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JUST IN: Death toll from Moscow concert hall attack rises to 93

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The death toll in the terrorists attack at Crocus City Hall in Moscow, the Russian capital, has risen to 93.

 

The Investigative Committee of Russia shared the update on its Telegram channel on Saturday.

 

“At the moment, it has been established that the number of deaths is 93 people. The death toll will still increase,” the committee said.

 

The Islamic State (ISIS) had earlier claimed responsibility for the shooting.

 

Russian state news agency RIA said the attackers, who showed up in camouflage and without masks, allegedly fled in a white car that had a Renault symbol with a tinted rear window.

 

They were said to have shot at the crowd with automatic weapons and threw a grenade in the hall.

 

RIA said the upper floors of the hall were “completely destroyed” by the fire.

 

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said it has detained some suspects over the incident.

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“FSB Director Bortnikov reported to Putin on the detention of 11 people, all four terrorists directly involved in the terrorist attack,” the Kremlin said.

 

The Investigative Committee said four suspects were detained in the Bryansk region near the border with Ukraine.

 

The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has condemned the attack and said it is ready to support the investigation.

 

 

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Two killed as soldier, police officers clash in Nasarawa

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The police command in Nasarawa says two people have been confirmed dead following a clash between a soldier and a police special constabulary at Agyaragu market in Obi LGA.

 

In a statement on Sunday, Ramhan Nansel, the command’s spokesperson, said the incident occurred around 12:30pm during an investigation into a motorcycle theft.

 

Nansel said after the theft was reported, police operatives, with support from a police special constabulary member at Jenkwe division, arrested a suspect at Agyaragu market.

He added that while transporting the suspect to the police station, a soldier, reportedly on leave from duty in Borno state, intervened and attacked the police officers in a bid to obstruct arrest.

 

The spokesperson said the soldier produced a knife and stabbed the special constabulary.

 

“In self-defence, the soldier was overpowered, and his knife was used against him. They both sustained varying degrees of injuries, and the wounded soldier was subsequently confirmed dead,” the statement reads.

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The spokesperson said in the wake of the altercation, a group of youths mobilised and attacked the police station, setting it ablaze.

 

He said the police seriously injured three of the attackers, one of whom was later confirmed dead.

 

“Upon receipt of the information, the Commissioner of Police, CP Umar Nadada, immediately visited the scene along with military personnel from Operation Whirl Stroke, 177 Guards Battalion, and 22 Quick Response Unit, where he swiftly ordered the deployment of a unit of Police Mobile Force, a cell of Counter Terrorist Unit, and Tactical units to restore peace in the area,” the statement added.

 

Nansel said normalcy has been restored to the area, and that the commissioner has ordered a manhunt of those found culpable, as investigation into the incident progresses.

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Court jails man six months for impersonation in UTME

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A magistrate court in Abuja has sent a Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate to jail.

The candidate, identified as Jide Josiah Jisos, is facing a six-month sentence for impersonation committed during 2019 UTME.

Folashade Oyekan, the court justice, convicted Jisos after she found him guilty of a one-count charge of impersonation.

The officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) arrested Jisos while monitoring the 2019 UTME at Brix Academy in Abuja.

During the exam, Jisos presented himself as a representative of a non-governmental organization (NGO) that came to oversee the examination.

However, Jisos was arrested and handed over to security officials for investigation after being discovered to be an impersonator

He was busted after he could not justify his claims during the questioning by the leader of the monitoring team in the hall.

During interrogation, he confessed that he was not affiliated with any NGO and was in the examination hall to assist his daughter in taking the 2019 UTME.

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After being found guilty of impersonation, Jisos was sentenced to six months in prison with an option of a N100,000 fine.

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VIDEOS: NDLEA seizes cocaine worth N4bn at Lagos airport

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have seized cocaine consignments worth N4bn at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos.

Disclosing this in a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said operatives recovered the 845 wraps of cocaine weighing 18.72 kilogrammes from an international drug syndicate that operates between Brazil, Ethiopia, and Nigeria.

“The drug consignments worth Four Billion Four Hundred and Ninety-Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand Naira (N4,492,800,000) in street value were recovered from two lavatories of an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft during the post-landing cleaning of the cabin of flight ET900 from Addis Ababa to Lagos on Tuesday 29th October 2024,” NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy Femi Babafemi said in a Sunday statement.

Babafemi said the consignments were “wrapped in nine polythene bags and hidden in the waste collectors in the two rear lavatories of the aircraft, from where they were recovered after the MMIA Strategic Command of NDLEA was alerted about the strange objects.

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“No fewer than 30 suspects have so far been grilled in connection with the seizure.”

“The seized drugs were conveyed from Brazil to Ethiopia through ingestion and excreted in Addis Ababa by a set of couriers while some other traffickers picked them up and attempted to smuggle them into Nigeria through the Lagos airport before their attempt was frustrated with the cooperation of the airline’s authorities and other airport stakeholders”, the agency said.

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