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FBI arrests 9 Nigerians, tracks $11m in fresh fraud crackdown — US Mission
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FBI arrests 9 Nigerians, tracks $11m in fresh fraud crackdown — US Mission

By Nkiruka Nnorom & Marvellous Chukwunenye The United States Mission in Nigeria has announced a major breakthrough in the fight against transnational cybercrime, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, arresting nine suspects in Nigeria in an operation targeting scam centres stealing billions of dollars from Americans. FBI Director, Kash Patel, disclosed this in a post on X which was reposted by the US Mission in Nigeria, saying the operation, code-named Operation Blackout, is taking the fight directly to international cybercriminal networks.

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‘Shameful’: Alex Pretti’s parents accuse Trump officials of shielding son’s killers
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‘Shameful’: Alex Pretti’s parents accuse Trump officials of shielding son’s killers

Susan and Michael Pretti say they have been ‘ignored and misled’ in quest for justice over son’s killing by US agents The parents of Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old nurse killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis earlier this year, accused federal officials of stonewalling them and shielding their son’s killers. During a press conference on Tuesday, Michael and Susan Pretti made their first public remarks since their son’s death in January, calling for the Department of Justice to hold those involved in their son’s death accountable.

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Serial killer Ted Bundy linked through DNA to 1974 murder of Utah girl
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Serial killer Ted Bundy linked through DNA to 1974 murder of Utah girl

Discovery comes months after Utah county detectives confirmed that Bundy had killed another Utah girl that year The notorious serial killer Ted Bundy has been found responsible, through DNA evidence, for the murder of Melissa Ann Smith, a 17-year-old Utah girl who went missing in 1974 before her nude body was found days later, state authorities announced at a Tuesday news conference.

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‎Investigator defends methods in Tano Nnimire mining trial
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‎Investigator defends methods in Tano Nnimire mining trial

A police investigator has told an Accra High Court that he inherited an incomplete docket in the alleged illegal mining case involving Bernard Antwi Boasiako and Akonta Mining Company Limited.‎ ‎ ‎Detective Chief Inspector Akpo Glover said he studied the docket before continuing the investigations and did not alter any part of the inherited records.‎ ‎ ‎He was testifying under cross-examination in the ongoing trial of Boasiako, a former Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and Akonta Mining Company Limited. ‎ ‎ ‎The investigator said two prosecution witnesses had stated…

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Sokoto Assembly okays establishment of state police
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Sokoto Assembly okays establishment of state police

The Sokoto State House of Assembly unanimously adopted the Sixth Alteration Bill, which seeks to provide a constitutional framework for establishing state police services in Nigeria. Presenting the bill, Abdullahi said it sought to amend the 1999 Constitution, as altered, to establish state police services while retaining the Nigeria Police Force as the federal police service.

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Prison reforms: Wontumi proposes dedicated prison hospital, conjugal visits for inmates
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Prison reforms: Wontumi proposes dedicated prison hospital, conjugal visits for inmates

Former New Patriotic Party (NPP) Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has called for sweeping reforms in Ghana’s prisons, including the establishment of a dedicated prison hospital, improved welfare for prison officers and the introduction of conjugal visits for inmates. Chairman Wontumi argues that Ghana’s correctional system must move beyond punishment to focus on rehabilitation, welfare and productivity, insisting that the country’s prisons require significant structural and institutional improvements.

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Parents inflicted fatal physical and sexual abuse on their baby, Warwick court hears
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Parents inflicted fatal physical and sexual abuse on their baby, Warwick court hears

Michal Stasiak and Kinga Wydrzynska pleaded not guilty to 11 counts relating to death of 13-month-old Isabella Stasiak A 13-month-old girl was subjected to physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her parents before she was fatally injured by her mother, a court has heard. Michal Stasiak, 28, and Kinga Wydrzynska, 26, appeared at Warwick crown court on Tuesday, where they pleaded not guilty to 11 counts related to the death of Isabella Stasiak.

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Full statement: Wontumi’s reflections from prison
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Full statement: Wontumi’s reflections from prison

RE: CHAIRMAN WONTUMI’S REFLECTIONS FROM PRISON – CALLS FOR DEDICATED PRISON HOSPITAL, CONJUGAL VISITATION, AND TOTAL REFORM Following my consistent visits to Chairman Bernard Antwi Boasiako (Chairman Wontumi) since his remand on July 20th, 2026, I wish to share his full reflections on the state of Ghana’s prisons and his humble appeal for urgent reforms. Parliamentary Involvement – Key to Reform: Chairman Wontumi makes a special appeal to Parliament of Ghana for these changes to happen.

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