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Gunmen Abduct Two Lecturers In Kaduna

November 12, 2019 9:28 am

Two lecturers have been kidnapped by gunmen in Mahuta community of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The two lecturers whose names were given as Dr. Adamu Chinoko and Dr. Umar Chinoko are said to be biological brothers, teaching at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria and Kaduna Polytechnic, respectively.

It was learnt that Adamu was abducted on Thursday night and the kidnappers demanded a ransom of N2 million and a new motorcycle.

Umar who was said to have gone to deliver the ransom on Sunday was also abducted by the bandits after collecting the ransom .

The two …

Man Arrested Over Alleged ₦500m Credit Card Fraud

November 12, 2019 6:53 am
A 30-year-old suspected internet fraudster, Victor Ojionu, who specialized in hacking into credit cards belonging to Nigerians and foreign nationals, have been arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for stealing over ₦500 million within the space of five years.
It was gathered that Ojionu, who is currently undergoing interrogation at the Abuja office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was alleged to have succeeded in defrauding his victims using a popular online retail site, Amazon.com, where he allegedly sells books.Sources disclosed that the Imo State-born
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Security Experts Caution Students Against Cyber Crime

November 12, 2019 3:44 am
Security experts have cautioned secondary school students across Lagos State against cyber crime and other nefarious activities.They all noted that it is a crime against humanity.
They gave the advice during a discussion with students from different secondary schools across the state, as part of the police-citizens partnership in preventing cybercrime to celebrate the National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM).

The Programme, which was organised by International Center for Leadership Development Nigeria (ICLDG) in partnership with the Nigeria Policing Programme (NPP) with the theme “Own it, Secure it, Protect it”, educated the participants on the consequences of cybercrime in the

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Fraud

6 Indian Students Jailed In U.S. Over Immigration Fraud

November 11, 2019 1:10 pm
A U.S. court has sentenced six of the eight Indians arrested in the Farmington University immigration fraud case, as per U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regulations.

The Indian students were arrested on charges of running a “Pay to Stay” visa racket wherein they were assisted hundreds of immigrants in illegally prolonging their stays in the US.

Six were arrested in Detroit, one in Florida and one in Virginia on orders of the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division.

All eight defendants, from the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in India, pleaded guilty, Khaalid …

Oil Marketer For Trial Dec 10 Over Dud Cheque

November 11, 2019 11:52 am

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja has fixed December 10 for the trial an oil marketer, Ayodeji Ibrahim Oluokun, who was accused by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of allegedly issuing dud cheques valued at $1.6 million

Oluokun was arraigned on January 21, 2019 alongside his  oil firm, Peak Petroleum Industry Nigeria Limited, by EFCC on two counts charge.

EFCC in a charge marked ID/8509c/19, alleged that the defendant and his company, sometimes in 2014, approached the management of GOSL Nigeria Limited, for a loan of $1million and $666,666 respectively to enable them …

Part-Time Examiner Bags 20 Year Jail Term

November 11, 2019 8:26 am

A part-time examiner at The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Olanrewaju Kayode, has bagged 20 years jail term for examination malpractice. 

According to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Kayode,was found guilty of all charge preferred against him before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State.

The convict did  assessed and marked students’ examination scripts of the Department of Accountancy of åThe Polytechnic, Ibadan.

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Kayode was first arraigned by the  ICPC in June 2016 on a 5-count charge for allegedly collecting money from five students of …

Iraq Gov’t Urged To Call In Forces To End ‘Bloodbath’

November 10, 2019 4:52 pm
The death toll during demonstrations in Iraq surged to more than 300 as security forces were accused of “relentlessly” targeting protesters.

Six more people were killed in the capital Baghdad on Sunday and dozens of others hurt in clashes.

The head of the Iraqi parliament’s human rights commission told Al Jazeera that 319 people have died since October 1 with more than 15,000 wounded. Most of the casualties were anti-government protesters, but security officers also died in the violence.

Iraqi security forces in Baghdad fired tear gas at demonstrators and erected concrete barriers in a bid to block their movement.

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Napoleon Scholar Confesses To Dismembering Young Lover

November 10, 2019 4:49 pm

Oleg Sokolov, a 63-year-old history lecturer who received France’s Legion d’Honneur in 2003, was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of murder after he was hauled out of the icy Moika River with a backpack containing a woman’s arms.

“He has admitted his guilt,” Sokolov’s lawyer Alexander Pochuev said, adding he regretted what he had done and was now cooperating with police.

Sokolov was reportedly drunk and fell in as he tried

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SA: Nine Suspects Arrested For Looting, 53 TVs Recovered

November 10, 2019 1:45 pm

Door-to-door raids by police have resulted in nine arrests and the recovery of 53 large LED TV sets that were looted during a community protest in De Doorns in the Cape winelands past week.

The protest led to the closure of the N1 between Touwsriver and De Doorns on Thursday after two trucks came under attack and their consignments were looted.

Scenes of protesters carrying away large boxes containing TVs from one truck and an assortment of condiments from the other were captured in videos and pictures that went viral on social media.

“Following a community protest in De …

Suspects

Seven Suspects Arrested For Rebel Attacks In Thailand

November 9, 2019 1:01 pm

Seven suspected rebels have been arrested in Thailand’s violence-wracked south, authorities said Saturday, as a manhunt sweeps through remote villages for gunmen who killed 15 in an ambush considered the deadliest attack in the yearslong insurgency.

Thailand’s three southernmost provinces have been in the grip of a simmering 15-year conflict that has killed more than 7,000 people, the majority civilians, as Malay-Muslim militants fight for more autonomy from the Thai state.

The fighting is characterised by tit-for-tat attacks that usually target symbols of the mostly Buddhist Thai state and its security forces.

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Court

Court Remand 2 Brothers For Allegedly Culpable Homicide

November 9, 2019 12:59 pm
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that two brothers who allegedly killed their friend at a pool party, be remanded in a correctional centre, pending legal advice.

The police charged Shawal and Annas Mohammed, who both reside in Badarawa Kaduna, with  criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide.

The Magistrate, Lukman Sidi, who did not take the plea Shawal and Annas, ordered the police to return the case file to the Kaduna Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

The prosecutor, Insp. Chidi Leo, told the court that the case was transferred by the DPO from Gabasawa Police Station to the Criminal …

SA: Olympic Deaf Swimmer Terence Parkin Assaulted

November 8, 2019 4:28 pm

South African swimming Olympian Terence Parkin said he was attacked in an apparent road rage incident on the N3 this week but the motorist involved in the altercation said there were two sides to the story.

On Tuesday, the deaf silver and gold medallist was driving through Free State, on his way from Durban to Johannesburg, when a motorist in a BMW allegedly tried to force him off the road.

The incident, which was captured in multiple videos from Parkin’s dashcam, occurred near the Engen Vaal petrol station as Parkin changed lanes to avoid road works.

Parkin, in a statement

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