Day: February 14, 2018

Peru Jail Twin Who Switched With Brother Is Recaptured

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Authorities in Peru have recaptured a prisoner more than a year after he escaped from jail by leaving his twin brother in his place. Alexander Delgado had been serving a 16-year sentence for child sexual abuse and robbery in a prison north of Lima. When his twin, Giancarlo, visited him last January, Alexander drugged him, changed into his clothes and walked out of jail. The suspected swap was confirmed after Giancarlo’s fingerprints were taken. After 13 months on the run Alexander Delgado was arrested on Monday in the port city…

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AFRICAN WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP ENDS IN PORT HARCOURT

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The African Wrestling Championship (Port Harcourt 2018) closed successfully on Sunday night with winners emerging in all the categories of the competition. The athletes from the participating countries contested for trophies under Greco-Roman and Free Style models. After the competition, trophies were presented to the winners during a gala night at the Banquet Hall of the Government House Port Harcourt. The team trophies were presented in the following order: Cadet Free Style; Algeria (Third Position), Nigeria (Second Place) and South Africa (First Place), Free style Cadet; Algeria (Third Position), Nigeria…

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Presidency says Boko Haram membership reducing

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In a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that Boko Haram terrorism is gradually coming to an end. He spoke at the State House, when he received a Letter of Credence from the Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See to Nigeria, Most Rev. Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi. He said the position of the terrorists, followed the narrowing of their recruitment base, and the renewed onslaught by the Nigerian Army. Buhari said the terrorist group had lost appeal in its initial…

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Abubakar Shekau Now Disguises As A Woman In Hijab – Arrested Boko Haram Member

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The Nigerian Army has said the intensive clearance operation in Sambisa forest may have become unbearable for Boko Haram fighters and their leader, Abubakar Shekau, who is said to be wearing “hijabs” (veils), ostensibly to escape arrest. The Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Brig-Gen. Sani Usman, who made the disclosure in a statement, said Shekau disguises in blue and black-coloured hijabs, in a bid to escape justice. Usman said: “Credible information from arrested and surrendered insurgents indicated that the purported Boko Haram terrorist group factional leader, Abubakar Shekau could…

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