 Confirmed Dead, Others Injured As 4 Vehicles Crash In Fatal Accident (Photos)

One person has been confirmed dead following a crash that occurred today in Area 11 on Ahmadu Bello Road, Abuja. Four vehicles were damaged in the crash and others were injured.

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Teenage Okada Robbers Arrested In Lagos

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three teenage robbers, who specialise in “okada” snatch and run” .

Members of the gang, Daniel Dali, 19; Emmanuel Ashaolu, 17 and Ikenna Bright, 17, were arrested on Friday in Ajegunle RRS team on regular patrol of the area.

Dali and Ashaolu reportedly snatched a handbag from a lady, forcing their victim to shout for help.

The alarm raised by the lady prompted the RRS team to pursue the duo on okada leading to the arrest of Ashaolu while Dali escaped.

The RRS team mobilized a decoy Team of RRS Intelligence who combed the area late in the night, leading to the arrest of Dali, the okada rider and Bright.

At the suspects’ apartment, two other roommates were also arrested but later released after cross examination by the RRS officials.

It was learnt that Dali on interrogation stated that he is the okada rider for the syndicate and disclosed that he started the business of okada snatching and run in April 2015 after the death of his mother

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