Thursday 14 July 2016

Court frees 11 Indians, others accused of bunkering


A Federal High Court in Calabar on Thursday freed 11 Indians, three Ghanaians and two Nigerians facing trial for alleged oil theft in the Nigerian territorial waters.

Vietnam sentences 73-year-old Australian citizen to death over drugs


A Vietnamese court has sentenced an elderly Australian woman to death for heroin trafficking, local media reported on Thursday.

Drunk woman ‘drove 1km with man’s body in windscreen’


A woman, Esteysi Sanchez also known as Stacy Sanchez has been accused of driving almost a mile with a dead man’s corpse embedded in her windscreen after a marathon night of drinking in California.

Lebanese dupes three Lagos customers, absconds with N170m


A Lebanese and bureau de change operator, Aly Sayad, has been accused of absconding with $487,700 (about N170m) in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State.

Sea pirates kill three Agip workers in Bayelsa


Armed men suspected to be sea pirates have killed three workers of Nigerian Agip Oil Company in Bayelsa State.