Police Invite Saraki for Questioning Over Armed Robberies
MARYLAND/U.S.A – PRESIDENT of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has been invited for questioning over allegations that he financed a criminal gang that carried out a spate of armed robberies and…
Category: Crime & Judiciary
Former South Korean Leader Park Due for Corruption Verdict
MARYLAND/U.S.A – A South Korean court is set to issue a verdict against disgraced former President Park Geun-hye over a corruption scandal. Park has been held at a detention…
Widow of Nightclub Gunman Who Killed 49 Acquitted on All Charges
MARYLAND/U.S.A – THE widow of the gunman who slaughtered 49 people at a gay Orlando nightclub has been acquitted of helping her husband plot the attack and lying to the…
3 Killed as Gunmen Invade Zamfara Village, Kill 3
MARYLAND/U.S.A – AT least three persons at Bawan Daji village in Anka local government area of Zamfara state, authorities have said. According to spokesman of Zamfara state police…
Oil Prices Rise as OPEC Seen Continuing Supply Cuts
MARYLAND/U.S.A – U.S. WTI crude futures CLc1 were at $64.57 a barrel at 0242 GMT, up 19 cents, or 0.2 percent, from their previous settlement. Brent crude futures LCOc1…
Saudi Court Sentences Man to Death for Terrorism
MARYLAND/U.S.A – A Court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a man to death for being part of a terrorist cell. The man was sentenced by a Specialized Criminal Court…
Maryland High School Shooter Dies
MARYLAND/U.S.A – A student armed with a handgun wounded two classmates at a Maryland high school on Tuesday. Austin Wyatt Rollins, 17, entered Great Mills High School in Great…
Fear Grips Austin as Serial Bomber ‘Uses Tripwire’
MARYLAND/U.S.A – INVESTIGATORS said on Monday, that the fourth and latest blast in Austin was triggered along a street by a nearly invisible tripwire. A serial bomber has been…
Canada to Send Peacekeepers to Mali
MARYLAND/U.S.A – CANADA will send peacekeepers backed by helicopters to Mali before autumn, a government source said. Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan is to provide details of the number of…
South Africa ex-president Zuma to Face Graft Prosecution
MARYLAND/U.S.A – FORMER South African president Jacob Zuma will face prosecution on corruption charges that haunted much of his term in office, the country’s chief prosecutor…