Intelligent Agents  of the Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 18 suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo boys in Lagos. In a statement on its verified Facebook page on Saturday, the anti-graft agency named the suspects to include, Tijani Olumide Ahmed, Ukuhor Richie Ifemeluona, Balogun Olusola, Ologun Damilola, Olubiyo Timilehin, Adetokunbo Yusuf, Oyegoke Gafar Olaitan, Agarawu Farug Okikiola, Kazeem Oluwadamilare Adebayo and Salau Rahmon. Others include, Abdulrahman Adeshina Olasunkanmi, Adeyanju Kehinde Emmanuel, Rasheed Remilekun, Owolabi Temidayo Habeeb,Ojora Usman Olawale, Mubarak Balogun, Rafiu Olusegun and Ayobami Habeeb Oyeleye.  

  Two  persons have been confirmed dead and  several others injured  following  a wreck involving  six  vehicles   on the bridge linking Maryland and Ojota, Ikorodu Road in Lagos State. The incident happened at Odo Itlya Alaro around 2:00 am on Friday. The victims were returning from Mile 12 where they had gone to buy goods. Those injured were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment. One of the corpses was taken to a morgue by the Lagos State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit (SHEMU). Family members of the other victim, identified as Blessing, took her body. It was gathered that the incident happened when a tipper laden with 30 tons of sharp sand and at high speed, ran into two commercial buses (Danfo). Aside from the tipper, with registration number T-12015LA, the crash also involved an empty tanker with registration number FKJ-506XM, an articulated truck laden with metal coils, and a grey-coloured Toyota Camry with the number plate ABC-261...

I mage for illustration purpose only ATLANTA -Ivie Shevon Sajere has been sentenced for her role in a conspiracy that defrauded the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) out of nearly $1,000,000.  The conspiracy involved the false filing of thousands of online applications for SSA retirement benefits and FEMA disaster benefits using stolen personal information.  “This was a massive fraud that impacted two government agencies and harmed thousands of victims across the country whose identities were stolen,” said U.S. Attorney Kurt R. Erskine.  “Sajere’s prison sentence is the culmination of a complicated investigation and prosecution and serves as a cautionary tale to other fraudsters similarly minded.” “This sentence holds Sajere accountable for her role in this complex conspiracy to defraud the Social Security Administration, alone, of nearly seven hundred thousand dollars. She stole personal information of innocent pe...

  A wire fraud suspect, Adedunmola Gbadegesin was on Monday April 26, 2022, extradited to the United States where he is wanted in a case of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. The offences contravene Title 18, US Code, Section 1349 and 1956 (h) and carries a maximum jail term of 20 years. His extradition was coordinated by the EFCC, following a request from the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, pursuant to a February 11, 2022 Order by Justice D.E Osiagor of the Federal High Court, Lagos, in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/765/21, which granted a request to extradite the suspect to the United States to answer to criminal charges bordering on romance scam, wire fraud and money laundering. Gbadegesin who was arrested on September 2, 2021, is alleged to have defrauded an America lady living in Kentucky, United States, of over $148,000

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi,  has passed on at 83 years.  Alaafin  Adeyemi , the third from the Alowodu Ruling House, joined his ancestors in the late hours of Friday at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State in South-West Nigeria. Iku Baba Yeye ruled for 52 years. The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, is expected to make an official announcement upon receiving the report of the monarch’s passing from the Bashorun of Oyo, Yusuf Akinade, the head of the ‘Oyo Mesi’.  The  Seven Oyo Mesi  are  Alaafin's principal advisors and sacred officiants.  He was crowned on November 18, 1970, succeeding Oba Gbadegesin Ladigbolu I. 

  The chamber of Femi Falana, SAN, has been granted permission to prosecute all the seven defendants arraigned in connection with the death of Timothy Adegoke, a Master’s student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, whose bitter end occurred at Hilton Hotel in Ile-Ife, Osun state Nigeria  under mysterious circumstances  in November 2021 and was buried in a shallow grave. The Osun State Attorney-General & Commissioner of Justice, Oluwafemi Akande, made this known in a statement titled, ‘Re: Justice for Timothy, Mr. Governor over to you : OSUN STATE GOVERNMENT POSITION ON STATE OF PROSECUTION IN HOS/ 5C /2022 THE STATE VS. DR. RAHMON ADEDOYIN & ORS.’ The hotel owner, Dr. Ramon Adedoyin, and six staff of the facility namely; Adedeji Adesola, Magdalene Chiefuna, Adeniyi Aderogba, Oluwale Lawrence, Oyetunde Kazeem, and Adebayo Kunle, had been arraigned on 11 counts bordering on conspiracy, murder, altering of receipt and administration of extrajudicial oath. The Chi...

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday declared his intention to run for the presidential seat in the 2023 election,  under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Below is his full declaration speech: WHY I AM RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, BY OSINBAJO *My experiences, insights, opportunities must be used for Nigeria and Nigerians, VP adds In the past seven years, I have served as Vice President under a true Nigerian patriot, a servant of the nation in war and peace, and a man of integrity, President Muhammadu Buhari. We have, together, worked through some of the most difficult times in the history of our Nation, but we have remained focused on securing the country, providing infrastructure and growing our economy. As stipulated by the Nigerian Constitution, our tenure will end next year. In this period of seven years, I have served the government in several capacities, and have, at the direction of Mr. President, represented our country in sensitive high level international en...

Gunmen who attacked a train in northwest Nigeria and killed eight people have released a video of victims abducted during the Bombed Abuja - Kaduna Train attack. The video posted online on Wednesday shows Alwan Ali-Hassan, director of Nigeria’s Bank of Agriculture, flanked by four armed masked men in military uniforms facing the camera. In it, they called on the authorities to meet the demands of his captors to secure the release of other hostages who “are in a dire situation”.

Image Credit-Greta Hoff A bill seeking to amend the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act (2013) and also outlaw cross-dressing in Nigeria has been introduced for first reading at the House of Representatives. Referencing Section 4 of the same-sex Marriage Prohibition Act (2013) Honourable Muda Lawal Ulnar who sponsored the bill on Tuesday during plenary, proposed that cross-dressing whether done privately or publicly, should be prohibited. He is also proposing 6 months imprisonment or a fine of N500,000 for anyone found guilty. “A person shall be deemed to have committed the offence publicly where it is published or displayed publicly notwithstanding that it was committed privately or in any place that would have ordinarily been described as private. Provided that this section of this Act shall not apply to cross-dressing in the course of a stage play or in any bona fide public entertainment. “That Section 5 is amended by inserting, after the existing sub-clause (3), a new sub-clause (4): ...

  A 25-year-old man identified as Muhima is to be married to his 85-year-old lover  in spite of age difference between them.  However, a s far as Thereza is  concerned , a ge is just a Number. The great- grand mother of 8 children and 20 grandkids is the landlady of the apartment where Muhima and his friend rented. Thereza and Muhima are set to take their relationship to a new level by getting married despite disapproval from the woman's kids and the man's friend Kakule. The bridegroom  told Afrimax in an interview that he had left his country Congo for another African country (undisclosed) with the sole aim of continuing his education at the university. On how they fell in love, Muhima recalled an incident that  happened  . "I remember one Friday when my colleague wasn't around, I was hungry and we had no food. I was very weak. And out of nowhere, the old woman brought me some food. She came and served me with too much care,'' he recall...

                             Antonio Sherrodd McGarity A man on a Southwest Airlines flight was arrested and has been banned for life after allegedly masturbating at least four times during the flight. Antonio Sherrodd McGarity was arrested in Phoenix when Southwest Flight 3814 landed at Sky Harbor International Airport. According to an arrest document obtained by the Daily Beast, McGarity admitted the public masturbation and said he didn’t do anything wrong. He added that he thought the whole incident “was kind of kinky,” according to the document, which gave only the man’s name. Shortly after the plane took off, McGarity allegedly “exposed his penis by pulling down his pants and shorts and began masturbating,” the document said. The woman seated next to McGarity reacted by taking pictures of him engaged in the act. After he fell asleep, the female passenger complained to  a crew member ...

The Federal Government’s revised COVID-19 travel protocol for travellers arriving in Nigeria is expected to start from Monday 4th April, 2022. Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee, PSC, on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Mr. Boss Mustapha, disclosed this at a news briefing in Abuja on  March 21, 2022. The new protocol explain that in-bound passengers to Nigeria who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are no longer required to carry out COVID-19 PCR test before boarding Nigeria-bound flights. Additionally,  fully vaccinated passengers arriving Nigeria will not be required to carry out Post-arrival PCR test or a Rapid Antigen Test upon arriving Nigeria. “Children below the age of 18 years will be accorded the same privileges as persons who are fully vaccinated,” the new protocol document said. However, in-bound passengers who are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated for COVID-19 will still be required to take a COVID-19 PCR test 48 ho...

                          Adeyinka Shoyemi Adeyinka Grandson, president of the Young Yorubas for Freedom (YYF)  revolutionist  has been jailed for four and half years by a United Kingdom court over his social media posts against some ethnic groups in Nigeria. The west London man is accused and convicted for racial hatred with inflammatory messages encouraging violence in Nigeria. Adeyinka Shoyemi, 45, of Powis Terrace in   Notting Hill , first came to the attention of counter-terror police in March 2019 after members of the public reported his posts on a social network targeting particular ethnic groups in Nigeria. The messages, posted by accounts under the name ‘Adeyinka Grandson’, were assessed by a specialist group of officers in the Met’s Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU). They found the posts, which had commentary encouraging attacks against certain ethnic groups, were in potential breach...