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The detained President, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, has told a Federal High Court, Abuja that he had no criminal record. Bodejo, who was arrested for allegedly raising up an armed militia in detriment of the nation’s unity, told Justice Inyang Ekwo in a motion for bail filed by his lawyer, Ahmed Raji, SAN.…
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The Taliban Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that a man in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province has been lashed 25 times and sentenced to six months in prison for sexual harassment. The court statement said the man was “accused of touching a woman.” No further details about the incident or the identities of those involved were…
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, granted an interim order sought by the Department of State Service (DSS) to detain Emmanuel Osase, a Nigerian suspected to be a member of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) for 60 days. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order after counsel for the DSS, A.A. Ugee,…
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The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), popularly known as KAI, has confirmed the arrest of a woman, who allegedly assaulted its official for arresting her while crossing the expressway. The agency’s spokesperson, Mr. Lukman Ajayi, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. Ajayi said that the woman…
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Controversial rapper Kanye West repeatedly yelled at black employees and praised Adolf Hitler as an “innovator,” according to a new lawsuit filed in California on Tuesday. The creative brains behind the Yeezy designer brand, whose music and fashion ventures have made him fabulously wealthy, have repeatedly courted controversy in recent years with racist or antisemitic…
