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...

UPDATE: 50 PUPILS OF THE ST. MARY CATHOLIC SCHOOL PAPIRI AGWARA LGA HAVE ESCAPED AND REUNITED WITH THEIR PARENTS. (PHOTO).


 MINNA: UPDATE ON ST. MARY CATHOLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN IN PAPIRI


50 pupils of the  St. Mary Catholic School Papiri Agwara LGA have escaped and reunited with their parents. 


A statement by the Niger State Police Command, signed by its Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun  indicates that aside the 50 pupils that escaped and have returned home, 253 children including 12 teachers are still with the abductors.


The statement pleaded for calm as government  intensifies efforts through various security agencies to rescue the remaining students, pupils and their teachers still in captivity

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