Day: March 5, 2025

Nigerian socialite arrested in US, admits to $3m fraud

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Darlington Akporugo, a 47-year-old Nigerian, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy for a romance scheme that targeted victims across the United States, many of whom were elderly, U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced. Akporugo, who was arrested a month before his wedding, admitted to being a central figure in a long-running romance scam that defrauded victims from Chicago to Kentucky. Working with accomplices, he used online relationships to manipulate victims into sending money to bank accounts under his control. To further the scheme, Akporugo and his co-conspirators used…

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Zelensky ready for Russia talks, mineral deal -Trump

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President Donald Trump of the United States said Tuesday that Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky has told him Kyiv was ready for talks with Russia and finalization of a US minerals deal, days after a White House clash. “I received an important letter from President Zelensky of Ukraine. The letter reads, ‘Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. Nobody wants peace more than the Ukrainians,’” Trump said in an address to Congress. “He said, ‘My team and I stand ready…

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Two men sentenced to life imprisonment for gang-raping minor

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Two men, Anu Olaniyi and Abidemi Alibaloye, have been sentenced to life imprisonment each by an Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division on Tuesday, for gang-raping a 13-year-old girl. The convicts, who committed the offences on December 28, 2020, were arraigned in court on the charges of conspiracy and gang-rape. During the hearing, the victim told the court, “I was sent on an errand on December 28, 2020, when one of the convicts intercepted me and purposely directed me to his friend’s place where they both forcibly had carnal…

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