Hushpuppi sentenced to 11 years imprisonment

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Convicted fraudster, Ramon Abbas, aka Hushpupi has been sentenced to 11 years and three months’ imprisonment by the United States District Court sitting at the Central District of California on Monday, after he was found guilty of laundering proceeds of a school financing scam, business email compromise and other fraudulent cyber schemes. The United States Department of Justice, in a statement on Tuesday, said the Instagram celebrity was also ordered by a federal judge to pay $1.7m in restitution to two fraud victims. The judgment, which was delivered by Justice…

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Court orders remand of EFCC chairman over contempt

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A High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has ordered that the Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, be committed to prison over contempt of court. Justice Chizoba N. Oji also directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to ensure the committal order is executed. Oji gave the order on October 28, but a certified true copy was sighted yesterday in the motion on notice brought before the court by Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Rufus Adeniyi Ojuawo against the Federal Government of Nigeria, in a motion marked…

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Two comedians sentenced to flogging in Kano for abusing Ganduje

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Two comedians, Mubarak Muhammad, and Nazifi Bala have been sentenced to receiving 20 lashes for defaming the state Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on their Tiktok accounts, by the Kano State Magistrates’ Court on Monday. Magistrate Aminu Gabari, in his ruling, also ordered the duo to sweep and wash the toilets on the premises of the magistrates’ court for 30 days. He further directed that the 20 lashes be administered in public. The magistrate also ordered the convicts to pay a fine of N10,000 each for defaming Ganduje and another N10,000…

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Wema Bank’s ALAT wins Overall Best Mobile App in Nigerian Fintech Awards

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ALAT By Wema, the first fully digitalized bank in Nigeria, has been named the Overall Best Mobile App in the Nigerian FinTech Awards 2022, beating the other FinTech apps nominated alongside it in the category in the platform’s shortlist. The announcement was made at the award ceremony in Lagos, on Friday 4 November 2022. In its 10th year, the Nigerian Fintech Awards was founded by Fintech Africa, one of Africa’s oldest and most influential publications on financial technology to honour excellence in product designs and service delivery in financial technologies.…

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Man arrested for setting five step-children ablaze

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A 54-year-old man has been arrested by operatives of the Ondo State Police Command, for allegedly setting ablaze his five step-children. The suspect, Mr. Joseph Ojo, allegedly committed the crime over the weekend at his residence in Fagun Crescent axis of Ondo town, headquarters of Ondo West Local Council. It was learnt that the man committed the crime on the ground that his wife, who is the mother to the children, offended him. According to sources, the man allegedly poured petrol into the room of the children while they were…

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Wike appoints 200,000 new aides, wages to cost Rivers N42bn

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The Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has appointed 200,000 new Special Assistants, SAs, on Political Unit Affairs, whose wages are expected to cost the state N42,000,000,000. Wike, inaugurating the new SAs Batch 2 from Rivers East Senatorial District at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Omagwa, Ikwerre Local Government Area, announced an increase from 100,000 to 200,000. There were indications, yesterday, that the newly engaged 200,000 Units SAs are to receive a N30,000 monthly stipend while the wage for the 359 Constituency and Local Government Area Liaison Officers stays at N50,000. This…

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Otedola hires €3m super yacht for 60th birthday

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Billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, has spent €3 million to rent a luxurious yacht belonging to one of his childhood idols, Aristotle Onassis, to celebrate his 60th birthday. Otedola, whose birthday is slated for November 4, paid €3 million to rent the yacht belonging to the late Greek shipping magnate, who was once regarded as the richest man in the world. The famous billionaire, his wife, children, and soon-to-be son-in-law singer, Mr Eazi, were seen in a video entering the luxurious yacht on Wednesday afternoon. Taking to her Instagram page on…

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Wike revokes Atiku campaign chairman’s C of O

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The Certificate of Occupancy of land allocated to former Senator Lee Maeba at the Golf Course axis of GRA in Port Harcourt, has been revoked by the Rivers State Government. Senator Maeba, a staunch supporter of the People’s Democratic Party presidential candidate, is the chairman of the party’s presidential campaign council in Rivers State. Maeba, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Austin Opara, former governor of the state (now de-recognised) Sir Celestine Omehia and a serving member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Chinyere Igwe,…

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CIBN: Sterling Bank dominates awardees list

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Sterling Bank Plc, recently named “The Overall Best Place To Work (Large Corporates)” in Nigeria by the Great Place to Work (GPTW) Institute for 2020 and 2021, has emerged the most awarded financial institution on the awardees list at the recently held 2022 Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) Fellowship Investiture. At the event, more than 20 senior executives of Sterling Bank were among the 389 members inducted as Honorary Fellows, Honorary Senior Members, and Elected Members of the institute. The annual fellowship investiture, organized with the theme: Bridging…

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Suspected Lagos drug baron declared wanted by NDLEA

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A Lagos socialite and owner of Adekaz Hotels, Ademola Kazeem has been declared wanted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement, yesterday, in Abuja. Babafemi said the suspect, Ademola Kazeem, was arrested over offences bordering on exportation and trafficking of illicit drugs as well as money laundering which has led to the blocking of his bank account with a cash balance of N217 million. He said the decision to declare Kazeem wanted followed his failure…

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