Kenneth Ogudu, a Nigerian residing in Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, has been sentenced to two years and two months in prison for conspiracy to commit money laundering. According to the information made available on the website of the US Department of Justice, 28-year-old Ogudu, who is also known as Kenneth Lee, participated in a romance fraud scheme that defrauded more than 200 victims, many of them elderly US citizens, of at least $2.5 million. They fell victim to Ogudu’s fraudulent scheme between May and December 2019. Ogudu’s scheme targeted individuals looking for romantic partners, friendship and other close…
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The body of Local Government and Local Council Development Area Chairmen/Chairpersons, (ALGON), Ekiti State Chapter has commiserated with the family, the Government of Ekiti State, the Sixth State Assembly and the people of Ikere Ekiti on the sudden death of the Rt. Hon. Speaker, Ch. Funminiyi Afuye on Wednesday, 19 October, 2022. In a statement released by the ALGON Public Relations Officer, Prince Michael Ogungbemi, the Executive Chairman of Ajoni LCDA, the demise of Rt. Hon. Funminiyi Afuye was described as shocking and devastating. According to the statement, Rt. Hon. Funminiyi Afuye was a selfless and passionate political strategist who…
Musk’s plans to purchase Twitter for $44 billion with the help of foreign investors, including Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, and Binance Holdings — which was founded by a Chinese businessman — have concerned Biden administration officials, the people told Bloomberg. Officials are considering which tools they could use to review Musk’s ventures, including action by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS), which reviews foreign takeovers of American businesses, per Bloomberg. CFIUS carries out security reviews if a “transaction threatens to impair the national security of the United States,” according to federal…
The Consul General of Nigeria in Johannesburg, Andrew Idi, paid a condolence visit to the wife of the late Nwankwo Gabriel Ugochukwu. Nwankwo, a father of four, was killed on 13th October 2022 at East and West Axis Point, South Beach, Durban. The Consul and the deceased’s wife on October 19th Recall that the Nigerian Consulate had earlier noted with great concern reports of violent killings of Nigerian nationals in KwaZulu-Natal province, Durban. In a public notice dated 17 October, 2022, the Nigerian envoy expressed sadness over the “condemnable” murders which happened in the last three weeks. Meanwhile, wife of…
Nigerian troops have arrested two officials of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), who had visited the Gagamari Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in the Niger Republic to register non-Nigerians. This was disclosed on Thursday by Major General Musa Danmadami, Director of Defence Media Operations, during the military’s bi-weekly press briefing at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja.https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-1921891160475578&output=html&h=345&slotname=2994286316&adk=3462147952&adf=4218040105&pi=t.ma~as.2994286316&w=414&lmt=1666346274&rafmt=1&format=414×345&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsundiatapost.com%2Frevealed-how-nigerian-troops-arrest-fake-national-identity-management-officials-registering-foreigners-as-nigerian-citizens%2F&host=ca-host-pub-2644536267352236&fwr=1&fwrattr=true&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&sfro=1&wgl=1&dt=1666346244153&bpp=14&bdt=1199&idt=751&shv=r20221019&mjsv=m202210120101&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3Da9170dcdcdf72228-22592874f2d500ff%3AT%3D1665072438%3ART%3D1665072438%3AS%3DALNI_MbpnF5FZRfkVAcfWmj_WRm8N7C7tA&gpic=UID%3D00000b034cf9797a%3AT%3D1665072438%3ART%3D1666346245%3AS%3DALNI_MZQJsUmKjNGV6H6y1S9rqfbYs1RoQ&prev_fmts=0x0&nras=1&correlator=4978692095913&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=145808882.1665072437&ga_sid=1666346246&ga_hid=771267687&ga_fc=1&u_tz=60&u_his=1&u_h=896&u_w=414&u_ah=896&u_aw=414&u_cd=32&u_sd=3&adx=0&ady=1011&biw=414&bih=718&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=44759875%2C44759926%2C44759837%2C44767667%2C42531706%2C21066428%2C31069973%2C31070320%2C31070385%2C44773745%2C31060047%2C31062931&oid=2&pvsid=1840085975541447&tmod=796306091&nvt=1&eae=0&fc=1920&brdim=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C414%2C0%2C414%2C896%2C414%2C718&vis=1&rsz=o%7C%7CeEbr%7C&abl=CS&pfx=0&fu=1152&bc=31&ifi=2&uci=a!2&btvi=1&fsb=1&xpc=TyPIcdQbF6&p=https%3A//sundiatapost.com&dtd=30646 “On 13 October 2022, troops in conjunction with the Nigeria Police and NIS (Nigeria Immigration Service) operatives intercepted 2 suspected fake National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) officials. It was revealed that the suspects had visited Gagamari IDP camp in Niger Republic to register non-Nigerian in…
There was a mild drama in the early hours of Thursday at Atimbo, Calabar Municipal Local government area, in Cross River state, following the invasion of an apartment by colony of millipedes sent by an ex-lover ( Man) to a lady who reneged on her promise to marry him after seeing her through School. Vanguard gathered that the millipede-infested apartment at,4 Orok Effiom street off Atimbo belonged to a middle-aged lady and the colony of millepede was a traditional way of ” “summons”. The colony of millipedes that were spiritually sent, was also accompanied with a letter stating the reason…
The Christian Association of Nigeria has kicked over the appearance of some names of its outgoing officials on the list of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council. The President of CAN, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, made the position of the body known in a statement on Thursday. The list for the APC PCC, released late on Wednesday, according to Channels Television, had the names of some CAN executives. The flag of the party for the poll is being flown by the presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and vice presidential candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima. The Eagle Online recalls that CAN…
Americans and Britons once smugly viewed political uprisings, governing meltdowns and self-defeating errors as the eruptions of unstable countries and immature political systems. No longer. And China and Russia couldn’t be happier. The humiliating resignation of British Prime Minister Liz Truss after just 45 days in power on Thursday was just the latest governing fiasco to rock the two great democracies on either side of the Atlantic. Britain has reeled from crisis to crisis in recent years in a way that has left allies who once viewed the country as an exemplar of good governance baffled at its self-immolation. This has occurred as the…
Vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed on Thursday said it was “highly debatable” to use the word massacre to describe the October 20, 2020 #EndSARS incident at the Lekki Toll Gate in Lagos. However, he stressed that there were surely abuse of procedures and civil rights violations during the incident. Mr Baba-Ahmed made the comments during his appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today. “There was abuse of human rights,” he said. “There was abuse of procedure. If some people interpret those as massacre, then yes. “However, massacre has different technical meanings. I can’t say I know all…
