Justice Patricia Ajoku of the Federal High Court 1, sitting in Ibadan, on Wednesday convicted and sentenced two internet fraudsters to prison, after finding them guilty of criminal charges filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office.
Onifade Gideon Idowu and Akinjobi Mumeen were arraigned on an amended charge following plea bargain agreement with the Commission.
The duo were brought before the court on a one-count amended charge bordering on fraudulent impersonation, contrary to Section 22(2)(b)(i) of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc.) Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 22(2)(b)(iv) of the same Act.
They pleaded guilty to their respective charges.
Consequent upon the ‘guilty’ plea, prosecution counsel, Murtala Sa’id Usman, prayed the court to sentence them according to the terms of the plea bargain agreement.
The presiding judge heeded EFCC’s prayer as she found them guilty as charged and sentenced them to six months in prison each.
They were also ordered to forfeit all items recovered from them during the course of investigation.
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has assured corps members that their allowance will be reviewed to reflect the new minimum wage of ₦30,000 per month by 2020.
Dare stated this in a statement released from his media office on Wednesday during his visit to the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp in Iyana-Ipaja
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Allowance of corps members would be reviewed to reflect the new minimum wage of N30,000 per month by 2020. The figure has been captured in next year’s budget. I have always advocated that Nigeria must invest in the youth. We at the ministry are refocusing the development of our youth in terms of programming.
The ministry has developed a programme called DY.NG. We want it to be a two-month programme that you would run during your service, after which you will have some level of certification. It will give you that added advantage beyond your degree.
Mathew knowles known for being the manager of Destiny's Child, and also managed his daughters Beyoncé and Solange Knowles have made a scandalous revelation about how his daughter, Beyonce and Kelly were allegedly harassed segxwally by Jagged Edge.
Mathew Knowles said his daughter, Beyonce, and her Destiny Child’s bandmate Kelly Rowland were segxwally harassed during their time in the girl band.
He stated in an interview that the two singers were victims of segxwal harassment by two members of the male vocal quartet, Jagged Edge.
According to Knowles, the segxwal harassment occurred when the two bands were on a tour in the early 2000s while refusing to state the name of harassers.
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‘They’re 16-years-old… the guys are 21 and 22-years-old. I have a fiduciary duty with minors, by the law, there’s a certain way I have to manage that.’
The father admitted that it was a ‘poor’ decision on his part to put both Jagged Edge and Destiny’s Child on the same tour bus.
It was the duo who reported the incident to him and he had to make the decision of putting the group of boys off the bus.
‘I got a call from Kelly and Beyoncé… saying that they were constantly being harassed by two of the members of Jagged Edge,’ I couldn’t have that. I literally had to put the guys off the bus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. That began all of this drama.’
Beyoncé, Rowland, and members of Jagged Edge are yet to address Knowles’ claims.
Four men of Nigerian, Oladayo Oladoku, Farouk Kukoyi, Baldwin Osuji and Henry Ogbuokiri have been named in an $18 million fraud case in the United States.
The fraud was carried out in more than 100 transactions.
The men were among a 15-man gang that defrauded individual and businesses through identity thefts, opening fictitious bank accounts, and depositing stolen checks or conning victims to wire funds into those accounts.
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“As alleged in the criminal complaint, these 15 defendants used an elaborate bank and wire fraud scheme to steal over $18 million from victim,” Homeland Security Investigations
“HSI New York will continue to work tirelessly to investigate criminals who target our citizens. Through our law enforcement partnerships, to include the NYPD, USPIS and USSS as well as the prosecutors at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, HSI will work to help maintain the integrity of our financial systems."
Special Agent-in-Charge Peter C. Fitzhugh said.
10 other members of the syndicate were on the run with one other member was in “state custody”, and will face jail terms maximum 30 years in prison.
Seven members, including Ogboukiri, were charged with aggravated identity theft, which carries a mandatory consecutive sentence of two years in prison.
To defraud their victims, members of the conspiracy opened more than 60 business bank accounts using the real personal identifying information, including names and social security numbers, of identity theft victims.
Then they deposited money into these bank accounts that they obtained by defrauding victims. They later accessed the fraud proceeds by transferring the proceeds into other bank accounts or by withdrawing cash.
This man who is based in the Surulere area of Lagos State has complained about how ladies milk their boyfriends in relationships, he tagged them 'Gold Diggers'
According to him, ladies have been taking his money and he has now decided to be single.
He claims to be having the best time of his life since he decided to walk alone, he can send more money to his mum, bought new phones, and replace his furniture.
BBNaija star Bisola Aiyeola’s mum turned 70 last week and the star celebrated her mum in an exciting way.
The star who said her mum told her she was proud of her shared more photos from the birthday ceremony and it was a classy glamorous one.
The occassion had in attendace friends and family of the BBNaija star, Few celebrities like comedian Seyi law, BBNaija star Khafi and a host of others.
Adewale Adeleke, Davido’s older brother aka The chairman of HKN, and his fiancee, Kani has held their introduction ceremony over the weekend in the beautiful city of Calabar.
First of all….#Introduction Love you baby! @kani41 this is for life #Adekani
A passenger, identified as Chukwuma Anthony Ezeh, on Wednesday slumped and died at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos.
Ezeh, according to information on his passport, was 47 years old at the time of the incident.
An official source at the MMIA arrival terminal said the passenger slumped on arrival from China and died while waiting to collect his luggage.
A spokesperson for the police, MMIA Command, DSP Joseph Alabi, who confirmed the incident said the passenger came on Ethiopian Airline on Wednesday.
“While walking at the arrival hall the man slumped and died, the incident happened at about 3:15 p.m. and the deceased was confirmed dead at the MMIA Clinic” he said.
Kim Kardashian West has proved she can still be glamorous as always despite being knee-deep in revision for her upcoming law exam.
The 39 Year old Mother of four took to Instagram to share a selfie of her with her make-up perfectly done and slicked back hair while sat at a desk with reading materials surrounding her which she captioned; "Study Time"
The reality star is currently studying for the California bar exam and is in the first year of her studies.
Kim, Kourtney and Khloe's little brother hasn't publicly dated anyone since his rather disastrous relationship with Blac Chyna, who is the mother of his daughter Dream, three.
After the split and the end of their spin-off show Rob & Chyna, the sock designer really took a step back from the limelight.
Now, it appears he's pretty smitten with stunning tattooed model Ayana Charm.
But whether or not it's mutual, we'll have to wait and see.
The 24-year-old captioned the collection: "Be Mine?"
Rob, 32, was clearly up for the job.
He re-tweeted her post, adding two purple devil emojis and a four-leaf clover - or a lucky charm - and a symbol that she includes in her own Instagram biography.
Fans were quick to question Rob as they got excited about his flirting.
One commented: "Okaaay Robert you better shoot that shot"
And another said: "Okay we see you Rob"
"Dude has a type," a third said.
While another wrote: "Rob is triggered! Go for it!"
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has threatened to proscribe the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) if the members do not conduct themselves well.
The governor said this yesterday on a television programme, where he maintained that his administration was committed to delivering his Greater Lagos vision.
Sanwo-olu said,
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“The NURTW is a national body of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC). It is a registered trade union.“Like other unions, they are under the supervision of the state government. We regulate and supervise them. They would be proscribed if they don’t conduct themselves well.”
He said his administration had recorded a lot of achievements in the last 196 days in the area of security, adding that he would stay up late monitoring the security situation in the state.
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“At a period like this – going to the end of the year, criminal activities are usually on the increase because people usually want to do things to make quick money. We are working on salvaging the situation. We have a new Commissioner of Police who has hit the ground running from the first day he came in. He revealed that by 2020, the state government would build a new control and command centre, as well as instal over 2,000 cameras across the state."
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“One of the things that we realised that is happening everyday in the world is that security is also going tech; you need a lot of devices to monitor all of it.
“Next year, we are building a new control and command centre as part of our safe city project, as part of our megacity security deliverables. We will have up to 2,200 high definition (HD) cameras across the state.”The governor also gave an overview of his plan for the environment and called for measures to prevent a situation that could lead to population explosion.He noted that one of the efforts by his administration was to appeal to residents to ensure they register with the Lagos State Residents Registration Agency (LASRRA) for proper capturing and planning.
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“Thousands of people come into the city without plans, and we do not have any border control to mitigate this.A lot of people come into Lagos and they really don’t even have a place (to stay). They do not have a means where the next meal is going to come from; they do not know where they are going to sleep and that’s the reality,”
Flamboyant Nigerian Big man and Instagram celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, Popularly called Mompha, has finally narrated his own side of the story involving the Money Laudering charges he was arrested for by the EFCC.
In his post, the controversial Celebrity also denied knowing the Lebanese, Hamza, who was alleged to be his accomplice.
Sharing the 14-count charge sheet on his page, he wrote;
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In Every situation you find urself prayer is the only Key!! l was arrested on october 18 2019 by Efcc not interpol or Fbi, No interpol or Fbi is looking for me cos i dont know where all these stories are coming from and the order of my arrest came from one of their head in lagos because he has my travel details, which i asked what was my offence but he told me till u get to lagos when i got to lagos on october 19 2019 he showed me my bank statement and ask me about the funds which came to my account btw 2015 to 2017 which i defended all.
To my greatest surprise the next thing they did was to post that i was involve in internet fraud, BEC, cyber fraud and also 51 bank accounts which such never happened and it went viral worldwide what kind of country are we in nothing like investigation they tried to tarnish my image but God pass them, I was in their custody for 40days which no evidence of fraud was found on me After my lawyer sued Them for keeping me for Long on 22nd of November they gave me my charge sheet for 14 counts on money laundering on a Legit Business i did wit a mobile company in Nigeria Now i knw its a crime to be a nigerian, I was shock when i came out to see people calling me different names like fraudster, Criminal, Yahoo boy which i have never defraud anyone or steal from anyone also no petition on me or any one or company reported me , They did this to me because of Hate, Enviness, Jealousy…
First i need to clear the air on something i met Hamza the lebanese guy on october 24th 2019 at Efcc office for the first time in my life and also kayode philips i dont know why they have to lie that he is my partner and my accomplice why all these lies just to bring me down But now am Stronger and wiser!!! May Almighty Allah Help me in this Big situation (Amin). Now the whole world knows what they charge me for as the case is in court and my trial has begin!!! Special Thanks to my Strong wife and my family and my Real friends who stood by me During this trial of life.
On Wednesday, December 11, Angel, the third child of Nollywood actress and second daughter of Mercy Johnson Okojie and Prince Odi Okojie, turned a new age and as the proud parents were busy celebrating with the celebrant, some eagle-eyed observers noted that Mercy seems to be expecting her fourth child.
In set of photos shared her husband on Instagram, Mercy was intentionally hiding her baby bump behind her son.
It didn’t take a moment before fans started reacting to slightly visible baby bump.
Also in a recent interview, Mercy said she’s not done with child bearing, as she loves kids as much as her husband does.
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has paid a surprise visit to the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai.
Government officials who spoke with Gistmania said they had no knowledge that the former president was going to be in Kaduna today as at the time they left office.
The former president was welcomed to the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House by the Kaduna governor, his deputy, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe and other top government officials.
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