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The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Ibrahim Hameed Ali (Rtd) at the Customs Headquarters, Abuja, yesterday paraded before newsmen 18 smuggled exotic vehicles that were recently seized at various borders. 13 of the vehicles are bulletproof. The seized vehicles intercepted includes: 1 Rolls Royce 1 Lincoln Navigator 1 Infinity 3 G wagons 2 Range Rovers 2 Toyota Sequoia 1 4matic Mercedes Benz 3 Toyota Prado 3 Lexus 1 Toyota Camry

A female graduate who recently graduated with the Cape Peninsula University of Technology,South Africa,has become an overnight celebrity after she posed half na_ked during her graduation,a move that was not accepted by some of her relatives. The 24 year old,refeered to as Rebecca Tshabalala,out of excitement later removed the gown and only remained with her bra and under_wear,according to eyewitnesses.

Pastor Twanna Gause and Pastor Vanessa Brown recently had their wedding at the New Vision Full Gospel Baptist Church in East Orange, N.J. Bishops Levi Richards and Eugene Gathers, both of the Fellowship of Affirming Ministries, walked Ms. Gause down the aisle, a role she had initially hoped would be accepted by her father, the Rev. Sam Gause Sr., a Pentecostal minister who lives in Atlanta. "She's our spiritual daughter," Bishop Richards said. Her father, Mr. Gause, citing "differences in theological beliefs," refused his daughter's invitation. "My father would not come here because he does not believe in same-sex marriage,"  Ms. Gause said. "He told me the devil tricked me into this, and that if we had been married in biblical times, we would have been stoned to death. Ms. Brown, 46, and Ms. Gause, 45, both pastors of Rivers of Living Water United Church of Christ, heard much softer words on their wedding day while holding hands before the Re

A man was arrested Monday after police say he vandalized the Lincoln Memorial . A U. S. Park Police officer observed the man about 1 p. m . using a penny to scrawl the letters "HYPT MAEK" on the fifth pillar on the north side of the memorial , authorities said. The man , identified as 21 - year - old Nurtilek Bakirov , of Kyrgyzstan, was arrested and charged with malicious destruction of property. Sgt . Anna Rose , a Park Police spokeswoman, said during a news conference Tuesday that Bakirov was a student in the Washington area . Bakirov ' s attorney didn' t return a request for comment. Conservators are evaluating the damage to the monument to determine the best method for repairing it , police said . It is unclear what the words mean , and they are difficult to see . The writing appeared to be Cyrillic and could include a reference to Bakirov ' s first name. Documents filed in D. C. Superior Court indicate the letters "cannot be fully removed , " but c

Prince George ' s County police have increased patrols in College Park after three women in the area reported a stranger entering their homes through an unlocked window or door. In one case , the woman reported that a man entered her apartment, inappropriately touched her and then fled, police said. Authorities said they are investigating the incidents but it is unclear whether a single suspect is connected to all three incidents , which occurred in the 4500 block of Guilford Road at different addresses. Two of the incidents occurred Saturday , police said . About 1 a . m . , a man opened an unlocked window and peered inside a woman' s home . About 2 ½ hours later , a man entered an apartment in the area through an unlocked window and touched another woman. And in a Sept. 9 incident, a man entered an apartment around 1 a . m . , going through an unlocked door. In all three cases, the women screamed on realizing that someone had entered their homes and the suspect fled. Police a

In this photograph provided by the Israeli Defense Forces, a Patriot missile is fired from a desert launch site in southern Israel on April 12, 2005. The launch took place during the annual joint Israeli army and United States Juniper Cobra air defense military exercise.   The Israeli military, using a U.S.-made Patriot Missile, downed an Iranian-built drone as it attempted to cross into Israeli airspace on Tuesday.   The army confirmed the drone was shot down after it breached the line that marks the start of the demilitarized zone on the border between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights, just outside of Israeli airspace.   The  Israeli Defense Force s (IDF) said in a statement that it would "not allow any infiltration or approach toward the Golan Heights area by terrorist figures from Iranian forces, Hezbollah, Shiite militias or Islamic Jihad."   Israel has intervened regularly in Syria to stop the country's six-year civil war from spilling over its borders. However

The North Korean delegation's seats stand empty as President Donald Trump speaks to world leaders at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly in New York, on September 19. North Korea's delegation to the United Nations was in no mood to listen to President Donald Trump.  Spencer Platt/Getty Images   While addressing the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, President Donald Trump threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea. But there were notable absentees: North Korea's U.N. delegation had walked out of the hall prior to the U.S. president's stark warning.   As fate would have it, the U.N.'s seating lottery put North Korea's representatives in the front row for the first time during Trump's address to the General Assembly. Yet they were apparently in no mood to hear Trump's latest comments.   The speech came just two days after Trump, in a tweet, apparently referred to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as "Rocket Man."    I spoke

Japan on Tuesday moved a mobile missile-defense system on the northern island of Hokkaido to a base near recent North Korean missile flyover routes. Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor unit was deployed at the Hakodate base on southern Hokkaido "as a precaution" as part of government preparations for a possible emergency. The relocation came after a North Korean missile was test-fired last week and flew over southern Hokkaido and landed in the Pacific off the island's east coast — the second flyover in less than a month. The PAC-3 was brought from another base in Yakumo town on Hokkaido, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Hakodate. The system has a range of about 20 kilometers (12 miles). Four more of Japan's 34 PAC-3 units, largely used to defend the capital region, were relocated to southwestern Japan recently after North Korea warned of sending missiles toward the U.S. territory of Guam. Japan currently has a

Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) again has intercepted another cache of arms at the Tin Can Island Port, Lagos. The discovery was made by the Customs at the weekend, according to INDEPENDENT findings on Tuesday. This is happening barely a week after Col. Hameed Ali (rtd.), Comptroller-General of Customs, announced the interception and seizure of 1,100 pump action rifles imported into the country from Turkey. Sources claimed that the arms were intercepted by eagle-eyed officers of the service led by Comptroller Yusuf Bashar, the Area Controller of the command. The quantity of arms was yet to be ascertained as at the time of going to press, but reports indicated that the seized weapons were 477 pieces. When INDEPENDENT visited the Customs Public Relations Officer of the command, Uche Ejesieme, on Tuesday, for confirmation, the Customs image-maker could neither confirm nor deny the seizure. Ejesieme simply said that the command was suspecting something, and promised that if what it was suspe

A Nigerian woman by name Ukamaka who works with the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, in Enugu has met her untimely death after leaving her office on permission to go and buy things for her children’s school resumption only to be involved in a fatal road accident. Narrating the sad story, Gabriel Simplicity Okoye wrote: “Whenever you wake up every morning, you say a prayer because you won’t know the outcome of the day. 

After weeks of intensive manhunt, the Lagos state police command has arrested one Ismaila Adeyemi, 49, the suspected mastermind and killer of Hector Jobateh (the 2007 winner of Gulder Ultimate search) who was traced and shot dead at his residence at New Oko-Oba in Agege, Lagos State. The suspect who was arrested at gas line Ominiyi in Ijoko area of Ogun state, confessed to the crime and other numerous crimes, while other members of his gang have been arrested. The suspects will be charged to court after investigation is concluded.

    The trial for convicted sex offender Douglas Nelson Edwards continued Monday morning in New Hanover County Superior Court. WILMINGTON — Day three of the trial of Douglas Nelson Edwards began Monday morning, with several key witnesses, including the victim, testifying in New Hanover County Superior Court. Edwards, 47, a convicted sex offender, is charged with numerous crimes in relation to the kidnapping of a then 6-year-old girl from her Monkey Junction home last September. According to previous testimony from the family, as well as authorities with the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office, Edwards made off with the victim in broad daylight, taking her to a wooded area off River Road.  There, he allegedly chained her to to a tree, sexually assaulted her and then left her for dead. While Edwards does not dispute that he kidnapped the girl, he has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting the victim as well as attempted murder. The victim’s testimony Mond

Douglas Edwards (center) at an earlier appearance in District Court. Edwards is charged with the kidnapping, sexual assault, and attempted murder of a 6-year-old girl in September of 2016. WILMINGTON — The trial of convicted sex offender Douglas Nelson Edwards continued into its fifth day Tuesday morning in New Hanover County Superior Court, with the prosecution for the state resting its case, and the defense beginning and ending its case as well. The day would see Edwards, 47, called to the stand. He is charged with numerous crimes in relation to the kidnapping of a then 6-year-old girl from her Monkey Junction home last September. Following her kidnapping, which Edwards has admitted to, he took her into a heavily wooded area off River Road, where she was chained to a tree, then allegedly sexually assaulted and “left for dead.” Edwards has denied the assault and an intention to harm the child. The prosecution rests                        

Kejuan Smith was sentenced to 30 years by a federal court. WILMINGTON — A 24-year-old Wilmington man was sentenced in federal court to 30 years in prison Wednesday. Kejuan Smith was convicted of conspiracy to distribute heroin and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. An investigation by federal and state law enforcement agencies revealed Smith was a leader of the Nine Trey Gangsters, a Wilmington-based subset of the United Blood Nation street gang. During the months of July and August of 2016, law enforcement conducted a federal Title III wiretap on a cell phone used by Smith. Smith was intercepted communicating with subordinate gang members on a daily basis, organizing heroin distribution and gang-related crimes. On Aug. 4, 2016, Smith stockpiled firearms and ammunition at a Wilmington residence in anticipation of traveling to Goldsboro the following day with subordinate gang members for the purpose of carrying out a hit on a rival gang member. Th