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A Toronto resident who lost $355,000 in a romance cryptocurrency fraud was able to recover some of those funds after the Nigerian man, Omonkhoa Precious Afure, who was allegedly behind the scam was arrested, the Toronto Police Service (TPS) reveals.    LIB reported that Omonkhoa was arrested on November 8, 2021, in the Ikoyi area of Lagos, following credible intelligence …

Lagos-based legal practitioner, Dele Farotimi, has filed a preliminary objection asking the Ado Ekiti Magistrate Court to strike out the defamation suit filed against him by legal expert, Afe Babalola.   This comes ahead of tomorrow’s hearing of the case.   The preliminary objection dated December 9, 2024, was filed through his lawyer, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, leading …

The Border Security Force (BSF) personnel has detained a 34-year-old Nigerian man in Tripura, India for illegal border crossing.    A BSF spokesperson who disclosed this on Monday, December 9, 2024, said following specific intelligence, a checkpoint was established at Kaiyedhepa in Sepahijala district, leading to the arrest of the Nigerian national named Maxwell Nweke.    Maxwell was observed acting …

A person of interest has been arrested in the fatal sho0ting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.   The man allegedly had a manifesto on him when he was taken into custody by cops in Altoona, Pa. He also had a gun, silencer, four fake IDs, and other items “consistent” with what authorities were looking for in the case, sources said. Law enforcement was still …

In continuation of the ongoing military operations aimed at restoring peace and security in Taraba and parts of Benue State under the code name “Operation Golden Peace”, the gallant troops of 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have recorded another resounding success.     Acting Assistant Director, 6 Brigade Army Public Relations, Captain Olubodunde, disclosed this in …

Premier League official David Coote has been sacked by the referees’ body the PGMOL following a “thorough investigation” into his conduct.     Coote, 42, was suspended by the PGMOL (the Professional Game Match Officials Limited) last month pending a full investigation after a video allegedly showing him making derogatory comments about Liverpool and the club’s former manager Jurgen Klopp was circulated …

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) from the Lagos State Police Command have apprehended a man identified as Ifeanyi Okonkwo after he was captured on the Close Circuit Television (CCTV) stealing a phone at an eatery on Kafi Street in the Alausa area of Ikeja.   According to a post from the official X handle of the RRS, the …

The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, says he always tells his daughters when they are getting married that if their husbands slap them, he expects them to return the slap. The emir said wife be@ting, domestic v!olence form 45 per cent of cases across nine Shari’a Courts of Kano in five years. He made this known at the …

Top Streaming Service, Netflix has been ordered to pay an Indiana woman $385,000 after a federal court ruled that a documentary about disgraced fertility doctor Donald Cline exposed her as one of his daughters.The woman, Lori Kennard, sued the streaming giant in 2022 for outing her as one of Clines secret children in the documentary, Our Father, without her consent.The film, released that same …

A criminology student spent a month planning a random m*rder so he could “know what it would be like to take life,” a court has heard. Nasen Saadi has been accused of k!lling Amie Gray, 34, and injuring 38-year-old Leanne Miles on Durley Chine Beach, Bournemouth, on May 24, 2024. He spent a month planning the attack, Winchester Crown Court was told. Saadi, 20, …