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Saturday, 22 October 2016
Monday, 10 October 2016
Nigerians object as judges detained, suspected of corruption
ABUJA, NIGERIA
Nigeria's chief justice on Monday criticized the arrest of several senior judges in weekend sting operations that intelligence services said were part of a crackdown on corruption.
Officials announced that more than $800,000 had been seized in raids targeting judges from the country's high courts. The State Security Service said it had been monitoring the judges' "expensive and luxurious lifestyle" amid complaints they had accepted...
Wednesday, 5 October 2016
ISIS Again
ABUJA, Nigeria — The disputed leader of Boko Haram knows how to cheat death — and do it in style.
After the Nigerian army declared him “fatally wounded” on Aug. 19, Abubakar Shekau appeared in a new video last week to mock the government that has claimed to have killed him at least four times already.
“To the despot Nigerian government: Die with envy. I’m not dead,” a man purporting to be Shekau says in the video.
But if Shekau looks...
Sunday, 2 October 2016
Mystery in Paradise: What Killed These 2 Sisters Found Dead at $2,000-a-Night Resort?
An autopsy has showed two Minnesota sisters both died of acute pulmonary edema, a buildup of fluid in the lungs while on vacation in a hillside villa in a luxury resort in Seychelles, off the coast of Africa.
Read: American Sisters Found Dead in Their Villa at Luxury Resort
One sister additionally had cerebral edema, which is fluid in the brain.
Ann Marie Korkki, 37, and her 42-year-old sister, Robin Marie, have become the center of a baffling mystery. They were found dead in the same bed by hotel staff who said the sisters...
