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Korea To Train Nigerian Police
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), on Thursday in Abuja, signed an MoU with the Nigerian Police Force to train and strengthen the capacity of personnel of the force on forensic investigation.
Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, who spoke at the occasion, said the personnel to be trained would be better equipped with the knowledge of the forensic investigation that could be applied to all areas of investigations.
“The forensic courses that you have in your country will give us a wider horizon in terms of knowledge in different fields that will require forensic investigation.
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“We will provide you with the personnel to be trained within the three years period and after which we will assess the program to see its effectiveness.
“That will give us room to identify the areas we can improve on to get the maximum benefit of the MoU,” he said.
He said that the training would be held in Korea, adding that it would be on forensic investigation, counter-terrorism, kidnap and abduction as well as community policing.
Amb. Lee In-tae, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Nigeria, said the training to be acquired under the MoU would impact positively on the capacity of the beneficiaries.
He commended the inspector-general for the opportunity given to the KOICA to partner the Nigerian Police.
KCCN: Korea-Nigeria Competition Is A Bid To Strengthen Relationship
KCCN: Korea-Nigeria Competition Is A Bid To Strengthen Relationship
The Director of Korean Cultural Centre in Nigeria (KCCN), Mr. Lee Jin Su says the annual Korea-Nigeria Drawing Competition is to further enhance relations between the two countries.
Su stated this during an interview on the sidelines of the competition in Abuja.
The KCCN director said that the 2019 edition of the competition is the ninth in a row.
“150 pupils from 35 primary schools (30 public and five Private) within the Federal Capital Territory are participating in the competition.
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“The essence is to further boost relation between Nigeria and Korea, especially among the youths. We want the children to grow up with an understanding that Nigeria and Korea are good friends.
“After the competition, we will collect their drawings and invite judges to come, observe and select the winners; on May 21, we will unveil the winners,’’ Su said.
Similarly, Mrs. Irene Okafor, the Coordinator of the competition and Head of Culture and Creative Arts, FCT Universal Basic Education Commission said the participants (pupils) were from the grassroots.
“We are going into grassroots to bring them up to have the ability and the drawing skills. KCCN have started it many years ago.
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“They have been doing it every year for the pupils and the children are improving and it also enhance relationship; you can see that the pupils are interacting with each other.
“Before today, we had a day workshop organized by KCCN for the teachers; we got an artist that trained the teachers on the topic `Freedom’. This was based on Koreans’ struggle towards Independence over 100 years ago.
“So they had to go to the classrooms to teach the pupils how to draw any article with the concept of freedom; so the pupils are expected to draw anything that relates to freedom,’’ Okafor said.
The pupils were given drawing materials to showcase their talents.
S. Korea Ex President Lee Jailed For 15 Years Over Corruption
S. Korean ex president Lee Myung-bak was jailed for 15 years for corruption Friday, becoming the latest of the country’s ex-leaders to be sent to prison.
The 76-year-old CEO-turned-president, who served from 2008 to 2013, was found guilty on charges including bribery and embezzlement and ordered to pay a fine of 13 billion won ($11.5 million) by the Seoul Central District Court.
The former South Korean leader was indicted in April on 16 charges that included bribery, embezzlement, and abuse of power.
The court found that Lee was the de-facto owner of DAS — a controversial auto parts company which he claimed was his brother’s — which he used to create slush funds of around 24 billion won.
Lee was also found guilty of accepting nearly six billion won from Samsung Electronics in return for a presidential pardon for its chairman Lee Kun-hee, who was jailed for tax evasion.
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A Samsung spokesman declined to comment on Friday’s ruling.
“Despite objective evidence and credible testimonies, he has denied all offenses and shifted responsibilities to others by saying he was being framed,” said a judge during the trial that was broadcast live.
“Bringing everything into consideration, heavy punishment for the accused is inevitable,” she said.
Lee was not in attendance, citing ill-health and in protest against the court’s decision to televise the ruling.
Lee earlier dismissed what prosecutors say are “incriminating” documents and testimony from his relatives and aides as “fabrications”.
His lawyer called the ruling “extremely regrettable” and said the court’s finding of Lee as the de-facto owner of DAS “hard to understand”.
He told reporters that he will discuss appealing the verdict with Lee and reach a decision by Monday, according to Yonhap.
South Korean presidents have a tendency to end up in prison after their time in power – usually once their political rivals have moved into the presidential Blue House.
All four former South Korean presidents who are still alive have now been convicted of criminal offenses.
Conservative Lee’s successor Park Geun-hye was sentenced to 25 years in prison and fined millions of dollars for bribery and abuse of power.
She was ousted last year over a nationwide corruption scandal that prompted massive street protests.
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Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo, former army generals who served as president through the 1980s to early 1990s, served jail terms for corruption and treason after leaving office.
Both Chun and Roh received presidential pardons after serving about two years.
Another former leader, Roh Moo-hyun, committed suicide after becoming embroiled in a corruption probe.
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