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...

COURT GRANTS N1BN BAIL TO 109 FOREIGN NATIONALS ARRESTED FOR CYBERCRIME. (PHOTO).


 Court Grants N1bn Bail to 109 Foreign Nationals Arrested for Cybercrime


On Friday, the Federal High Court in Abuja granted bail totaling N1 billion to 109 foreign nationals detained over alleged involvement in major cybercrime and hacking activities threatening the nation’s security.


Justice Ekerete Akpan, ruling on the bail application filed by defense counsel James Onoja, SAN, noted that the prosecution, led by A.A. Egwu, did not oppose the request. The judge stipulated that each defendant must provide five sureties and submit a N1 billion bond.


Each surety must own property in the Abuja area and present two recent passport-sized photographs to the court. In addition, the defendants must surrender their original passports to the court's deputy registrar, and the sureties are also required to submit their passports.


Further details will follow.

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