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Pirates Kidnap Nine From Norwegian Ship Off Benin

Pirates Kidnap Nine From Norwegian Ship Off Benin

November 5, 2019 8:24 am

Pirates have kidnapped nine crew members from a Norwegian shipping vessel off the coast of Benin Republic in West Africa.

The vessel was carrying gypsum; a mineral used as a fertiliser, and was at anchor, owner JJ Ugland said.

The Benin Navy’s anti-piracy team has been on patrol in the Bight of Benin in the Gulf of Guinea. It is described as one of the world’s most dangerous seas.

The Gulf of Guinea is world’s most dangerous piracy hotspot, says the International Maritime Bureau (IMB).

Some 62 seafarers have been captured off the coasts of Nigeria, Guinea, Togo, Benin and …

Man Gets Six-Month Jail Term For Stoning Policemen

November 4, 2019 3:33 pm
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates Court on Monday sentenced a 30-year-old unemployed man, Sulaimon Agboola, to six months in Kirikiri Correctional Facility, Apapa, Lagos, for stoning police officers on duty.
Chief Magistrate M.O. Tanimola sentenced Agboola after he pleaded guilty to five counts of conspiracy, unlawful society, assault, breach of the peace and possession of hemp.

Tanimola, however, gave the convict an option to pay a fine of N40, 000.

Earlier, the Prosecutor, Inspector Aondohemba Koti told the court that the defendant conducted himself in a manner likely to cause

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BWW Workers Fired After They Asked Black Diners To Move

November 4, 2019 12:23 pm

An unspecified number of employees have been fired from a suburban Illinois Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant after they allegedly asked a mixed-race group of people celebrating a child’s birthday to move because a regular customer did not want to sit near black people.

The group of 18 would-be customers of a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in Naperville, Illinois, about 30 miles west of Chicago, had just been seated at the restaurant when, two members of the party said, they were asked to move because of the color of their skin, reported the Naperville Sun.

It was about 8:30 p.m. on

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Two Murder Suspects Awaiting Trial Escape From Jail

Two Murder Suspects Awaiting Trial Escape From Jail

November 4, 2019 12:05 pm

Two “dangerous” murder suspects escaped from a California jail on Sunday and remain on the loose, according to authorities.

Santos Fonseca, 21, and Jonathan Salazar, 20, were awaiting trial on unrelated murder charges when they bolted from the Monterey County Adult Detention Facility in Salinas.

“We need the public’s help to be on the lookout” for them, the sheriff’s office said in a statement on Sunday.

Fonseca is 5-foot-7 and 150 pounds, and Salazar is 5-foot-7 and 170 pounds, according to the sheriff’s office. Both have black hair and brown eyes, and have been in custody since 2018.

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Not Yet Uhuru For Stella Oduah

Not Yet Uhuru For Stella Oduah

November 4, 2019 7:18 am

Say that karma was given a human form and figure and permitted to live among and mingle with humanity, she may not live very long as she is prone to rebuffing the poor and rich alike. She hardly extends her regards to people of negligible personae, let alone powers that be. The latest in her cache of victims is an old-timer, Lady Stella Oduah.

Say what you will about cities and thrones and powers, and how men can be vicious and hoarding beasts with dying consciences. A woman’s grasp of power, even when subtle can send the hoarding Dragon Smaug …

Congolese Anti-Ebola Fighter Killed In Home Attack

Congolese Anti- Ebola Fighter Killed In Home Attack

November 3, 2019 2:37 pm
A radio host who helped spread the word in the fight against Ebola was stabbed to death at his home in the northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo, the army said on Sunday.

The motive for the murder in the town of Lwemba in the troubled Ituri region was unknown, but it came as health authorities were set to introduce a new vaccine against the disease in unaffected areas.

The attackers killed 35-year-old Papy Mumbere Mahamba and wounded his wife before burning down their home late on Saturday, General Robert Yav, the commander of Congolese army forces in the Ituri

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Uproar Over Confinement, Torture Facilities In The North

Uproar Over Confinement, Torture Facilities In The North

November 3, 2019 11:29 am

Recently, Nigerians were naturally horrified upon seeing the emaciated inmates who were released by security operatives following the discovery of rehabilitation centres in Kaduna, Kwara and some other northern cities, where they had been held in torturous confinement.

The revelation that such degree of dehumanisation had been going on under the nose of the authorities and within the communities triggered big shock among the citizenry.

People wondered how such atrocious activities could have been carried on and hidden for so long in open view, to the extend that the concerned state governments were ignorant of the goings on at the …

Robbers Invade Ibadan Cmmunity; 1 Dead, Several Injured

Robbers Invade Ibadan Cmmunity; 1 Dead, Several Injured

November 3, 2019 11:25 am
A yet to be identified night guard was allegedly killed by armed robbers in Oju-irin, Akobo area of Ibadan on Saturday when robbers numbering about 15 invaded the community.
The News Agency of Nigerian(NAN) reports that several others including a couple and 12 night guards sustained various degrees of injuries during the robbery.

The night guards attacked were reported to be working in Yawiri, Idi-isin, Tella, Anifalaje, Apata, Iyana Akanni, and Oju-Irin areas of Akobo where the robbers operated for several hours.

The leader of the security guard in the area, simply identified as Fagbenro, said that a security guard

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The Money Laundering World Of Hamza Koudeih, By EFCC

The Money Laundering World Of Hamza Koudeih, By EFCC

November 3, 2019 4:30 am

He is a Lebanese, resident in Lagos and steeped in money. From his $1.3 million residence in Eko Atlantic Pearl Tower to his high-end automobiles, Hamza Koudeih oozes money-all of which he made doing nothing in the country but money laundering- which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says he has done to the tune of $19 million

Those who have followed the unraveling of a Lebanese man, Hamza Koudeih by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), would readily agree that it is misleading to judge a book by its cover. He is unassuming, comes off innocuous, and …

Pirates Kill Two, Injure Several Others In Rivers

Pirates Kill Two, Injure Several Others In Rivers

November 3, 2019 4:29 am
Sea pirates have killed two persons and injured several others in an attack on seven boats travelling from Bille, Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State, to Port Harcourt.
The seven boats were said to be travelling in a convoy on Saturday to Port Harcourt for a church programme when the hoodlums attacked them.

The Guardian gathered that the pirates operated freely for about five hours on the high sea without restrictions.

It was learnt that the bandits carted away all the belongings of the travellers, took their boats and abandoned them at the mangrove.

The two persons killed were

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Attack On Mali Military Post Kills 49 Soldiers

Attack On Mali Military Post Kills 49 Soldiers

November 2, 2019 10:35 am
A “terrorist attack” on a military post in strife-torn northeastern Mali has left 49 soldiers dead, the army said Saturday, revising downward an earlier death toll.
The assault on Friday at Indelimane, in the Menaka region, close to the border with Niger, was one of the deadliest strikes against Mali’s military in a region wracked by Islamist violence.

The Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) “have recorded 49 dead, three wounded and material damage, and some 20 survivors have been recovered,” it said on its Facebook page on Saturday.

“The situation is under FAMa control.”

The government on Friday had

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Witness: How Dikko Converted NAF’s ₦1.2bn To Private Use

Witness: How Dikko Converted NAF’s ₦1.2bn To Private Use

November 2, 2019 5:32 am

Hammadama Bello, a prosecution witness  in the ongoing trial of former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed Umar Dikko, before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, has told the court that the defendant allegedly converted the sum of N1.2 billion, belonging Nigerian Air Force to his personal use.

Dikko is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on seven-count charge bordering on money laundering and procurement fraud to the tune of N9.7 billion. Under cross-examination by the defence counsel, Dr. Onyeachi Ikpeazu, SAN, the witness who is an investigator with the …

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