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  • MVP: Russian goalkeeper gets AK-47 as prize

    MVP: Russian goalkeeper gets AK-47 as prize

    Russian hockey goalkeeper Saveli Kononov was handed an AK-47 after inspiring his side Izhstal Izhevsk to a 3-2 victory against rivals Chelmet.

    Kononov was awarded the assault rifle by the captain having been voted as player of the match by his team-mates.

    This is the latest in a series of bizarre awards handed out by hockey teams, with many NHL sides making it a custom.

    After stopping 36 shots and conceding just two goals, 23-year-old Kononov can be seen in the changing room as a club official brings the weapon in.

    It is then handed to the captain, who officially makes the handover to Kononov.

    Kononov joined the VHL side last season and has to date played 12 games for his new club.

    It is assumed that When you are the goalie of your ice hockey team,it means you are in the firing line. Well for Saveli Kononov, it was just another day at the office when he saved 36 out of 38 shots for the Russian side Izhstal Izhevsk in their 3-2 win over Chelmet.

    This is not the first time weird gifts have been handed out by an ice hockey side. NHL teams have awarded everything from barber shop capes and Broadway hats to a Abraham Lincoln costume.

    Ice hockey is one of the most popular sports in Russia second only to football which maintains the top spot as the most popular sport.

    Russia hosted the 2018 World cup with France emerging champions after defeating hard fighting Croatia 4-2 at the Luzhniki Stadium.

  • Gov. Yari offers N1m reward on every illegal AK 47 rifle

    Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara on Thursday announced a reward of N1 million on every illegal AK 47 rifle returned to the state government.

    The governor, who announced this at a news conference in Gusau, said the gesture had become necessary following the unabated increase in crime, especially abduction in the state.

    He wondered why “in 2015, with just about 250 soldiers, the crime rate was low but with over 1,600 soldiers of different categories, we cannot contain crime in the state”.

    He said with the proposed engagement of 8,500 youths as civilian task force, those involved would be better equipped in the fight against armed banditry, cattle rustling and kidnapping in the state.

    He said that many of the youths that would be engaged would come from the rural areas where the crime rate was higher.

    “I am confident that since the locals know the people in their surroundings, they will be quick in detecting any new comer or suspicious movement.”

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that armed bandits have continued to storm various communities in the state, especially at the rural areas where they kill, maim, abduct people and burn houses, shops and other properties.

  • Police arrest suspected herdsman with AK-47 in Enugu

    The Enugu State Police Command says it has arrested suspected cattle herder with one AK-47 riffle and 7.62 ammunition at Isigwe Ugbawka community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state.

    The command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement in Enugu on Saturday that the suspect was arrested on April 4 at a farmland in the area.

    “The suspected herder is now helping the police operatives in their full scale investigations,’’ he said.

    He said the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Danmallam, had visited the community where he commended residents for their timely and useful information which led to the arrest and arms recovery.

    Amaraizu said that the police boss used the occasion to further release all the state command’s distress/emergency numbers to further strengthen police-public partnership.

    Responding, Chairman, Nkanu East Local Government Area, Ikechukwu Ubagu, said that “there is no tension in the area as farmers are still in their various farmlands’’.

    “The council is assuring the commissioner of its continual partnership with the police,’’ he said.

     

  • BREAKING: Boko Haram releases new video on Chibok girls who declined freedom [Photos]

    BREAKING: Boko Haram releases new video on Chibok girls who declined freedom [Photos]

    Boko Haram has just released a second video regarding the abducted Chibok girls that refused to return from captivity.

    TheNewsGuru.com gathered that in the new video about 4 Chibok girls were spotted with one clutching an AK 47 explaining why they refused to return to their parents.

    A Nigerian journalist, Ahmad Salkida who has links with the deadly sect identified one the Chibok girl holding the AK47 as Maida Yakubu.

  • NPA hails NCS on seizure of 661 AK 47 rifles

    NPA hails NCS on seizure of 661 AK 47 rifles

     

    The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Usman, has commended the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Retired Col. Hameed Ali and his management team on seizure of 661 pump-action rifles.

    TheNewsGuru.com recalls that the Nigerian Customs had on January 30 intercepted a 40 ft container cleared to be containing steel doors but on close examination were loaded with 661 new pump-action rifles.

    Usman gave the commendation in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Lagos by the Public Affairs Manager of NPA, Chief Michael Ajayi.

    According to her, the authority is particularly impressed with the fact that the controversial 40 ft container manifested to be carrying steel doors had actually exited the port before it was timely intercepted somewhere around Mile 2, Lagos.

    “This remarkably is a proof that the Customs management has put in place, more than one layer of security arrangement to ensure that nothing dangerous actually escapes the eagle-eye of a Customs Service.

    “Without this interception, the authority would rather not want to imagine what could have happened to the peace, lives and properties of innocent Nigerians,” Ajayi said.

    She, therefore, advised that the scope of investigation in respect of this deadly cargo should be broad and thorough.

    The managing director also urged all the security agencies serving in the ports to be extra-vigilant, to avoid a re-occurrence of such totally prohibited cargo entering and exiting the port.

    Usman, consequently, urged whistle blowers to avail themselves in future, of platforms already put in place by the Authority.

    According to her, this would ensure timely presentation of information and intelligence needed to enable the authorities nip in the bud, such acts of illegality.

     

  • [Photos included]: Customs intercepts 661 AK 47 rifles in Lagos

    The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) intercepted 661 pieces of pump action rifles from China, concealed with steel doors and other merchandise goods, which came in through Lagos port.

    The Comptroller-General of Customs, Retired Col. Hameed Alli, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on Monday in Lagos.

    The Intercepted Weapons

    Alli said that the Federal Operations Unit, while on patrol, intercepted a Mark truck with registration number BUG 265 XG conveying a 40ft container with number; PONU/825914/3 along Mile 2 Apapa Road, Lagos.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the consignment was cleared from Lagos port.

    The comptroller-general said the truck was immediately taken to F.O.U. premises for physical examination and 49 boxes containing 661 pieces of pump action rifles concealed with steel doors were revealed.

    Alli said the rifles were under absolute prohibition, adding that its importation was illegal.

    “Such deadly contravention of the law is even more unacceptable considering the fragile security situation in some parts of the country.

    In-Photos: Customs Intercepts 49 boxes of 661 AK 47 rifles in Lagos“Already three suspects have been arrested in connection with this illegal importation,’’ NAN quotes the comptroller-general as saying.

    The suspects are: Mr Oscan Okafor (an importer), Mr Mahmud Haruna (a clearing agent), Mr Sadique Mustapha (accompanying the consignment to its destination).

    Alli said initially the consignment was said to have originated from Turkey, adding that there was mixed-up in the document which finally revealed that the consignment originated from China.

    “Investigation has already commenced and I have directed that the drag net should be wide enough to fish out all persons involved in the importation and clearing of the consignment, ‘’ NAN quotes Alli as saying.

    He said Customs officers who were involved in the clearance of the containers were in the custody of Comptroller Mahmud Haruna of FOU Zone “A’’

    Alli said that the seizure underscored the determination of the service to enforce all laws relating to importation and exportation of goods into and out the country thereby contributing to the economy, security and well-being of the country.

    The comptroller-general said that the seizure was commendable and represented the new normal rule in the service “where most officers and men are on a daily basis ensuring that illegalities are not allowed unchecked’’.

    He commended the Comptroller in charge of F.O.U. and officers and men who were involved in the seizure.

    Alli, however, urged the media as well as meaningful Nigerians to help the service with information that would assist the service perform its statutory responsibilities in the interest of Nigeria.

    He said the seizure would be handed over to the appropriate authority.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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