IFEY ONWUEMENE: NOLLYWOOD ACTOR DOWN WITH CANCER

According to Nigerian actress, Gloria Young , posted on her  platform seeking funds  support for fellow actress who is down with endometrial cancer.
Ifey Onwuemene.   played a lead role in popular sitcom "Everyday People", and has acted in several movies.
She wrote, "My family and friends, I come to you to beg on behalf of a former colleague. Ifey Onwuemene.  She has been down with Endometrial Cancer since last year and has spent over 6million naira. Yet the illness persists. She's barely able to walk and needs more tests done. Whatever help you can render is not too small. Ifey Onwuemene can be contacted on 08033942465 and whatever you have can be sent to her bank account. Details are Ifey Onwuemene, Fidelity Bank  6010999993. Please do what you can for the love of humanity, for the love of God. As you give, may God replenish your pockets a hundredfold. Thanks so much."
Name:  Ifey Onwuemene
Bank: Fidelity Bank 
Account:  6010999993

THREE BROTHERS ARRESTED FOR KILLING WOMAN AND USED HER PHONE TO DEMAND N5 MILLION RANSOM (PHOTOS)

 Operatives attached to the Intelligence Response Unit of the Nigeria Police Force  arrested three suspects over the kidnap and gruesome murder of a mother of five, Mrs. Janet Nnenna Ogbonna on May 14, 2020.

The suspects are Johnson Emmanuel, 38; Gideon Emmanuel, 31, and Success Emmanuel, 27.

The suspects, born by same parents, all male and native of Isiekenesi, Ideato Local Government Area of Imo State were arrested by the police in their home town where they had taken refuge after committing the crime in Abuja, in order to evade police arrest.

Investigations that led to the arrest of the suspects is sequel to complaints received from one Chinedu Ogbonnaya, who alleged that his mother, Mrs. Ogbonnaya, 55, native of Ozuitem in Bender LGA of Abia State, had been kidnapped and a N5 million ransom was demanded before she could be released.

A comprehensive and painstaking investigation by the police operatives resulted in the arrest of the three suspects, whom, in the course of interrogation, revealed that the victim had long been murdered and buried.

Further findings revealed that the victim, a widow, who had been a Facebook friend of the principal suspect, Johnson Emmanuel, was lured from her home in Gwagwalada to visit the suspect.

The suspect thereafter took advantage of the visit, served her yoghurt laced with drugs and subsequently had her murdered.

The suspect, having killed the victim and buried her remains in a septic tank, went ahead to reach out to the family of the victim using her phone and demanded a N5 million ransom as pre-condition for her release.

Meanwhile, the suspects led a team of investigators alongside pathologists to a residence at Wumba District, Lokogoma area of Abuja where the victim’s decomposing body was exhumed from a septic tank.

The statement signed by Force PRO, and Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Frank Mba, said the exhumed body was conveyed to the University Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Abuja for forensic examination.

A Toyota Highlander SUV belonging to the deceased was recovered by the police operatives at a mechanic workshop in Apo, Abuja, which had been repainted, while the vehicle documents fraudulently changed and ownership of the stolen vehicle criminally transferred to one of the masterminds of the crime, Johnson Emmanuel.

Investigations also revealed that the house where the deceased was killed and buried originally belonged to one of the suspects but was hurriedly sold-off to a third party apparently to obliterate evidence.

“The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mohammed Adamu, while commending the operatives for a job well done, reassures Nigerians that perpetrators of any form of crimes in the country will not go undetected and unpunished.

“He, however, enjoins citizens to be more security conscious and report any suspicious activities within their neighbourhood to the nearest police station,” he said.

IGP ORDERS ONDO CP TO RESTOR DEPUTY GOVERNOR AGBOOLA SECURITY DETAILS

The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, Bolaji Salami, to restore the security details of the state’s Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, with immediate effect.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that men of the Nigeria Police attached to the deputy governor were withdrawn after he had defected to the Peoples Democratic Party from the ruling All Progressives Congress.

Ajayi had, last Wednesday, cried out that his life was in danger when policemen attached to his office were withdrawn on the orders of the Commissioner of Police in the state.

The memo with Ref. No CB: 2002/DOPS/FHQ/ABJ/VOL/77/168 was signed on behalf of the IGP by Austine Agbonlahor, Assistant Inspector-General of Police.

The deputy governor, who accused the Commissioner of Police of working on the instructions of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to withdraw the officers, had for a while, been having a running battle with him.

Ajayi had engaged in a confrontation with the police at the Government House following the alleged refusal of the latter to allow him to leave the premises allegedly on the orders of the governor.

Meanwhile, the deputy governor had in a statement released by his Media Aide, Mr Babatope Okeowo, lauded “the integrity and courage displayed by the majority of the lawmakers for shunning all entreaties, inducement, and intimidation to impeach him”.

The statement also urged lawmakers to also shun another latest plan to move the next meeting of the impeachment plot to a private hotel in Akure.

(NAN)

11 Nigerians arraigned for $6 million bank fraud in USA

11 Nigerians have been arraigned in a US court for their alleged role in a large-scale conspiracy to commit $6m bank fraud in southern New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania.

 

The suspects identified as Sulaiman Dosunmu, 39; Tunde Adeowo, 40; Muritala Adeowo, 55; Ayanniyi Alayande, 47; Ahmmed Ponle, 41; Margiettu Kamu, 34; Rafiat Sarumi, 36; Babatunde Oke, 40; Adekunle Owolabi, 49; Olayinka Olaseinde, 42; Olugbenga Oyedele, 47 were each charged with bank fraud conspiracy in connection with a scheme that used hundreds of fraudulent accounts to defraud several major banks of $6 million and then laundered the money and send it overseas to other conspirators.

 

 

Documents filed by the US Department of Justice in court read;

 

    The defendants are allegedly members of a Nigeria-based, multi-layered organization that engaged in a massive bank fraud conspiracy in several states, including New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Rhode Island, between June 2016 and March 2020. Members of the group stole numerous business checks from the United States mail, altered the payee on the checks to a fraudulent name and deposited the checks in bank accounts that had been opened with forged foreign passport documents and fraudulent U.S. visas that matched the names on the stolen checks. Once the banks credited all or a portion of the funds to the accounts – but before the checks had cleared – the defendants withdrew the funds from ATMs or purchased money orders, using debit cards associated with the fraudulent accounts. Members of the organization have used over 400 fraudulent accounts with fake identity documents to defraud the banks.

    The organization also laundered the proceeds of the fraud by several means, including using debit cards to purchase money orders from third party stores and using those money orders to purchase used automobiles from different automobile auction companies in Pennsylvania. The vehicles were then exported to Nigeria and other countries in Africa to launder the stolen funds and to increase profits by selling the vehicles at the higher market values obtained for vehicles in these foreign countries.

 

The bank fraud conspiracy count carries a maximum potential penalty of 30 years in prison and a maximum fine of $1 million.

 

This is coming barely two weeks after six Nigerians were also indicted in the United States for their alleged involvement in over $6m internet fraud.

NOLLYWOOD ACTOR BABATEE WELCOMES BABY BOY FROM 3RD WIFE

Nollywood actor, Babatunde Bernard aka Baba Tee, has announced the arrival of a baby boy with his wife.

The actor who announced the birth of the baby through an Instagram post, also used the opportunity to shade those who had previously mocked him about his manhood.

He wrote using a mixture of Yoruba and English languages; “Original kayeefi… Never Look Down On Anyone…. Oloko Keke Has given Birth to A Bouncing Baby Boy oooo… A Serial Lover is Married… Oba ti O Pa Egan mi re will Always Answer Our Prayers… God I Thank You For Putting Them to Shame… Anu ni…. Mo ri Gba…. THANKS FOR THE CELEBRATION FROM MR & MRS TAYO”

Before marrying his third wife, Baba Tee previously married Yetunde Oduwole, and then, Dupe Odulate. Both marriages didn’t last the test of time.

6-YEAR OLD GIRL RAPED TO DEATH INSIDE MOSQUE IN KADUNA

A six-year-old girl has been allegedly raped to death inside a mosque in Kaduna state.

According to the state police command, ASP Muhammed Jalige, who confirmed the incident, said the body of the small girl was discovered by community members called men of the Kurmi on Friday, June 26 at about 3.20 pm which is close to the time they were supposed to converge for their Friday prayers.
Jalige said ‘‘Though no arrest has been made in connection to the crime, but police detectives attached to Kurmi Mashi division of the Command have launched an investigation to unravel the misery.

Yes, the case was reported at Kurmi Mashi division on Friday. Our men in that division received a call from the people in the community in Kurmi Mashi that they saw a dead body lying in the mosque. With the lockdown, they have not been opening mosques except for Friday prayers. They discovered the dead body around 3:20 pm close to prayer time.

An investigation into the matter has commenced. No arrest made so far. But police detectives attached to Kurmi Mashi are seriously on the issue.” he said

BORDER REOPENING:CITIZEN FROM NIGERIA NOT ALLOWED INTO EUROPE FROM JULY 1

Ahead of the planned reopening of its borders to international travellers on July 1, the Schengenvisainfo.com reports that citizens from Nigeria, Brazil, Qatar, the US and Russia would not be allowed to travel into Europe until the epidemiological situation in their countries with regards to COVID-19 improves.

 

According to the report, the countries whose citizens have been granted permits into Europe as the union open its borders that were shut to curb the spread of COVID-19, include Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Australia, Bahamas, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Canada.

 

Others listed are Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Palau, Paraguay, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Serbia, South Korea, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Dominica, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Lebanon and Mauritius.

 

Speaking on the development, Eric Manner, the EU Commission spokesman, said the union had the right to choose who would enter its borders. He added that it was based on health criteria.

    “The European Union has an internal process to determine from which countries it would be safe to accept travellers” he said

 

The EU commission on June 11, presented its recommendation on the reopening of internal Schengen borders on June 15, so that Europeans could travel freely within the borderless areas just as they did before the COVID-19 pandemic.