NORTH KOREA FIRED SEVERAL BALLISTIC MISSILES INTO THE SEA. (PHOTO).

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 North Korea fired several ballistic missiles into the sea Monday, South Korea’s military said, hours after South Korean and U.S. troops kicked off their large annual combined drills, which the North views as an invasion rehearsal.  South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile firings, North Korea’s fifth missile launch event this year, were detected from the North’s Hwanghae province but gave no further details such as how far they flew.  Earlier Monday, the South Korean and U.S. militaries began their annual joint military exercises, which are scheduled to last 11 days. The Freedom Shield command post exercise began after the South Korean and U.S. militaries paused live-fire training while Seoul investigates how two of its fighter jets mistakenly bombed a civilian area during a warm-up drill last week.  The drills' start drew the condemnation of nuclear-armed North Korea, which issued a government statement calling the exercises a “dangerous provocative act...

EFCC DOCKS SUSPECTED FRAUDSTER FOR N3.92M JOB SCAM.{PHOTO}.

Image may contain: one or more people and hat                          The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC yesterday wednesday May 3,2017,arraigned one Eucharia Ekezie before Justice Olasumbo Olajumoke Goodluck of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama,Abuja,on a ten-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence.Ekezie,in connivance with one Hamid Bskoji {now at large},allegedly defrauded over seventy job applicants to the tun of N3.920 million under the pretext that the money would be used to facilitate employments for them in various federal government establishments including Central Bank of Nigeria,Nigeria Communication Commission,Federal Inland Revenue Service and National Assembly.The offence contravenes Section 8 {a} and 1 {1} {a} of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act,2006.The defendant pleaded not guilty the charge.In view of he plea,counsel to EFCC,Chris Omisaga urged the court to fix a date for trial.However,Ekezie's counsel,C.S. Nwaogu told the court that he had a pending application for bail of his client and prayed the court to admit the defendant to bail.Justice Olasumbo Goodluck granted the accused bail in the sum of N2million with two sureties in like sum.The sureties must be civil servants not below Grade Level 14.The defendant must also submit her international passport to the court Registrar.The Judge,thereafter,adjourned to June 13-14,2017 for hearing.
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