May 2019

EFCC nabs seven suspected Internet fraudsters in Kwara

EFCC apprehends four suspects of cyber crime

May 6, 2019 9:06 pm

Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested four suspected internet fraudsters in Calabar, the Cross River State.

Their arrests followed two seperate raids carried out in the early hours of May 4 and May 5.

The Saturday morning operation led to the arrest of a known “yahoo” kingpin, Akpojivi Joel Onoriode, a 29-year-old graduate of Delta State University, Abraka, who is married with two kids.

Onoriode was arrested in his “lavishly furnished” duplex located at Plot 10, Block VI, UniCal Satellite Town, Calabar, which he allegedly confessed was purchased with proceeds …

BREAKING: Police rescue toddler abducted from MFM

May 6, 2019 9:40 am

The police in Lagos have rescued a two-year-old child abducted from the Mountain of Fire and Miracle Church (MFM) regional headquarters in Agege in March.

Baby Esther Ojo was recovered in an operation led by the Igando Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Taiwo Kasumu, a Chief Superintendent (CSP).

The police also arrested the kidnappers, Nwaigbo Magnus and Sixtus Osunwoke Egwim, who were waiting to collect ransom at the location they asked the baby’s parents to bring the money.

It was gathered that the police have been on their trail since they established contact with the kid’s parents Mr and Mrs Oladipo …

BREAKING: Meghan Markle, Prince Harry welcome baby boy

May 6, 2019 9:26 am

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have welcomed their first child, with Buckingham Palace announcing that the Duchess of Sussex gave birth to a son at 5:26am, local time.

Baby Sussex was born weighing seven pounds and three ounces.

Mother and child are reported to be doing well.

The Duke and Duchess are likely to announce the baby’s title in a few days, when the name will also be announced.

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South Africa, South Sudan conclude deal on oil exploration

May 6, 2019 9:22 am

South Sudan and South Africa will sign a production sharing agreement for an untapped exploration block in the East African country, South Sudan’s petroleum ministry said on Monday.

The ministry said in a statement in Jubai that Exploration Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) for Block B2 would be signed by Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, South Sudan’s Minister of Petroleum and Jeff Radebe, South Africa’s Minister of Energy.

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Wife sues husband for calling her prostitute

May 6, 2019 8:57 am

A 55-year-old housewife, Hama Aliyu of Sabon Gayan village, Kaduna State, on Monday dragged her husband, Dahiru Musa, before a Sharia court l, Magajin Gari, for allegedly calling her a commercial sex worker.

Aliyu told the court that since her husband married a second wife, he has not fed not cared for her in ten years.

“I go to the forest to get firewood by myself. Sometimes I go with my children to look for food. Upon that, he insults and beat me sometimes.

”He calls me a prostitute. My mate also insults me. She has joined my husband in …

Catalan ex-leader Puigdemont permitted to run for EU polls

May 6, 2019 8:26 am

Catalonia’s former president Carles Puigdemont, who fled Spain in 2017 after a secession attempt, can contest EU polls this month, a Madrid court said Monday, overturning a decision by the electoral board.

A court spokesman said Puigdemont would be able to run, as would Toni Comin and Clara Ponsati, who were in the regional government during the secession bid and fled. They had also been excluded.

The decision comes a day after the Supreme Court ruled there had been no grounds to bar them and asked an administrative court in Madrid to “immediately” provide a ruling.

It said contesting an …

Trump to announce re-election bid at Florida rally

US supports Israel ‘100%’ over Gaza escalation, says Trump

May 6, 2019 7:54 am

President Donald Trump assured Israel on Sunday that it has Washington’s full support after the Jewish state led waves of retaliatory strikes in the Gaza Strip in response to Palestinian rockets.

“Once again, Israel faces a barrage of deadly rocket attacks by terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad. We support Israel 100% in its defence of its citizens,” Trump tweeted.

“To the Gazan people — these terrorist acts against Israel will bring you nothing but more misery. END the violence and work towards peace – it can happen!”

Trump’s message came in the wake of the most serious escalation since …

Michael Cohen, Trump’s estranged aide goes to jail

May 6, 2019 7:45 am

After dramatic appeals and testimony in Congress, Donald Trump’s one-time personal lawyer Michael Cohen is due to report to jail Monday to serve a sentence he deems unjust because he was simply following his boss’s orders.

The longtime Trump admirer who once said he was ready to “take a bullet” for Trump is awaited at the federal prison in Otisville, New York by 2:00 pm (1800 GMT).

He was sentenced to three years in prison in December, after admitting to having paid hush money during the 2016 election to two women who said they had had affairs with Trump — …

Police arraign two for allegedly stealing bags of biscuits

BREAKING: Court extends remand order on dismissed Inspector

May 6, 2019 7:30 am

An Ebute-Meta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos has extended till June 10, its remand order against a dismissed Police Inspector, Olalekan Ogunyemi, charged with murdering a football fan, Kolade Johnson.

This means that Ogunyemi, 45, who has already spent 30 days in Ikoyi Prison custody following his remand by the court on April 6, will now stay in custody for 35 more days.

Magistrate A.O. Salawu extended the remand order because the advice on the case which was expected this morning from the Office of the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), is not ready.

Ogunyemi was also not in court.…

Guns exceed guests at bombed Sri Lanka hotel

May 6, 2019 7:12 am

At the Cinnamon Grand Colombo, one of six Sri Lankan targets hit by suicide bombers on Easter Sunday, the silence that reigns is not just the usual hush of a plush hotel.

Recently reopened, barely 10 of its 500 luxury rooms are occupied — down from the 300 usual at this time of year — as fears rise over the impact of the bombings on the island nation’s burgeoning tourism industry.

On April 21, the Cinnamon was one of three hotels hit by jihadi bombers along with three churches in attacks claimed by the Islamic State group that left 257 …

Russian plane crash kill 41

May 6, 2019 6:48 am

Forty-one people died after a Russian plane made an emergency landing and burst into flames just after takeoff from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport.

Dramatic video shows passengers using emergency exit slides to escape the burning Aeroflot aircraft.

Survivors suggest the plane was struck by lightning, but Russia’s national carrier said that it returned to the airport for technical reasons.

 Two children are among the dead. The jet had 73 passengers and five crew.

Initial reports suggested the plane had landed on fire, but sources quoted by Russian news agency Interfax said the jet caught fire after a very bumpy landing.

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11,000 people murdered in 8 yrs by Zamfara bandits – Marafa

May 5, 2019 11:00 pm

A member of the National Assembly, Senator Kabiru Marafa (Zamfara Central) has put the total number of lives lost to armed  banditry in Zamfara State since 2011 at 11, 000.

Marafa who is the Chairman of Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), in a statement yesterday declared that the unfortunate and dark eight years of banditry from 2011 to date in the state had conservatively led to the killing of over 11,000 male adults

He added that the killings left behind an estimated average of 22,000 widows and an estimated 44,000 orphans.

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