Photos: RRS arrests housekeeper over N500m fraud

The operatives of Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 30-year-old housekeeper for defrauding a company of N2 million and attempting to collect another N500 million after hacking into the company's e-mail address.

The suspect, Ahuja Sylvester, was on Friday picked up by the operatives in 911 Hotel, Warri, Delta State.

The suspect had sometime in April, 2017, hacked into the e-mail of a Lagos based company, posing as the Managing Director and instructing the firm's accountant to disburse a sum of N2 million into the Access Bank account of the suspect.

The suspect, using the same approach in June 2017, again requested the payment of N500 million into a Zenith Bank account. The company detected this and quickly alerted the police.

The RRS Decoy team in their investigations discovered that the initial N2 million was withdrawn with a debit card belonging to Ahuja Sylvester.

Ahuja, in his statement to the police, denied hacking into the account of any company stressing that his friend who he named Emmanuel was the culprit.

He stated that he met Emmanuel, a National Youth Service Corp, at his work place in April 2017.

According to him, "Emmanuel, a Youth Service Corp member serving in Warri told me around April, 2017, that he was stranded and that somebody was going to send money to him.

He requested that I allow him use my ATM card because he couldn’t locate his own. I released it to him with my PIN. He told me that I should alert him whenever I received credit alert on my phone and I did…. I expected these transactions to have been completed after two days. After almost a week, I saw him and I requested for my ATM, he told me he was still using it… after that, I asked him again and he told me that he had misplaced it. That was how he didn't return the debit card again.

He explained further, "My salary came and I approached the bank. That was when I was told my account was having issues. This was the moment I got to know my Account was used for fraudulent transactions.… Since the episode, I have not been able to trace Emmanuel. I was informed when I started haunting him that he was out of Warri."

Confirming the arrest, the Lagos State Police PRO, ASP. Olarinde Famous-Cole, stated that investigations was on going and that the suspect has been transferred to SCID, Panti, for further investigations.

Kogi State Polytechnic uncovers N145m Salary Scam

The Director-General, Kogi State Bureau of Information and Grassroots Mobilisation, Alhaji Abdulmalik Abdulkareem, says the Kogi state government has blamed the discovery of N145 million fraud in the salary voucher of the Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, for the delay in the payment of July salary of its workers.

The government’s statement was in response to the threat by the institution’s Academic staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) to embark on an indefinite strike over non-payment of July salary of its members.

“Kogi State Government affirmed that the discovery of N145 million fraud in the salary vouchers was responsible for the delay in payment of the July salary. This is based on facts obtained from the office of Auditor -General of Kogi State".

The ASUP had threatened to direct its members to embark on strike if the July salary of its members was not paid by September 11. Andulmalik faulted the position of ASUP and other unions in the polytechnic, saying that the delay in payment of their July salary was self-inflicted.

He alleged that some accounts staff of the polytechnic bloated the salary vouchers to defraud the state government of N145 million. According to him, the salary was delayed to give room for a thorough investigation into the alleged fraud. The director-general said the state government had recovered N145m from the bloated wage bills.

Photos: Nnamdi Kanu decorated as the 'Greatest Warrior' of Biafra Land

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra has been confered with a chieftaincy title.



He was decorated As The Greatest Biafran Warrior In Biafra Land with The Title Of "OTU ONYE NAKPU OGWE 1 OF BIAFRA LAND" by Odumeze Of Ohafia, His Elders And Kinsmen.



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Couple kidnapped at gunpoint on their wedding day in Ondo State

Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday morning abducted Moses Yakubu and his wife in Akunnu Akoko, Akoko North East Local Government Area of Ondo state.

It was gathered that the couple who were heading to Akure, Ondo state capital, from Okene, Kogi state, for their wedding ceremony, were kidnapped with some family members, including the best man and chief brides maid.

According to sources, the couple were stopped by the kidnappers in Akunnu, ordering them out of the car at gunpoint and dragged the couple and some of their friends away into the forest.

The father of the bride, Mr Ahmed Amodu, who confirmed the incident, said the armed men took away the couple, but said the bride and her sister have been set free by the kidnappers few hours after their abduction.

He however said the groom and four others including two males and two females are still in the custody of the gunmen, saying there was no contact about their where about and no ransom demanded.

Confirming the kidnap, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Femi Joseph, said the command has swung into action to rescue the five victims from the kidnappers.

Joseph said detectives from the command have been combing the area and the forest in Akunnu to rescue the victims, assuring that the victims will be rescued unhurt, while the kidnappers will not go unpunished.

Source: Tribune

Kanye and Jay-z will meet to end their latest feud

Rappers Kanye West and Jay Z are most likely coming together to squash their latest feud.




According to TMZ, Kanye West wants to set things straight and has already reached out to Jay-Z so they can drop their differences.




Sources familiar with the beef between the former business partners said Kanye asked for a face-to-face with Jay, to hash out the beef that was ignited when Kanye went on stage last Fall and went after Jay, Beyonce and even Blue Ivy.




One source says 'they seem to be reconciling, adding they have the classic love/hate relationship and frequently bounce back between the 2 emotions.'




This comes weeks after Jay Z opened up about his beef with Kanye.




According to him, Kanye West crossed a line when he called out his wife Beyonce and said she was acting like a diva and also called out Jay Z's daughter, Blue Ivy during his concert in 2016.




In his words. he said: “But what really hurt me, you can’t bring my kid or my wife into it. … We’ve gotten past bigger issues, but you brought my family into it, now it’s a problem with me.” .

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“You know it’s a problem because me and him would have been talked about it, been resolved our issues. And he knows he crossed the line. ‘Cause we’ve never let this much space go between one of our disagreements and we’ve had many. That’s part of who we are.”

World champion female bodybuilder is burned alive with four other competitors in Argentina horror crash

A world champion bodybuilder was burned alive in her car after a horror smash with a lorry that killed four other competitors in Argentina.

Alejandra Rubio, a three-time champion was heading to a tournament in northern Argentina with four of her competitors when she crashed into a lorry on Thursday.

A footage taken moments after the crash shows the vehicle burning next to the lorry.

The other bodybuilders with her the time of the horror crash were Elias Torres, Guadalupe David, Emanuel Villalba and Daniel Motivero. The lorry driver and his co-driver were said to have suffered serious burns and were subsequently rushed to a hospital in nearby Anatuza.

According to reports, forensic work is being done to formally identify Alejandra and the four others.

Rubio who was a three times world champion in the Fitness and Bodybuilding category had been the president of the Argentine Association of Fitness and Bodybuilding (AAFF) since 2013.

Please disregard reports saying,’Vote Osinbajo 2019′ – Media aide

Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity to Vice President has reacted to viral reports portraying Vice president, Yemi Osinbajo as a prospective candidate for the forthcoming 2019 presidential elections.



According to him, Osinbajo has nothing to do with the publication and the website was created by faceless individuals who want to tarnish the image of our dear vice president. In his words, “Please disregard this website created by faceless people for mischievous purposes. It has absolutely nothing to do with the Vice President”