A Zuba Grade 1 Area Court on Wednesday sentenced Idris Ibrahim, 38, of Deidei- FCT to six months imprisonment for stealing a Bajaj motorcycle. The Presiding Judge, Malam Gambo Garba, passed the sentence after Ibrahim pleaded guilty to the two-count charge of joint act and theft. However, Garba gave the convict an option to pay… Read More Court sentences man to six months imprisonment for stealing motorcycle
The naira on Wednesday strengthened against the dollar as currency speculators feared that the apex bank might come up with policies that might be unfavourable to them in 2016. The Naira gained N1, an appreciation of 0.4 per cent, to exchange at N226 to the dollar as against its previous value of N227. However, at… Read More Naira appreciates over Dollar in parallel market
Congolese official and civil society groups said on Wednesday in Beni (Democratic Republic of the Congo) that sixteen civilians had been assassinated by an armed group in eastern Congo. They said that the discovery of the bodies on Tuesday and Wednesday morning in Buleusa was after the disappearance of 46 people in the village since… Read More 16 dead, 46 kidnapped as armed group strikes village in Congo
The U.S.-led coalition killed multiple figures within ISIS senior leadership over the last few weeks, including an operative closely linked to the ringleader of the November attacks in Paris, the spokesman for the coalition said on Tuesday. Col. Steve Warren said 10 senior ISIS leaders operating in both Iraq and Syria, “including several external attack… Read More US-led airstrike kills ISIS chief
A high-ranking North Korean official and top aide to Kim Jong-Un, Kim Yang Gon, has died in an automobile accident, state media reported. The late official was in charge of handling the fractious relationship with South Korea. He’s the latest in a series of top aides to young North Korean leader Kim Jong Un who… Read More North Korean top official, Kim Yang Gon, dies in car crash
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