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Gunmen kill Chief Nwedo in Anambra attack
Gunmen have reportedly killed Chief Nwedo Angel in Anambra State, Nigeria on Sunday evening.
He was shot dead by the same gang on bandits that attacked Senator Ifeanyi Ubah’s convoy at Nkwo Enugu-Ukwu, Njikoka local government area on Sunday.
According to a source his only crime was to drop his brother off at Nkwo who was en route Lagos through Onitsha.
“He was double crossed and shot as he was making a U-turn down to Agukwu”.
“People who know him too well are testifying about his good intentions towards his people”.
“Such people aren’t supposed to be wasted in this manner. Rest in peace Ozo Onowu Na Nri” one of the sympathizers wrote on the social media Sunday night.
The state commissioner of police. Echeng Echeng has reportedly visited the scene of Sunday ferocious shooting at Enugu-Ukwu but no official statement has been made regarding his findings especially in the casualty figure.
But some natives of the town said some copses were evacuated from the scene by the police.
They also said that rifles held by the police escorts killed in the attack were carted away by the gunmen said to be about nine.
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Pastor orders bride to remove artificial eyelashes during wedding
Jessica shared this amusing yet surprising experience on TikTok, revealing that the pastor had initially raised concerns about her eyelashes before the wedding day.
In her TikTok video, Jessica described the surreal moment when her pastor interrupted the wedding proceedings to address the issue of her eyelashes.
Despite having forgotten about the pastor’s prior instruction, she was taken aback when he insisted that she remove them then and there.
Jessica likened the situation to something out of a movie but emphasised that it was indeed happening in real life.
According to Jessica, the pastor only realised his oversight regarding her eyelashes after her husband’s family had accepted her.
This prompted him to halt the ceremony and instruct her to remove the lashes before allowing the service to continue.
Jessica shared a video capturing this unexpected turn of events, showing the moment when the pastor stopped the wedding proceedings over her eyelashes and resumed the ceremony after she complied with his request by taking them off.
“What would you do if your pastor asked you to remove your lashes in the middle of your wedding ceremony? It was like a movie, but it was happening for real.
“After my husband’s family accepted me, that’s when my pastor realised that he told me the day before that I wasn’t supposed to wear lashes to the wedding ceremony.
“Let me not lie, I didn’t have a problem with it anyway, but truthfully, I forgot.
Watch the video below:
@thisisjessicaokah Part 2 of my Nigerian Wedding Vlog | How did I handle the most unexpected turn of Events on my Church Wedding? Full Video on my youtube (this is Jessica Okah) #nigerianwedding #weddingtok #bridetok #nigerianweddings #Weddingvlog #weddingtiktok #nigeriantiktok🇳🇬🇳🇬 #uktiktok #nigeriansinuk #dayinmylife #africanweddings #africanwedding #nigeriantiktok🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬❤️❤️🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 #nigeriantiktok #bellanaijaweddings #naijawedding #naijaweddings #bridetobe #whitewedding ♬ original sound – Jessica | Content Creator
https://www.tiktok.com/embed.js (Nigerian Tribune: Text, Excluding Headline)
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EFCC: Appeal Court overturns Lokoja High Court order, rules against Yahaya Bello
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has ordered the stay of proceedings in the contempt charge that was instituted against the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede, over the planned trial of the former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello.
Justice Jamil Abdullahi of the Kogi State High Court had summoned the EFCC Chairman to appear before him on May 13 to show cause why he should not be committed to prison for allegedly disobeying his orders pertaining to the case against the erstwhile governor.
The summon followed a suit marked: HCL/68M/2024 and a motion No: HCL/190M/2024, which the former governor who is facing a 19-count charge the anti-graft agency preferred against him, filed before the court.
Bello contended that the EFCC Chairman flouted an interim order the high court made on February 9, when he directed officials of the Commission to lay siege at his Abuja home in a bid to effect his arrest.
He maintained that the anti-graft agency spurned the subsisting court ruling, when it approached the Federal High Court in Abuja and obtained an ex parte order for his arrest and trial for alleged money laundering, breach of trust and misappropriation of funds to the tune of N80.2 billion.
Therefore, Bello, through his team of lawyers, initiated a form 49 (contempt charge) for the committal of the EFCC chairman to prison for disobedience of court order.
Meanwhile, after he had listened to submissions of Bello’s lawyer, Justice Abdullahi summoned the EFCC boss to appear before him to adduce reasons why the application that was made against him should not be granted.
“The Applicant’s application before me is to the effect that the Respondent has carried out some acts upon which they have been restrained by this court on February 9, pending the determination of the substantive motion on notice before this court.
“That the said act was carried out by the Respondent in violation of the order which was valid and subsisting when they carried out those acts. That same act of the Respondent amounts to an act of contempt.
“It is against the above facts that this court hereby grants the prayers sought in line with the principle of ‘Audi Ultra Patem’ (listen to the other side).
“This matter is adjourned to May 13 for the Respondent’s Chairman to appear before this court in answer to form 49 ordered to be served on him,” the judge held.
Dissatisfied with the court summon, the EFCC Chairman, Olukoyede, took the matter before the Court of Appeal.
Specifically, he filed two motions, for the stay of execution of the summon, as well as for the processes from the appellate court to be served on the former governor, through substituted means by pasting same at his Abuja residence at No 9 Bengazi Steet Wuse Zone 4.
In its ruling, a three-member panel of Justices of the appellate court led by Justice Joseph Oyewole, granted the two motions that were moved on behalf of the EFCC Chairman by his team of lawyers led by Mr. Jubrin Okutekpa, SAN.
The appellate court held that it found merit in the two ex parte applications, even as it fixed May 20 for the substantive appeal marked: CA/ABJ/CV/413/2024, to be heard.
Other members of the appellate court panel that granted the applications, were Justices P. C. Obiora and Okon Abang.
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Nigerian extradited from Malaysia convicted for $6.3m fraud in US
A federal jury in New Haven, Connecticut, Wednesday, convicted an extradited Nigerian, Okechukwu Osuji, for operating a business email compromise scheme out of multiple countries, including the United States.
A statement from the US Department of Justice on Thursday said Osuji and his co-conspirators- John Wamuigah and Tolulope Bodunde- fleeced their victims of over $6.3m.
The jury convicted Osuji of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
He is scheduled to be sentenced on July 24 and faces a mandatory minimum of two years on the identity theft count and a maximum penalty of 60 years in prison on the wire fraud and conspiracy counts.
A Federal District Court judge will determine any sentence after considering the US Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
Osuji was arrested in Malaysia and extradited to the US in 2022. His alleged co-conspirator, Wamuigah, remains in Malaysia and is pending extradition proceedings.
Another co-conspirator, Bodunde, pleaded guilty on February 16.
According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Osuji, 39, and his co-conspirators targeted specific individuals and businesses by masquerading as trustworthy entities in electronic communications to obtain money.
They utilized unwitting and witting “money mules” to receive fraud proceeds in their bank accounts, and then transferred those funds to accounts under the control of Osuji and his co-conspirators or to convert the stolen proceeds to cash for further transfer.
Throughout the scheme’s years-long operation, numerous victims were tricked into transferring funds into bank accounts the victims believed were under the control of legitimate recipients of the funds as part of normal business operations, when in reality, the bank accounts were controlled by Osuji and his co-conspirators.
“Osuji led a network of scammers in Malaysia and elsewhere in a sophisticated business email compromise scheme to defraud victims of millions of dollars,” the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Nicole Argentieri, said.
In her comments on the conviction, the Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Vanessa Avery, stated, “Today’s conviction is another example of how the department’s collaboration with international law enforcement partners enables us to bring cybercriminals to justice in the United States.
“While it is often difficult to identify and bring to justice cybercriminals operating overseas, today’s verdict demonstrates the expertise of the FBI and Stamford Police in uncovering this criminal network, and the shared commitment of our counterparts in Malaysia to ensure that fraudsters are held accountable in a court of law.
“We will continue to work to root out those who engage in internet fraud schemes, no matter where in the world they operate and achieve justice for victims of these crimes.”
“The defendant perpetrated a complex international business email compromise scheme and laundered millions in stolen proceeds. This conviction is the result of hard work and close collaboration between the FBI and our local and international partners.
‘’Together, we will work aggressively to bring to justice anyone who engages in fraud and theft against Americans, no matter where they are in the world,’’ said Executive Assistant Director Timothy Langan Jr. of the FBI’s Criminal, Cyber, Response, and Services Branch.
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