3-day-old baby stolen from Plateau hospital found, reunites with parents

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3-day-old baby stolen from Plateau hospital found, reunites with parents

 

The Management of Plateau Specialist Hospital, Jos, on Monday, handed a baby (Gift Chukwuebuka), which was stolen ten days ago to her parents.

We reported that the baby, which was delivered on May 28, 2019, was stolen barely three days after she was delivered (May 31, 2019), by a woman who claimed to be a medical personal in the aforementioned hospital.

Presenting the child to the parents; the Chief Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr Philemon Golwa, said, “Today is not a day of mourning, but a day of celebration; celebration of a life that was thought to have been lost, but now has been found.

Golwa said when the management was informed about missing of the child, “we were worried and we went to the police and had a meeting with them and they did their work and recovered the baby.”

The CMD said he was under pressure from different quotas to speak about the incident, but was very careful not to contradict himself; “But we thank God that today we have to celebrate.”

“Any baby that comes with circumstances like this, such baby turns out to be great in the society and that is why we need to tell the world what has happened.

According to the CMD, the police invited him and other staff on duty when the incident happened to the station, “some were even put behind the counter, we had to do all that we could do to bring them out.

“As God will have it, last Thursday, we had a big breakthrough, the baby was found and the person that did the technical work of snatching the baby from here to another hospital also had to confess, she admitted to her fault and we have left that one to the police.

“Why the police have not been able to say anything now is that they are working to demystify the mystery behind how the baby was taken from the ward finding to another hospital, so, I think they are still doing their work and I cannot stop them.

The CMD further explained that the incident occurred during the visiting hours of the Hospital (between 4-6pm).

Golwa assured that the management has taken more stringent security measures to ensure that such a thing never happens again.

He added that people coming to the Hospital must adhere to some procedures that may sound strange to them.

The CMD also said the Medical bills of the baby would be settled by the Hospital and they would be doing a follow-up, even if they are discharged.

Responding, parents of the baby, Mr. and Mrs. Chukwuebuka, thanked everyone for ensuring that their baby was found and returned to them safely, especially the media and security operatives.

 

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Man accused of killing 51 worshipers at two New Zealand mosques in March pleads 'not guilty' to 92 charges

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Man accused of killing 51 worshipers at two New Zealand mosques in March pleads 'not guilty' to 92 charges

 

The man accused of shooting worshippers at two New Zealand mosques in March has pleaded not guilty to 92 charges, including 51 counts of murder.  

Australian citizen Brenton Tarrant, 28, appeared via audiovisual link at the Christchurch High Court on Friday morning over the attack, which was New Zealand's worst mass shooting in modern history.

Tarrant entered a not guilty plea to 51 charges of murder and 40 charges of attempted murder and one charge under the Terrorism Suppression Act, the first time such a charge has been laid inside the country. The pleas were entered by Tarrant's lawyer, Shane Tait.

Tarrant could be seen smiling as he appeared via video link from Paremoremo Prison in Auckland. Tarrant was silent throughout his appearance and could be seen on a monitor from the waist up, dressed in a plain gray sweatshirt. A proposed trial date was set for May 4, 2020.

Mental health assessments have been completed, with Judge Cameron Mander telling the court no issues had arisen in terms of Tarrant's mental fitness to enter pleas or stand trial. Under New Zealand law, murder carries a life sentence, and convicted murderers must spend at least 10 years in prison before they are eligible for parole. Committing a terrorist act carries a possible life sentence.

Tarrant last appeared in court in April, when the court ordered he undergo a mental health assessment. He was arrested on March 15, within 21 minutes of the first emergency calls being received by police. Almost all of the victims died at Al Noor mosque and Linwood Islamic Center in Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island. Only two died later in hospital, including a Turkish citizen who died in May.

 

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Two delivery men arraigned in court for allegedly stealing goods worth N23m

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Two delivery men arraigned in court for allegedly stealing goods worth N23m

Two delivery men, who allegedly diverted their employer’s milk worth N23 million to their personal use, were on Thursday, brought before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the defendants, James Oja, 47, and Sunny Ejidike, 52, are facing a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining by false pretence and stealing.

Mr Augustine Nwabuisi, the Police prosecutor, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on May 3.

Nwabuisi said the defendants had picked the milk in a Mark truck registered AJL 924 XW for delivery to their employer, FCMG, located at No. 13, Fati Atere str., Mushin area of Lagos.

He however told the court that the two defendants diverted the truck, stole all the goods and sold them.

Nwabuisi listed the items in the delivery truck as: 731 tins of Forto instant milk, 179 sachets of Kerry gold milk, 24 cartons of Kerry gold tin, 15 bags of Forto instant milk and 2 bags of Kerry gold milk.

He equally told the court that the total value of the milk was N23 million.

He said, “My Lord, when they missed their delivery day, the head of logistics came to the station and reported the theft.

“During investigations, we discovered that the defendants had rerouted the truck to a different location, offloaded the milk and sold some of them.”

The offences contravened Sections 287 (7), 314 and 411 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State 2015 (Revised).

The offence of obtaining by false pretences attracts 15 years jail term while that of stealing from one’s employer attracts seven years.

The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge and were granted bail in the sum of N5 million with two sureties each in like sum.

Chief Magistrate Oluwatoyin Oghere said that all the sureties must be gainfully employed with evidence of three years tax payment to the Lagos State Government.

Oghere adjourned the case till August 7 for trial.

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TV producer, Valentine Obilor recounts how SARS officers physically assaulted him and falsely accused him of being a Yahoo boy (videos)

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TV producer, Valentine Obilor recounts how SARS officers physically assaulted him and falsely accused him of being a Yahoo boy (videos)

 

The human rights abuse that has characterised the operations of SARS officials has been brought to light once again as TV producer and music artiste, Valentine Obilor, shared his own unpleasant experience with some SARS officers in Lagos state over the weekend.

In a series of videos he posted on his IG page, Valentine narrated how he was accosted by SARS officers along Badore road in Ajah at about 12am and was asked where he was going to. Despite informing them he was on his way to a friend's house for a recording session, the SARS officers demanded to see his phone which he refused. They used their guns to hit him, beat him up, fractured his hand and accused him of being a Yahoo boy. According to Valentine, the SARS officers said he must be a Yahoo Yahoo boy for wearing dreadlocks. 

A visibly angry Valentine wrote

''(HOW SARS BULLIED ME, FRACTURED MY ELBOW, STOLE FROM ME AND CLAIMED I CANT BE ON DREADS AND NOT BE A YAHOO BOY)

How dare you attack me because of my hairstyle or my dressing ? How dare you criminalize me because of that ? OPERATION END SARS!!! SARS means SPECIAL ANTI ROBBERY SQUAD , they should attack robbers, armed criminals , they should stop harassing young innocent hardworking citizens .

Last night was one of the worst nights of my life with this criminals in uniform... If my hairstyle is the criteria for determining if I'm a cyber criminal (yahoo boy) or not, then I'm sorry! The police force needs the highest level of education . I woke up this morning with my hand and head in aches after they had hit me with their gun and at gun point taken me to ATM to withdraw my money (hard earned money) . I av gone to cut my dreads this morning, hope I'm less of a 'cyber criminal ' now right ???

At first I didn't want to post this video, but if I don't post, how would this badgeless stupid men in uniform be brought to justice or extinguished from our social life ? How?? . God punish SARS!!! God punish them in all totality .. OPERATION END SARS !!!!!???? God punish them ...''

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Alleged killer of UNIZIK student is arrested

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Alleged killer of UNIZIK student is arrested

 

A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of a female student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra state.

22-year-old Chinasa Pauline Agbata, who was a 300 Level Linguistics student of the institution, was murdered in March this year and her body was dumped at the gate of the campus.

The Public Relations Officer of the Anambra State Police Command, Haruna Mohammed, told newsmen that one Onudili Somtochukwu, 25, has been arrested following a discreet investigation.

He said the suspect was assisting the police with useful information that could help in solving the murder.

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''I am fulfilled I killed him'' Man says after killing his neighbor who was making advances at his wife

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''I am fulfilled I killed him'' Man says after killing his neighbor who was making advances at his wife

 

21-year-old man, Umar Audu, has been arrested by men of the Niger state police command for allegedly killing one Abubakar Mohammadu of the Fulani Camp, Wawa village in New-Bussa, Borgu Local Government Area of the state, for making advances at his wife, Hassan Audu.

According to police sources, trouble started when Audu's wife, Hassan, complained to him that Mohammed who is a neighbor and resides in their compound, was asking her to have sex with him despite the fact that he knows she is married. Audu confronted Mohammed and warned him several times to leave his wife alone.

Things came to a halt recently when Audu attacked Mohammed with a matchete, inflicting deep cuts on his head which led to his death.

When interrogated, Audu says he doesn't regret killing Mohammed.

“I don’t regret killing him because Mohammadu decided to die like a chicken. In his next life, he will not make advances to married women. I am ready to bear the consequences. Let the law take its course. I am fulfilled that Mohammadu will never see my wife again, Allah will judge him.” Audu said

Audu is currently in police custody and will be charged to court soon.

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Florida police deputy, Scot Patterson arrested and charged with 'child neglect' after staying outside during the 2018 Parkland school shooting

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Florida police deputy, Scot Patterson arrested and charged with 'child neglect' after staying outside during the 2018 Parkland school shooting

 

The Florida police deputy who failed to confront a gunman during last year's Parkland massacre has been arrested on 11 charges.

Scot Peterson, 56, faces child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury charges, State Attorney Mike Satz said in the announcement.

Peterson who was then a Broward County deputy, was on duty during the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School but never went inside. Satz said the charges carry a combined prison sentence of nearly 100 years. Peterson's bail was set at $102,000.

Once released, Peterson will be required to wear a GPS monitor and surrender his passport, and will be prohibited from possessing a firearm, the prosecutor said.

The killier, Nikolas Cruz, 20, faces the death penalty if convicted of killing 17 people and wounding 17 others in the attack. He has offered to plead guilty in return for a life sentence, but prosecutors have refused that offer.

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Heartbreaking! Nigerian man insists pregnant wife must deliver at home, locks her up and watches her bleed to death in Ebonyi(Video)

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Heartbreaking! Nigerian man insists pregnant wife must deliver at home, locks her up and watches her bleed to death in Ebonyi(Video)

 

The police in Ebonyi state have arrested one Samuel Chidi, who resides at Diamond Point Junction, Chinedu Ogah Avenue Abakaliki,  for allegedly watching his wife, Nkechi, bleed to death in their home after refusing to take her to the hospital to give birth to their 3rd baby.

According to resident of the compound where the couple stayed, Chidi had previously watched his wife deliver twice through Caesarean section. With this 3rd pregnancy, he decided that she must not go through the pain of Caeseran section again and so he contracted a patent medicine dealer who came to their home to deliver his wife of their baby. The patent doctor administered improper injections on her, dragged out the baby to the ground while the husband pinned her legs down, collected the blood, the baby's placenta and hid in his room while leaving the agonizing mother to bleed to death.

His evil deed came to the open when a Nurse who lives in the same compound with him, asked to see his pregnant wife. The nurse entered their home and asked about the deceased. Chidi then openned up to her that she had died and that her corpse was in his room. The Nurse raised alarm and immediately asked that the remains of the deceased be taken to the mortuary while the baby be rushed to the hospital for proper medical attention. 

The family of the deceased was contacted soon after and dismayed by the negligent conduct of the man who had sworn to love, cherish and protect their daughter till death do them part, withdrew the body and proceeded to dump it in the man's compound for him to do with it as he had presumably purposed. 

The timely intervention of the police saved Chidi from being lynched by his angry neighbors. He is currently cooling off his heels in the police station.

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Face of MFM pastor accused of sexual abuse and impregnating of 16-year-old orphan

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Face of MFM pastor accused of sexual abuse and impregnating of 16-year-old orphan

 

On Sunday, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), announced the arrest of 48-year-old  David Onyekachukwu, a Pastor with the Mountain of Fire and Miracle Church (MFM), Gwarinpa Branch, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for alleged rape and sexual exploitation of a 16-year-old orphan (Name withheld) and impregnating her in the process. 

Pictured above is Onyekachukwu after his arrest. 

 

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Man strangles seven-month-old daughter in Niger (photo)

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Man strangles seven-month-old daughter in Niger (photo)

 

30 year Nasiru Musa, pictured above, has been arrested by men of the Niger state police command for allegedly strangling his seven months old daughter on May 20th.

According to reports, Musa had taken the baby from the mother while she was sleeping to an uncompleted building where he strangled her. His evil deed was discovered when the mother of the baby woke up and could not find her child by her side. She raised an alarm and the matter was reported to the Nasko police division.

After much investigation, the police arrested Musa who confessed to killing his own child. According to him, he was hypnotized into killing her because he doesn't understand why he would kill his flesh and blood.

“I gave birth to my daughter out of wedlock and the mother and I are preparing for our wedding before this happened. I cannot explain why I took her life. People will not believe me. It is like somebody hypnotised me. I find it very difficult to explain. How am I going to explain to my fiancé what transpired? I know that is the end of (preparations for) the marriage. She will never forgive me and my friends will desert me.” he said.

He denied allegations of planning to use his baby for rituals.

“God forbid. Magama people don’t use their children for rituals and that is why I cannot explain how I killed my own daughter.”

The police say he will be charged to court soon.

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Yahoo Yahoo: Court throws SS II student into prison

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Yahoo Yahoo: Court throws SS II student into prison

 

Justice Garba Umar of the Federal High Court, Benin City on Friday ordered that Akhigbe Gabriel, an SS II student, be remanded in prison custody for alleged impersonation and internet fraud.

Ganriel was remanded along with Adesuwa Precious, Ogheneteru Pezu, Kenneth Owa, and Isaac Nkemdule until the next adjourned date.

They were accused of defrauding one Joy to the tune of N150, 000, which was allegedly transfered into a bank account of one of them.

The action was allegedly committed contrary to Section 15; sub-Section 2 of the Money Laundering Prohibition Act.

Gabriel, a.k.a. Matt Chan, who is facing a four-count charge, allegedly impersonated an American, Matthew Chan and sent male nude pictures to another American Candy Cerfi, contrary to section 22, 14 sub-Section 2 of the Cyber Crimes Act of 2015.

The judge particularly berated Gabriel, who pleaded guilty to the charges.

He expressed worry that the accused would never hold any public office in future “after making himself a convict,” instead of focusing on his studies and completing his education.

In another development, the court also remanded one Blessing Francis in Ikpoba-Okah Local Government Area of Edo in prison custody until June.

Francis was allegedly caught with a 9.5kg of cannabis sativa wrapped in a bag in contravention of Section 19 of the NDLEA Act CAP N30 of 2014.

The two cases were adjourned to June, when trial are expected to commence.

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Update: Remains found in trash bag during search for Maleah Davis after her stepdad confessed to 'killing her by accident’

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Update: Remains found in trash bag during search for Maleah Davis after her stepdad confessed to 'killing her by accident’

Authorities in Houston believe the remains of a child found in southwest Arkansas on Friday may belong to 4-year-old Maleah Davis who went missing one month ago.

"Do we believe that it's possibly her? Yes. But can we confirm it right now? No," Houston Police Executive Assistant Chief Troy Finner told reporters. "If it's not Maleah, it's somebody's child," he said.

The discovery comes after her stepfather, Derion Vence, 26, confessed to accidentally killing her and dumping her where they found the remains of a child.

Earlier on Friday, suspect Derion Vence confessed to Quanell X, a community activist who was representing the victim's mother, Brittany Bowens. He said he killed Maleah before dumping her body in Arkansas.

"One thing he wanted to make clear to me was (that) what happened to Maleah was an accident, he says it was an accident. And he confessed to me where he dumped the body," Houston community activist Quanell X told CNN affiliate KTRK.

"He said he pulled over in Arkansas, got out of the car, walked to the side of the road, and dumped the body off the road," said Quanell, who used to represent the girl's mother.

After Houston police detectives along with a search and rescue team headed to Arkansas to began searching near Hope, a town about 30 miles northeast of the Texas-Arkansas border. They spotted a garbage bag emitting a foul odor along Interstate 30 near Hope. The remains of a child were inside the bag, Hempstead County Sheriff James Singleton told CNN affiliate KTAL.

"It might be Maleah but we can't be certain," Houston Police Cmdr. Michael Skillern told reporters.

The remains have been flown to Texas where it will undergo forensic testing to determine the identity.

Vence, 26, has been charged with tampering with evidence in connection with the case. He was engaged to Brittany Bowens, Maleah's mother, and was taking care of Maleah and his son when she went missing on May 4. Vence is currently in custody. 

If convicted of tampering, he faces between two and 20 years in prison.

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Plateau attack: How mother escaped with toddler as gunmen kill husband, five others

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Plateau attack: How mother escaped with toddler as gunmen kill husband, five others

Six members of the same family were on Monday murdered in Nghakai village in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State.

Nghakai village is 15km West of College of Nursing, Vom, a village bordering Jos South LGA of the state.

The attack, which was said to have taken place at about 8pm, was reportedly carried out by unknown gunmen, who spoke amateur versions of Berom and Fulani languages, an eyewitness said.

Narrating the incident and how she escaped by the whiskers, Mrs. Lyop Gideon who survived the attack alongside her 1-year-old baby, said the attackers killed her husband, Mr. Gideon Gyang, 30, his parents, two siblings and a cousin before fleeing through a mountain-bound valley.

The 25-year-old mother-of-one said she escaped by pretending to be dead, while her baby, Esther Gideon, was unhurt in her slain grandmother’s arms.

“I laid flat on the ground as they opened fire, killing everyone.

“My baby yelled from my dead mother in-law’s arms but she was unhurt,” Mrs. Gideon said.

According to her, the family was having dinner together when the armed men attacked.

She said, “My husband was in our room few meters away from my father in-law’s room where seven of us were eating.

“They shot him first, and my terrified mother-in-law started screaming.

“As he (husband) was groaning and my mother-in-law screaming, they came into the room where we were.

“One of them tried to say something in Berom language but wasn’t so fluent.

“He spoke also in Fulfulde saying ‘Hurut mu hilleh’ after opening fire in the room but I don’t think that language was standard too.”

Meantime, the State Police Command had confirmed the incident.

According to the Spokesman of the Command, DSP Matthias Tyopev Terna, a
Deputy Commissioner of Police Department of Operations from the Command has visited the scene.

Terna added, “The police patrol of the area is being intensified in order to discourage any reprisal.”

The Command also solicited credible information to track and arrest the perpetrator or perpetrators to face justice.

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Parkland school shooter, Nikolas Cruz covers his ears as prosecutors play audio of him saying he would be the next school shooter (Watch)

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Parkland school shooter, Nikolas Cruz covers his ears as prosecutors play audio of him saying he would be the next school shooter (Watch)

 

Nikolas Cruz, 20, who gunned down 17 people last year when he opened fire at a school in Florida, was unable to face what he had done and had to cover his ears as prosecutors played an audio where he said he would be the next school shooter.

Cruz, who was 19 at the time, opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida, on Valentine's Day in 2018.

The attack was well planned by Cruz and in an audio recording played in court, he is heard telling a friend that he would "be the next school shooter of 2018".

As the audio was played in court yesterday by Florida prosecutors arguing for access to mental health and medical records of Cruz, the school shooter covered his ears and bent his head.

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Man whose wife disappeared during their honeymooned has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter

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Man whose wife disappeared during their honeymooned has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for involuntary manslaughter

A man whose wife disappeared while they honeymooned at sea has been sentenced by a federal judge to eight years in prison for involuntary manslaughter.  

Lewis Bennett, 42, apologized to the family of Isabella Hellman during a Tuesday hearing before U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno in Miami. He waived his right to appeal.  

Defense attorneys sought a 7-year sentence, a year lower than the maximum number spelled out in a plea agreement reached last November. Bennett was originally charged with murder, with investigators alleging he intentionally tried to sink the boat, but later dropped the charges.  "It's not because I expect that he will commit this crime again," Judge Moreno said. "Sentencing is for punishment."

Before Moreno announced his decision, Bennett, a dual citizen of Australia and the United Kingdom, asked the judge that he let him get out of prison sooner so he could continue to raise the couple's daughter, who was an infant when the mother vanished. Emelia Bennett turns 3 in July and is being raised by his parents in Scotland.

"If you may permit me to be with my daughter as soon as possible," Bennett said. "I want to bring her up in a manner that is respectful to my wife's wishes." But Moreno sided with prosecutors and chose eight years in prison as the sentence and three years on supervised release.

Hellman disappeared as the couple sailed off the Bahamas in May 2017. A statement from the U.S. Attorney's office says Bennett had experience sailing, including training on emergency procedures and had previously traveled from St. Marteen to Australia. His wife, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Cuba, had not trained in emergency sailing procedures and had less experience, prosecutors said.

The couple had been married for three months when they set sail to St. Marteen, Puerto Rico and Cuba for a delayed honeymoon in late April. After they left Cuba on May 14, Bennett asked Hellman take over control of the boat for the night so he could go rest in the boat's cabin, according to court documents. He didn't require her to wear a life jacket, harness or personal locator, prosecutors said in the statement.

He said he woke up when the craft hit something, and Hellman was missing. Assistant U.S. attorney Kurt Lunkenheimer said on Tuesday that Bennett "did not search for her diligently enough despite him being an experienced sailor."

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University of Calabar: three students suspended for alleged robbery, forgery and cultism

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University of Calabar: three students suspended for alleged robbery, forgery and cultism

 

Three students of the University of Calabar have been suspended for alleged involvement in criminal activities such as robbery, cultism and forgery.  

According to a statement by the Registrar of the institution, Mr Moses Abang, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Zana Akpagu, approved the suspension of the students. Those suspended include Bassey Divine, a 400-level student of the Department of Sociology, who was accused of alleged forgery of the GSS result sheets, and Ofem David, a 300-level student of the Department of Theatre, Film and Media Studies, who was suspended for alleged involvement in robbery.  

The third student, Collins Agbor, a 300-level student of the Department of Genetics and Biotech, was suspended for alleged cult-related activities. The suspended students were advised to stay away from the campus while preparing to appear before the Students’ Disciplinary Committee for further investigation.  

The respective deans and heads of departments were directed to take note and ensure full compliance with the directive.

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Two Nigerian men, one Ugandan woman arrested with 5 Kg heroin and 2.6 Kg cocaine in India (Photo)

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Two Nigerian men, one Ugandan woman arrested with 5 Kg heroin and 2.6 Kg cocaine in India (Photo)

 

The Narcotics Control Bureau in Delhi on Monday, May 27, arrested two Nigerian nationals and one Ugandan woman in possession of 5 Kg of heroin and 2.6 Kg of cocaine.

 

According to Delhi Deputy Director General, Narcotics Control Bureau, SK Jha:

"Two Nigerians and one Ugandan national were arrested and drugs worth Rs 25 crore were recovered from their possession on Monday."

The drugs were smuggled to Delhi from Mumbai via the Rajdhani Express train.

 

NCB also disclosed that one of the Nigerians arrested is wanted in Kolkata in connection with the seizure of 3.7Kg cocaine.

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