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Welcome to mjventertainment.blogspot.com:... Our official APP WORKS FASTER than any browser Get Free App LOCAL NEWS Nigeria can develop tourism through traditional religion Yesterday SHARE THIS NEWS! Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Email Dr Paula Gomes has sent a strong message to Yorubas and the Nigerian government to be proud of their heritage as a way of self-development. Figurines on display at the World Sango Festival 2016 Photo: Michael Obasa In an exclusive interview with Naij.com during the 2016 World Sango Festival which took place in Oyo, the cultural ambassador to the Alaafin of Oyo said Yorubas should be proud of what they have. Gomes said there was a lot of misconception surrounding the traditional Yoruba religion as many Yorubas think it is all about idol worship. She explained that Yorubas believe in only one God referred to as Eledumare and that the concept of idol worship is actually broad. Dr Paula Gomes urged Yorubas to be proud of their heritage Photo: Michael Obasa She said that Jesus who is worshipped by Christians is actually a form of idol worship as just like some people worship artistes. READ ALSO: Oyo prepares for World Sango Festival She said: “People here, they believe that what comes from outside (religion) is good and what belongs to them is wrong. The Yorubas believe that their own culture is to worship idols which is wrong. The Yorubas don’t worship idols; the Yorubas worship only one god which is Eledumare. “This Eledumare, nobody can see him; even the God for Christians. God is only one, nobody can see God. Devotees of Sango at the World Sango Festival. Photo: Michael Obasa “But the Yorubas believe that because nobody can see Eledumare, the Eledumare, God himself, delegates power to these divinities that they can interact with humanities so there is nothing wrong with it. “It’s true that there is a lot of misconceptions but they Yorubas don’t worship idols. If we talk about idols, we have to talk in general. Jesus is an idol because you worship him. I love my mother, I worship her. If you have a singer that you like, people like Pasuma, Osupa. From what I listen, people worship these people so idol is a very vast word. Sango is a divinity was a irunmale and as well came to the earth as a human being.” The cultural ambassador urged Yorubas to be proud of themselves and not be ashamed of their ancestors. She noted that the Nigerian government sends Muslims and Christians to Mecca and Jerusalem respectively every year and by doing so developing the economy of these places. Dr Paula Gomes (centre) talking to foreign visitors at the World Sango Festival. Photo: Michael Obasa READ ALSO: World Sango festival: a celebration of ritual and culture She said: “You cannot deny where you’re coming from. You cannot deny your identity. If you deny your identity, you deny yourself. The Yoruba people should be proud of themselves and should not be ashamed of their culture and tradition. “Nigerian government invests a lot of money to send people to Mecca and Jerusalem. The Dollars they are taking to these two places, they are developing the economy of these countries. They are giving jobs to their youths. Why not develop Yoruba, Nigeria historical sites, shrines and festivals for the white people and Nigerians to come to do tourism. It’s a way for economic development. The youth needs jobs. Why not develop tourism?” SHARE THIS NEWS! Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Email Naij.com Home Page
Monday 12 September 2016
Welcome to mjventertainment.blogspot.com:....Latest Biafra Issue Boko Haram Advertise with us NAIJ.com Hausa Submit Your Story Mobile App (Free) OFFICIAL 1.88 NGN/CFA OFFICIAL 310 USD/NGN MARKET 425 USD/NGN Buhari blames PDP for economic recession Our official APP WORKS FASTER than any browser Get Free App LOCAL NEWS $15m: Patience Jonathan’s houseboy, driver arrested by EFCC 11 hours ago SHARE THIS NEWS! Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Email – EFCC says it has arrested a driver, houseboy and two other domestic staff working with for Mrs Dame Patience Jonathan in connection to $15m traced to Mrs Jonathan – Mrs Jonathan said she owns the money in the accounts and she gave millions of dollars to the then special adviser to the President on Domestic Affairs, Waripamowei Dudafa, to open accounts for her – Jonathan’s wife has, however, sued Skye Bank for freezing her bank accounts and giving the EFCC vital information about her finances Former first lady of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan, says the money with EFCC belongs to her. Anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested a driver, houseboy and two other domestic staff working with for Mrs Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan in connection to $15m traced to Mrs Jonathan. The money, which is located in four company accounts in Skye bank have a balance of about $15m while another account, which bears Patience Jonathan’s name, has $5m. The former First Lady who said she owns the money in the accounts said she gave millions of dollars to the then Special Adviser to the President on Domestic Affairs, Waripamowei Dudafa, to open accounts for her. But a detective at the EFCC revealed that Dudafa used his domestic servants’ names to open the four other accounts and then deposited the money into the accounts. “We were investigating Dudafa when we stumbled on those four companies’ domiciliary accounts opened at Skye Bank with a balance of about $15m. On further investigation, we were able to identify the directors of the companies. “When we detained the directors, we found out that they were Dudafa’s domestic servants. One of them was a houseboy while another one was a driver. Their photographs were used in opening the accounts and their signatures were forged. READ ALSO: Return my $31.4m you seized – Patience Jonathan warns EFCC “We found out that these domestic servants were completely innocent because they had no access to the accounts. We have since released them. The sole signatory to the accounts was Patience Jonathan and she was issued with a special card, which is accepted worldwide. She has a separate account, which was opened in her name and has a balance of $5m,” he told Punch newspaper. EFCC source also said two Skye Bank executives, Demola Bolodeoku and Dipo Oshodi, who helped Dudafa to open the accounts on March 22, 2010, were also being investigated. “This is a clear case of fraud and there is no way the bank officials will say they did not know what was going on. They are under investigation and those found culpable will be arraigned,” the detective added. The EFCC operative said he could not confirm if the transaction was reported to the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit revealing that the commission had discovered a trend which politicians used in laundering and concealing funds. READ ALSO: Ex petroleum minister’s $85m loot: UK “begs” Nigeria “What we have noticed is that in order to conceal funds, what politicians and top civil servants do is to open bank accounts in the name of family or friends and then make themselves the sole signatory to the account. “Don’t forget that we traced about 17 bank accounts to the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (retd.). “Often times, they do this in connivance with bank officials and that is why the EFCC Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has said henceforth, whenever we are investigating a bank official, we will probe the entire bank as well because these officials usually act under the instruction of their superiors.” Jonathan’s wife has, however, sued Skye Bank for freezing her bank accounts and giving the EFCC vital information about her finances. Meanwhile, Professor Itse Sagay has said that Patience Jonathan must explain how she came about to own $5m after the former first lady admitted that the money was hers. Want to read news with extra convenience? Install our app from HERE SHARE THIS NEWS! Facebook
Friday 9 September 2016
Welcome to mjventertainment.blogSpot.com:.....Possible Paris train station attack foiled by RFI French President Francois Hollande delivers his speech on democracy and terrorism in Paris, France, September 8, 2016. REUTERS A 19-year-old woman arrested in a probe into a car found laden with gas cylinders in Paris had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and was preparing an imminent attack, officials said Friday. Police say security services had issued a warning Thursday about a possible attack on train stations in Paris and the area where the women lived. French President Francois Hollande said a terror cell had been shut down and an attack "foiled," after Ines Madani, 19, and two other women were arrested. Police shot and wounded Madani as they swooped on her and her accomplices aged 23 and 39 in a suburb south of Paris on Thursday. Investigators believe Madani is the main suspect in a probe into the Peugeot 607 found a few hundred metres from Notre Dame cathedral on Sunday. She is the daughter of the car's owner. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the three women "were apparently preparing new, violent and, what is more, imminent actions". The women were "radicalised and fanaticised", he said. Madani had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group in a letter found in her possession, according to a source in the investigation. A police officer suffered a knife wound to the stomach during the arrests late Thursday in Boussy-Saint-Antoine, south of Paris. Hollande, speaking on a visit to Athens, said: "An attack has been foiled." "A group has been destroyed," he said, but he warned: "There are others." A police source said security services had issued a warning Thursday about a possible attack on train stations in Paris and the area where the women lived. Police are now convinced that the car found with five full gas cylinders in its boot was intended to be used in an attack. The car was discovered with its hazard lights flashing and its licence plates had been removed. Three bottles of diesel fuel were also discovered in the vehicle, but police did not find any detonators. Jihadist links Police said the boyfriend of one of the three women was arrested on Thursday. The man's brother is himself in custody over suspected links to Larossi Abballa, a jihadist who killed a police officer and his girlfriend in a Paris suburb in June, a source said. Four people -- two brothers and their girlfriends -- are already in custody over the discovery of the car. The first couple arrested, a 34-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman, have been held since Tuesday and are known to the security services for links to radical Islam. Police then arrested the man's brother and his girlfriend, both aged 26. Paris prosecutor Francois Molins will give a news conference on the investigation at 1530 GMT Friday. France is on high alert after Islamic State called on its followers to attack the country in revenge for air strikes on the group's bases in Syria and Iraq. IS has claimed responsibility for a string of jihadist attacks, including last November's coordinated bloodshed in which gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people. Cazeneuve, the interior minister, on Friday told French daily La Presse that 260 people have been arrested in connection with terrorist networks or operations since the beginning of the year. 'Strange method' A bar employee working near Notre Dame had first raised the alert after noticing a gas cylinder on a seat of the parked Peugeot, police said. Although that cylinder was empty, five full cylinders were discovered in the boot. "If it was an attack plot, the method was very strange," a police source said Thursday. The discovery followed a deadly summer in France in which 86 people were killed when a truck ploughed into a Bastille Day crowd in the southern resort of Nice. IS said the truck was driven by one of its followers. Less than two weeks later, two young jihadists murdered a priest near the northern city of Rouen. In May, the head of France's DGSI domestic intelligence service, Patrick Calvar, warned of a "new form of attack" in which explosive devices would be left near sites that attract large crowds.
Welcome to mjventertainment.blogSpot.com:.....Possible Paris train station attack foiled by RFI French President Francois Hollande delivers his speech on democracy and terrorism in Paris, France, September 8, 2016. REUTERS A 19-year-old woman arrested in a probe into a car found laden with gas cylinders in Paris had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and was preparing an imminent attack, officials said Friday. Police say security services had issued a warning Thursday about a possible attack on train stations in Paris and the area where the women lived. French President Francois Hollande said a terror cell had been shut down and an attack "foiled," after Ines Madani, 19, and two other women were arrested. Police shot and wounded Madani as they swooped on her and her accomplices aged 23 and 39 in a suburb south of Paris on Thursday. Investigators believe Madani is the main suspect in a probe into the Peugeot 607 found a few hundred metres from Notre Dame cathedral on Sunday. She is the daughter of the car's owner. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the three women "were apparently preparing new, violent and, what is more, imminent actions". The women were "radicalised and fanaticised", he said. Madani had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group in a letter found in her possession, according to a source in the investigation. A police officer suffered a knife wound to the stomach during the arrests late Thursday in Boussy-Saint-Antoine, south of Paris. Hollande, speaking on a visit to Athens, said: "An attack has been foiled." "A group has been destroyed," he said, but he warned: "There are others." A police source said security services had issued a warning Thursday about a possible attack on train stations in Paris and the area where the women lived. Police are now convinced that the car found with five full gas cylinders in its boot was intended to be used in an attack. The car was discovered with its hazard lights flashing and its licence plates had been removed. Three bottles of diesel fuel were also discovered in the vehicle, but police did not find any detonators. Jihadist links Police said the boyfriend of one of the three women was arrested on Thursday. The man's brother is himself in custody over suspected links to Larossi Abballa, a jihadist who killed a police officer and his girlfriend in a Paris suburb in June, a source said. Four people -- two brothers and their girlfriends -- are already in custody over the discovery of the car. The first couple arrested, a 34-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman, have been held since Tuesday and are known to the security services for links to radical Islam. Police then arrested the man's brother and his girlfriend, both aged 26. Paris prosecutor Francois Molins will give a news conference on the investigation at 1530 GMT Friday. France is on high alert after Islamic State called on its followers to attack the country in revenge for air strikes on the group's bases in Syria and Iraq. IS has claimed responsibility for a string of jihadist attacks, including last November's coordinated bloodshed in which gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people. Cazeneuve, the interior minister, on Friday told French daily La Presse that 260 people have been arrested in connection with terrorist networks or operations since the beginning of the year. 'Strange method' A bar employee working near Notre Dame had first raised the alert after noticing a gas cylinder on a seat of the parked Peugeot, police said. Although that cylinder was empty, five full cylinders were discovered in the boot. "If it was an attack plot, the method was very strange," a police source said Thursday. The discovery followed a deadly summer in France in which 86 people were killed when a truck ploughed into a Bastille Day crowd in the southern resort of Nice. IS said the truck was driven by one of its followers. Less than two weeks later, two young jihadists murdered a priest near the northern city of Rouen. In May, the head of France's DGSI domestic intelligence service, Patrick Calvar, warned of a "new form of attack" in which explosive devices would be left near sites that attract large crowds.
Welcome to mjventertainment.blogSpot.com:.....Possible Paris train station attack foiled by RFI French President Francois Hollande delivers his speech on democracy and terrorism in Paris, France, September 8, 2016. REUTERS A 19-year-old woman arrested in a probe into a car found laden with gas cylinders in Paris had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and was preparing an imminent attack, officials said Friday. Police say security services had issued a warning Thursday about a possible attack on train stations in Paris and the area where the women lived. French President Francois Hollande said a terror cell had been shut down and an attack "foiled," after Ines Madani, 19, and two other women were arrested. Police shot and wounded Madani as they swooped on her and her accomplices aged 23 and 39 in a suburb south of Paris on Thursday. Investigators believe Madani is the main suspect in a probe into the Peugeot 607 found a few hundred metres from Notre Dame cathedral on Sunday. She is the daughter of the car's owner. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the three women "were apparently preparing new, violent and, what is more, imminent actions". The women were "radicalised and fanaticised", he said. Madani had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group in a letter found in her possession, according to a source in the investigation. A police officer suffered a knife wound to the stomach during the arrests late Thursday in Boussy-Saint-Antoine, south of Paris. Hollande, speaking on a visit to Athens, said: "An attack has been foiled." "A group has been destroyed," he said, but he warned: "There are others." A police source said security services had issued a warning Thursday about a possible attack on train stations in Paris and the area where the women lived. Police are now convinced that the car found with five full gas cylinders in its boot was intended to be used in an attack. The car was discovered with its hazard lights flashing and its licence plates had been removed. Three bottles of diesel fuel were also discovered in the vehicle, but police did not find any detonators. Jihadist links Police said the boyfriend of one of the three women was arrested on Thursday. The man's brother is himself in custody over suspected links to Larossi Abballa, a jihadist who killed a police officer and his girlfriend in a Paris suburb in June, a source said. Four people -- two brothers and their girlfriends -- are already in custody over the discovery of the car. The first couple arrested, a 34-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman, have been held since Tuesday and are known to the security services for links to radical Islam. Police then arrested the man's brother and his girlfriend, both aged 26. Paris prosecutor Francois Molins will give a news conference on the investigation at 1530 GMT Friday. France is on high alert after Islamic State called on its followers to attack the country in revenge for air strikes on the group's bases in Syria and Iraq. IS has claimed responsibility for a string of jihadist attacks, including last November's coordinated bloodshed in which gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people. Cazeneuve, the interior minister, on Friday told French daily La Presse that 260 people have been arrested in connection with terrorist networks or operations since the beginning of the year. 'Strange method' A bar employee working near Notre Dame had first raised the alert after noticing a gas cylinder on a seat of the parked Peugeot, police said. Although that cylinder was empty, five full cylinders were discovered in the boot. "If it was an attack plot, the method was very strange," a police source said Thursday. The discovery followed a deadly summer in France in which 86 people were killed when a truck ploughed into a Bastille Day crowd in the southern resort of Nice. IS said the truck was driven by one of its followers. Less than two weeks later, two young jihadists murdered a priest near the northern city of Rouen. In May, the head of France's DGSI domestic intelligence service, Patrick Calvar, warned of a "new form of attack" in which explosive devices would be left near sites that attract large crowds.
Welcome to mjventertainment.blogSpot.com:.....Possible Paris train station attack foiled by RFI French President Francois Hollande delivers his speech on democracy and terrorism in Paris, France, September 8, 2016. REUTERS A 19-year-old woman arrested in a probe into a car found laden with gas cylinders in Paris had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and was preparing an imminent attack, officials said Friday. Police say security services had issued a warning Thursday about a possible attack on train stations in Paris and the area where the women lived. French President Francois Hollande said a terror cell had been shut down and an attack "foiled," after Ines Madani, 19, and two other women were arrested. Police shot and wounded Madani as they swooped on her and her accomplices aged 23 and 39 in a suburb south of Paris on Thursday. Investigators believe Madani is the main suspect in a probe into the Peugeot 607 found a few hundred metres from Notre Dame cathedral on Sunday. She is the daughter of the car's owner. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the three women "were apparently preparing new, violent and, what is more, imminent actions". The women were "radicalised and fanaticised", he said. Madani had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group in a letter found in her possession, according to a source in the investigation. A police officer suffered a knife wound to the stomach during the arrests late Thursday in Boussy-Saint-Antoine, south of Paris. Hollande, speaking on a visit to Athens, said: "An attack has been foiled." "A group has been destroyed," he said, but he warned: "There are others." A police source said security services had issued a warning Thursday about a possible attack on train stations in Paris and the area where the women lived. Police are now convinced that the car found with five full gas cylinders in its boot was intended to be used in an attack. The car was discovered with its hazard lights flashing and its licence plates had been removed. Three bottles of diesel fuel were also discovered in the vehicle, but police did not find any detonators. Jihadist links Police said the boyfriend of one of the three women was arrested on Thursday. The man's brother is himself in custody over suspected links to Larossi Abballa, a jihadist who killed a police officer and his girlfriend in a Paris suburb in June, a source said. Four people -- two brothers and their girlfriends -- are already in custody over the discovery of the car. The first couple arrested, a 34-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman, have been held since Tuesday and are known to the security services for links to radical Islam. Police then arrested the man's brother and his girlfriend, both aged 26. Paris prosecutor Francois Molins will give a news conference on the investigation at 1530 GMT Friday. France is on high alert after Islamic State called on its followers to attack the country in revenge for air strikes on the group's bases in Syria and Iraq. IS has claimed responsibility for a string of jihadist attacks, including last November's coordinated bloodshed in which gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people. Cazeneuve, the interior minister, on Friday told French daily La Presse that 260 people have been arrested in connection with terrorist networks or operations since the beginning of the year. 'Strange method' A bar employee working near Notre Dame had first raised the alert after noticing a gas cylinder on a seat of the parked Peugeot, police said. Although that cylinder was empty, five full cylinders were discovered in the boot. "If it was an attack plot, the method was very strange," a police source said Thursday. The discovery followed a deadly summer in France in which 86 people were killed when a truck ploughed into a Bastille Day crowd in the southern resort of Nice. IS said the truck was driven by one of its followers. Less than two weeks later, two young jihadists murdered a priest near the northern city of Rouen. In May, the head of France's DGSI domestic intelligence service, Patrick Calvar, warned of a "new form of attack" in which explosive devices would be left near sites that attract large crowds.
Welcome to mjventertainment.blogSpot.com:.....Possible Paris train station attack foiled by RFI French President Francois Hollande delivers his speech on democracy and terrorism in Paris, France, September 8, 2016. REUTERS A 19-year-old woman arrested in a probe into a car found laden with gas cylinders in Paris had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and was preparing an imminent attack, officials said Friday. Police say security services had issued a warning Thursday about a possible attack on train stations in Paris and the area where the women lived. French President Francois Hollande said a terror cell had been shut down and an attack "foiled," after Ines Madani, 19, and two other women were arrested. Police shot and wounded Madani as they swooped on her and her accomplices aged 23 and 39 in a suburb south of Paris on Thursday. Investigators believe Madani is the main suspect in a probe into the Peugeot 607 found a few hundred metres from Notre Dame cathedral on Sunday. She is the daughter of the car's owner. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the three women "were apparently preparing new, violent and, what is more, imminent actions". The women were "radicalised and fanaticised", he said. Madani had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group in a letter found in her possession, according to a source in the investigation. A police officer suffered a knife wound to the stomach during the arrests late Thursday in Boussy-Saint-Antoine, south of Paris. Hollande, speaking on a visit to Athens, said: "An attack has been foiled." "A group has been destroyed," he said, but he warned: "There are others." A police source said security services had issued a warning Thursday about a possible attack on train stations in Paris and the area where the women lived. Police are now convinced that the car found with five full gas cylinders in its boot was intended to be used in an attack. The car was discovered with its hazard lights flashing and its licence plates had been removed. Three bottles of diesel fuel were also discovered in the vehicle, but police did not find any detonators. Jihadist links Police said the boyfriend of one of the three women was arrested on Thursday. The man's brother is himself in custody over suspected links to Larossi Abballa, a jihadist who killed a police officer and his girlfriend in a Paris suburb in June, a source said. Four people -- two brothers and their girlfriends -- are already in custody over the discovery of the car. The first couple arrested, a 34-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman, have been held since Tuesday and are known to the security services for links to radical Islam. Police then arrested the man's brother and his girlfriend, both aged 26. Paris prosecutor Francois Molins will give a news conference on the investigation at 1530 GMT Friday. France is on high alert after Islamic State called on its followers to attack the country in revenge for air strikes on the group's bases in Syria and Iraq. IS has claimed responsibility for a string of jihadist attacks, including last November's coordinated bloodshed in which gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people. Cazeneuve, the interior minister, on Friday told French daily La Presse that 260 people have been arrested in connection with terrorist networks or operations since the beginning of the year. 'Strange method' A bar employee working near Notre Dame had first raised the alert after noticing a gas cylinder on a seat of the parked Peugeot, police said. Although that cylinder was empty, five full cylinders were discovered in the boot. "If it was an attack plot, the method was very strange," a police source said Thursday. The discovery followed a deadly summer in France in which 86 people were killed when a truck ploughed into a Bastille Day crowd in the southern resort of Nice. IS said the truck was driven by one of its followers. Less than two weeks later, two young jihadists murdered a priest near the northern city of Rouen. In May, the head of France's DGSI domestic intelligence service, Patrick Calvar, warned of a "new form of attack" in which explosive devices would be left near sites that attract large crowds.
Welcome to mjventertainment.blogSpot.com:.....Possible Paris train station attack foiled by RFI French President Francois Hollande delivers his speech on democracy and terrorism in Paris, France, September 8, 2016. REUTERS A 19-year-old woman arrested in a probe into a car found laden with gas cylinders in Paris had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and was preparing an imminent attack, officials said Friday. Police say security services had issued a warning Thursday about a possible attack on train stations in Paris and the area where the women lived. French President Francois Hollande said a terror cell had been shut down and an attack "foiled," after Ines Madani, 19, and two other women were arrested. Police shot and wounded Madani as they swooped on her and her accomplices aged 23 and 39 in a suburb south of Paris on Thursday. Investigators believe Madani is the main suspect in a probe into the Peugeot 607 found a few hundred metres from Notre Dame cathedral on Sunday. She is the daughter of the car's owner. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the three women "were apparently preparing new, violent and, what is more, imminent actions". The women were "radicalised and fanaticised", he said. Madani had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group in a letter found in her possession, according to a source in the investigation. A police officer suffered a knife wound to the stomach during the arrests late Thursday in Boussy-Saint-Antoine, south of Paris. Hollande, speaking on a visit to Athens, said: "An attack has been foiled." "A group has been destroyed," he said, but he warned: "There are others." A police source said security services had issued a warning Thursday about a possible attack on train stations in Paris and the area where the women lived. Police are now convinced that the car found with five full gas cylinders in its boot was intended to be used in an attack. The car was discovered with its hazard lights flashing and its licence plates had been removed. Three bottles of diesel fuel were also discovered in the vehicle, but police did not find any detonators. Jihadist links Police said the boyfriend of one of the three women was arrested on Thursday. The man's brother is himself in custody over suspected links to Larossi Abballa, a jihadist who killed a police officer and his girlfriend in a Paris suburb in June, a source said. Four people -- two brothers and their girlfriends -- are already in custody over the discovery of the car. The first couple arrested, a 34-year-old man and a 29-year-old woman, have been held since Tuesday and are known to the security services for links to radical Islam. Police then arrested the man's brother and his girlfriend, both aged 26. Paris prosecutor Francois Molins will give a news conference on the investigation at 1530 GMT Friday. France is on high alert after Islamic State called on its followers to attack the country in revenge for air strikes on the group's bases in Syria and Iraq. IS has claimed responsibility for a string of jihadist attacks, including last November's coordinated bloodshed in which gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people. Cazeneuve, the interior minister, on Friday told French daily La Presse that 260 people have been arrested in connection with terrorist networks or operations since the beginning of the year. 'Strange method' A bar employee working near Notre Dame had first raised the alert after noticing a gas cylinder on a seat of the parked Peugeot, police said. Although that cylinder was empty, five full cylinders were discovered in the boot. "If it was an attack plot, the method was very strange," a police source said Thursday. The discovery followed a deadly summer in France in which 86 people were killed when a truck ploughed into a Bastille Day crowd in the southern resort of Nice. IS said the truck was driven by one of its followers. Less than two weeks later, two young jihadists murdered a priest near the northern city of Rouen. In May, the head of France's DGSI domestic intelligence service, Patrick Calvar, warned of a "new form of attack" in which explosive devices would be left near sites that attract large crowds.
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WElcome to mjventertainment.blogspot.com:..World Africa Gabon presidential guard 'bombed Jean Ping's party HQ' 1 hour ago From the section Africa Share Image copyrightREUTERS Image caption Soldiers detained people near the opposition headquarters Gabon's opposition leader Jean Ping has told the BBC a presidential guard helicopter bombed his headquarters and killed two people. A government spokesman said the operation was to root out "criminals" who had set fire to parliament. Protestors took to the streets on Wednesday claiming fraud after it was announced that President Ali Bongo had been narrowly re-elected. Some 1,000 people have been arrested, officials say. In a national address, Mr Bongo said "democracy does not sit well with an attack on parliament". Protests and gunfire have continued in the capital Libreville on Thursday. More on this and other African stories The official election result, announced on Wednesday afternoon, gave Mr Bongo a second seven-year term with 49.8% of the vote to Mr Ping's 48.2% - a margin of 5,594 votes. But Mr Ping said the election was fraudulent and "everybody knows" he won. Internet cut Mr Ping won in six out of nine provinces but disputes the result in Mr Bongo's home province of Haut-Ogooue, where turnout was 99.93% and 95% of votes were for the president. Turnout in the other provinces was between 45% and 71%, according to Gabon's interior ministry. EU election monitor spokesperson Sarah Crozier told BBC Newsday "it's not a very common result, that's for sure". Gabon election: Bongo v Ping Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Mr Bongo took office in 2009 after an election marred by violence He succeeding his father Omar Bongo who had come to power in 1967 and was Africa's longest serving leader Veteran diplomat Mr Ping had served as chair of the African Union He had been a close ally of Omar Bongo and had been his foreign minister He had two children with Omar Bongo's daughter, Pascaline Mr Ping has called for voting figures from each polling station to be made public. The US and EU have also called for the results to be published, while UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged calm. Former colonial power France, which retains strong economic and political ties to the country, also said it was "deeply concerned". The BBC's Charles Stephane Mavoungou reports from Libreville that on Thursday people in the capital have been unable to access the internet, including social media. The Boulevard Triomphal, home to Gabon's parliament, was covered in burnt-out cars and lined with torched buildings on Thursday, reports the AFP news agency. It said police used tear gas to prevent crowds from gathering again and arrested people as they emerged from remains of the parliament. Oil-rich Gabon has one of the highest per-capita incomes in Africa, but few of its 1.6 million people feel the benefit. Image copyrightAFP Image caption Smoke and flames poured from the national assembly building on Wednesday Image copyrightAFP Image caption Police patrolled the area around the parliament on Thursday Image copyrightAFP Image caption They prevented large crowds from gathering and removed some barricades Image copyrightAFP Image caption But some protesters continued to throw stones Share this story About sharing Email Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin More on this story
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