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No bombs found on two passenger planes

   Two passenger planes escorted by F-16 fighter jets landed at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Saturday after bomb threats made on Twitter, military officials  told  CNN The FBI confirmed to  local media  in Atlanta that the planes have been given the “all clear,” after being checked for bombs. FBI spokesman Stephen Emmett  told  the Associated Press that no suspicious cargo was found. The FBI additionally plans to “sweep online feeds and WiFi from the planes to track down who made the threats,” and said that all passengers on both flights will be interviewed and searched before given clearance to leave the airport

IGP orders crackdown on political thugs

Warns that violators of the law will face the music The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Suleiman Abba, CFR, NPOM, NPM, mni, is seriously concerned that despite several warnings to political actors, their sponsors and collaborators against the recourse to violence and the use of thugs in furthering political interests, there have been reports of untoward activities in political campaigns and meetings. The IGP notes that it is particularly worrisome that, of recent, thugs and miscreants have been employed by some political parties to disrupt and truncate the political campaigns of their opponents. In some instances, stones and missiles have been hauled at the nation’s highly respected citizens and leaders. Abusive and demeaning words, and in some instances, offensive vituperations bordering on the macabre, have been hauled at opponents. We have also received disturbing reports of the pulling down and defacing of campaign posters. These conduct definitely do not speak well of the matur...