A member of Syria‘s ruling family and the niece of President Bashar al-Assad received £150,000 from relatives while studying in London and has been forced to give up the contents of her UK bank account. Investigators found that Aniseh Chawkat, 22, who rented a flat in the capital for more than £60,000 per year, benefited […]
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Dr Keith Wolverson, 52, could face sack over claims of ‘discrimination’ He allegedly told Muslim woman to ‘remove veil or he would stop appointment’ But the GP claims he couldn’t hear her and merely politely asked her to take it off Family informed the GMC and he could be struck off if he is found
The incident is learnt to have taken place in June, 2017 but the airline has failed to get the amount retrieved from the Nigerian bank account. Public sector Air India’s New York office transferred $300,000 to a bank account in Nigeria instead of remitting the sum to a US-based firm Pratt & Whitney for supplying
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A Nigerian grandma whose actions led to the death of an 8-month-old baby in the U.S state of Maryland, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Oluremi Adeleye, 73, broke down crying in court as she spoke through an interpreter, saying, “It was a mistake” and “I didn’t want to kill that child.” Adeleye
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New voluntary code comes into play to protect scams in which victim pays fraudster directly All the major UK banks and Nationwide building society have signed up to the new code of conduct. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images Bank customers who fall victim to frauds after 28 May will have a greater chance of being refunded.
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Nine Nigerians have been arrested in the United States over allegations of fraud. Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James Spero, Special Agent in Charge of the Tampa, Florida, Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), announced this in a statement. The suspects
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The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced Sata Owugha Clinton and Bolounmubofa Blessing Soroh to one-year imprisonment for impersonation and using the identity of a petitioner to enroll in the N-Power Social Welfare Scheme. The duo got into trouble when they used the name and identity of Lovedy Chiamaka Uzor to enroll in
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Zubairu Muazu, Lagos Commissioner of Police Some of the policemen attached to the Lagos State Police Command have arrested five suspects in connection with the gang-clash that occurred at Aguda near Surulere between Sunday and Monday. The Lagos State Police Command’s spokesperson, DSP Bala Elkana, said in a press statement on Monday that the suspects
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The death toll of Nigerians killed in South Africa has continued to rise with another two being the latest victims in ongoing xenophobic attacks on foreigners in that country. Concise News reports that the latest victims were stabbed to death during xenophobic attacks in Johannesburg and Cape Town on April 5 and April 6, 2019,
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BY NONKULULEKO NJILO – 05 April 2019 – 11:55 MP and chief Mandla Mandela on Friday called for crèches in the country to be thoroughly vetted after disturbing videos of a caretaker assaulting minors at a Carletonville crèche emerged. “We further call on our government to undertake a national audit of such institutions and ensure that an
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