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Murder in Belfast: Sisters Seeking Justice review – a family’s astonishing bravery helped make history
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Murder in Belfast: Sisters Seeking Justice review – a family’s astonishing bravery helped make history

When Robert McCartney was killed in a bar brawl involving members of the Provisional IRA in Belfast in 2005, his five sisters refused to be intimidated. He was trying to extricate his friend Brendan Devine from a brawl involving members of the local Provisional IRA at Magennis’s bar in the nationalist Short Strand area of Belfast, where the McCartney family had lived for five generations.

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NIA arrests six staff, dismisses seven over alleged Ghana Card extortion
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NIA arrests six staff, dismisses seven over alleged Ghana Card extortion

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has announced the arrest of six staff members and the termination of the appointments of seven others over alleged extortion during the free Ghana Card registration exercise at Galaka in the Upper East Region. The statement was signed by Williams Ampomah Emmanuel Darlas, Head of the Corporate Affairs Directorate of the NIA.

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Reps seek urgent action as Taraba attack toll hits 60
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Reps seek urgent action as Taraba attack toll hits 60

By Gift ChapiOdekina, Abuja The House of Representatives has called for urgent security and humanitarian intervention following a bandit attack on Binnari community in Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State, which reportedly left between 57 and 60 people dead. Following deliberations, the House called on the Federal Government to strengthen intelligence-sharing among security agencies in Taraba, Plateau and Bauchi states to prevent a recurrence of the attacks.

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Nursing mother drags husband to court over N10,000 ‘breastfeeding allowance’
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Nursing mother drags husband to court over N10,000 ‘breastfeeding allowance’

A nursing mother, Firdausi Ahmad on Thursday dragged her husband, Malam Anas before a Shari’a Court in Kaduna, seeking divorce and N10,000 monthly for “breastfeeding” allowance. The ​‌‍‍‍‍⁠⁠‍‌‍​‌‌⁠⁠​‌​complainant’s lawyer, Malam Sani Sunusi, told the court that his client had been married to Anas for three years and she was nursing an eight months old daughter.

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NAFDAC secures five-year jail term for fake Goya oil manufacturer
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NAFDAC secures five-year jail term for fake Goya oil manufacturer

By Chioma Obinna The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has secured the conviction of a businessman in Aba, Abia State, for manufacturing and selling counterfeit Goya Extra Virgin Olive Oil, sentencing him to five years’ imprisonment with an option of a ₦5 million fine. The businessman, Mr Innocent Okoye, Managing Director of Chikason Industrial Nigeria Limited, Aba, was convicted on two counts relating to the manufacture and sale of counterfeit Goya Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

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Court dismisses Adu-Boahene’s bid to strike out portions of prosecution’s reply to his no-case submission
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Court dismisses Adu-Boahene’s bid to strike out portions of prosecution’s reply to his no-case submission

The Accra High Court has refused a request by former National Signals Bureau Director-General Kwabena Adu-Boahene and his co-accused to expunge parts of the prosecution’s written arguments in the ongoing criminal trial. Deputy Attorney-General Dr Justice Srem-Sai opposed the application, contending that the court had no general jurisdiction to strike out parts of a lawyer’s written address merely because the opposing party challenged their accuracy.

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Erin Patterson prepares for mushroom murders appeal ruling to learn if she could face retrial or longer jail term
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Erin Patterson prepares for mushroom murders appeal ruling to learn if she could face retrial or longer jail term

Victorian court to hand down decision on Friday on two appeals regarding Patterson’s triple murder case Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Erin Patterson is set to find out if she could face a longer prison sentence or a new trial, as Victoria’s highest court hands down its decision on two appeals regarding her triple murder case. The court of appeal is set to rule on the two appeals from 10am on Friday, after justices Lesley Taylor, Stephen McLeish and Peter Kidd heard arguments from her legal team and prosecutors in August.

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