GRAPHITTI NEWS BRIEF — 12 National & International Highlights To Know For Sunday, September 14, 2014

GRAPHITTI NEWS collates national and international highlights from late-breaking news, up-coming events and the stories that will be talked about Sunday:

Sierra Leone sadly lost a fourth doctor to Ebola as Dr Buck died late Saturday. Dr. Olivette Buck seen here to the right leads President Koroma on a visit to the Lumley Govt. Hospital in October 2013 (Photo credit: flutrackers.com)

1. NIGERIA MILITARY AIRCRAFT BOMBING BOKO HARAM MISSING

An Alpha Jet (NAF 466) belonging to the Nigerian Air Force and involved in the counter insurgency operation against the extremist Boko Haram sect has gone missing around Adamawa State.

The spokesperson of the Defence Headquarters, Chris Olukolade, a Major General, said the aircraft, with two pilots on board, went missing on Friday.

In a statement early Sunday, Mr. Olukolade said the aircraft “left Yola at about 10:45a.m on 12 September 2014 on a routine operational mission and was expected back by 12:00 noon”.

“Since then, all efforts to establish contact with the aircraft have not yielded any positive result,” the statement said.

Mr. Olukolade said search and rescue effort had since commenced “to establish contact with the crew”.

2. OBASANJO VISITS INJURED SON IN JOS

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo flew into Jos, the Plateau State capital, at 5:45pm yesterday to see his wounded son, Lt. Col. Adeboye Obasanjo.

He had been injured during a clash with Boko Haram in Maiduguri.

Our correspondent gathered that Adeboye is currently receiving treatment at 3rd Amoured Division Medical Centre, Maxwell Khobe Cantonment, Rukuba Barracks in the Tin City. The former president flew in amidst heavy security along the Airport Road that leads into the city.

Last week, the younger Obasanjo, who led a platoon in Adamawa State, was said to have been injured during a fierce battle between Boko Haram and the Nigerian security forces.

3. UK'S CAMERON CALLS EMERGENCY MILITARY, SECURITY MEETING AFTER EXTREMISTS BEHEAD BRITISH MAN

Prime Minister David Cameron is summoning military and security chiefs for an emergency meeting Sunday in response to the beheading of a British hostage and a threat against another.

The meeting comes after Islamic extremists released a video showing the beheading of British aid worker David Haines and threatening another with death.

Mike Haines, the victim's brother, said David Haines had been murdered "in cold blood." Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office said it saw no reason to doubt the authenticity of the video.

Haines is the third Westerner beheaded in recent weeks by the Islamic State group, which has seized vast swaths of territory in Syria and Iraq. The first two were U.S. journalists.

Islamic State extremists had threatened Haines' life in an earlier video.
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