WORSENING INSECURITY: NIGER GOVT IMPOSES CURFEW; 11 KILLED AFRESH IN BENUE.(PHOTO).

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 Worsening insecurity: Niger govt imposes curfew; 11 killed afresh in Benue …Evil will be defeated — NSA …IGP orders withdrawal of MOPOL officers deployed for unauthorised purposes Minna—As the dust raised by the continuing killings in Benue and Plateau states is yet to settle, Niger State governor, Umaru Bago, yesterday declared a dusk-to-dawn curfew in the capital, Minna, following incessant killings of people in the city. The governor also said the curfew could be extended to other local government areas of the state, identifying motorcyles, otherwise known as Okada, and tricycles (Keke NAPEP) as two major vehicles used by criminals to perpetrate their nefarious activities. The curfew came on a day 11 persons were killed by herdsmen in fresh attacks in Benue State. The Niger governor declared the curfew as the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, in Plateau State yesterday asked the Federal Government to allow states establish their police forces to curb the increasing wave of killing...

41 PEOPLE DIED TODAY,IN A PLANE CRASH IN SOUTH SUDAN.

                Today wednesday,a Russian built cargo plane with passengers on board crashed today after taking off from the airport in South Sudan's capital,killing dozens of people.An official said three people on board survived.The precise death toll was not immediately clear after the Antonov-12B plane turbo prop plane crashed soon after take off,leaving chunks of wreckage,bodies and cargo strewn along a bank of a White Nile River.The Civil Aviation Authority said the number of dead was still being counted.Witnesses saw 41 bodies,some of which were covered by cloth.A police officer,who did not give his name because he was not authorized to speak to the media,also put the death toll at 41.Three Sudananese and a child survived the crash.More photos below.                               

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