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  A 29-year-old internet fraudster, Ademola Adebukola alias "Holy Ghost" has been convictted on four counts of cheating and attempt to cheat by a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. Justice Adenike Akinpelu convicted and sentenced the defendant to six months imprisonment on each of the counts after he pleaded guilty to the charges brought against him by the Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The sentences are to run concurrently from September 14, 2020. The court also ordered the forfeiture of the convict's iPhone 5 and Dell Laptop, being the instrumentalities used to perpetrate the crime, to the Federal Government. One of the charges against the convict reads: "That you, Ademola Adebukola, sometime in 2018, at Ilorin, within the Judicial Division of the Kwara State High Court while acting as Blackmore G. Scott a.k.a Holy Ghost with email address holyghost643@gmail.com did attempt to cheat one Sherri Reed by fraudulently...

  Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, have arrested seven young men for alleged involvement in internet fraud. They were arrested on January 20, 2020 at Olomi Area of Ibadan, following intelligence received from concerned members of the public on their alleged criminal activities. Items recovered from the suspects include two vehicles, mobile devices and laptops. The suspects are undergoing further interrogation, the indicted will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

   It will be recalled that on 22/10/2019 following an intelligence report, Police operatives attached to the Anambra State Police Command arrested three female suspects at Nkpor Market/Tarzan Junction in Idemili North LGA of Anambra State, with three children suspected to have been stolen. 2.Investigations revealed that the children were stolen from Gombe State by one Hauwa Usman 'f" on the 20/10/2019 and brought to her accomplices in Anambra State. Following the Public announcement by the Command on the 27/10/2019, parents of the two kids from Gombe State came to Awka and identified their children. 3. Consequently,the children have since reunited with their parents and suspects were handed over to the Gombe State Police Command for discreet investigation and prosecution. 4.Furthermore,upon interrogation by the police in Gombe State, suspects voluntarily confessed that they usually steal the children and bring to their sponsor, one Mrs Nkechi Odinye, here in Anambra State, wh...

  The Ogun State Government has barred drivers of tankers and other articulated vehicles from using overhead bridges in the State, as it announced that it will put in place strict penalties for any of such vehicles. The Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun who made this known during an on-the-spot assessment of the fire incident that occurred in Kuto, Abeokuta, when a tanker loaded with Premium Motor Spirit lost control as a result of brake failure, leaving three people dead, six injured and seven vehicles burnt. According to the Governor, ‘’we will put in place very strict penalties for any tanker driver caught on any of these bridges. This is one of the measures that the Ministry of Transportation will be rolling out in the next few days." Abiodun, who noted that his Administration would also emphatically ensure that tankers and other articulated vehicles are roadworthy, added that the State Transport Team would embark on an exercise to ensure that all articulated vehicles have adequat...

  Justice Ibrahim Watilat of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, convicted and sentenced two internet fraudsters, Tobiloba Stephen Shokunbi and Emmanuel Korede Oladunjoye, to six months and four months imprisonment respectively. The duo were found guilty of amended charges of criminal impersonation separately filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office. The offence runs contrary to Section 22 (2) (b) (i) of Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc.) Act, 2015 and punishable under Section 22 (2) (b) (iv) of the same Act. They pleaded guilty to the charges when read to them. While delivering his judgment, Justice Watilat ordered that the convicts forfeit all the items recovered from them in the course of investigation. He also ordered Shokunbi and Oladunjoye to restitute $1,000 (One Thousand United States Dollars), and $160 (One Hundred and Sixty US Dollars) and N200,000 (Two Hundred Thousa...

  •Says 24,000 Students Yet To Report In Public Schools •Demand for Oxygen Jumps From 70 To 350 Cylinders Per Day In IDH - Governor Following the increase in number of recorded cases of coronavirus in Nigeria, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday said that any malaria-like symptoms should henceforth be considered as COVID-19 virus infection unless and until proven not to be one. He therefore advised that anyone with such symptoms should proceed to any of the State's public health facilities or laboratories to get tested for free, noting that "Seeking help early and quickly significantly improves the chances of survival for severe to critical cases." Speaking during a Press Conference on COVID-19 Update at the Lagos House, Ikeja on Tuesday, Governor Sanwo-Olu said it is important that Lagos State residents begin to learn to live and act responsibly, in order to augment the government's efforts and previous success of flattening the curve. The Governo...