by Admin | Oct 3, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Two Nigerian men were arrested on Friday, September 30th by a joint team of Delhi and Goa Police for cheating several people after befriending them on social networking sites. The suspects identified as Chukwuma Collins, 35, and Nicodemus Obinn, 27, used to befriend people on Facebook and then ask for money to send “necessary items” to their family members in UK. Police said that the two used to cook up stories about the poor conditions of their family members living in western countries and ask the victims to help them with money. After receiving the money they broke all contact with the victims. Both have been involved in several cases of fraud and an FIR was registered against them in Goa cyber crime cell. Bridget Fernandes Rai, a victim made a complaint to Goa Police, claiming to have been cheated of around Rs 8 lakh by the duo. She said that she had befriended Collins on Facebook and after a few days of chatting he started calling her. Rai told the police that Collins started referring to her as his sister and asked for Rs 8 lakh to transfer some money and jewellery through a courier to his relatives. He claimed that the courier was stuck in legal processes at the customs department in Goa and he needed to get it delivered quickly as his wife had expired. Rai agreed to transfer the money to his account. As soon as the money was transferred, Collins disappeared. After some time, Bridget received a call from the custom department, which raised questions regarding the parcel she had sent, and...
by Admin | Oct 3, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI While some business managers are complaining of depreciating profits, inability to repay loans and declining demand for their products and services, others are smiling to the bank on a regular basis. In some cases, business managers have experienced both booming and declining business returns at different times. In order to remain competitive, experts advise entrepreneurs to show determination for success by coming up with new strategies. Increase your marketing expertise To be on a par with leading professionals in a chosen venture, experts advise that competency has to be built. According to the Managing Director, Bandel Enterprise, Mrs. Joke Olawale, a business manager should be knowledgeable in all areas of business management. “In marketing, the use of targeted messages and a combination of marketing techniques have a wider reach than limiting yourself to one method. The way messages are crafted in business promotion also plays a huge role,” she says. According to her, every business is expected to solve people’s problems; as such, understanding how different categories of customers perceive their problems will help define your messages more clearly. Olawale adds that proper understanding of their individual behaviour will help in deciding the right marketing techniques to use in reaching them. In dealing with the supply chain, she suggests upgrading the system with advanced technology such as warehouse automation systems to improve efficiencies and minimise costs and inaccuracies. She adds that important parts in the distribution network should be synchronised. Olawale encourages the use of tactics that will integrate warehouses, production facilities, customers, location, volume and roles of suppliers. According to her, the overall goal of improved...
by Admin | Oct 3, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Federal Government, through its newly set up National Prosecution Coordination Committee, may start filing fraud charges against some former governors before the end of October, The PUNCH learnt on Sunday. It was learnt that the NAPCC and some of the special teams of prosecutors, pooled together by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, had commenced the review of the corruption cases involving some of the former governors and politically-exposed persons. A top member of the NPCC told our correspondent on Sunday that the preliminary issues would be completed soon and the Federal Government’s special teams of prosecutors would start filing charges against some of the ex-governors. The PUNCH gathered that various anti-graft agencies and other law enforcement bodies with prosecutorial powers had since complied with the directive issued by the AGF in August, asking them to remit the duplicate files of the high profile cases they were handling to the NPCC. Earlier, The PUNCH had reported on July 28 that the AGF had written to both the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, calling for the duplicate files of the alleged corruption cases involving some named 31 ex-governors. A source, familiar with the ongoing review of the cases, said, “You will recall that before the NPCC began work, the AGF had written to the EFCC and ICPC, asking them to remit the duplicate files of 31 ex-governors and some other politically-exposed persons to his office. “While the anti-corruption agencies had yet to respond, the AGF again asked the various agencies...
by Admin | Oct 3, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The police in Lagos State have arrested a woman, identified as Grace Onome, for allegedly selling her two-year-old child in the Badagry area of the state. PUNCH Metro learnt that Onome was arrested on Saturday by the Badagry Police Division after a tip-off. Our correspondent gathered that four accomplices, who allegedly aided the sale of the girl, were also arrested by the police. It was learnt that the sold daughter, identified as Zainab, had yet to be found. Our correspondent gathered that Onome, who worked as a commercial sex worker in the Mobil area of Badagry, allegedly sold Zainab to another sex worker, identified only as Endurance. A police source at the division said operatives were on the trail of Endurance in order to rescue Zainab. He said, “It was on Saturday that Grace (Onome) and Endurance had the transaction. They are both commercial sex workers in the area. “Endurance gave Zainab’s mother N50,000, before taking the girl away. The mother said she used the money to buy a few things for herself. “The fleeing buyer is of no fixed address. But the police are on her trail.” A child rights’ worker, Ebenezer Omejalile, said a request had been made to the police to have the case transferred to the Gender Unit, Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, for more investigation. He said, “Child rights’ workers in the Badagry area are monitoring the case. It is being investigated by the surveillance section of the police division. “The woman is a commercial sex worker and she sold the girl to a fellow commercial sex worker, who fled with the...
by Admin | Oct 3, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command on Friday arrested a lady, her boyfriend, and two others for stealing an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card which belonged to one Musa Alli. They also allegedly withdrew over N300,000 from the account. The lady, Bamigboye Imoleayo, 24, was arrested by the operatives at a club (name withheld) in Surulere area of Lagos for the crime. The police later arrested three other accomplices including her boyfriend, Adeyinka Ayodele, the same day in Itori, Ogun State. Mr. Alli, the victim, who reported the case at the RRS’s office in Alausa, said he met the suspect at a club in Surulere penultimate Friday, the police said in a statement on Sunday. He said the lady stole his ATM card, after memorizing his Personal Identification Number (PIN) during an online transfer of funds into his friend’s account. “I thought I had misplaced the card not knowing that the lady had stolen it and thereafter glimpsed at the PIN for withdrawal,” Mr. Alli said. The victim said he was shocked on Saturday afternoon when he received alerts amounting to N90,000 withdrawals. “While I was still contemplating on how to deal with the issue, I got another debit alert for buying two Infinix phones totalling N84, 000, I was confused and shocked. I didn’t know what action to take on a Saturday evening.” On Sunday, Mr. Alli said there was another debit alert on his phone. “I couldn’t pin the crime to the lady I met at the club,” he said. “I lodged a complaint on Monday morning at my bank...
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