Seven Women Are Caught With Gold Bars Hidden In Their Rectums At Japanese Airport

The smugglers were caught out when X-ray machinery at customs in Chubu International Airport, Aichi prefecture, showed up at least five blocks of gold in each woman's abdomen

Seven South Korean women hid around 40 blocks of gold in their rectums ●Their audacious plot was foiled after they landed at Chubu Airport in Japan ●They have been fined for smuggling and trying to avoid consumption tax

A group of South Korean tourists went to painful lengths to avoid tax - by hiding blocks of gold up their rectums.

It is not the first time Chubu International Airport, Aichi prefecture, Japan has been targeted by smugglers intent on getting around consumption tax, with at least two incidents just this year

Nigerians Agonize Over Dirty, Shortage Of Smaller Naira Notes

Naira notes – unfit, mutilated

The quantity of dirty and unfit naira notes in circulation and scarcity of small denominations of ₦10, ₦20, ₦50 and ₦100 notes, is becoming a major concern to Nigerians, especially those engaged in commercial transactions.

‘No Foul Play’ In Mysterious Uganda Deaths

The hotel where the Finnish businessman was found dead in Kampala, Uganda. EPA

Uganda’s police chief has played down rumours of foul play after three Europeans and a US national all died in the country within the last two weeks.

3M Settle Minnesota Water Pollution Lawsuit For US$850 Mln

US-based international conglomerate 3M Company, accused of polluting water and soil in Minnesota, will pay the Midwestern US state a settlement of US$850 million

US-based international conglomerate 3M Company, accused of polluting water and soil in Minnesota, will pay the Midwestern US state a settlement of US$850 million, according to a statement released Tuesday.

Weah’s Promised Land: Liberia Confronts Age-Old Disputes

Land that has been deforested by the Golden Veroleum and that will became a palm oil plantation is seen in Sinoe County. The civil wars in Liberia between 1989 and 2003 were in part driven by disputes over land and resources. Photo: Marco Di Lauro

Morris Kidir gestures at a wide expanse of dark-green land he says was earmarked for a school or clinic in his northern Liberian village, now covered in young oil palm trees.

After being sworn in, Liberian President George Weah said citizens were owed clarity on fundamental issues such as the land beneath their feet

FA CUP SHOCKER! Wigan End Man City Quadruple Bid With Cup Shock

Referee Anthony Taylor (CR) gives a red card to Manchester City’s English midfielder Fabian Delph (2L) during the English FA Cup fifth round football match between Wigan Athletic and Manchester City at the DW Stadium in Wigan, northwest England, on February 19, 2018. Oli Scarff / AFP

Pep Guardiola’s quest to win an unprecedented quadruple with Manchester City came to a stunning and controversial end when they fell to a 1-0 defeat at third-tier Wigan in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Monday.

Infantino, FIFA Bigwigs Arrive In Lagos As NFF/AITEO Football Awards Holds Today

FIFA President Gianni Infantino / AFP Photo / Ronaldo Schemidt

An array of prominent global figures, including FIFA President, Gianni Infantino and CAF President Ahmad, political chieftains, football stars, renowned administrators past and present, captains of industry, legends of the Nigeria game and oaks of the entertainment industry are now confirmed for the inaugural edition of the AITEO/NFF Football Awards holding at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos today.

‘Christianity Is Europe’s Last Hope’ Says Hungary’s Nationalist Prime Minister As He Calls For Renewed Crackdown On Migration That ‘Advances Islam’

During his annual state of the nation speech, Hungarian PM Viktor Orban said that 'Christianity is Europe's last hope'

●Viktor Orban, Hungary's PM, has called for a global alliance against migration ●He claimed that Germany and Western Europe is being overtaken by Muslims ●His right-wing populist Fidesz party has began campaigning for an April election

Hungary's Prime Minister has claimed that 'Christianity is Europe's last hope' after accusing politicians in Brussels, Berlin and Paris of causing the 'decline of Christian culture and the advance of Islam'.

Global Green Energy Drive ‘Too Advanced’ To Be Halted By Trump, Says Glennmont Partners

Glennmont, which raises long-term capital to invest in wind farms, biomass, solar parks and hydro plants (Danny Lawson/PA)

The founders of a major clean energy fund have shrugged off Donald Trump’s shift away from renewable power, claiming the global industry is too advanced to be halted by the US president.