NIGERIAN MAKES U.S MOST WANTED LIST OVER $1M FRAUD. (PHOTO).

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 Nigerian makes US Most Wanted List over $1m fraud A Nigerian, Onoriode Ezewu, has been named on the United States Department of Labour’s first-ever Most Wanted List over allegations of money laundering involving fraudulent unemployment benefit claims worth more than $1m. The department’s Office of Inspector General unveiled the list on its website on Wednesday, naming 16 fugitives wanted in cases involving alleged fraud, identity theft, money laundering, labour trafficking and other offences. According to the agency, the cases collectively involve more than $55m allegedly stolen from American taxpayers. Ezewu’s profile on the department’s website identifies him as wanted for concealment money laundering and states that he is believed to be residing in Nigeria. “In January 2021, Ezewu was charged with 15 counts of concealment money laundering tied to fraudulent UI and Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims filed using stolen identities, in a scheme exceeding $1 million that also t...

DANFO DRIVER,KILLED BY A SOLDIER TODAY AT OBALENDE.

•The danfo driver after he was killed by a soldier at Obalende this morning         The danfo driver,with vehicle number LSD451XG,parked at Obalende bus stop,near the BRT bus park,was said to have refused to move his vehicle from the park when the soldier who was in a mufti refused to pay any fare.An argument was said to have ensued between them during which the soldier,said to be from Dodan Barracks in Ikoyi,strangled the driver.The soldier attempted to run after the deadly duel but commuters and passersby who witnessed the scene arrested him and told him to carry the corpes to the hospital.Sensing that soldier was about to be mobbed,a police man at the scene phoned his collegues at the Kam Selem police Divisional Headquarters,Moloney street and four police patrol vehicles with policemen arrived the scene.A detachment of armed soldiers from nearby Dodan Barracks also arrived the scene to prevent the culprit from being killed by the mob.The soldiers took,away their colleague and the corpes to their barracks after dispersing hundreds of people.

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