YEMEN FIGHTING PUSHES NEARLY 3,000 TO DJIBOUTI IN LESS THAN A WEEK- UN. (PHOTO).
Yemen fighting pushes nearly 3,000 to Djibouti in less than a week: UN Nearly 3,000 people have fled Yemen for Djibouti in less than a week as escalating violence drives growing displacement within the country and across its borders, the UN refugee agency said Friday. “Refugees continue to arrive by boat through Obock, Khor Angar, Moulhoule and Godoria after difficult journeys in small vessels,” UNHCR representative in Djibouti Sandrine Desamours told reporters in Geneva, Anadolu Agency reported. More than half of those crossing the Bab el-Mandeb Strait are women and children, while some families have been displaced for a second time after previously fleeing Yemen during the 2015 crisis and later returning. UNHCR is preparing for at least 10,000 new arrivals but warned that capacity is rapidly diminishing. Markazi refugee village, designed for 5,000 people, was already hosting more than 2,700 Yemenis and 1,500 Eritreans. More than 100,000 people have also been displaced ins...
A passenger Mr Ovuironye Mathew Dennis was travelling on board a 6.45am Aero flight today monday,was caught while stealing about N350,000 from a luggage belonging to an Austrain,Novotny Aton,another passenger on the flight.31 year old Denise with 1.65height as captured in his temporary driver's licence and seating on flight seat No.23c,was spotted by a member of the airline's cabin crew when he removed the Austrain's bag from the cockpit as if he was changing his seat.The suspect was also caught with a wrap of marijuana.The suspect had removed the bag from the cockpit where the Austrain sat,took it to his own seat,giving the impression that he was changing his seat and stole a sum of N150,000 and 500 Euros belonging to the Austrian.But he ran out of luck when a female cabin crew raised alarm,asked him to remain seated while he was trying to return the bag to the cockpit before the Austrian could suspect any foul play.''While trying to return the bag i asked him to seat down.But he became uncomfortable before the plane landed and the whiteman raised alarm that he couldn't find his bag''.Immediately the plane landed at the Abuja airport,the Austrian couldn't find his bag and raised alarm,but the cabin crew member told him to check the bag with Dennis.After the suspect was stripped naked,he told other angry passengers that he mistakenly took the bag in question for his own.The Austrian later discovered that the sum of N150,000 and 500 Euros had been taken from the bag.Other passengers immediately descended on Dennis.The money was later found on him alongside a wrap of marijuana.He said he stole the money to take care of his ill mother {story}.
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