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...

RIGHTS GROUPS FILE COMPLAINT AGAINST EQUATORIAL GUINEA OVER TRUMP DEPORTATIONS. (PHOTO).


 Rights groups file complaint against Equatorial Guinea over Trump deportations


Advocacy groups representing deportees sent ​by the U.S. to Equatorial Guinea filed a complaint on Friday with the ‌main human rights body of the African Union, an attempt to drum up opposition on the continent to the Trump administration's immigration policies, Reuters reported.


The complaint was submitted to the Gambia-based African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights on ​behalf of 14 people from African countries who were deported from the U.S. ​to Equatorial Guinea starting in November of last year.


Washington has defended the deportations as lawful and says they are part of a strategy "to end illegal and mass immigration and bolster America’s border security."


The complaint asks that the commission suspend further repatriations and guarantee the deportees have access to ​lawyers, among other provisional measures. It could decide to hear the case ​itself or ⁠refer it to the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights, based in Tanzania.

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