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Suicide attack in northern Cameroon kills five civilians (1)

Suicide Attack In Northern Cameroon Kills Five Civilians

September 13, 2020 3:16 pm

A suicide bomber killed five villagers in the far north of Cameroon, near the border with Nigeria, where jihadist groups regularly carry out attacks, local officials said Sunday.“Terrorists” attacked the village of Zeleved on Friday evening, a local security officer told AFP, requesting anonymity.

Cameroon officials refer to members of the Nigeria-based jihadist group Boko Haram as well as the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) as “terrorists”.

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The five locals killed, aged between 10 and 70 years old, included the village chief.

Boukar Medjeweh, the mayor of Mozogo in …

Gunmen Storm Funeral, Shoot And Kidnap Guests In Rivers

Gunmen Storm Funeral, Shoot And Kidnap Guests In Rivers

September 13, 2020 4:22 am

Unknown gunmen, Saturday stormed Banigo Isile-Ogono community in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State, shot sporadically and abducted several persons in a gory operation.

Some of the abducted victims are identified as Sunny Hart, Thomas Allison and Theophilus Ibiama, among several others.

Chairman of Bonny Local Government Council, David Irimagha and lawmaker representing Bonny Constituency in the Rivers State House of Assembly, Abinye Blessing Pepple, escaped being killed in the attack.

The incident happened during a funeral at Finiapiri-Ama, Banigo Isile-Ogono community in Bonny Local Government Area of the State.

While the LGA Chairman and the State lawmaker …

Rivers criminal Boboski dies hours after arrest

Rivers Criminal Boboski Dies Hours After Arrest

September 12, 2020 3:43 pm
Boboski, the most wanted suspected kidnapper, armed robber and murderer, whose real name is Honest Diigbara, has died from bullet wounds few hours after he was arrested and paraded at the Rivers State Police Command headquarters, Port Harcourt.

Boboski and his second in Command who were obviously groaning in pains while they were being paraded were drenched in blood sustained from bullet wounds.

The notorious gang Leader became lifeless in the presence of journalists and Police officers while they were being paraded.

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Boboski, who had been on the …

Navid Afkari - Iran Executes Wrestler Despite Global Outcry (1)

Navid Afkari: Iran Executes Wrestler Despite Global Outcry

September 12, 2020 1:06 pm

Iran has executed a wrestler accused of murder, state media report, defying international appeals for him to be spared.

Navid Afkari, 27, was sentenced to death over the murder of a security guard during a wave of anti-government protests in 2018.
He said he had been tortured into making a confession.

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A union representing 85,000 athletes worldwide was among those to call for a stay of execution.

The World Players Association said he had been “unjustly targeted” for taking part in the protests, and called for Iran’s expulsion from world …

Police Nab ‘Boboski,’ Rivers’ Most Wanted Criminal Gang Leader (1)

Police Nab ‘Boboski,’ Rivers’ Most Wanted Criminal Gang Leader

September 12, 2020 1:03 pm

Residents of some parts of Ogoniland jubilated on Saturday morning as news filtered in that officers of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested Honest Diigbara, aka Boboski, a notorious leader of a kidnap and armed robbery gang.

Boboski was alleged to be behind different atrocities in the areas for many years.

The gang leader had been on the police watchlist for years and had bounty of N30 million placed on his head by Governor Nyesom Wike.

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He was arrested in the early hours of Saturday, in a sting by the …

Access Bank hacker Chris Ihebuzor arrested by EFCC (1)

Access Bank Hacker Chris Ihebuzor Arrested By EFCC

September 12, 2020 7:15 am

Chris Ihebuzor, who claimed to have hacked Access Bank and extracted more than 2,000 customer’s data has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The anti-graft agency announced the arrest of the self-acclaimed hacker in an Instagram post.

He is being held for cyberstalking.

According to the anti-graft agency, Chris was arrested in Benin City, Edo State after it received a petition from a new generation Bank.

Allegations against Chris was that in an online video, he claimed to be in possession of some personal …

Kidnappers Storm Kaduna School, Abduct Only Female Students

Gunmen Attack Abuja Community, Kidnap 20 Residents

September 10, 2020 3:12 pm

Gunmen raided Tungan Maje, a suburb of Abuja, early Thursday, abducting an unspecified number of residents.

One resident said at least 20 people were kidnapped after prolonged shooting in the community that lies near Zuba. This figure could not be immediately confirmed.

The police spokesperson for the federal capital territory, Anjugur Manzah, told PREMIUM TIMES he was working on a statement on the incident.

He did not confirm the number of those kidnapped, or whether there are casualties.

A resident of the area who would not be named for security reasons said heavy shooting started in the community at about …

Dubai-bound Ishaq arrested with 2,886 ATM cards concealed in Noodles (1)

Dubai-Bound Man Arrested With 2,886 ATM Cards In Noodles

September 10, 2020 2:03 pm

The Nigeria Customs has arrested a Dubai-bound Nigerian, Abubakar Ishaq at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos, with 2,886 ATM cards, concealed in noodles.

Ishaq also had on him four Subscriber Identification Module( SIM) cards.

The suspect was arrested on 22 August. He was billed to board an Emirates evacuation flight to Dubai.

He was handed to the Lagos Zone of the EFCC today by the Deputy Comptroller, Enforcement, Abudulmumuni Bako.

Bako told the EFCC, how the suspected was interdicted:

“Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service at the Departure Hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, on August 22, 2020, …

India - 90 Year-Old Woman Raped, Brutalised (1)

India: 90 Year-Old Woman Raped, Brutalised

September 9, 2020 3:02 pm

A very disturbing sexual assault has happened in India, with a 90-year-old woman the target of rape and assault.

According to India Today, the incident happened in Delhi’s Chhawla, Nazafgarh area on Monday.

According to the woman, she was waiting for her milkman at around 5 pm in the evening when a man came and told her that her regular milk delivery man wasn’t available.

He then volunteered to take her to the place where she could get milk.

The accused then took the nonagenarian to a farm area instead and brutally raped her.

The woman kept crying and pleading …

Wanted Benue gang leader, Terwase Agwaza finally surrenders (1)

Wanted Benue Gang Leader, Terwase Agwaza Finally Surrenders

September 9, 2020 5:40 am

A wanted criminal gang leader in Benue State, Terwase Agwaza, on Tuesday, surrendered.

Gana, as he is popularly called, turned himself in, following the amnesty programme by the state government.

The wanted criminal surrendered in Katsina-Ala township stadium in Katsina Ala Local Government Area of Benue North.

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As at the time of filing this report, Gana was being conveyed to the state’s Government House in Makurdi, the state capital, where he would be received by the state Governor, Samuel Ortom.

Recall that a bounty of N10m was …

Cocaine traffic booming amid COVID-19 – Europol (1)

Cocaine Traffic Booming Amid COVID-19 – Europol

September 7, 2020 10:00 am
The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) says cocaine trade boomed during the coronavirus pandemic.

Traffic from South America to Europe has reached “record amounts”, Sascha Strupp, a Strategic Analyst told Dpa.

Strupp called narcotics trade a “growing market”, adding that “coronavirus did not have any influence on smuggling via sea routes.”

From January to June, more than 25,000 kilogrammes of cocaine were seized in the port of Rotterdam.

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The amount is more than double of what was found in the same period of 2019.

In August,

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WikiLeaks Assange’s U.S. extradition case resumes today in London (1)

WikiLeaks Assange’s US Extradition Case Resumes Today In London

September 7, 2020 9:04 am
The extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Australian Julian Assange will resume at the Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey in London today.

The court would weigh evidence whether Assange should be extradited to the United States to face trial over the publication of secrets relating to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Assange, 49, is currently being held on remand at a high-security jail.

He faces 18 counts from US prosecutors that could see him jailed for up to 175 years.

The hearing at the Central Criminal Court, the Old Bailey, is due to last three to four weeks. It …

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