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...

AIR CONDITION IS NOW COMPULSORY,FOR ALL TAXI OPERATORS IN LAGOS STATE.

Lagos taxi                     Taxi Operators in Lagos state,must now ensure cars used by them for the business have working air conditioners for the comfort of their passengers.This is one of the stipulations in the state Road Traffic Law Regulations for Taxi operator's passed by the State House of Assembly at its valedictory late yesterday monday.Those who argued against some of the stipulations argued that the regulations should be tried one after the other so as to give the operators time to adjust.They also argued that the regulations could be an opportunity for law enforcement agents to rxtort money from the operators.But those in favour of passing the regulations said it would just be right to commence implementation and then carry out a review and possible adjustments later.As approved by the House,every cab operating in Lagos State must now be duly registered in this case,they must obtain operational licenses from the state ministry of transport.The regulation further grants the ministry the rights to arrest unlicensed cab operators as the lawmakers argued that licensing the operators would help sterm insecurity in the state.

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