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Sean “Diddy” Combs will stand trial on federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges starting on May 5, 2025, a US judge decided on Thursday (Oct 10) during the hip-hop mogul’s third court appearance since his September arrest. Combs, 54, pleaded not guilty on Sept 17 to a three-count indictment charging him with using his business…
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A US death row inmate is being asked to choose how he would like to be executed. Richard Moore, 59, is sentenced to death next month for fatally shooting a shop assistant in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, in September 1999. He must inform the state’s prison authorities whether he would prefer to die by firing squad,…
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 41-year-old Canadian lady, Adrienne Munju, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos. She was nabbed on Thursday, October 3 for importing large consignment of ‘Canadian Loud’, a strong strain of synthetic cannabis. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, announced the arrest in a…
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Libya has been in political turmoil since a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. The International Criminal Court has unsealed arrest warrants for six men allegedly linked to a Libyan militia blamed for multiple killings in a strategically important western town where mass graves were discovered in 2020. Libya has been in…
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Good afternoon from Meziesblog! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. Preparation for today’s Rivers State local government election almost degenerated into chaos on Friday after an angry Governor Siminialayi Fubara stormed the premises of the State Independent Electoral Commission, RISIEC, in Port Harcourt at about 1 am on Friday, alleging plot by the police…
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A 28-year-old man was arrested on Thursday (Sept 12) after smashing a window and throwing items down from a flat on the eighth floor. The police told AsiaOne they received a call for assistance at Block 608 Bedok Reservoir Road at about 12.30pm that day. Shin Min Daily News had received a tip-off from a…
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Kolkata doctor rape-murder case live updates: In a surprise move on Saturday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met the protesting junior doctors at their agitation venue outside Shwaytha Bhawan in Kolkata’s Salt lake area. This comes days after the standoff between the doctors and the state government worsened as the protesters had refused to join…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. Records of all Point of Sale (PoS) transactions are to be submitted every month henceforth, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Thursday. The apex bank has already directed two licensed Payment Terminal Service Aggregators (PTSAs) – Nigeria Interbank Settlement System PIc (NIBSS)…
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The father of Colt Gray, the 14-year-old suspect being charged in the murder of four people at Apalachee High School, was arrested Thursday, law enforcement officials in Georgia said. Colin Gray, 54, was charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children, the Georgia Bureau…
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The National Economic Council (NEC) has given all states until September 9, 2024, to make their positions known on the establishment of State Police. NEC gave the deadline on Wednesday at its meeting chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima. Briefing State House Correspondents shortly after the meeting held at the Council Chamber of the State…
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The Co-op is experiencing its highest-ever levels of crime and abuse, with some staff members losing an eye or miscarrying as a result, one of its directors has told the House of Lords. Speaking to the Justice and Home Affairs Committee, Paul Gerrard said crime had risen by 44% across its stores and violence had…
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Four Nigerian nationals have been sentenced to prison in the United Kingdom after being convicted of forging over 2,000 marriage certificates to facilitate illegal residency in the country. The convicts, identified as Abraham Alade Olarotimi Onifade (41), Abayomi Aderinsoye Shodipo (38), Nosimot Mojisola Gbadamosi (31), and Adekunle Kabir (54), were all sentenced at Woolwich Crown…
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Igbo women under the aegis of the Igbo Women Assembly, IWA, have appealed to the Federal Government to withdraw the soldiers deployed across checkpoints in the South-East region. They said the soldiers are constituting more problems rather than solving them, adding that they are more interested in extorting money from motorists and harassing commuters against…
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Three people, including a 15-year-old and an 18-year-old, have been detained for setting fire to military vehicles on behalf of Russia, Ukraine’s national police has said. Russian special services promised money for the destroyed cars, with the attackers recording the fires on the phones to report back to them, the force said. The teenagers operated in…
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A 45-year-old man has been detained after two people were killed in a shooting, the National Police of Ukraine has said. Three other people were injured in the incident and have been taken to hospital, it added. It said the force received a report this afternoon from the village of Dobrovody in the western city…
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The Federal Prosecutor General of Germany has issued an arrest warrant for a Ukrainian suspect believed to be involved in the bombing of the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea, according to reports from several German media outlets. According to German daily newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung, the suspect is a diving instructor who…
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