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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, detained an Assistant Superintendent of Police, A. A Babangida, and 19 others for 30 days over their alleged involvement in banditry, kidnapping and terrorism activities. Justice Peter Lifu gave the order while delivering a ruling in an ex-parte application marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1146/2024, brought before the court by
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Alejandro Toledo, Peruvian former president has been sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison. Toledo was sentenced on Monday for taking $35m bribes from a Brazilian construction company, Odebrecht, in exchange for letting it win a contract to build the road that connects Peru to western Brazil. DAILY POST reports that the 78-year-old
Bribery: Ex-Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo bags 20 years jail term
Alejandro Toledo, Peruvian former president has been sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison.
Toledo was sentenced on Monday for taking $35m bribes from a Brazilian construction company, Odebrecht, in exchange for letting it win a contract to build the road that connects Peru to western Brazil.
DAILY POST reports that the 78-year-old who governed the Andean nation between 2001 and 2006, was arrested in California in 2019, and extradited to Peru in 2023.
Toledo denied the money laundering and collusion charges against him during the year long trial.
Also, two other ex-presidents, Ollanta Humala and Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, are being investigated in the Odebrecht case.
Bribery: Ex-Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo bags 20 years jail term
A chieftain of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Hycienth Ngwu, has urged Igbos around to accord the late President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday vowed to achieve all his “objectives” in Ukraine, marking the second anniversary of the annexation of four Ukrainian regions, as the Russian army reported fresh advances in the conflict. Moscow has captured dozens of Ukrainian towns and villages this year, advancing despite Kyiv’s counter-offensive into Russian-held territory. “The truth
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday vowed to achieve all his “objectives” in Ukraine, marking the second anniversary of the annexation of four Ukrainian regions, as the Russian army reported fresh advances in the conflict. Moscow has captured dozens of Ukrainian towns and villages this year, advancing despite Kyiv’s counter-offensive into Russian-held territory. “The truth