by Admin | Apr 25, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A grassroots youth organization in Anambra State, Anambra Youth Movement (AYM), has called on the Police to immediately arrest and prosecute Mr. Andy Uba, for deceit, forgery, and perjury. The demand for the arrest and prosecution of Mr. UBA, who represents Anambra South Senatorial District in the Senate, was contained in a petition addressed to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP). Dated 22 April and signed on the group’s behalf by Comrade Austin Okeke, the petition alleged that Mr. Uba has extensively falsified his educational qualifications, presented such to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), caused it to be published on the website of the National Assembly and deceived voters into viewing him as intellectually-endowed on account of his confected educational qualifications. Quoting from a report published by SaharaReporters, AYM said: “Mr. Uba systematically lied about every level of his academic experience, brazenly doctoring his secondary school leaving certificate and making claims to several university degrees, including a doctorate, even though he never obtained a bachelor’s degree.” The group added that its own private investigations showed that Mr. UBA, whose real name is Nnamdi Emmanuel Uba, completed his secondary education at Union Secondary School, Awkunanaw, Enugu, in 1974. For his secondary school leaving certificate examination, the AYM found that Mr. Uba sat for nine subjects, passing just one (Chemistry) at credit level, according to its authentic results. Mr. Uba’s authentic results, AYM found, showed that he scored F9 in Christian Religious Knowledge, Economics and English Literature. Mr. Uba had P8, the next lowest grade to F9, in Physics, Biology, English Language, and Statistics. He scored P7 in Mathematics,...
by Admin | Apr 25, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A middle aged man has been arrested in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital for possessing human parts. Tribune Online gathered that the suspect had been monitored by residents of Ita Kudimo, Abata Suban, Pakata area of Ilorin West local government in the past few days after speculation grew that he possessed a corpse in his building. It was also gathered that the neighbours of the suspect swooped on his residence at about noon on Sunday and the suspect was allegedly caught with human parts. He was later dragged to Adewole Police station in the Ilorin metropolis amidst shouting and rain of curses by the crowd of people. It was also gathered that house of the suspect was demolished and his properties were carted away by hoodlums who took advantage of the situation to perpetuate their dastardly acts. Speaking on the development, the police public relations officer, Ajayi Okasanmi, who confirmed the incident, said that the command had commenced investigation on the alleged crime. Also speaking on the development, the commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Mr Olusola Amore, who did not give the name of the suspect, said that, “it is true that a man was caught with human parts today. He was being beaten at Kudimo area of Adewole on Sunday. There was a crowd trying to lynch the man. In fact, they had set ablaze his car because they discovered that some odour was coming out of his apartment. On a closer look, they discovered that he had human parts, skulls and other parts, while they were trying to lynch him, police was informed and...
by Admin | Apr 25, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State ordered an Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) official, Fidelia Omoile, to be remanded in prison custody after arraigning her for a two-count amended charge bordering on conspiracy and money laundering. Mrs. Omoile, who served as an INEC official in Isoko South Local Government Area during the 2015 presidential election, was charged by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for collecting a bribe of N112,480,000. She was allegedly one of the 100 INEC officials to receive bribes from former Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke, who allegedly disbursed roughly $115 million total in bribes. It would be recalled that Mrs. Omoile was arrested on April 11, 2016 after the EFCC received a tip that she was bribed during the run-up to the 2015 election. Justice O. Efreti Abang presided over the hearing and read the charges to the INEC staff. Count one of the charge reads, “That you, Fidelia Omoile, on or about the month of March 2015 at Asaba within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, did Conspire among yourselves to receive cash payment in the sum of N112,480,000.00, exceeding the statutory limit without going through a financial institution and thereby committed an offense contrary to Section 18 (a) of the Money laundering (Prohibition) Act 2012 as amended and punishable under Section 15 (3) and (4) of the same Act.” Count two reads, “That you, Fidelia Omoile, on or about the month of March 2015, at Asaba within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, did receive cash payment in the sum of N112,480,000.00, exceeding the statutory limit without going...
by Admin | Apr 25, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Isiaka Adeleke, the Osun West Senator who died suddenly yesterday in Oshogbo, the Osun State capital, was killed by an overdose of painkillers administered to him by an unqualified medical technician, SaharaReporters has learned. The Senator received the medication following complaints of serious pain in his legs at the beginning of day-long political rally and meetings. A source at the Osun State Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital said the late Senator recently began preparations to run for governor in the state in 2018. On Saturday, he embarked on a series of political events, before heading out to the events he was complaining to his about the pain, and a quack administered the painkillers intravenously, relieving him of the pain. When he woke up he complained of chest pain and fatigue, shortly after telling his aides not to allow any visitors to see him he had a heart attack and was pronounced dead at Biket Hospital in Oshogbo. Since his passing, youths in his hometown of Ede have been rioting, alleging that the Senator was poisoned to prevent him from running for governor. The riots forced the state government to order an autopsy at LAUTECH Teaching Hospital. SahararReporters learned that preliminary results from pathologists showed that the intravenous medication, fluid laced with a huge quantity of painkillers conspired to block his heart leading to a heart attack that killed him. SOURCE: SAHARA...
by Admin | Apr 25, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A Nigerian man who allegedly duped a number of banks out of more than $100,000 faced a federal judge last Friday, April 21, after being arrested on April 10 by agents from the Department of Homeland Security and charged on four federal criminal charges. Opeyemi Abdulahi Orekan, resident of Rhode Island was involved in an organized fraud ring that used fake passports from Nigeria and Ghana and fraudulent identities to defraud a number of banks out of tens of thousands of dollars. The federal government is charging him with bank fraud, passport fraud, identity theft and access device fraud. Investigators say Orekan used nine different identities, including a number of passports from Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana, to open bank accounts at a number of bank branches including Bank of America, Webster Bank and Santander to deposit counterfeit checks and then withdraw bank funds. Counterfeit checks from NRG Residential Solar Solutions, the Viking Corporation and Bosch were deposited into accounts, according to the affidavit. Orekan would then allegedly send the funds to an individual in Nigeria. The transactions occurred at a number of bank branches in Johnston, Lincoln, Pawtucket, Providence and Warwick. Bank America reported nearly $37,000 in losses from at least one of the accounts and another $26,000 from another one of Orekan’s accounts. Santander reported a near $20,000 loss in connection with Orekan. He also allegedly used fake identities to open accounts at TD Bank, Wells Fargo and Chase Bank. “Orekan has been engaged in lengthy pattern of fraud that has been perpetuated across at least 10 different financial institutions,” says Keith Holleran, a special...
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