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Akparanta Nigerian New York Prison Officer Sexually Abuses Inmates

Nigerian New York Prison Officer Sexually Abuses Inmates

March 5, 2020 5:10 am
Colin Akparanta, a Nigerian-born correctional officer at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, New York, has pleaded guilty for an abusive sexual contact of a female inmate.

Akpranta, 43, pleaded guilty Wednesday before United States Magistrate Judge Kevin Nathaniel Fox, according to an announcement by Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

The Irvington New Jersey based Nigerian pleaded guilty to one count of abusive sexual contact of an inmate, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2244(a)(4), and one count of deprivation of the civil rights of that inmate, in …

Boko Haram-US Places ₦2.5bn Bounty On Shekau’s Head

Boko Haram: US Places ₦2.5bn Bounty On Shekau’s Head

March 4, 2020 2:12 pm

The United States Department of State has placed a $7million ( ₦2.5billion) bounty on the head of Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau.

The Rewards for Justice Program (RJP) announced this in a tweet.

It read: “The United States Department of State offers a reward up to $7m for information leading to the arrest of the terrorist, Abubakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram.”

In June 2013, the US had also placed a bounty of the same amount on Shekau.

The Boko Haram leader was named a “specially designated

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Buhari Govt To Involve FBI In Ex-Govs, Senators Probe

Buhari Govt To Involve FBI In Ex-Govs, Senators Probe

March 4, 2020 2:11 pm
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has announced plans to involve the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) track relatives of former governors.

Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, Prof. Itsey Sagay, disclosed this on Wednesday at a PACAC Roundtable.

Sagay stated that said a number of former Governors, including some who are now Senators, transferred public funds abroad to purchase properties in the names of their relatives residing there.

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He said: “The idea is that our Government should on appropriate tip off contact the FBI in the USA

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Police Arrest Man 27 For Killing Neighbor In Ogun-Police

March 1, 2020 12:58 pm

Police arrest a man 27, name Ejike Okafor from Ebonyi State in Ogun State, for allegedly hacking his 50-year-old female neighbor report says.

Report from Ogun state has indicated that Police in Ogun State have arrested a 27-year-old man, Ejike Okata from Ebonyi State, for allegedly hacking his 50-year-old female neighbor, one Adeyiba Oladipupo, to death Sun News has reported. 
According to report, the suspect was arrested following a report by the younger brother to the deceased who reported at Obalende Police Station, Ijebu Ode on February 28, that his elder sister, a resident of Ayegbami Area, was hacked
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GTB

Rogue GTB Staff Sentenced To 18 Years In Jail

February 27, 2020 1:53 pm

A former relationship manager with Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, GTB in Enugu, Onyekachi Nwosu has been sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for fraud and various banking infractions by giving out a dubious loan, using the deposits of bank customers as collateral.

Justice D.V. Agishi of Federal High Court, Enugu handed out the prison term on Thursday.

Onyekachi was found guilty of all the six counts slammed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The charge bordered on forgery, altering and giving a loan with defective collateral.

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Justice Agishi, in …

Ogun Obaship Candidate Arrested For Certificate Forgery

February 26, 2020 7:34 am

Police in Ogun State have arrested a contestant for the vacant stool of Oba of Iwoye in the Ilaro Yewa South Local Government Area of the state for alleged certificate forgery.

Fagbemi Waheed was arrested following a petition to the police that he was allegedly in possession of forged West African Senior School Certificate Examination results.

Spokesman for the police in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said in a statement on Tuesday they arrested Waheed following a petition from the chambers of one R.R.A. & Associates.

He said the petitioners alleged that Waheed forged his secondary school certificate number NGSG 809573 …

Opera Star Domingo ‘Truly Sorry’ Over Sexual Harassment

February 25, 2020 6:01 pm

Opera star Placido Domingo, facing multiple allegations of sexual harassment, apologised for “the hurt” caused to his accusers on Tuesday, saying he accepted “full responsibility” for his actions.

The 79-year-old — who has been a director and conductor at some of the world’s most prestigious opera houses — has been accused by at least 20 women of forcibly kissing, grabbing or fondling them in incidents dating back to at least the 1980s.

“I respect that these women finally felt comfortable enough to speak out, and I want them to know that I am truly sorry for the hurt that I …

Trump

Trump Says Weinstein Conviction Sends Very Strong Message

February 25, 2020 6:01 pm

Harvey Weinstein’s conviction for rape and sexual assault was a “great victory” for women and sends a “very strong message”, US President Donald Trump said Tuesday.

The Hollywood movie producer was found guilty on Monday by a New York court in a verdict hailed as a historic landmark by the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct.

“From the standpoint of women, I think it was a great thing,” Trump said at a news conference in India.

“It was a great victory. And sends a very strong message, very, very strong message.”

Weinstein, 67, was acquitted of first-degree rape and predatory sexual …

Shehu Sani Reacts As Witnesses Deny EFCC In Court

February 25, 2020 3:11 pm

Shehu Sani, former Kaduna State lawmaker has reacted to the statements by prosecution witnesses denying they transferred $25,000 to him.

DAILY POST reported that a mild drama played out at the Federal High Court in Abuja as the prosecution witnesses denied ever transferring money to Senator Shehu Sani, who was being prosecuted for $25,000 bribery allegation.

The petitioner, Alhaji Sani Dauda, proprietor of ASD Motors had claimed that he gave Shehu Sani the sum of $25,000,

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However, the witnesses, staff of the Guarantee Trust Bank denied knowing Sani 

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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC

₦30.2b Fraud: EFCC Re-Arraigns Jang, Yusuf

February 25, 2020 5:01 am

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has re-arraigned the former Plateau State governor, Senator Jonah David Jang on amended 17-count charge over alleged ₦30.2bn criminal breach of trust and fraud.

Also, arraigned alongside Jang for the whooping sum of money belonging to the state was a former cashier in the Office Secretary to the State Government (OSSG), Yusuf Pam.

The duo, DAILY POST learnt, were made to reappear before Justice C. L. Dabup of a High court sitting in Jos, capital of Plateau State.

Acting spokesman of the prosecuting anti-graft agency, EFCC, Tony Orilade said this in a statement

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Algeria: One Year On, Activists Languish in Jail

February 24, 2020 2:57 pm

Beirut — Dozens of protesters and activists remain in jail a year after pro-democracy protests began in Algeria, Human Rights Watch said today. Many are facing trial hearings in February and March 2020. Following presidential elections in December 2019, the authorities released many jailed activists but prominent leaders of the movement who had been imprisoned since September or October remain behind bars.

According to the National Committee for the Liberation of Detainees, created on August 26 by activists and lawyers who monitor the trials, at least 173 protesters are currently on trial on charges stemming from their peaceful participation in …

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe’s Line Between Child Smuggling And Trafficking

February 24, 2020 2:57 pm

 

Elton Ndumiso*, a bus-conductor who works the route from Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, to neighbouring South Africa, sees it all the time: Zimbabwean women travelling with three or four children, who are clearly not their own kids, and taking them across the border.

It’s a crime that most bus drivers or conductors either turn a blind eye to, or become accomplices in by assisting the women.

Ndumiso told IPS that in many cases some bus drivers and conductors go as far as “talking to” or even bribing border officials, to allow them to let the children and women enter neighbouring

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