News • Jan 29, 2021 15:23 GMT Anyone who attends a party or other illegal indoor gathering of more than 15 people risks being fined £800 following new legislation introduced from 5pm today.The new fines – four times larger than those previously available for attendees - will apply to many of the types of illegal…...
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IntroductionTo paraphrase the historian, mathematician, journalist, and public intellectual, Edwin Madunagu, every political history has its significant dates, landmarks or turning points. In Nigeria’s political history, for instance, landmarks would include October 1, 1960, (the day Nigeria gained independence from Britain), January 15, 1966, (when the first of what would become a tradition of military…...
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Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has warned the Nigeria Police Force not to arrest Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho.Falana, who gave this warning on Friday at a PUNCH Online interview programme, The Roundtable, said Igboho's arrest cannot be effected because the police had not arrested other nationals who issued quit…...
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Updated 6 hours ago · Published on 30 Jan 2021 3:04PM · POLICE arrested two local women yesterday in separate raids in Bukit Indah and Gelang Patah, Johor, to assist investigations into illegal money lending or “Ah Long” activities. Johor Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief ACP Mohd Salleh Abdullah said the women, aged 19 and…...
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Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong on Friday accused the new chairman of the Bar Association, Paul Harris, of abusing his position to “cheer for independence advocates”, warning that his comments on the national security law will bring 'catastrophe' to the body. It delivered the warning in a sternly-worded statement after the veteran human rights…...
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A convicted romance fraudster has been jailed after pleading guilty to six counts of breaching a criminal behaviour order while on conditional release from prison.Amir Tofangsazan, 33 (20.10.87) of Norfolk Road, Barnet appeared in custody at Wood Green Crown Court on Friday, 29 January and was jailed for three years. He had pleaded guilty to…...
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3 suspects in tour-stimulus scam surrender Three people accused of defrauding a tourism stimulus co-payment scheme turned themselves in to face charges at the Crime Suppression Division on Thursday night, a police source said on Friday.Monthicha Sampluem, 30, her mother Kamolwan Chanapal, 52, and her boyfriend Yothin Sanga-ngam, 27, were accused of fraud in connection…...
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TORONTO — A senior provincial employee alleged to have embezzled at least $11 million from the Ontario government is now accused of kickbacks in an alleged fraud worth at least $30 million, court documents show. TORONTO — A senior provincial employee alleged to have embezzled at least $11 million from the Ontario government is now…...
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PETALING JAYA: Advertisements popping up on the screen while you are surfing the internet or trying to send a message is a mild irritation. Most people live with it as the price of having the convenience of an online communications platform. But it becomes a problem when it also opens a way for the service…...
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A Florida man is sounding the alarm about work-from-home scams during the coronavirus pandemic after recently falling for a fraudulent re-shipping scheme.Alan Walker, who lives in Miami Gardens, lost his job as a longshoreman at the Port of Miami at the beginning of the pandemic. The father of two said he spent months looking online…...
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