DOG SAVES WEDDING COUPLE AND GUEST FROM SUICIDE BOMBER

Man's best friend; the dog, recently saved the day at a wedding in Maiduguri, Borno state by preventing a teenage suicide bomber from sending the newly married couple and invited guests to an untimely grave.

The newly wedded Buba Ahmed of Belbelo village, near the Northeastern city of Maiduguri, says guests are grateful that the dog sacrificed itself to save their lives.

Ahmed says the teenage bomber was on the outskirts of a gathering where most villagers were attending a wedding ceremony when the dog pounced on her Sunday morning.

Police spokesman Victor Isuku today confirmed to The AP that the dog had intervened to save the wedding party.

The Nigerian military with the active support of a multinational force had driven the Boko Haram Islamic extremists out of most of the towns and villages in northeastern Nigeria, but the extremists have resorted to attacking soft targets with suicide bombers.