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...
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T.V PROGRAM SESAME STREETS,CELEBRATE'S 45 YEARS ON AIR.

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Beloved: Caroll Spinney, 80, is celebrating his 45th year with the beloved children's show Sesame Street in which he has played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since the show's first episode in 1969                                                                    Sesame streets,a longtime television series for children,celebrated it's 45th year this week and the man behind the show is 80 year old Caroll Spinney has been both Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch for the past 45 years  since the show's first episode on November 10,1969.Caroll Spinney said ''It doesn't feel like it was 45 years.It's amazing''.The Big Bird has performed alongside countless celebrities over the years and Spinney has traveled to Japan,Australia,China,Canada,France,German and the United Kingdom for Sesame street television specials.It has remained some what of a secret that the six year old bird is actually played by an 80 year old man,but the public got a deeper look into the life of the man behind the feathers in the 2014 documentary ''I AM BIG BIRD''.The documentary,shares unknown stories of his time as both Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch like the fire that occured in Oscar's trash can almost killing Spinney as well as Spinney cheating death when he declined an offer to take himself and his Big Bird costume aboard the ill-fated space shuttle challenger in 1986.Spinney said that when directors set out to make the documentary five years ago,they believed they would be capturing Spinney last season as the beloved bird.More photos below.          Around the World: Spinney has traveled to Japan, Australia, China, Canada, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom for Sesame Street television specialsI Am Big Bird: The public got a deeper look this year into the life of the man behind the feathers in the documentary ' I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story .'Celebrities: The over eight-foot-tall bird has performed alongside countless celebrities over the yearsPhysically Challenging: With Spinney soon to celebrate his 81st birthday, he said that playing the eight-foot-tall bird has become difficult for him physicallyLongest-Running: Spinney said that in 1969 he had no idea the show would become the longest-running children's show in television history

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