Tag: DANISH
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Russia releases Jehovah’s Witness follower from prison
A Danish adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses was released from a Russian prison on Tuesday after serving five years on extremism charges as part of Moscow’s crackdown on the religious group. Dennis Christensen, a 49-year-old builder, was arrested at a prayer meeting in Oryol, 200 miles (320 km) south of Moscow, in 2017.
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Danish, Finnish fans test positive for coronavirus after Euro 2020 games
Several Finnish fans have tested positive for the coronavirus upon their return from Russia following a Euro 2020 group stage game against Belgium on Monday in St Petersburg. Finnish media reported on Friday that 86 people had tested positive for the coronavirus so far. Hundreds of Finns had travelled to Russia to follow the match.…
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Danish-Nigerian prosecuted for ‘dealing in hard drugs’
A dual citizen of Nigeria and Denmark, Oladapo Ifedayo Oluseyi, was on Monday brought before a Federal High Court in Lagos for unlawfully dealing in hard drugs. Oluseyi, also known as Dayo, was arraigned by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on a four-count charge of conspiracy, unlawful cultivation of, dealing in hard drugs…
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Lagos to tender fresh DNA evidence against Danish murder suspect
The Lagos State Government has secured fresh DNA evidence against a Danish man, Peter Nielsen, accused of killing his wife Zainab and their three and a half year-old daughter, Petra. Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Titilayo Shitta-Bey, told the court that the fresh evidence was from Nielsen’s DNA samples. The government accused Nielsen, 53, of…
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[BREAKING] Danish man who allegedly murdered Nigerian wife, daughter to remain in prison
A Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba on Tuesday adjourned till next month the trial of a Danish man accused of killing his wife and three-year-old daughter in their Lagos home last month. The trial judge ordered the continued detention of Peter Nielsen, 53, until June 28 when his proper trial at a high court for…
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Lagos set to prosecute Italian husband who killed wife, daughter
…as forensic investigations reveal how both were murdered The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said all is set for the prosecution of a Italian national, Peter Nielsen for the murder of his Nigerian wife, Zainab, and three-year-old daughter, Petra, in Banana Island area of Ikoyi on April 5, 2018. The State Government, in a statement…
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My daughter’s Danish husband once beat her to a coma- Singer, Alizee’s father
Friends and family of the svelte late Nigerian singer, Zainab Ali-Nielsen, aka Alizee, are still in bewildered over her demise. The 37-year-old singer and her four-year-old daughter, Petra, were found dead on Thursday in the kitchen at their residence in Banana Island, Lagos. In an interview session, Madaki Gift who is the younger…