Category: Foreign

Nigerian-born US citizen arrested for $690,000 wire fraud, identity theft

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A naturalized United States citizen from Nigeria, Oladapo Olalekan Fadugba, has been indicted for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and making false statements in connection with obtaining U.S. citizenship. He may face up to 27 years in prison following his indictment . According to a statement from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, Fadugba, 40, of Jacksonville, was charged after an investigation revealed that he allegedly diverted more than $690,000 in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) funds, which were intended as reimbursements to a large…

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Harvard University sues Trump over funding cuts

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US President Donald Trump’s administration has been sued by Harvard on Monday in a sharp escalation of the fight between the prestigious university and the Republican, who has threatened its funding and sought to impose outside political supervision. Trump has sought to bring several prestigious universities to heel over claims they tolerated campus anti-Semitism, threatening their budgets, tax-exempt status and the enrolment of foreign students, but Harvard has refused to bow. “This case involves the Government’s efforts to use the withholding of federal funding as leverage to gain control of…

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Two killed as police officer’s son opens fire at US university

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A mass shooting at a university in Florida has left two men killed. The shooting was allegedly carried out by the son of a local deputy sheriff with her old service weapon, police in the southeastern US state said Thursday. Five people were wounded when the gunman — identified as Phoenix Ikner — rampaged through Florida State University, shooting at students, before he was shot by local law enforcement. A sixth person was hurt trying to run away from the shooting, Chief Lawrence Revell of the Tallahassee Police Department said…

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Mauritius ex-finance minister rearrested in new fraud probe

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Renganaden Padayachy, Mauritius’s former finance minister has been arrested Wednesday over a second fraud case, two days after having been released on bail over another affair, police said. The latest arrest of Renganaden Padayachy concerns alleged fraud against the Mauritius Investment Corporation (MIC), created in 2020 by the Bank of Mauritius to support businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic, said police. It was carried out at the request of the Financial Crimes Commission (FCC). In this case, police are investigating the MIC’s payment of approximately $1 million to Menlo Parks Ltd/Pulse…

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British Minister’s X account hacked to promote crypto scam

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A British minister’s X account was hacked on Tuesday to promote a fraudulent “House of Commons” cryptocurrency, her spokesperson said. “Lucy Powell’s personal X account was hacked this morning,” said a spokesman for the MP, who has been leader of the House of Commons since July. “Steps were taken quickly to secure the account and remove misleading posts,” he added. The verified account, followed by nearly 70,000 people, was used early Tuesday to spread a series of messages promoting the “House of Commons Coin ($HCC)” cryptocurrency, allegedly linked to the…

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Siemens top executive, wife and three children die in helicopter crash

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A couple who are senior corporate executives at Siemens have died along with their three children in an helicopter crash. Report says the corporate titans, Agustín Escobar and his wife, Mercè Camprubí Montal died with their three children, whose ages were four, five and 11. The pilot of the helicopter also died in the accident. The passengers died in a helicopter crash at Hudson River in New York while sightseeing. Siemens has sent its condolences, saying: “We are deeply saddened by the tragic helicopter crash in which Agustín Escobar and…

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Niger Republic adopts Hausa as national language, dumps French

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Niger Republic’s military government led by General Abdourahamane Tiani has declared Hausa as the country’s new national language, replacing it’s colonial master’s French language, in another decisive move to remove the influence of France from his country. “The national language is Hausa” while “the working languages are English and French,” the junta stated in a new charter published on March 31 in a special edition of the government’s official journal. Hausa is Niger’s most widely spoken language, particularly prevalent in the regions of Zinder, Maradi, and Tahoua. The language is…

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Cyber fraud: Nigerian sentenced to eight years imprisonment in India

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A Nigerian national, Jefferson Eze Henry has been sentenced to eight years in prison by a Kolkata court for defrauding an elderly man of Rs 1 crore in 2021 through a cybercrime scheme. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on Henry following his conviction under the Information Technology Act and the Indian Penal Code. Henry was found guilty of posing as an official from the Royal Bank of London to deceive the victim, Saibal Banerjee, through fake email IDs and websites. Investigations revealed that he used virtual…

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Namibia swears in first female president

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Namibia, Southern Africa’s desert nation today swears in its first woman president after Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah won elections last year that extended the ruling party’s 35-year grip on power. Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, will become one of the few women leaders in the region when she is inaugurated at a ceremony to be attended by heads of states of neighbouring countries including Angola and South Africa. Previously the vice president, she is a stalwart of the South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) that led the sparsely populated and uranium-rich country to independence from…

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UK introduces new visa rules for care workers, salary threshold raised

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In a bid to reduce immigration and prioritise local recruitment, the UK Government has confirmed new visa regulations affecting care providers, foreign workers, and students. From April 9, care providers seeking to hire staff from overseas must first demonstrate efforts to recruit foreign workers already residing in England who require new visa sponsorship, according to measures presented in Parliament on Wednesday. The Home Office stated that these changes aim to curb dependency on overseas recruitment while ensuring fair opportunities for care workers already in the UK. The salary threshold for…

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