A mission of experts set up by Organization for Security and Cooperation and Europe (OSCE) nations has found evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine, an initial report by the mission said on Wednesday, CGTN reports. Ukraine is a crime scene,” the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor said on a visit to the town of Bucha west of Kyiv. A mission of experts set up by Organization for Security and Cooperation and Europe (OSCE) nations has found evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine, an initial report by the mission said on Wednesday,…
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Your doctor could have another way to gauge your risk of heart attack and stroke. A new study says the clues lie in the diameter of your thoracic aorta. That’s the portion of the large artery that passes through your chest and carries oxygenated blood to your heart and other parts of your body. The aorta gets wider as we age and a widened thoracic aorta could mean your risk is greater. In their study, researchers looked at the CT scans of 2,100 participants from the Netherlands. The participants’ median age was 69 and 55 percent were women. The scans…
On Tuesday, Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma signed a law that will make performing an abortion a felony, effective August 26. Senate Bill 612 would penalize anyone who performs an abortion Senate Bill 612 would penalize anyone who performs an abortion, subjecting them to up to 10 years in prison and $100,000 in fines. The only exception is for abortions necessary to save the life of the mother. The measure is the latest in a series of strict abortion bans passed across the country as the United States Supreme Court reevaluates the future of Roe and abortion care protections.…
Actor and director Meagan Good was visiting her gynecologist for a routine checkup when they discovered an abnormality in her uterus. After testing determined the tissue could potentially become cancerous, it was removed. “It was a really scary experience cause the first thing I thought was one minute everything’s fine and the next minute everything could be flipped on its head, [and] what if I wasn’t regularly coming in to meet with my gynecologist and what if I wasn’t proactive instead of reactive; where would I be now?” Good told Infostride While she had heard of uterine cancer, she didn’t…
On Monday, the World Health Organization announced they’re tracking two new sub-variants of the highly infectious Omicron strain. These sub-variants, called BA.4 and BA.5, are concerning to experts due to mutations that might help them evade the immune system even in people who have been vaccinated or previously infected. According to Reuters, the agency said it’s tracking the new sub-variants for any “additional mutations that need to be further studied to understand their impact on immune escape potential.”Immune escape is concerning, when new variants are detected, experts look closely at what mutations have occurred and whether or not these mutations…
Some youths are getting attracted to Internet scams and should not be allowed to flourish in such ignoble enterprise. But as they do, so does the need by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to check their activities increases. EFCC has the mandate to tackle all financial crimes, by arresting and prosecuting suspects, no doubt. However, in addressing this societal menace, it has been observed that the anti-graft agency deploys tactics beyond its statutory functions. Whereas some of the key functions of the agency are to investigate all financial crimes, including advance fee fraud, money laundering, counterfeiting, illegal charge transfers,…
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) says the NIMASA-Barugu boat which sank on Saturday was the subject of litigation under the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Mr Edward Osagie, Assistant Director, Public Relations, NIMASA, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos.Infostride reports that the NIMASA/Barugu, one of the gunboats in the fleet of Global West Vessels Specialists (GWVS), sank at the weekend at the Kirikiri Terminal, behind NIMASA Resource Center. According to reports, the vessel sank at about 10:13 p.m on Saturday night in spite of efforts to salvage…
The civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) yesterday, expressed profound trepidation and worry that a lot of critical-minded people in southerm Nigeria have accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of ethnic profiling against Igbo notable sons in the last few months. It, therefore, urged the hierarchy of the EFCC to adopt transparent and accountable methodology of operation, irrespective of whether it is northern or southern Nigeria, so that they are not permanently perceived as a group of people, who have deviated from the time-honoured and time-tested mandates of anti-corruption crusade devoid of ethnic…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Fatima Mohammed Suleiman and her company, Jamila Multilink Logistics Services Limited, for diverting over N100million. The defendant was docked before Justice Samira Umar Bature of the FCT High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on one-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and diversion. The EFCC said on or about the 23rd October, 2020, in Abuja, Suleiman was entrusted with the amount for purchase of United States Dollars. She allegedly converted N100,006,850 for her use, committing an offence contrary to Section 311 of the Panel Code Act Cap 532 Laws of the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will, on May 30, re-arraign former National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, on allegations bordering on N400 million fraud. Metuh is expected to be re-arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered on Monday from Court 8, where Justice Nwite presides, that hearing notices had already been issued, though it could not confirm if counsel to the parties had been communicated. NAN reports on Feb. 15 that the retrial of the ex-PDP spokesman had been reassigned to…