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...

THREE BODIES RECOVERED IN GABON FOLLOWING SINKING OF BORR DRILLING RIG. (PHOTO).


 Three bodies recovered in Gabon following sinking of Borr Drilling rig


Three bodies were recovered in Gabon on ​Wednesday following the sinking at the weekend of ‌Borr Drilling's Prospector 5 rig off the coast of the southern town of Mayumba, the Central African country's navy said.


The ​accident occurred on Saturday at the Prospector 5 ​oil and gas rig, owned and operated by ⁠Borr. The rig is contracted to support BW ​Energy's drilling operations off Gabon and it had not yet begun drilling.


Borr said on Monday that 110 of 115 people aboard were safe and five remained unaccounted for.


Chief of Staff of the Gabonese Navy, Charles Hubert Bekale-Meyong, said three bodies were found on Wednesday and two people were still missing, Reuters reported.


Sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday that an Indian national, one of the ​five initially unaccounted for, was found dead. ​The ⁠remaining four missing include three Gabonese nationals and one other expatriate, they added.


"The teams remain fully committed to ⁠continuing their ​search for the two other ​people who are missing," Bekale-Meyong said n national ⁠television.

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