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Court Freezes Ksh.115M Wired From Mauritius To Kenyan Woman
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Court Freezes Ksh.115M Wired From Mauritius To Kenyan Woman

The High Court has frozen some Ksh.115 million wired to another Kenyan woman identified as Isabel Nyaguthii Wanjohi by a company registered in Mauritius. The money is believed to be proceeds of crime and was found in a Standard Chartered Bank account belonging to Ms. Wanjohi, who is an employee of Platinum Credit Limited. Lady Justice Esther Maina of the ​ Anti-corruption court on Tuesday directed Standard Chartered to transfer the money to Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) for preservation, pending determination of the case. According to ARA, Ms. Wanjohi received $1million on April 13 from Platcorp Holding Limited purported to be an unsecured loan whose purpose wasn’t disclosed. The agency later intercepted it as she was about to wire it to South Africa through swift transfer,...
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Iran Train Derails After Excavator Collision, Kills 13
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Iran Train Derails After Excavator Collision, Kills 13

Thirteen people died when a passenger train derailed in eastern Iran on Wednesday, the semi-official Fars news agency said, while 60 passengers were seriously injured. The train travelling to the city of Yazd collided with an excavator before going off the rails 50 km (30 miles) from the city of Tabas, where it began its journey, a railway official told state news agency IRNA. "Five ambulances are at the accident scene and another 12 are on their way," the crisis management chief of the province of South Khorasan told the agency.
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Milner Extends Contract With Liverpool
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Milner Extends Contract With Liverpool

Veteran midfielder James Milner has signed a new one-year contract with Liverpool, the Premier League club announced. Since arriving on a free transfer in 2015, Milner has helped Jurgen Klopp's team win six major honours, including the Champions League and Premier League. Liverpool were chasing an unprecedented quadruple in the 2021/22 season after winning both domestic cups but finished a point behind Premier League champions Manchester City and lost the Champions League final against Real Madrid. Milner, whose contract was due to expire later this month, has played 289 games and scored 26 goals since arriving at Anfield from Manchester City. He made 39 appearances last season, although only 14 were starts, and it is reported he has accepted a contract on significantly re...
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Sudanese Fugitive Captured At UoN Staff Quarters
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Sudanese Fugitive Captured At UoN Staff Quarters

Detectives in Nairobi have flushed a Sudanese man said to be an “international fugitive” out of his hideout at the University of Nairobi’s staff quarters. Mohamed Nagi Mohamed Magzoub was flushed out of the city campus on Monday evening by Transnational and Organized Crimes detectives who were acting on a tip-off from the public. Detectives said they had established that Mr. Magzoub, who was in possession of a Sudanese passport, is facing organized charges in the country. “Arrangements to extradite the suspect to his home country, where he will face justice, are currently in top gear, as the Directorate looks for the next available flight to Khartoum to hand him over to Sudanese authorities,” read a report by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
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IEBC Clears Irungu Kang’ata To Vie For Murang’a Governor Seat
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IEBC Clears Irungu Kang’ata To Vie For Murang’a Governor Seat

Murang'a Senator Irungu Kang'ata has been cleared by the IEBC to run for the Murang'a Governor seat in the upcoming August General Election. Kang'ata was cleared along with his running mate Winnie Mwangi, who had earlier been barred from vying after IEBC determined that she had failed to resign within the legal deadlines.  According to reports, Ms Mwangi did not resign by February 9 in violation of the Elections Act, which requires public officers seeking elective seats to resign six months before an election. She was a lecturer at the University of Nairobi for more than 25 years before being chosen as Kang'ata's running mate. Kang'ata, who was swift to respond, attributed the mishap to malice, claiming that candidates in the race had banded together to undermine her ...
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Man Hawking Suspected Dog Meat In A Hot Pot Arrested In Nyandarua
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Man Hawking Suspected Dog Meat In A Hot Pot Arrested In Nyandarua

Police in Nyandarua County have arrested a man hawking what is suspected to be fried dog meat in a hot pot. According to a police report, Ndirangu Wahome was arrested on Sunday selling the meat around Wanjohi town. “Upon searching his compound, the following were recovered; a slit separate dog head, a sufuria which he used to cook the meat, a blood stained knife and a blood stained panga and a wire which he used to trap the dog,” read part of the report. Wahome was also found to be in possession of about 10 grams of marijuana and another live dog which police suspect was next in line to be slaughtered. He is currently in police custody awaiting arraignment for charges related to selling of meat unfit for human consumption.
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At Least 50 Killed In Massacre At Catholic Church In Southwest Nigeria
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Africa

At Least 50 Killed In Massacre At Catholic Church In Southwest Nigeria

Gunmen attacked a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria during mass on Sunday, killing at least 50 people including women and children, according to a hospital doctor and media reports. The gunmen shot at people outside and inside the church building, killing and injuries worshippers, said Funmilayo Ibukun Odunlami, police spokesperson for Ondo state. She did not say how many people were killed or injured at St Francis Catholic Church in the town of Owo but added police were investigating the cause of the attack. Ondo state Governor Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who visited the scene of the attack and injured persons in hospital, described Sunday's incident as "a great massacre" that should not be allowed to happen again. The identity and motive of the attackers was not ...
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Governor Kananu Suspends Alchemist Bar Over Racial Discrimination Allegations
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Governor Kananu Suspends Alchemist Bar Over Racial Discrimination Allegations

Nairobi Governor Ann Kananu has suspended the trading license of Alchemist Bar over racial discrimination allegations against patrons and noise pollution. The Westlands-based joint has been under fire for the past two days on accusations of discriminating its black customers. The Nairobi Director of Communications on Tuesday, said that Kananu has directed for a probe on the reported incidents and a comprehensive report to be tabled in her office within five working days. So far 10 officials have been arrested and arraigned. Meanwhile, the club has temporarily shut down operations to pave the way for investigations by the Nairobi County Government. A video surfaced online on Saturday where a bouncer was seen purportedly sending a Black patron out of the queue which appea...
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Two Killed, 120 Injured In Abu Dhabi Gas Explosion
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Two Killed, 120 Injured In Abu Dhabi Gas Explosion

Two people were killed and 120 injured in a gas cylinder explosion in a restaurant in the United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi, police said. Initial reports "showed that 64 people sustained minor injuries, 56 others were moderately wounded, and two people died", police tweeted. The blast on Monday set off a fire that damaged the facades of six buildings and a number of stores before being brought under control, they added. Four of the damaged buildings were "safely" evacuated, with efforts underway to find their residents temporary housing "until the buildings are completely secured", the police said. Pictures released by Abu Dhabi police showed first responders tending to a person on a gurney, and debris and broken glass strewn across the pavement. A witness told The...
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Women In Power Across Europe
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Women In Power Across Europe

Elisabeth Borne, a 61-year-old engineer, was named French prime minister on Monday, becoming only the second woman to hold the position after Edith Cresson, a Socialist, who lasted less than a year in the job in the early 1990s. Borne is one of nearly a dozen female political leaders in Europe, where Ursula von der Leyen became the first president of the European Commission in December 2019. We look at the situation across the continent: - Denmark - Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen became her country's youngest-ever prime minister in June 2019 when she was elected premier at the age of 41. Denmark's first woman prime minister was Helle Thorning-Schmidt, also from the Social Democrats, who served from 2011 to 2015. - Estonia - Former EU auditor Kersti Kalju...
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