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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...

ADA CHIEFTAIN SUES INEC OVER ‘ILLEGAL REGISTRATION’ OF NDC AS POLITICAL PARTY. (PHOTO).


 ADA chieftain sues INEC over ‘illegal registration’ of NDC as political party


Ahidjo Ibrahim Karlahi, a chieftain of the All Democratic Alliance (ADA),  a political association, has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its registration of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party.


The NDC was listed as the second respondent in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1115/2026, filed at the federal high court in Abuja on June 2, 2026.


In the suit, Karlahi, a director of the association, asked the court to determine whether INEC is “under obligation to ensure compliance, obedience and mandatory adherence to the constitutional provisions, statutes and guidelines guiding the process of registration of new political parties entitled to participate in the 2027 political activities including general elections in Nigeria”.


He also asked the court to determine whether INEC has not “gravely failed” to ensure compliance and enforcement of the provisions of the constitution and electoral act when it registered NDC as a political party in “total disregard, neglect and without compliance and outright disobedience to these provisions”.

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