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Dog owner to face harsher penalties after man attacked in Brisbane park
A 37-year-old man was left with serious injuries after he was attacked by two dogs in Chermside in Brisbane's north.
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Helen Haines’s condition improves days after losing both legs from alleged attack
Independent MP now serious but stable, according to update from Melbourne’s Alfred hospital Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Independent MP Helen Haines’s condition has been downgraded to serious but stable after she lost both legs following an alleged attack near her electorate office in north-east Victoria on Monday afternoon. The Alfred hospital in Melbourne provided an update on Haines’s condition on Saturday morning.
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Nigerian man jailed for raping UK teenagers
A Nigerian man, Goodness Sokoh, has been sentenced to 21 years’ imprisonment for multiple child sexual offences, including raping of underaged girls in the United Kingdom. Sokoh was found guilty of three counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault, two counts of sexual assault by penetration, two counts of causing a child to watch
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Man accused of shooting, stabbing in Canberra's north
It is alleged the accused, along with two others, forced their way into the Lyneham unit and shot and stabbed the man.
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IGP to CPs: Policing must change, get closer to the people
By Evelyn Usman The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu, has challenged Commissioners of Police, CPs, across the country to strengthen their engagement with communities under their jurisdictions, insisting that effective policing depends on public relations, regular contact and mutual understanding between the police and the people. Recalling the #EndSARS protests, Disu cited instances in which some Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) came out of their stations to engage protesters, with some persuaded to leave, as an example of how direct engagement could help manage tensions.
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Kenyan fugitive Extradited to the US Over 2013 Manslaughter Conviction
NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 23 – A Kenyan man wanted in the United States has been extradited to California to face sentencing for gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. The Director of Public Prosecutions says Sancho Kibutu was handed over to US authorities in Nairobi by officers from the ODPP and Directorate of Criminal Investigations.
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Man extradited from Poland to face murder charge in Australia
Police allege the man, 26, was involved in the murder of a 22-year-old man, whose body was found in a metal cabinet in a creek on the NSW Mid-North Coast more than three years ago.
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Typhoon Champi hits Taiwan, killing one and injuring 350
Authorities warn of 'destructive winds' and urge residents to shelter as the storm passes the island's northeast.
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France to deploy 70,000 police officers ahead of protests
With new protests in France planned for this weekend, the authorities pledged to do everything in their power to prevent looting, violence and vandalism.
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The White House Farm massacre – exclusive: new forensic evidence suggests Sheila Caffell killed herself. Is Jeremy Bamber innocent?
The White House Farm massacre – exclusive: new forensic evidence suggests Sheila Caffell killed herself. Now analysis of crime scene photographs by a leading forensic biologist could exonerate him On 7 August 1985, five people were found dead at White House Farm in Essex, England: 28-year-old Sheila Caffell (familiarly known as Bambi); her six-year-old twin sons Daniel and Nicholas; and her adoptive parents, June and Nevill Bamber.
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Spotlight on security contractor as $1m 'kidnapping' case heats up
Days into the landmark case, the public has already learned an accused double murderer was illegally deported in 2023. And there is still more to come.
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Okpebholo vows to sign death warrant against convicted kidnappers after 30 days
The Edo governor said insecurity was a major concern when he assumed office but decided to prioritise tackling it, after raising the issue with President Bola Tinubu, who urged him to go ahead.
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Masked gunmen kill seven in attack on church funeral in Jordan
At least seven people were killed and 34 wounded after two masked gunmen opened fire at a church in Karak, Jordan.
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Police admit operatives shot entertainer, give reason
PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that hundreds of angry youths, on Thursday, protested the killing of the entertainer, popularly known as Stone, allegedly by operatives of the Anti-Cultism Section of the police in Enugu State.
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Argentina drops investigation into President Milei over crypto fraud
Javier Milei had denied acting fraudulently when a cryptocurrency nosedived after he deleted a social media post about it.
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One killed, three injured as gunmen attack NDC candidate’s convoy
Police said they received a distress call about the attack in the community and immediately deployed operatives to the scene.
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Brand trial ranges from backstage sex to alleged rape in his 'Gothic' home
A 2009 performance by the comedian at London's Hammersmith Apollo theatre, and what allegedly happened in the days that followed, has been the subject of much evidence at his rape trial this week.
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How Brendan Nugent went from plant scientist to alleged attacker
Once known as a passionate environmentalist, neighbours and family say Brendan Nugent became increasingly isolated in the years before Monday's alleged attack.
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Police arrest suspect over murder of retired Ogun teacher
By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of a 61-year-old retired teacher, Mrs Adedotun Adeteju Oluwaseun, who was found dead at her residence in Agbaakin Emere, Bode-Olude, Abeokuta. The suspect, identified as Alhaji Saburi Lateef Ayinde, popularly known as “Oki-Ocean”, was arrested on Monday, October 19, 2026, following investigations by detectives attached to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Eleweran, Abeokuta.
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MPSC paper ‘leak’: Fourth Commission official arrested, total arrests rise to 13
The accused, identified as Rohit Kolatakke, an assistant section officer with the MPSC, allegedly obtained the confidential question set from Abhijit Lendve, an under-secretary with the commission, who was arrested earlier in the case
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Macron condemns racism after one killed in ‘terrorist’ shooting near Paris
Gunman opens fire from car in Trappes and Verrière, killing one and injuring five others, including a 12-year-old girl Emmanuel Macron has condemned racism in French society after a gunman opened fire from a car west of Paris on Friday, killing one person, wounding a 12-year-old girl and injuring four others in what the president called a “racist terrorist attack”. Macron arrived at the scene of the drive-by shooting in Trappes, a town west of Paris, on Friday night, saying he was deeply saddened by what he called the “premeditated” attack.
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Police arrest three suspects over farm theft in Yobe
The Yobe State Police Command has arrested three suspects for allegedly stealing farm equipment, including water pumps and solar panels, in Bursari LGA.
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NAFDAC Uncovers Empty Alcohol Bottles Stockpiled For Suspected Counterfeiting
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered a residential building in Lagos where more than 100 sacks of empty alcoholic beverage bottles were stored for suspected use in producing counterfeit drinks. “We are calling on all women in Nigeria, please, when you see something taking place in your area, kindly notify the nearest NAFDAC office so that we can stop this menace, so that we can save our country from all these counterfeiters,” Ojo added.
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Seven shot dead by gunmen at church funeral in Jordan, officials say
“Whoever imagines that the bullets of treachery can divide the ranks of Jordanians will fail in his endeavour before our steadfastness and unity,” the king added in a post on X. Dozens of people had been inside the church for the funeral when the shooting began, Khaled Burqan, one of the mourners, told Jordan’s al-Mamlaka state-run TV. Karak has a sizeable Christian community in the majority-Muslim Jordan.