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54-Yrs old Catholic priest sacked for marrying 2 wives It was further reported that Zuni, was engaged in a secret marriage to two women - one late and the other alive. Reverend Father Peter Zuni 54-Years old Very Reverend Father Peter Zuni of the Queen of Apostles Catholic Church, Kakuri parish, Kaduna State, has been disrobed by Catholic church in Kaduna. According to a report by Sun Newspaper, the priest's secret marriages was blown open by one the wives, who is reportedly nursing a child for the priest. It was further reported that Zuni, was engaged in a secret marriage to two women - one late and the other living. ALSO READ: US woman who attempted to join ISIS jailed for 12 years   Sunday Sun gathered that one of the wives is already late, while the surviving one who blew the whistle about three weeks ago over the secret marriage is said to be nursing a child for the embattled priest. Speaking on the act that has left him disgraced, Zun...

US woman who attempted to join ISIS jailed for 12 years A woman from Mississippi, United States, who planned a disguised honeymoon journey but was actually going to join the Islamic State group, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. Jaelyn Young Jaelyn Young,   who converted to Islam while studying at Mississippi State University, was jailed on   terrorism charges on Thursday, August 11, by US   District Judge Sharion Aycock. In March, she pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organization. Young's parents had pleaded for leniency as she had faced up to 20 years in prison. She reportedly broke down in tears as was about to be sentenced, saying she was ashamed of her actions.   Read Also: British aristocrat's son bailed over $5.8mn drugs bust Report said her fiance, Muhammad Dakhlalla, pleaded guilty on March 11 to a similar charge, but his own sentencing is set for Augus...

British aristocrat's son bailed over $5.8mn drugs bust Marrian was charged with drug trafficking on August 4 after an Interpol tipoff about the consignment   British national Jack Marrian (R), flanked by a police officer, appears in court in Nairobi on August 8, 2016, where he faces charges of trafficking 100 kilos of cocaine from Brazil to Mombasa (AFP/File) A British aristocrat's son facing charges of trafficking $5.8 million worth of cocaine was bailed on Friday after a Kenyan judge ruled prosecutors' attempts to keep him in custody were without merit. Jack Marrian, 31, is facing a potential life sentence after police in the eastern port city of Mombasa seized a 100-kilo (220 pound) stash of cocaine in a sugar consignment ordered by British firm ED&F Man on July 29. Nairobi's High Court upheld a lower court's decision to free Marrian on condition of posting a bond of 70 million shillings ($690,600) with two Kenyan suretie...