Ibu volcano (Halmahera, Indonesia): alert status raised to Level III, eruption built up 4 km ash column last night
Huge ash column from Ibu volcano last night reached up to 5,300 m altitude (image: PVMBG)
Due to the heightened activity over the past month, the PVMBG raised the volcano’s alert level from Level II (WASPADA) to Level III (ALERT) on 8 May.
The volcano’s explosions produce above-average sizes, and eruption column heights range between 1500 and 2000 meters, generating copious grey ash emissions. In addition, strong incandescence, mainly visible at night, accompanies explosions, indicating a rise of fresh magma within the volcano’s feeder pipe.
In level III (ALERT), people are advised to avoid the area within a radius of 3 km and 5 km from the crater.
Last night at about 00:24 local time, a spectacular towering ash plume was seen rising from the cinder cone. The eruption generated ash emissions that rose 13,123 ft (4,000 m) above the summit and dissipated towards the north-northwest.
Source: Pusat Vulkanologi dan Mitigasi Bencana Geologi volcano activity update 11 May 2024
Reventador Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: VA EMS OBSD NNW to 14000 ft (4300 m)
URGENT: Tell Nigerian Officials to Take Action Against Animal Torturer!
Note: There are NO graphic visuals in this alert.
PETA has received disturbing reports of yet another sadistic individual in Nigeria styling himself as a “native doctor” and posting videos of himself torturing and killing animals on Facebook and TikTok using the profile name “Oba Ogun.” Some videos show the man cutting, beheading, and boiling live animals—including a newborn puppy and some kittens—while others show animals bound and helpless or writhing in pain. He appears to be operating in the state of Lagos or Ogun in Nigeria, and he includes a WhatsApp number, presumably so he can solicit requests and money for his gruesome “services.” We’ve removed links to the videos to avoid driving traffic to these accounts and incentivizing further cruelty, but an e-mail we sent to Nigerian officials can be seen here for those interested in further information.
Section 495 of Nigeria’s Criminal Code Act prohibits torturing animals and causing them unnecessary suffering. Section 450 prohibits the unlawful wounding and killing of animals. The actions in these videos appear to violate both. PETA immediately alerted Nigerian officials, but we’ve yet to receive a response—and without immediate action, animals will surely continue to suffer!
Please politely contact the following officials in Nigeria, urging them to investigate this matter using the information provided to them by PETA and intervene swiftly, before more animals suffer:
Abiodun Alamutu
Commissioner
Ogun State Police Command
info@ogunstate.gov.ng
Adegoke M. Fayoade
Commissioner
Lagos State Police Command
info@lagos.npf.gov.ng
Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun
Inspector General
Nigeria Police Force
pressforabuja@police.gov.ng
Oluwasina Ogungbade
Attorney General and Minister of Justice
Ogun State
info@ogunstatejudiciary.gov.ng
Lawal Pedro
Attorney General and Minister of Justice
Lagos State
info@lagosstatemoj.org
Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi
Attorney General
Federal Ministry of Justice
info@justice.gov.ng
Dapo Abiodun
Governor
Ogun State
dapoabiodunorg@gmail.com
Babajide Sanwo-Olu
Governor
Lagos State
info@ogunstatejudiciary.gov.ng
Balarabe Abbas Lawal
Minister of Environment
Nigerian Ministry of Environment
info@environment.gov.ng
info@ead.gov.ng
Bola Ahmed Tinubu
President
Federal Republic of Nigeria
info@statehouse.gov.ng
Godswill Akpabio
President of the Senate
Federal Republic of Nigeria
socialmedia@senatepresident.gov.ng
Abbas Tajudeen
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Federal Republic of Nigeria
tajudeenabbas@yahoo.com
The National Assembly
Federal Republic of Nigeria
info@nass.gov.ng
Yusuf Maitama Tuggar
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
info@foreignaffairs.gov.ng
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