Thursday 6 April 2017

North Korea Hacking Banks In Nigeria, 17 Other Countries To Fund Nuclear Program

North Korea’s hacking operations has expanded to more countries including Nigeria, a report by Russian cyber security firm Kaspersky has claimed.

The cyber security firm said hackers backed by North Korea were targeting financial institutions in 18 countries, including Nigeria.

According to a report on the hacking claims by CNN, two international security experts believe North Korea is likely spending the stolen funds on its nuclear weapons program.

“Banks and security researchers have previously identified four similar cyber-heists attempted on financial institutions in Bangladesh, Ecuador, the Philippines and Vietnam,” it read in part.

“But researchers at Kaspersky now say the same hacking operation — known as “Lazarus” — also attacked financial institutions in Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Gabon, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Poland, Taiwan, Thailand, and Uruguay.”

Hackers were traced to North Korea after Kaspersky detected a mistake, and a hacker from a group operation known as “Lazarus” connected from North Korea, the United Press International also reported on Tuesday.

According to the report, the hackers had previously routed their attacks from computer services in France, South Korea and Taiwan, a move which made it difficult for security experts to identify the origin of the breaches.

It added that Lazarus began to focus on banks late 2015, just before North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test then began to test-launch dozens of ballistic missiles in 2016.

Source : Punch Newspaper

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Heartwarming moment bus driver stops to help elderly man tie shoelace

This is the heartwarming moment a bus driver stopped his vehicle and got out to help an elderly man tie his shoelace.

The kind gesture was captured in a photo by a passenger travelling on the bus in Edinburgh named Leah-Ashley Brown.
Ms Ashley-Brown, 34, from Harvesters Square in the Wester Hailes area of the city, said: “It made me feel proud that in this day and age there are still decent people that are willing to help other people."
"Everyone on the bus was very understanding and patient - usually you get the odd complaint," she added.
Lothian Buses said it was delighted by the kind actions of the driver, who wished only to be named as Jackie.
A spokesman for the company said: "All staff at Lothian Buses are committed to the welfare of not only our customers, but the wider community that we serve.
"We're very proud of Jackie for taking the initiative to help this gentleman; he is a true asset to our business and it's great to see that his act of kindness didn't go unnoticed."

Source : Evening Standard

Nigerian Police Officer's Stray Bullet Kills Petty Trader In Lagos

A police officer shot and killed a petty trader identified as Kudirat Adebayo as the office reportedly was chasing suspected “Yahoo boys," a term that refers to Internet scam artists. Eyewitnesses said the officers then left the woman's corpse on the spot.

The tragic incident happened yesterday near a railway line at Onipanu bus stop. Our correspondent, who spoke to several eyewitnesses, said the victim, Ms. Adebayo, was at her makeshift shed frying the yams she sold for a living when the bullet hit her.

One eyewitness told our correspondent that three policemen were trying to arrest two men on a bike whom they suspected to be fraudsters. As the officers argued with the suspects, one of them freed himself from an officer's grip and took to his heels. The police officer gave chase, and then started shooting, the source said.

Another eyewitness named Adenike Fatai told Saharareporters that a team of officers from the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) had their van parked close to the scene of the shooting, but did not intervene.

"The RRS squad looked on while the incident happened," said the source. According to her, another man on a bike who informed one of the police officers that a woman had been shot, the police aimed a gun at the man's leg and shot, injuring him.

The son of the deceased, Ayomide Adebayo, expressed dismay about the way the Olosan Police division treated his mother's corpse. He alleged that the police took his mother's corpse to the Mainland Hospital morgue, but did not instruct that her remains be preserved.

Mr. Adebayo said when he expressed his displeasure to the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) at Olosan police station, he was told that some other officers had collected N50,000 to pay for his mother's embalmment.

“The Olosan police officers brought my mother to the morgue and abandoned her. The attendants at the hospital told us they only paid N5, 000 to keep her in the morgue," said the deceased woman's son.

He explained that only a man named Seye Oladejo had come to the aid of the late woman's family.

Mr. Adebayo told our correspondent that three of the police officers had been arrested and detained, adding that the officer whose bullet killed his mother was on the run.

"I was not at the scene when my mother was killed, but people who were there have told me that none of the three officers in detention was the one who shot her," said Mr. Adekunle.

He added that the police were, in fact, disputing that it was one of their officers who shot his mother. He said, "Until they remove the bullet from her head and check it, they won’t accept that it was their officer that shot my mother."

However, eyewitnesses at the scene insisted that the petty trader was felled by a stray bullet shot by one of the police officers.

Residents in the area of the tragedy told a correspondent of Saharareporters that the police had made a habit of randomly picking up people in the area and accusing them of being fraudsters.

“Once you dress well on this street, you are not safe. The police can arrest you and accuse you of being a yahoo boy. They pick people on the road as they like," said a middle aged man.

The residents said the police officers involved in the tragic scuffle that killed Ms. Adebayo were notorious for harassing passersby.

“These three policemen always come to this street. They harass people and collect N100 from bike men. That is the only thing they do here,” one of the residents said.

Another woman who sells akara close to the scene of the shooting said the street used to be violent because of incessant clashes between two factions of “area boys," but added that the fights has since stopped.

Members of the late Ms. Adebayo's family said they would like to bury her as soon as possible. However, they stated that the complicated process of getting an autopsy and removing the bullet lodged in the woman's head might delay the burial arrangements.

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Scene of police killing of Kudirat AdebayoSahara Reporters Media

Omg! Nigerian couple arrested in the US after their 3-month old baby is found with fractured skulls, broken ribs, bruises

A Nigerian couple, Arinola 33, and Olalekan Olawusi were arrested in Providence, Rhode Island, US on Monday, April 3 and arraigned in court on a felony charges of child neglect, first and degree child abuse.

Providence Journal reports that early Monday afternoon, the frantic father called 911 and said his child was dying. Three-month-old Tobiloba Olawusi wasn’t breathing and didn’t have a pulse, police say, but Providence firefighters resuscitated the baby in their rush to Hasbro Children’s Hospital.

That’s where the medical staff found the baby had old and new injuries — bite marks and a fractured skull, broken ribs, arms and legs, said Special Assistant Attorney General Shannon Signore, chief of the office’s child abuse unit.

The baby’s mother, Arinola told the police that her husband, bit the baby and pulled his legs to "make him grow and strong,"
Whether the child will survive remains to be seen. The baby’s prognosis was still uncertain on Tuesday, Signore said.

The Olawusis were arraigned Tuesday afternoon, April 4th, exactly 24 hours after police were called by the hospital to investigate. Arinola Olawusi was arraigned in Family Court on a felony charge of child neglect. Olalekan Olawusi was arraigned in District Court on charges of first- and second-degree child abuse.

A judge set bail at $40,000 with surety for Olalekan and ordered him to surrender his Nigerian passport. The family has been living at 49 Constitution St., in the city’s West End. Both parents are ordered not to have any contact with the baby.

The state Department of Children, Youth and Families has been involved with the baby since birth, said spokesman Denis Riel. An older sibling is already in foster placement with a relative, he said.

DCYF is investigating the circumstances around the case and conducting an internal review, Riel said.

Riel said a caseworker can have contact with a family in state care once a month, according to national standards, but there is also a network of community-based providers involved with the family.

There was no formal complaint about the baby’s care, Riel added

A caseworker was assigned to the family, however there was no information released about how often the family was visited or what services were recommended.

Arinola Olawusi self-published a book — “A to Z Ways to Achieve Your Goals In Life” — which lists her biography as a motivational speaker who is “involved with helping pregnant and worried women and their children.” She wrote that she and her husband, Olalekan Olawusi, are “blessed with a loving son."
The jacket says, “She is very passionate about knowledge and information along with motivating and encouraging the hurting."

Mother arrested after two missing boys found

© Other A police-issued photo of Samantha Baldwin and her two sons. Pic: Nottinghamshire Police
A mum who was missing for nine days with her sons has been arrested on suspicion of abduction.
Samantha Baldwin, 40, is in custody being questioned by police after she was found with her sons Louis Madge, nine, and Dylan Madge, six, near Ollerton, Nottinghamshire.
They were found in secluded accommodation run by a small holiday business. The owners are assisting officers with their inquiries.
"Officers were given information as a direct result of a nationwide appeal for the location of the boys. We would like to thank everyone who shared our messages and to the media for their widespread coverage," Nottinghamshire Police said.
The boys, who disappeared on Monday 27 March, are safe and with child care professionals.
Police said that "officers believe this to be a pre-planned attempt to evade authorities".

Source : Sky News

Man fed-up with 'lazy' delivery drivers leaves sarcastic message on front door to prove a point

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Sorry we missed you."
Written on an Amazon / Parcelforce / Royal Mail card, they're some of the most bittersweet words to have emerged out of the online shopping phenomenon.
Sometimes we come home to one of those cards simply because the stars have not aligned.
Other times, it seems, the "Sorry we missed you" card might have been avoided had, well, someone actually rung the bell.
These housemates are familiar with this scenario.
And they've decided to do something about it. All you need is a printer and nice frame.

Redditor MacronX posted a photo of this sign, which is a print-out of the Wikipedia definition of 'door bell.' Addressed to all couriers and food delivery drivers, the sign reads:
"This is a door bell.
"It seems people are having difficulty understanding its purpose. Above is an Encyclopedia article explaining what it is for and what it does.
"For those of knocking fruitlessly on the door, we cannot hear you at the back of the house or upstairs..."
It's not so much all the parcels they're not getting which alarms us as it is the idea that they're missing out on takeaway food.

Source : Mirror

19 Yr Old Teenager Throws Himself Off Motorway Bridge

A teenager threw himself off a motorway bridge because he was too ashamed to tell his family that he was being investigated by the police.

Kamil Paszko, 19, told his friend who he worked with at a Reading service station that he 'couldn't face his family' after police summoned him for a second interview.

Jordan Goliath tried to talk him down from a motorway bridge but he pushed her away and jumped, his inquest heard yesterday.

She said he came to tell her that he would not be coming back to work, I noticed he was not his usual self,' she told the coroner.

'We walked out of the service station, over the hill and onto the grass. He was very emotional and was crying, he came to tell me he would not be returning to work.'

The inquest in Reading, Berkshire heard that Thames Valley Police had arrested Mr Paszko, from Reading, and he needed to answer bailed.

The reason for his arrest was not disclosed at the hearing.

When he came to see his friend Miss Goliath at Reading Service Station on the M4 he told her he could not face his family and was going to end his life.

'I was shocked by him saying it and didn't realise just how serious he was when he said that,' Miss Goliath said.

'I tried to comfort him and explained things were never that bad.

'I said "why don't you come and sit with me in my office". He said "I need to go now" and I said "alright but please call me" and he promised to do that.'

The teenager walked away from his friend towards a bus stop but she was concerned about him and asked her boyfriend, who also worked at the service station, what she should do.

He told her she should speak to her manager so she asked Richard Butler for help.

'He grabbed his coat and said we need to go after him,' Miss Goliath said.

'We drove towards the bus stop, to get to the bus stop he would have to go over the motorway bridge. As we got there I could see him out on the middle of the bridge looking at the traffic.'

Miss Goliath got out of the car on the bridge on then M4 motorway while Mr Butler went to find somewhere to park the car as traffic was building up behind him.

She said: 'I screamed his name and went to hug him but he pushed me away and told me to go and said he would be fine.

'I said I love you, please don't do it. He went over the barrier - he was holding on with both hands.

'I was hysterical asking him to come back and I tried to dial 911.'

Despite her desperate attempts to save him, Miss Goliath said her friend told her 'it's better this way' and jumped from the bridge.

Neil Witney was driving his Renault van on the motorway as Mr Paszko jumped. He said he heard a loud bang and pulled over after thinking something was wrong with his vehicle.

'I pulled over onto the hard shoulder and saw traffic had stopped behind us,' he said.

'I saw people standing and a lady said she had seen a person fall from the bridge onto the road.'

The inquest heard from Grant Butler who was driving past and tried to help before Mr Paszko jumped from the bridge.

'I saw one person was on the wrong side of the barrier. I tried to approach in a calm manner but the man looked directly at me. He was holding onto the barrier with both hands.

'He put his right hand up to signal me not to come any closer. I immediately stopped but within one or two seconds I saw the man let go and stepped off the bridge feet first.

'The young lady who was with him was hysterical, I put my jacket around her as she was in a state of shock.'

Mr Paszko was rushed to hospital and doctors concluded his multiple injuries meant he was unlikely to survive the next 24 hours.

Grandmother pleads guilty to the murder of her 2-year-old grandson

44-year-old Patricia Flores, a Texas grandmother, has pleaded guilty to the murder of her 2-year-old grandson, Lyfe Flores which occurred last year. Lyfe was severely burned in a bathtub but was not taken to the hospital for nearly a week. By the time she finally took action, he was far gone and did not stand a chance.

Patricia told the police that Lyfe had climbed into a tub filled with hot water she was using to clean and that was how he sustained the injuries. She said she failed to get him medical care because she is a nursing assistant and thought she could treat him by herself. She eventually got the police involved six days later after the boy had reportedly gone into shock.

Police found him in a terrible state and by the time he arrived at the ER, it was discovered that he was suffering from internal bleeding, missing teeth, knots on the back of his head, and severe burns, some of which had been wrapped using Maxi Pads.

Child Protective Services had removed Lyfe and his 5-month-old sister from their parents' home and placed the kids with Flores just weeks before the boy's death.

Due to the fact that she waited too long to get the deceased medical care, very few people bought Patricia's claim that it had been an accident and Matt Spillane, Halton City spokesman said as much.

"The fact that she waited so long and the injuries were so severe, and so obviously severe ... it seems highly unlikely that it was an accidental case," Spillane said at the time.

Cook Children's ER Doctor Catherine Moore testified in court, saying: "When you see a patient who’s about to die, they have a look to them. And I've seen several. This young man had that look."

Officer Heather Hudson with the Haltom City Police was among the first at the scene and recalled in court how nearly all the skin had been burned off Lyfe's feet.

"There were black spots, like dead skin or infection. And his genitals and buttocks were burned very badly," Hudson said.

The grandmother initially faced a charge of injury to a child. But the Tarrant County medical examiner's office ruled her grandson's death a homicide, and prosecutors pursued a murder charge instead. Flores pleaded guilty to felony murder on Monday. She faces between a 5 and 99-year sentence.

Youths stage 'Saraki must go' protest in Yobe State

Hundreds of youths on Thursday, took over major streets of Potistum LGA of Yobe state to protest against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and other members of the National Assembly.

The angry youths carrying placards with inscriptions "Saraki must go, Magu must be confirmed" repeatedly chanted same slogan.

"The demonstration became inevitable because we voted for change in 2015 and the Senate wants to truncate the change mantra by not confirming Ibrahim Magu to continue on vital issues that would benefit Nigerians," leader of the protesters, Comrade Nafi'u Lawan told Daily Trust correspondent.

"The issue of Comptroller General of Nigerian Custom Service Hameed Ali, the 'illegal' suspension of Ali Ndume, others, are also embarrassing the Nation." he added.

Photo credit: Yusuf Jigduwa

Internet rallies around 2-year-old who teaches salesperson a lesson in racial equality

What does it take to make an adult more tolerant of others?
A 2-year-old girl from South Carolina, apparently.
American toddler Sophia shut down some racially intolerant comments at a toy store over the weekend, when the salesperson at the till questioned her choice of doll.
Her mum Brandi Benner posted a photo of Sophia and the doll on Instagram, explaining how after one month of being potty trained, the 2 year old was allowed to choose a doll from the toy store as a reward.
Sophia chose a "doctor doll" because she wants to be a doctor when she's grown up, Benner explained. When she took the black doll to the counter, she was asked by a salesperson: "Are you sure this is the doll you want, honey?" When Sophia said "Yes", the salesperson continued. "She doesn't look like you," the woman said. "We have lots of other dolls that look more like you."

Before Benner could say anything to the woman, Sophia had already started giving her lesson in diversity.
"She's a doctor like I'm a doctor," she said. "And I'm a pretty girl and she's a pretty girl. See her pretty hair? And see her stethoscope?"
"This experience just confirmed my belief that we aren't born with the idea that colour matters," Benner said. "Skin comes in different colours just like hair and eyes and every shade is beautiful."
Sophia's message didn't just affect her mum and the salesperson. Benner's Instagram post has garnered more than 2,600 likes and 457,000 reactions on Facebook.

Sophia for Surgeon General, 2050? She has our vote.

Source : Evening Standard

UK police arrest Nigerian footballer Ahmed Musa on suspicion of beating his wife

Former Super Eagles captain and Leicester city club football player, Ahmed Musa, was this morning arrested and quizzed by UK cops on suspicion of beating his wife, hours after he shared a loving snap of his “Queen”, wishing her a happy birthday.

According to reports, Neighbours invited the police after they reportedly heard noise from the £850,000 five-bedroom detached home where the footballer lives with his wife and two children.

The officers reportedly spent two hours taking a statement from Jamila, before leaving with Musa. “A 24-year-old man was arrested yesterday morning at his home address near Leicester on suspicion of common assault,” said a spokesperson for Leicestershire police.

He has since been released. Photo of him arriving his home after being questioned above.

Update! See the Naval Admiral who was found dead at his home in Lagos yesterday

Fleet Commander of Western Naval Command (WNC), Rear Admiral Daniel Ikoli, was found dead at his Apapa, Lagos residence yesterday. Some allege that Admiral Ikoli shot himself dead triggering suspicion of another high profile suicide case, while others are convinced that he was assassinated.

Close aides say the deceased had been depressed for a while over his inability to pay the school fees of his children due to scarcity of foreign exchange. His remains have been deposited at a mortuary. He is survived by his wife who is said to be residing in Abuja and two children.

Police seek to ID woman who says she's a mermaid

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Authorities are asking for the public’s help identifying a woman found walking in the middle of a street in Fresno, California, early Tuesday morning.
The Fresno Police Department says the woman was “mostly naked” and her hair was wet as she walked along Millerton Road, about a mile south of Table Mountain. She told police she had been in the water, according to a statement released later that evening.
Officers noted that the woman has two webbed toes on both feet. She told them she was a mermaid and said her name was Joanna, reports CBS Sacramento. When they continued to ask her questions in hopes of getting clues to her identity, the woman often responded with, “I don’t know.”
The woman was taken to a police station, where officers fingerprinted her and searched through their databases for a match, but they were unable to determine her identity.

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Now they’re taking to social media, asking anyone who recognizes her to contact them immediately.
“Help identify this female,” Fresno police posted on Facebook, along with a photo of the woman.
The post was shared by more than 2,200 people. Some local Facebook users said she frequently visits a Starbucks in the area.
“She is a nice, quiet, police girl that comes to Starbucks every once in awhile,” one user wrote. “I’ve forwarded transaction info from the last time we saw her to FPD.”
Anyone who knows the woman or has any other information about the case is asked to call Fresno police at (559) 621-2455.

Source : CBS News

Shocking! 28 Europe-bound Nigerian migrants died on the Mediterranean sea

The Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Diaspora Affairs, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa says that no fewer than 128 Nigerians were among the over 576 West African migrants to Europe that drowned in the Mediterranean sea recently. She disclosed this on Tuesday, at the public presentation of two books “From Libya with Tears’’ and “Practical News and Feature Writing’’ in Lagos.
Mrs Dabiri, who was represented by her Special Assistant on Media, Mr Abdul-Rahman Balogun, said most of the victims were heading to Italy enroute the Libyan coast, when the tragedy occurred.
She described the incident as unfortunate, saying the story was one too many and that it highlighted the desperation by some Nigerians to travel to Europe at all costs, despite the high risks.

"Just some days ago, 128 Nigerians died on the Mediterranean sea out of 576. Most of them were from West African countries and they were on their way to Europe.

“Now, this is an unfortunate incident and I think it is better to remain in Nigeria and keep struggling, instead of making desperate journeys that could take their lives," she said.

Dabiri-Erewa said some Nigerians had been trapped in Libya and were subjected to various inhuman treatments and that only the intervention of the Federal Government had ensured the return of many.

Omg! Senior Naval Officer Shoots Himself Dead In Lagos

The Fleet Commander, Western Naval Command, Apapa, Lagos State, Rear Admiral Daniel Ikoli, has allegedly shot himself dead in his residence in the Apapa area.

It was learnt that a service pistol, expended and live ammunition, were recovered at the scene by police detectives who visited the residence.

He lived with his house boy. His wife stays in Abuja, while his children are schooling abroad.

It was learnt that the commander, a member of the presidential committee investigating the $15bn arms deal, left his office on Tuesday around 1pm, on the grounds that he was ill.

Around 5am on Wednesday, the house boy reportedly heard a gunshot from his room. On getting to the spot, he found him dead and raised the alarm.

A source close to Okoli disclosed to Punch that he had been managing depression and an ailment for some time, adding that it was not impossible that he committed suicide.

The source, however, did not disclose the nature of the ailment.

He said, “He was Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship BEECROFT, and was later appointed into the presidential committee that probed the arms deal. He was very lively and intelligent.

“But for some time now, he had been battling an illness and had lost weight. He had also become reserved lately, which was unlike him. He usually complained about the high dollar rate and unavailability of foreign exchange because he had children studying abroad.

“He left the office on Tuesday afternoon after complaining that he was not feeling fine. I was shocked this morning when I learnt he shot himself.”

Another source stated that bullets hit Okoli on the chest and he bled to death, adding that three expended bullets were found in his apartment.

He said, “The house boy said he heard a gunshot and was alarmed. He later went into Okoli’s room and found him in a pool of blood. His wife is in Abuja and his children school abroad. His aides usually leave after taking him home from office.

“Three bullets were seen in the room. No one can really tell what happened. He was a nice and intelligent officer. He was the one who spearheaded the renovations of BEECROFT when he was the commander.”

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Olarinde Famous-Cole, said investigation had commenced, adding that the deceased had been deposited in a mortuary for autopsy.

He said, “We are investigating the incident to get a clearer picture. Either murder or suicide, we sympathise with the Nigerian Navy as we carry out investigations into the incident.''

5 Nigerian women turned sex slaves by ISIS in Libya released

Iraqi security forces and Shi'ite fighters sit with their weapons on the outskirt of Falluja

According to Reuters, out of the 35 women captured by the Islamic state fighters in Sirte, Libya, 5 Nigerian women were discovered to be part of the women captured and turned into sex slaves for months by ISIS. The 5 Nigerians, 2 children and 28 Eritreans were rescued by Libyan forces last December but made to face detention in a Misrata prison.
After the women were rescued from Sirte, they were investigated for possible ties to the group and held for several months in a Misrata prison but have now been released by Libyan authorities.

Then in mid-February, the Libyan attorney-general’s office announced that it had cleared the women of any wrongdoing, but their release was delayed for several more weeks, with no explanation given.

The group reportedly escaped from Sirte, a former Islamic State stronghold in central Libya, when forces from the nearby city of Misrata battled to oust the militants late last year.

Some of the women were said to have been on their way to Europe when the Islamic State fighters kidnapped and held them as sex slaves.

Fortunately on Wednesday, they were all released and received by staff from the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) and the Libyan Red Crescent, before being taken to a shelter for medical check ups.

One 14-year-old Eritrean girl said:

“I’m very happy, I can’t describe how I feel, but I am very happy, I can start a new life and see my family again,” she told Reuters before leaving the prison with the rest of the group on a Red Crescent bus.

A UNHCR official said the entire group had scabies, but otherwise appeared to be in reasonable physical condition. The agency says it expects to resettle the Eritreans as refugees.

Samer Haddadin, head of the UNHCR’s Libya mission said:

“We will send them to a safe house where they can be treated if they need medical treatment, and receive assistance from us, and be protected”. “At the same time we will be processing them for refugee status determination … and we are doing this to make sure we can find a resettlement country for those who meet the resettlement criteria.”

The Nigerians, five women and two children, will be able to apply for asylum or be offered to be repatriated.

Source: Reuters

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