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Police detain cat used to smuggle drugs, sim cards to prison

Police Detain Cat Used To Smuggle Drugs, Sim Cards To Prison

August 4, 2020 10:38 am
Sri Lanka Police are probing an incident in which a cat was allegedly used to smuggle drugs and contraband into a high-security prison, officials said on Monday.

Prison officials found the cat on Saturday with a small parcel tied to its neck, entering the Welikada prison in Colombo, the capital.

Prison officials found 1.8 grams of heroin, two SIM cards, and a memory chip used for mobile phones.

“The cat was detained in a room inside the prisons to facilitate investigations, but has escaped from the room,” police said.

However, investigations are proceeding to determine if the cat had been …

Pakistan To Probe Blasphemy Trial Killing Of US Citizen

Pakistan To Probe Blasphemy Trial Killing Of US Citizen

August 1, 2020 1:52 pm

Pakistan has formed a special team to investigate the killing of a Pakistani-American, who was shot dead inside a courtroom during his controversial blasphemy trial.

“A special team has been constituted to investigate the case,” the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday after the U.S. State Department called for justice for the American citizen.

The intellectually disabled Pakistani-American man, Tahir Naseem, was shot on Wednesday in the north-western city of Peshawar as a hearing on blasphemy charges against him was underway.

Tahir who is from Illinois, had been in a Pakistani jail since 2018 on blasphemy charges after he claimed to …

Gunmen Kill Two Female Judges In Afghanistan

Car Bomb Kills At Least 17 In Afghanistan Ahead Of Ceasefire

July 30, 2020 5:34 pm

At least 17 people were killed in a car bomb explosion in an Afghan city south of Kabul on Thursday, officials and a medic said, just hours before the scheduled start of a ceasefire.

“Seventeen bodies and 21 wounded people were brought to our hospital,” Sediqullah, a senior doctor at a hospital in the city of Puli Alam in Logar province, told AFP.

Read Also: Russia Pays Taliban To Kill American Soldiers In Afghanistan

The interior ministry confirmed the blast, which occurred ahead of a three-day ceasefire starting Friday between the Taliban and Kabul.

 

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Gunmen shoot family of 13 dead in Kogi

Gunmen Shoot Family Of 13 Dead In Kogi

July 29, 2020 4:08 pm

Gunmen have shot 13 members of the same family dead in Agbudu, Kogi-Koton-Karfe Local Government Area of Kogi State.

Fourteen people were killed in the attack, with six persons serious injured.

Ede Ayuba, State Police Commissioner, who disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the command headquarters in Lokoja, said he got the report about 2: 00 a.m.

Ayuba said that 13 of the slain victims were from same family.

Read Also: Gunmen Storm Residence Of Edo Commissioner, Leave Deadly Note

“This morning around 2 am, my Area Commander called me to report that he received information that there was an

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Southern Kaduna Elders Beg FG To End Killings, Kidnapping

Southern Kaduna Elders Beg FG To End Killings, Kidnapping

July 29, 2020 4:06 pm
The Southern Kaduna Elders’ Consultative Forum, on Wednesday, called on the Federal Government, to, as a matter of urgency, intervene and find a lasting solution to the incessant killings, kidnapping and destruction of properties in the Southern Kaduna.

In a press statement on Wednesday, issued and signed by the chairman of the group, Elder Peter Buba, he said the Southern Kaduna had been in the eye of the storm over the incessant attacks and massive destruction of lives and properties in the past few weeks.

Read Also: Kaduna Killings: Mbaka Only Sees S/Court Verdicts – PDP group

According to the

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Ex-Pension Chairman, Maina Released From Kuje Prison

Ex-Pension Chairman, Maina Released From Kuje Prison

July 28, 2020 5:24 pm

Abdulrasheed Maina, ex-Chairman, Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), has been released from Kuje Correctional Centre nine months after his detention, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has confirmed.

Maina, who was arraigned before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Oct. 25, 2019, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside his son, Faisal, and firm, Common Input Property and Investment Ltd., had been in detention since the period.

However, Maina’s Lawyer, Adeola Adedipe, in a telephone interview with NAN on Tuesday, said the ex-PRTT boss was finally released on Monday evening after completing the …

Nigerian Road Safety Officials Molesting A Civilian(Video)

Nigerian Road Safety Officials Molesting A Civilian(Video)

July 28, 2020 12:47 pm

To most Nigerians, the height of lawlessness witnessed daily across the Nigerian road networks must be addressed to protect the populace and the image of the country and the saddest fact about this is that most of these crimes and abuses are carried out by law enforcement agencies whose duties are to guide and protect citizens plying the roads.

Recently, some Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officials were seen assaulting a man.

Read Also: Lightening Kills Three Ogun FRSC Officials

The man who appeared to be totally naked was hanging on to the bonnet of the Federal Road Safety Corps …

Hushpuppi gets another top rated lawyer

Hushpuppi Gets Another Top Rated Lawyer

July 27, 2020 11:29 am
Ramon Abbas a.k.a Hushpuppi has gotten another lawyer to represent him in California.

Hushpuppi’s lawyer, Gal Pissetzky who is only licensed to practice in Chicago will now be supported by Vicki Podberesky of Andrues/Podberesky law firm based in Los Angeles.

The law firm specialises in representing individuals in both state and federal criminal matters, as well as companies and individuals in administrative and in-house investigations.

Pissetzky had applied to appear Pro hac vice on behalf of the alleged fraudster in California on July 22, with an attestation letter from the Attorney Registration and the Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court …

Egypt-Gaza Crossing Opens For First Time In Months

Man Kills His 3 Kids By Throwing Them In Front Of Speeding Train

July 25, 2020 4:01 pm

A man has killed his three little children, by placing them in front of a speeding train.

The tragedy happened Friday south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo, security sources said.

The 50-year-old Egyptian, a driver, threw the children on the tracks of the train in the southern province of Malawi and fled, they added.

The children aged, four, six and 8 years, were killed on the spot and their bodies transferred to a hospital morgue.

Read Also: How Nigerian Men Are Killing Their Nurse Wives In The US

The train was on a journey from the southern city of …

700 Ex-military Officers Amputated, Dismissed Over Boko Haram

Boko Haram: Terrorists Asked To Release Bodies Of 5 Aid Workers

July 25, 2020 8:35 am

The international NGO community in Nigeria has demanded for the release of the remains of the five aid workers executed by terrorists in Borno State to their families and calls for the unconditional and immediate release of other two aid workers whose whereabouts remain unknown.

A statement by Moshood Raimi, Senior Information Management Officer, Nigeria INGO Forum and made available to DAILY POST on Friday, said, since the beginning of 2019, eight aid workers were executed following their abduction, while the whereabouts of two others remain unknown.

Read Also: Security Conditions Worsening For Nigerians – US Reacts To Boko Haram

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Chad Army Officers Sentenced To Prison For Drug Trafficking

Chad Army Officers Sentenced To Prison For Drug Trafficking

July 25, 2020 5:12 am

Chadian army officers and intelligence officials were sentenced on Friday to up to 10 years in prison for drug trafficking, the state prosecutor and their lawyer told AFP.

In January, a vehicle carrying 246 cartons of the opiate painkiller Tramadol, with an estimated value of 12.3 billion CFA francs (18.8 million euros, $21 million), was seized on its way to neighbouring Libya, a judicial source said.

An army general, two colonels and a head of the National Security Agency were among 10 people sentenced in the capital N’Djamena.

“Of the …

Fraud case against Hushpuppi’s right-hand man, Woodberry, dismissed

Fraud Case Against Woodberry Dismissed

July 24, 2020 7:48 am

The fraud case against Olalekan Ponle, also known as Woodberry, a close associate of Ramon Abbas (Hushpuppi), has been dismissed.

The 29-year-old, who was facing charges bordering on wire fraud conspiracy at a United States District Court in Illinois, was arrested alongside Hushpuppi in the United Arab Emirates on June 10.

They were arrested for multiple fraud charges after a raid by operatives of the Dubai crime unit.

Read Also: Chicago’s Top Criminal Lawyer Michael Nash To Defend Woodberry

The duo were extradited to the U.S. on July 2.

However, US prosecutors stated that Mr Ponle tricked an unnamed Chicago …

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