Friday 4 August 2017

Man called cyberattack hero faces charges he created malware


A self-taught computer-security researcher credited with stopping a devastating cyberattack that crippled British hospitals in May was arrested on charges that he created malware used to hack banking systems in Canada and Europe, the U.S. said.

Marcus Hutchins, who started blogging under the pseudonym MalwareTech when he was a teenager, was arrested Wednesday in Las Vegas, the Justice Department said in a statement. Court documents unsealed Thursday show he was indicted in July on several charges of computer misconduct relating to the creation and distribution of the Kronos banking Trojan, a type of malicious program that steals usernames and passwords for banking websites from infected machines.

Man who tore out girlfriend’s intestines after she cried out her ex-husband’s name during sex apologizes to her family


A man who disembowelled his girlfriend after she called out her ex-husband’s name during drunken sex in a closet said “sorry” as he was jailed for life without parole.

Fidel Lopez, 26, murdered his 31-year-old girlfriend Maria Nemeth at their Miami apartment in September 2015  – and then mutilated her body.On Thursday, he apologised to her family as they wept in a Miami courtroom to see finally see him sent to jail.

We are winning the war,over a thousand kidnap suspects in detention- IGP


There are over a thousand suspected kidnappers in detention across the country, Inspector-Generalof Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris said Thursday.

He disclosed this during an interview with reporters shortly after he visited the Oba of Lagos, Rilwanu Akiolu at his palace.

'Miracle Baby' Pastor Extradited To Kenya For Stealing Babies For Miracle Scam


Gilbert Deya a Kenyan televangelist has been extradited to Kenya from Britain on Friday to face charges for allegedly stealing children and presenting them as "miracle babies" born due to prayer.

Prostitutes Offer Free Sex At Burial Of Serial Thief In Zimbabwe


Free sex was offered at a funeral in Zimbabwe on Monday and Tuesday night as prostitutes shocked sympathizers at the burial of a serial thief by offering free sex to all mourners.

They described the late thief who died of  tuberculosis as a sex maniac. H-Metro, reports that the infamous thief identified as Masiyas Mesiyas is allegedly the one who stole Jamaican artiste Elephant Man’s cellphone when he came into the country a few years ago.

Jealous Lover Who Destroyed Hotel Properties After He Traced Girlfriend There Arraigned


Police has arraigned a jealous lover, Ahmed Ibrahim, for allegedly damaging a hotel’s property while searching for his girlfriend who was reportedly lodging with a man that  Thursday brought. He was bought before Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

Ibrahim, 35, who is a bureau de change operator was, however, released on N20,000 bail. He is facing a two-count of willful damage to property and breach of peace, to which he pleaded ‘not guilty.’

Mother, daughter arrested for dumping dead infant in dustbin (Photo)


A 25-year-old woman, Qamariya Ismail, and her 45-year-old mother, Hassana Sabi’u, are currently being grilled by police detectives in Katsina, Katsina State in connection with the discovery of the corpse of a day-old baby in a dustbin in on Monday.

The spokesman for the Katsina Police Command, DSP Gambo Isah, said Ismail, who resides at Sabuwar Kasuwa Quarters in Katsina, had owned up to being the mother of the dead infant.

Legally Married Woman Kills Common-Law Husband for Cheating


A woman who is still lawfully married to another man has reportedly shot and killed her common-law husband after she found him cheating with another woman. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Houston police report that Debra Davis, 58, is charged with murder in the death of her common-law husband, 49-year-old Rodney Johnson.

China sacks professor who called Mao Zedong a devil

Mao Zedong

A Chinese professor, Shi Jiepeng, has been sacked after calling the founder of modern China Mao Zedong a “devil” on social media.

Shi Jiepeng, a classical Chinese assistant professor at Beijing Normal University, said he was fired last month.

Quack doctor who infected 6-year old boy with HIV remanded in prison


A fake medical practitioner, who infected a six-year old boy with HIV through contaminated blood transfusion, has been remanded at the Lafia prisons , Nasarawa State .

In July,the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) arrested the 30 year old suspect ,Jonathan Ibrahim.

Super Eagles Won't Qualify for Russia 2018 World Cup - Popular Prophet Gives Damning Prophecy


A sport enthusiast and clergy, Prophet Tommy Aika has revealed that Super Eagles may not qualify for 2018 World Cup qualifier if his spiritual advice is not taken.

According to The Guardian, Aika criticized the decision to appoint a foreign coach, instead of a Nigerian, was not the best for the country as a foreigner, he said, would not lead Nigeria to lift the World Cup. He said that football administrators over the years have not helped the growth of football in Nigeria.