Rival militant groups clashed and attacked an oilfield operated by Eni's Nigerian subsidiary, Agip Oil Company (NAOC) at Ikeinghenbiri community in Southern Ijaw council, Bayelsa.

According to Sahara Reporters, residents of the community have fled their homes following the clash. They say the militants were fighting for the control of the Ogboinbiri-Tebidaba crude trunk line which passed through their community.

A resident of the community identified as Ebidimo Joseph said “We understand it is a conflict between two armed groups for the access to the crude pipeline, one group claims to be working to safeguard the pipeline and said the other group are vandals; they have been shooting.

The sound of the gunfire is scary, and there is no sign of the Joint Task Force soldiers who are supposed to be patrolling the area, we have not seen any soldier,” Joseph said According to Joseph, the pipeline was set ablaze while the two groups engaged each other in the gun battle adding that there was no way to ascertain if there was any casualty yet.

Ten people have been confirmed dead and five critically injured in a ghastly crash at Abia Tower roundabout, Umuahia, Abia State capital. The fatal crash involving a commercial bus belonging to Peace Mass Transit with Plate Number AKL-895YY and a truck occurred this afternoon. Two of the five survivors are in very critical, life threatening condition. The bodies have been deposited at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia. See photos from the accident after the cut...

This kidnapping of a thing is becoming a fad. A child kidnapper was caught at Owode Ajegunle Ikorodu road area of Lagos today (Tuesday). In the last few months over five children was said to have gone missing in the same area the child reportedly went missing.

But the female kidnapper was nabbed as she was trying to escape with two children she abducted in front of a primary school. A woman who saw her identified one of the children she was carrying, she suspected a foul play and immediately called the child's mother.

The mother of the child replied immediately that she has been searching for the child...

The woman alerted people in the area and the kidnapper got mobbed. She was eventually rescued by Police. The kidnapper reportedly said she sells each child to her buyers for the sum of 50,000 Naira.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested the Principal Private Secretary, PPS, to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Hassan Tukur.

He was picked up by operatives of the anti-corruption agency from his resident in Abuja.  Tukur is said to be one of the most powerful persons in the administration of Jonathan.

According to SR, it was not clear why he was arrested, but the commission has been investigating how some huge amounts were stolen and diverted for political purposes under Jonathan's watch.

The EFCC is already prosecuting a former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki and many other top politicians. EFCC also has in its custody Femi Fani-Kayode, who served as the director of publicity for the Jonathan campaign organisation during the 2015 election.

An EFCC source disclosed that the Billions they are discovery as loot in recent times is mind blowing.

A factional president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, says his faction will not be participating in tomorrow May 18th planned strike action against the increased pump price of petrol. Speaking to newsmen in Abuja today, Ajaero said the present economic hardship many Nigerians are facing will increase if the strike holds.

He accused the Ayuba Wabba led faction of the NLC of asking for a loan of N2 billion they took to buy houses to be written off by the government ...

"When you are asking that the loan given to you in 2012, which had not been paid back should be written off, we believe that the action has already been sold out before it takes off. So, we will wait for our group to meet. But definitely, it appears that by ideology and every other thing, we can no longer meet. We thought we should have managed this in the interest of Nigerians but from the look of things, it appear we have to go our different ways. We have condemned the increase and called for negotiation and reversal. It was on the basis of our calls that this meeting was summoned for us to meet and find the way forward.” While insisting that his group will not participate in the strike, Ajaero said, “If we wanted to be serious about an action, you can’t call for an action on Wednesday. It is only an action that is sold out that is called for Wednesday so that by Friday, you say you have strike lethargy and call it off."

The largest cruise ship in the world – measuring more than four football pitches in length with a maximum capacity for 6,780 passengers – has docked in Southampton for final preparations before its maiden voyage. A small crowd of well-wishers, welcomed the £800million Harmony of the Seas as it arrived just after dawn today.

Tens of thousands of people are expected to visit the coastal city this week to catch a glimpse of the gigantic vessel before it carries paying customers for the first time. After sailing from a shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France, and spending the day yesterday cruising the English Channel, Harmony of the Seas sailed up Southampton Water and arrived at Southampton shortly after 6:15am.

It will depart on a short cruise on Sunday – a four-day taster voyage to Rotterdam, in the Netherlands – and on 29 May will make its maiden voyage to Barcelona, where it will be based for 34 seven-night tours of the western Mediterranean this summer. It will sail between Florida and the Caribbean this winter. Royal Caribbean International’s 18-deck ship has set new records for length (1,1188ft), gross tonnage (227,000), width (215.5ft), passenger capacity (5,479 at double occupancy or a maximum of 6,780) and staterooms (2,747).

With a crew of 2,100 from 77 countries, the floating city boasts seven 'neighbourhoods', a 10-storey slide that is the tallest at sea, 23 swimming pools, 20 dining venues, 52 trees, surf simulators, robot bartenders, a casino and climbing walls.

See the photos below...

Credit: UK Daily Mail

A 9ja400 reader sent this in but I'll leave out the name of the school because I wasn't able to confirm it happened there. Read below...

Hello chibuzor, this is a picture of a five month old still born that was found in the toilet of a hostel of a supposed Christian school in Benin city. On the 15th of May 2016 which was a Sunday the cleaners found the aborted child there and alerted the school authorities. The schools clinic evacuated the child and took it for verifications before discarding.
The Vice Chancellor summoned the students on the 16th of May asking the students not to narrate the hideous event to anyone not even their parents nor any social media platform and they will be rewarded appropriately if they all kept mute on the issue. The sum of #500,000 will be given to lure the student who did this to come out. The same school that publicized their core values as transparency and all is now trying to cover up terrible acts like this and dash out huge amounts of money when they can barely afford several amenities for the students.