New Zealand Police Still Searching for Missing British Tourist after Five Days

New Zealand police are still in search of 22-year-old British tourist Grace Millane who has been missing for five days and failed to contact her parents on her birthday.

Millane was last seen on Saturday evening in central Auckland. She had been staying at a backpacker hostel and left some of her belongings there. Her birthday was on Sunday and police said it was unusual for her not to contact her family then.

Detective Inspector Scott Beard told reporters the investigation is focusing on videos from surveillance cameras around the city. He urged anyone who has seen Millane or knows her to contact police.
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Two US Warplanes Crash off Japan; 2 Found, 5 Missing

A Marine refuelling plane and a fighter jet crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Japan’s southwestern coast after colliding early Thursday, and rescuers found two of the seven crew members, one of them in stable condition, officials said.

The U.S. Marine Corps said that the 2 a.m. crash involved an F/A-18 fighter jet and a KC-130 refuelling aircraft during regular refuelling training after the planes took off from their base in Iwakuni, near Hiroshima in western Japan.

The crash took place 320 kilometres (200 miles) off the coast, according to the U.S. military. Japanese officials said it occurred closer to the coast, about 100 kilometres (60 miles), and that’s where the search and rescue mission found two crew members.
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NBA President Paul Usoro Charged With N1.4 Billion Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has filed a N1.4 billion suit against Paul Usoro, President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA).

In the lawsuit filed at a Federal High Court in Lagos marked FHC/418c/18, the anti-graft agency alleged that Usoro laundered the money in connivance with the state governor of Akwa Ibom, Udom Emmanuel.

Rotimi Oyedepo, counsel to EFCC, said the offence was committed sometime in 2015 and that the N1.4bn belonged to the state government.
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US Priest Accused of Abusing Altar Boys Arrested in the Philippines

The Rev. Kenneth Bernard Hendricks, who has been indicted in Ohio for illicit sexual conduct in the Philippines, was arrested in a church in Naval town in the island province of Biliran, Bureau of Immigration spokeswoman Dana Sandoval said.

An Ohio court had issued a warrant for the arrest of 77-year-old Hendricks, who has been living in the Philippines for 37 years, Sandoval said, adding that the U.S. criminal case stemmed from complaints from the alleged Filipino victims.

There was no immediate reaction from the U.S. Embassy, Philippine Catholic Church officials or Hendricks, who was flown to Manila and detained in an immigration detention centre.
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Board of Pavilion Afrique Appoints Alhaji Adebayo Thomas as Member

The Advisory Board of Pavilion Afrique/African Film Forum has appointed National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB)’s Executive Director, Alhaji Adebayo Thomas as one of its board members.

This was made known by the Director of Operations, Prudence Kolongin France on Sunday, December 2, 2018.

Speaking on the appointment, Prudence said; “Thomas has strongly put Nollywood in the map of the world film market which can no longer be ignored in the West. He has championed the need for Africa’s content harmonization and exposure.
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