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http://ift.tt/2pWcB8B Sergeant Helen Sunday The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested two suspected bandits responsible for the killing of Sgt. Helen Sunday, the orderly of Enugu State Deputy Governor, Mrs Cecilia Ezeilo. A statement by the Spokesman of the command, SP Ebere Amaraizu, issued in Enugu on Wednesday, said the arrest was effected by the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the command. The orderly was killed by the armed gang on May 9 while she was returning from work. Amaraizu said that the squad acting on a well-coordinated operation borne out of intelligence information, rounded-up the gang. “The suspects, Emmanuel Onyeabor and Kanu Oti , were arrested a day after the incident at their various hideouts at Lomalinda axis of Independence Layout and Amorji Nike axis of Abakpa, Enugu, after a gun duel which left the suspects fatally injured,” he said. He said that the command had launched a manhunt for some members of the gang who escaped with gunshot wounds. The pol...

http://ift.tt/2pQz0F2 Mutinous soldiers prepare to leave the south entrance to Bouake on May 16, 2017. Rebel troops in Ivory Coast on May 16, 2017 said they were ending a four-day mutiny after coming to an agreement with the government over a pay dispute. / AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO Rebel troops in Ivory Coast on Tuesday said they were ending a four-day mutiny after coming to an agreement with the government over a pay dispute. “We have found a basis for agreement. We are returning to barracks,” Sergeant Cisse Fousseni told AFP as others said all their demands had been met. The government offered an immediate payment of five million CFA francs (7,500 euros) and an extra two million to be paid next month, source among the mutineers said. Defence Minister Alain-Richard Donwahi announced late Monday that an agreement had been struck with the mutineers, but disgruntled troops had continued to fire their weapons into the air in a display of scepticism. The four-day mutiny, whic...

http://ift.tt/2rhwQOO In this posed picture photograph, a woman points to the website of the NHS: East and North Hertfordshire notifying users of a problem in its network, in London on May 12, 2017. Several British hospitals were hit by cyber attacks on Friday, the country's health service said, forcing some to divert ambulances to other clinics and urge people not to try to contact their doctors. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS Security agencies are hunting for those behind a crippling cyber attack which has so far hit hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide, including at government agencies, factories and health services. Here is what we know so far about the cyber ransom attacks: – What happened? – The cyberattacks started Friday and spread rapidly around the globe using a security flaw in Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system, an older version that is no longer given mainstream tech support by the US giant. The so-called WannaCry ransomware locks access to ...