2023

ALWAYS VERIFY YOUR EMPLOYEES TO AVOID HIRING EX-CONVICTS, FORCE CID WARNS NIGERIANS

The Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Annex, Alagbon in Lagos State has admonished Nigerians doing various businesses and those who employ domestic workers to always verify their employees to avoid hiring ex-convicts. The Force CID gave the warning on its X handle following what it described as high crime statistics involving employees against their employers, […]

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Man Sells Property For N15M To Process Canadian Visa, Travel Agent Runs Away With The Money

A Nigerian man paid N15 million for a Canadian visa, but the agent doing it for him ran away with the money. The man sent a message to Grandma Shasha, a TikTok user who creates travel content, and she shared it with her followers. In the message, the man said before he was able to

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Zimbabweans Steal £200k in UK, Get Caught After Posting Boastful Video

Zimbabwean Heist Gone Wrong: Social Media Boasts Lead to Arrests in £200k UK Robbery Celebratory Bragging on Social Media Turns into a Costly Mistake for Zimbabwean Gang In a shocking turn of events, a group of Zimbabweans has found themselves in handcuffs after allegedly carrying out a daring £200,000 money heist in the United Kingdom

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How Tingo Group founder lied about his credentials, ran fraudulent company

Hindenburg Research, a U.S. investment research firm focused on activist short-selling, has accused Tingo Group, a fintech company, of being an “exceptionally obvious scam with completely fabricated financials”. Tingo Group claims to have diversified business interests in mobile phones, food processing, and online food marketplace for farmers primarily located in Nigeria. In a report released on

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More than 500 nurses and midwives from Nigeria working in the UK could be struck off after warning key exam results could be ‘fraudulent or incorrect’

More than 500 midwives and nurses working in the UK could be struck off following a probe into a test centre in Nigeria, the regulator has warned. The Nursing and Midwifery Council said the registrations of those who passed exams at the centre could be ‘fraudulent or incorrect’. To make sure internationally educated professionals have the

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Beninoise cook allegedly poisons couple, 3 others, steals N51m property

The Police at the Ikoyi Division, Ikoyi, Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria have arrested a cook from the Benin Republic, Amoussou Wilfred, 35, and charged him before a Lagos Magistrates’ Court for allegedly administering poisonous substance into the food he prepared for his employer, Musibau Akanji Fashanu, 80 years; his wife, Jumoke Fashanu and their three domestic

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Internet fraud cost Americans over $10 billion in 2022, according to the FBI

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has revealed that Americans lost $10.3 billion to numerous internet scams last year.  This was disclosed according to an FBI report published this month, stating that losses were the highest in five years.  According to ABC News on Tuesday, the Bureau’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) lodged more than

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43 Nigerian nurses are charged with falsification of a certificate in the US.

No fewer than 43 Nigerian nurses in the United States are currently facing criminal charges over certificate forgery. The 43 Nigerians are among the 75 persons being probed by the Texas Board of Nursing for false educational credentials. According to information on the Board’s website about the probe, tagged ‘Operation Nightingale’, the individuals who acquired

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US charges 18 Nigerian nurses with certificate forgery

The United States of America has filed charges against at least 18 Nigerian nurses for allegedly fraudulently obtaining educational credentials. The Texas Board of Nursing charged the health workers at the District Court for the Southern District of Florida saying the nurses allegedly participated in a wire fraud scheme that created an illegal licensing and

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Michael Akabogu, the NSITF MD, was fired for allegedly forging certificates.

Michael Akabogu, the managing director and chief executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, has been fired by President Muhammadu Buhari (NSITF). According to people familiar with the situation, Akabogu was fired because of his alleged falsification of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Discharge Certificate. An internal memo bearing the signature of the

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