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Italian court jails 3 members of a Nigerian crime gang for attempted murder, armed robbery and drug-dealing An Italian court yesterday, July 22, sentenced three members of a Nigerian crime gang in Palermo, Sicily, to prison for various crimes including attempted murder. Prosecutors said the three Nigerians brought to Palermo the practices of the "Black Axe" cult, which Nigerian police said carried out ritual murders, mutilation and rape in the early 1990s.  In Sicily, they used mafia techniques in carrying out attempted murder, armed robbery, bodily harm, prostitution, extortion and drug-dealing, and answered to Italy's most storied mafia organisation, the Cosa Nostra, as if they were its subjects, prosecutors said. State prosecutors in Palermo say the mafia brings in drugs and the Nigerians distribute the among both Italian and African clients.  The court's verdict, reached on Wednesday, July 20 and made available on Friday, handed dow...

Is Ghanaian boxer, Bukom Banku now an Evangelist? He was seen preaching on the street(photos) Ghanaian boxer, Braimah Kamok, popularly known as Bukom Banku has reportedly turned to an Evangelist. The 35-year-old undefeated boxer was seen preaching on the street. More photos after the cut...  May God continue to strengthen him. Amen 

Photos: Kim Kardashian shows off her curvy body in a tight dress which displayed her bodyshaper Mother-of-two and business woman, Kim Kardashian stepped out in a beasutiful turtleneck dress which showcased her curvy shape but one thing she didn't hide so well was her body shaper which she accidentally showed while she worked. More beautiful photos of the hot mum after the cut...

Anambra markets raided over counterfeiting NO fewer than 100 shops were raided on Friday in various markets in Anambra State. This followed Anton Pillar Order granted to Pic-Ken Merchants Limited to search and seize its products allegedly being faked. Anton Pillar order is a court order that provides the right to search premises and seize evidence without prior warning in cases of alleged trademark, copyright or patent infringements. Addressing newsmen shortly after the raid in Awka, the state capital,   the media consultant to the company, Prince Ifeanyi Dike, said about six companies were discovered faking the company’s (Alteco super glue) product. Dike said the company had to obtain the court order because fakers were spoiling the company’s relationship and goodwill with its foreign partners. He said the company’s foreign partners in Singapore had longed to set up its branch firm in Nigeria, but for the activities of fakers of its products whose ...

Niger Delta crisis: Avengers are avenging nothing –Masari The Katsina State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Masari, has said that the Niger Delta Avengers are championing unreasonable course. He described members of the militant group as criminals who were avenging nothing. Masari, who spoke in an interview with journalists on Friday in Abuja, lamented the rot in the local government system and stressed the need to reform it. He said the rot was part of the issues discussed at Thursday’s National Executive Council meeting in Abuja. Masari cited the case of Katsina State where workers in some local government areas had been collecting salaries from the time they were in primary school. Masari said, “The local government system has been abused. Even, yesterday (Thursday), at the National Economic Council meeting, the issue was raised. The purpose for which local governments were created has been defeated. The local governments are supposed to initiate and promote act...

Ex-councillor, 54, defiles seven-year-old girl in Delta A 54-year-old former councillor of Sapele Local Government Council in Delta State, Mr. John Onose, has been arrested by the police for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl. The incident, it was gathered, happened on Tuesday afternoon after the ex-council lawmaker allegedly lured the kid to a nearby bush around Fovie Street before forcefully sleeping with the victim. Mother of the teenage girl, sources told Southern City News , got wind of what was happening when she discovered that her daughter was bleeding through her vagina and anus on Wednesday. The suspect, who is said to be married with six children, was confronted by the victim’s mother after her daughter gave details of the incident. The KG two pupil’s mother, who identified herself as Mrs. Onome Ojakovo, told journalists at the Sapele Central Hospital, where the girl is currently receiving treatment that her daughter had earlier complained t...

Fire razes inec office in Rivers THE office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Bori, Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State was on Friday gutted by fire. The incident, which happened eight days to the forthcoming legislatives rerun election, was said to have razed a major part of the office. Residents of the area said they woke up in morning only to find out that the INEC office in the area was on fire. One of the residents, who identified himself as Godwin, said though no strange movement was noticed in the night, the fire outbreak was shocking to everybody. “We woke up this morning and noticed a thick smoke where the INEC office is located. Some of us moved closer and saw that a large part of the INEC office had been burnt,” Godwin said. Godwin, however, stated that he suspected sabotage because the fire outbreak occurred few days to the rerun election in some parts of the state. Speaking on the incident, the State Public Relation...