PRINCE HARRY LEAVES AFRICAN PARKS BOARD AFTER CHARITY ADMITTED RANGERS COMMITTED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES. (PHOTO).
Prince Harry leaves African Parks board after charity admitted rangers committed human rights abuses Prince Harry has left the board of African Parks after nearly a decade with the conservation charity, a year after the organization acknowledged that some of its rangers had committed human rights abuses. A spokesperson for Harry, 41, confirmed his departure while emphasizing that his work in African conservation will continue. “The Duke is proud of his 10 years with African Parks and fully supports the ongoing strengthening of its Board,” the spokesperson said. “His commitment to conservation in Africa continues, and he remains a supporter of African Parks’ mission.” Harry first partnered with African Parks in 2016 and became president of the organization the following year. He was appointed to its board of directors in 2023. His departure comes after African Parks commissioned an independent investigation into allegations that rangers had r@ped, beaten and tortured Indigenous peo...
A man,who falsely presented himself as a staff of the EFCC,in Gombe state has been sentenced to fourteen years in prison by the High Court of Justice Gombe State.The EFCC haf charged the convict,Muhammad A. Adamu,for impersonation when he claimed to be a staff of the Commission to the Executive Secretary of Gombe Muslim Pilgrim's Welfare Board in order to extort money and other benefits from the board.He told the Secretary that the latter was under investigation by the Commission,presented a list of false officials of the Gombe zonal office and demanded unspecified amount to induce the officials,the Secretary claimed in his petition to the Commission's office in May 2015.Other charges include attempt to commit an offence under the Advance Fee Fraud that attracts a penalty of four years in prison without option of fine,being in possession of forged documents a offence under the penal code and also attracts both fine and imprisonment.The judge also ordered that the convict pay a restitution of N45,000 {forty-five thousand naira} to one Musa Haruna being the sum the convict falsely collected from him and a fine of N50,000.00 {fidty thousand naira} respectively.Barrister S.M.Aliyu prosecuted the case for the Commission''.
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