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Abba Kyari is the Chief of Staff to Mr. President, and Member of the NNPC Board.
Abba Kyari is a relation of Mr. President.
Abba Kyari was the principal who denied Ibe Kachikwu access to Mr. President.
You can only see Mr. president if Abba Kyari approves it.
Mr. Maikanti Baru, NNPC GMD, is working hand in gloves with Kyari and Mr. President to subvert both Kachikwu and the Nigerian people.

Hehehehe! Your stupid country has been killed and buried by NEPOTISM. All this happening right under the nose of ''Junior'' Professor Pastor Osunbade (aka Osibanjo).

Thank God I am an Adelaidean (Australian) of Nigerian ancestry.

Opakan2:
They never look back or bother to check the real status of their mud rich enclave.

It's the lies they feed them online they follow. I bet 90% of them can't live in Aba or Onitsha for a month. It's cities like Lagos, Jos etc. they all want to stay.

I do pity them alot.

This is the most idiotic post ever. Apparently you are an untraveled fellow who only knows Ijebu Ijesha, wher you were born and raised. You need to tell me how Lagos is better than SE, let alone Jos.

Only ipobians should apply. This is an Igbo company

http://www.hobarkintl.com/hobarkgroup/about-us/

Link https://onigegewura..co.uk/2017/08/grace-to-grass-untold-story-of-st.html?m=1

Thursday, 10 August 2017

Grace to Grass: The Untold Story of ST Oredein, a Political Godfather Who Became a Robbery Kingpin

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There was no one in Western Nigeria who did not know S. T. Oredein. If there was such a person, he must have just arrived from Planet Jupiter. Chief Samuel Taiwo Oredein was not just a politician. He was politics personified. He was a kingmaker. He was a godfather. In fact, he was the Big Boss.


Oredein belonged to the exclusive club of the seven people who partnered with Chief Obafemi Awolowo to establish the Action Group which became the party that produced the first premier of the region. You don’t know the other founders? I will tell you. They are: Abiodun Akerele, Ade Akinsanya, J. O. Adigun, S. O. Shonibare, Ayo Akinsanya, and Olatunji Dosunmu.


ST did not hold a cabinet position. He was however more powerful than some Ministers of government. He was the Principal Organising Secretary of the Action Group in the First Republic. It is on record that ST had legal authority to issue query to Ministers and chairmen of government’s statutory corporations. It was Chief Oredein that broke the news of Segun's death to Chief Awolowo.

As an acclaimed authority on political moblisation, he also wrote a book. He was the author of A Manual on Action Group Party Organisation. It was published in 1955.


When the news broke in 1971 of his involvement in a case of armed robbery, it was greeted with shock and unbelief. It must have been a mistake, people thought. Or could it have been a political frame-up?

Today, Onigegewura brings you the story of a political godfather who became a robbery kingpin.


On April 13, 1971, Nigerians woke up to hear the news of an armed robbery attack on Bacita Road. Bacita is a small town in Kwara State. It used to be a very popular town in the past. It is the location of Nigerian Sugar Company. When the company was established in 1964, it was the first integrated sugar factory in Nigeria. The town even has an airstrip.


The armed robbery attack was as daring as it was audacious. It was carried out with military precision. Two officers of Barclays Bank and two policemen who were in the vehicles that were attacked by the armed robbers were seriously wounded. One of the wounded persons later died of his injuries at the hospital. (And in case you are wondering what happened to the then Barclays Bank, it is the bank that became our present day Union Bank of Nigeria Plc.)


At the end of the ‘operation’, the armed robbers went away with a box containing thirteen thousand pounds. That was a lot of money in 1971. Chief Awolowo was then the Finance Minister and with his prudent management of Nigerian economy, our pound was almost at par with the British pound.

Mr. Kam Salem was the Inspector General of Police at the time. The Kam Salem House on Moloney Street, Obalende, Lagos is named after him. He directed all police formations across the country to fish out those behind the attack. The police spread its dragnet and within days of the robbery, Felix Dumeh, the leader of the gang was arrested. Nigerians jubilated when they heard the news.


Felix did not make any attempt to deny being the ringleader. He promised to cooperate with the police. He told his interrogators that although he was the leader of the gang, he was not the real brain behind the daring raid. Felix must have at some point in his life aspired to be a musician. He began to sing like a canary. He started to mention names.

The investigators listened in shock as Felix began to mention one name after another. He was not mentioning names of common criminals that the police officers were familiar with. The names of people he mentioned as his backers, protectors and shareholders were names of people you only read about in newspapers.

The first person he mentioned was a Chief Superintendent of Police at the State Criminal Investigation Department in Ibadan, Patrick Njovens. The interrogators opened their mouth in wonder. Felix threw another bomb when he mentioned Mr. Yesufu Bello, an Assistant Superintendent of Police also of CID, Ibadan. The third person he listed as his backer was Amusa Abidogun, a Chief Inspector of Police stationed in Ibadan.

The investigators thought they had heard everything. They didn’t know that egun nla ni o n kehin igbale. It is the biggest masquerade that is the last to come out of the grove. Then Felix spoke again. The name came out in a whisper. It was the name they were all familiar with. I have already told you that there was no one in the Western Region that did not know High Chief Oredein.


Iya Agba, my grandmother, used to tell me that when a child’s net catches a tilapia, the child eats it alone. But when the net catches a shark, the child must run to his father. The investigators knew immediately that this was not a tilapia. The fish they were looking at was nothing but a shark. They went to brief their superior.






The Kwara State Commissioner of Police was Mr. Sunday Adewusi. He was later to serve as the Inspector General of Police between 1981 and 1983. Ha! You remember him? He was the IGP when Alhaji Shehu Shagari was the President.




Mr. Adewusi sent his officers to Ibadan Command to investigate the matter. On getting to Ibadan, Adewusi’s officers were arrested by the three senior police officers they were sent to arrest! You are saying “Haba!” The hunters became the hunted. The Ilorin officers were later thrown out of the station! They were warned never to come to Ibadan again.




The three senior officers however didn’t reckon with Adewusi’s tenacity. He came back and got the three of them arrested. He took them to Ilorin. He also invited Chief Oredein for a 'chat'.




Chief Oredein arrived at the Police Command in a grand style. He came to Ilorin in his Mercedes car with its unique plate number: WR 6666. He expected it to be a brief meeting. He had engagements later that day in Ibadan and he had promised to be back at his base before nightfall.




Unknown to ST, the police had done their homework thoroughly. They had painstakingly investigated the case and gathered relevant evidence and related materials before inviting the political godfather. One of the people that the police met in the course of their investigation was Mustapha Adigun who was popularly called Balewa. He got the nickname from the abbreviation of his first name, Tafa! But he was never a Prime Minister. He was also called Tafa Igiripa by some people.




Adigun claimed that Oredein was his boss during the days of politics when he (Adigun) was the head of ST’s political boys. He informed the police that in the evening of the day of the armed robbery attack, he went with his boss to the house of Felix Dumeh. In addition to his boss, the three police officers mentioned by Felix were also present. I am not sure they were wearing police uniforms for that special assignment.




Felix was said to have brought out a bottle of schnapps and some pieces of alligator pepper. He opened the bottle and poured a little quantity on the floor and also threw some alligator pepper on the floor. Like a Chief Priest, Felix then raised the bottle of the alcoholic drink and said: “this thing wey tin we dey do, God make it no let it prove.” They all chorused amen to the solemn prayers. Felix then drank out of the bottle and chewed one alligator pepper. The four of them also drank out of the bottle and chewed alligator pepper.




Oath taking and prayers completed, Felix went to bring a brown paper bag. It was the size of a carton. He gave it to Oredein. ST was about to open the carton when Amusa Abidogun, the Chief Inspector of Police snatched it from him. Abidogun passed the carton to his superior officer Njovens, with a smart police salute. You know seniority is important in the Force. It was the Chief Superintendent of Police who finally opened the paper bag. It was full of currency.




Njovens looked suspiciously at the carton, his eyes made a mental calculation of the total sum. “How much?” He asked. Felix raised his spread left palm before saying “Five.” The senior police officer shook his head. “Is that the arrangement? Before, the arrangement was seven” Felix began to fidget. “The boys are too many on it.” Well, half a loaf of bread was still bread. Five or Seven, Njovens was not one to reject money. Akosapo la n ko owo. The proper way to reject money is to put it in your pocket, as Iya Agba used to say.




Oredein was stunned when he arrived at the police headquarters to meet both Adigun and Felix. Commissioner Adewusi asked them to repeat what they told the police. They did. In the presence of Oredein, Felix confirmed Adigun’s statement that it was Oredein that first received the carton of money from him before Abidogun snatched it from him.




The former Principal Organising Secretary of the Action Group looked blankly at Felix. With a straight face and a deadpan expression, he denied knowing Felix or ever visiting his house. Njovens, Bello and Abidogun also made feeble attempts to deny knowing Felix. Later they started to beg the future IGP to assist them because it was the devil that actually used them to collect the money. “Ise asetani ni. Mo fi Anabi ati Jesu Krisiti beyin!” That was from Alhaji Amusa Abidogun, the Chief Inspector. He offered to return part of his own share.






Sample of Nigerian One Pound Note. It was introduced in 1968
Chief Oredein, the master strategist, realized that the cards were stacked against him. He checked his sleeve to see whether he had an ace he could use. He found none. It was then he reluctantly admitted that all that Adigun who was also known as Tafa Igiripa said was correct. However, the Chief denied that the money was in one-pound denomination as stated by Adigun. Adigun maintained his stand. Finally, ST nodded his head that the money was actually in one-pound denomination.


Reverse Side of Nigerian One Pound Note. It was withdrawn in 1973





It was over the radio that people heard the news. Chief Oredein had been arrested and would be arraigned in Court for armed robbery! Armed robbery! It must have been a case of mistaken identity. It could not have been the Chief S. T. Oredein that they knew. Armed robbery! Ki lo pa alaso funfun ati alaro po? What could have been the connection with the owner of a white cloth and a dyer?





In truth, Chief Oredein was not a poor man by any standard. Everybody knew he was a man of means. Ohun ti a ko mo ni a ko mo, eni ti o ba ti ri oyun oyinbo ti mo pe omo pupa ni o ma fi bi. It is a well-known fact that the product of a white woman's pregnancy would always be fair in complexion. Between 1942 and 1962, Chief Oredein had erected six buildings. And mind you, we are not talking of four-bedroom ‘boys quarters’ in a village o! We are talking of real buildings in strategic locations. Four of the houses were at Ibadan. He built one at Oshodi. The sixth building was in a prime area in Ikeja.




What of automobiles? ST had a total of nine vehicles, including cars and lorries for both his business and personal use. He was not only sagacious on the political field. He was also productive in the other room. He was blessed with more than 30 children.




Finally the day of the trial arrived. People had travelled all the way from Lagos, Ibadan and Ogere to Ilorin to confirm whether it was truly the Chief Oredein that was arrested. To the surprise of many of his supporters and friends, it was the author of the book on political organisation himself that was brought to court.

ST was arraigned alongside the three senior police officers. They were charged with abetting the commission of a robbery and of receiving stolen property as well as offence of harbouring known offenders. In other words, they were charged with receiving 5,000 pounds from the armed robbers in order to screen them from legal punishment for the offence.




It was a criminal trial like no other. It was a battle of giants. Chief Oredein and Patrick Njovens briefed Chief Rotimi Williams to appear for them. Bello and Abidogun retained the services of Mr. Richard Akinjide. The prosecution was led by the Director of Public Prosecutions for Kwara State, Mr. Anthony Ekundayo. The three senior lawyers proved their mettle.




The trial judge was a relatively young judge, having been appointed to the Bench only two years before the trial. However, what My Lord Justice Moradeyo Adesiyun lacked in age, His Lordship made up with uncommon brilliance and exemplary courage.




At the trial, Chief Oredein testified that on the day of the robbery he was at his hometown, Ogere having left Ibadan around 6.30pm on that day and only came back to Ibadan the following day. He admitted that it was true that Adewusi confronted him on May 26 with Felix Dumeh but he stated that he denied there and then the allegations of Dumeh. His principal witness was his solicitor who claimed that he was with Chief on April 13 from about 3pm to 11pm. Chief also called an Imam and a farmer as his witnesses. They all testified that he was at Ogere on the evening of April 13.




The trial was not only being conducted in the courtroom. From Ilorin to Ibadan, From Lagos to Enugu, From Port Harcourt to Ile-Ife, people were also busy conducting their own versions of the trial. Would the young judge be able to convict ST if he was found guilty? Would AG leaders allow their former colleague to go to prison for robbery?




When His Lordship adjourned the matter to December 28, 1971 for judgment, speculations began afresh. It was said that it was to enable the judge to release the accused before the end of the year. Some said that thanksgiving services had been planned to coincide with the New Year. All Nigerians waited with bated breath for the judgment day.




Finally, the day arrived. It was a Tuesday. It was three days after Christmas and three days before the New Year.




The four accused persons were brought to the Court in a Black Maria. If ST felt any apprehension, it was not apparent. As he was led to the court, Oredein gave the sign of victory to the crowd of spectators who had come from far and near to hear the verdict. It was a good sign. It was a sign of victory. His people became happy.




Hon. Justice Moradeyo Adesiyun began by reviewing the charges against the four of them. His Lordship extensively analysed and appraised the evidence. When His Lordship noted the fact that the accused were not at the scene of the crime, Oredein turned to smile at the people in the courtroom. He would soon be on his way home.




Then came the moment. His Lordship found that though the accused persons were not physically present at the scene of the armed robbery, they had prior knowledge of the robbery before it took place and that the three of them who were police officers did nothing to prevent the robbery. His Lordship also found that they all received proceeds of the robbery.




Justice Adesiyun therefore came to the conclusion that the accused persons were guilty of the charges against them.




Chief Oredein could not believe his ears. Guilty as charged? He was not going to be free? His native cap which he had been holding, in deference to the authority of the court, clattered to the floor with a thud. The High Chief from Ogere Remo stood still as if he was Opa Oranmiyan in Ile-Ife. It was Yesufu Bello who was standing beside him that nudged him back to reality. “Chief, 'they' are asking if you have anything to say.”




Oredein had not prepared any allocutus. He had not expected to be convicted. Ko si eni ti o gbe oju fifo le adiye ori aba. Who could have imagined that a mother hen would fly off from her hatchery? You don't know allocutus? It is another Latin word they taught us in Law School. It is a statement made by a defendant who has been found guilty before he is sentenced. It is like 'A beg, tamper justice with mercy' that a Lagos bus driver would tell you after breaking the side mirror of your Range Rover.




Allocutus or no allocutus, something must be said. The court had only convicted, His Lordship had not yet pronounced their sentences. Perhaps something could still be done. His eyes scanned the crowded courtroom. It appeared he was looking for someone or something. Whatever he was looking for was not in the court. He turned back to His Lordship.




Oredein pleaded for leniency. In a very moving voice, he informed the court of his past travails: “First it was the treasonable felony and conspiracy trial, but I was acquitted at the Supreme Court. Second, the Aberenla murder trial came, and I was in custody for 11 months before I was freed at Ijebu-Ode High Court. I humbly plead for Your Lordship’s forgiveness.”

Of course you know the treasonable felony trial the Chief referred to. The Aberenla trial he mentioned was the case over the murder of Ogunkoya Aberenla who was the Leader of Ogere Remo's branch of Nigerian National Democratic Party of Chief Ladoke Akintola (Not to be confused with the party of the same name established by Herbert Macaulay in 1922). Aberenla's body was never found. Onigegewura will write about his mysterious disappearance soon.




Justice Adesiyun looked at the accused persons. “If you had any conscience, you should drop your heads in shame.” His Lordship observed that they were lucky not to have been caught by the amendment to the Robbery and Firearms Decree which provided death by public execution for convicted armed robbers and those found to have aided and abetted armed robbery.




His Lordship therefore sentenced each of them to life imprisonment. There was no Federal Court of Appeal in those days. It was only Western State that had a Court of Appeal and Kwara was not part of Western State.




The four of them ran all the way to the Supreme Court.




On May 3, 1973, the Supreme Court delivered its judgment. My Lord Justice Coker who delivered the judgment of the apex court dismissed the appeal of all the convicted persons and affirmed the life sentences imposed on them by the trial court.




Chief Rotimi Williams later became a Senior Advocate of Nigeria. Mr. Richard Akinjide became a Chief, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, and Attorney General of the Federation. Mr. Anthony Ekundayo, the DPP, was elevated to the Bench as a Justice of the High Court of Kwara State. The trial Judge, My Lord Adesiyun was also elevated. His Lordship served as the Chief Judge of Benue State from 1976 until his retirement in 1985.




History Does Not Forget! Historian is not a judge, History is.

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shukuokukobambi:


Of course. Even while creating an eye opening and wonderful thread, our American sojourner had to let his crass bigotry seep through. What good is your exposure if you could descend so low? It's a shame You're just another hypocrite

Dude, you need to see beyond your anus. I have so much respect for Yorubas that I marvel with dismay at how low they could sink hobnobbing to death with H/F, who ordinarily are beneath them (the Yoruba) in all facets of life. Anyways, ....when you roll with pigs, you get the dirt. Got it

And by the same token, I'd say Igbos, whom I am one of, have not done enough working with other southerners and progressive northerners (mainly middle belt) to put the H/F where they belong. Again, I repeat, shame on Igbo and Yoruba.

Part 2 of this thread is here

https://www.nairaland.com/3890013/igbo-yoruba-descendants-usa-finished

najoke:
He is not…. The below gave him away….he did not insult the igbos but clearly insulted yorubas…… He is just like other shameless flatheaded Biafuros who use yoruba monikers. Soon they will no Biafuros does this impersonation thing

You cheap and foolish simpleton. What makes you think Adelaide is a Yoruba word?

Adelaide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide

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oladeebo:
Ade!

are you not Yoruba?
!

No I am not Yoruba. Both Igbos and Yoruba share blame on the present state of Nigeria. With these two groups, the Fulani/Hausa should not be deciding what goes in that country.

oladeebo:
And one nonentity wants to kill a great nation!
I will defend her with the last drop of my blood!
Long live United Nigeria under God!

Without a doubt, if Igbos leave Nigeria, the story will not be the same any longer. If that happens, both Nigeria and Biafra shall be the losers.
Therefore, Igbos agitating for Biafra must think hard and long about it. And Yorubas sucking Fulani/Hausa anus must think long and hard whether what they get from Fulani/Hausa is worth the perpetual backwardness that they are being dragged into by F/H.

http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/how-culture-passion-and-genetics-are-fueling-a-nigerian-takeover-of-u-s-sports/

Article and all photos from above link

The late Chief John Nnadi Duru, Ezeoha 1 of Isiekensi, died at age 105 in 1991. The Nnadi Family
This is the patriarch of the Nnadi family of sportsmen in the USA

Oluwole Betiku -- "Wole" -- is one of a handful of players with Nigerian roots playing at USC. John McGillen

Sam and Emmanuel Acho (currently a free agent) both made it to the NFL. USATSI

Hakeem Olajuwon and Christian Okoye led a wave of Nigerian athletes in the U.S. Graphic by Michael Meredith

That memory of Chief Ezeoha explains some of the why the 6-foot-1, 312-pound Derrick became one of three "Seminole Warriors" on the team by throwing up 525 pounds on the bench.
"I have a video if you want to see it," Derrick said proudly. "I will never shy from showing the video."
After that civil war, a series of oppressive dictators emerged. Lately, the ISIS-affiliated Boko Haram has terrorized Nigerians.
Like all Nigerian athletes spoken to for this story, they seem to be Americans first. Some have been back to the homeland. All of them can't forget it.
"Killing this goat right in front of us and slicing it's neck," USC tight end Daniel Imatorbhebhe said while recalling a visit from his childhood. "[I remember] it running it around. We ate it later in the day. It was spicy."
In one sense, Imatorbhebhe is as American as the corner McDonald's. He was born in Nigeria but grew up in suburban Atlanta before signing with Florida and immediately transferring to USC.
Imatorbhebhe's mother is a biomedical consultant. His father worked for a mortgage company before the financial crash. His brother, Josh, is a Trojans receiver.
"It's tough because it's like we're not really seen as in the some mold as an African-American kid," Daniel said. "Teammates have always said, 'Y'all are just built different. What do you attribute that to? Is it what you eat?'"
Yes, if you consider Nigerian staples oxtail, coconut rice and fufu the diet of champions. The family is also Yoruba, another common tribe in Nigeria.
"We'll speak Pidjin [English] sometimes when we don't want people to know what we're saying," Daniel said.
Six years ago, Moralake Akinosun was a promising teenage sprinter from Chicago. One day the Nigerian native randomly tweeted the hopes and dreams of a 16-year-old girl: Graduate from college, go to the Olympics and win a gold medal. She accomplished all three.
The gold medal sprinter at the 2016 Rio Olympics recalled her days on the Texas track team.
"It's known that track and field is full of African-Americans," Akinosun said. "There are more Nigerians than there are black people. There were 15 or 20 [Nigerian track athletes at Texas]. There were more of us."
Her point: Not everyone in America makes the distinction between the two.
"Africans don't consider themselves black, they consider themselves Africans," said noted author Jon Entine, who is also executive director of the Genetic Literacy Project.
"American blacks can call themselves African-Americans, but they really are Americans. It's a whole different mindset in cultural history and tradition and pride [from Nigerians]."
Despite being born in Nigeria, Akinosun chose to compete for the United States, where she has spent the majority of her life.
"I've always competed for the U.S.," she said. "I am proud to be Nigerian. I've lived here for as long as I can remember. It's easier for me since I'm here.
"[But] I absolutely love being Nigerian. It is a culture that is so deep-rooted. There is a sense of welcoming and belonging when you meet Nigerians."
Entine has concluded those with a West African ancestry have -- in general -- less body fat, proportionally more lean muscle mass and a higher percentage of fast-twitch muscles.
If this begins to walk a thin line of racial stereotyping, consider the Twitter handle of Akinosun: @MsFastTwitch.
"We're mostly fast-twitch [muscle] fibers," she said. "There has to be something a lot of Nigerian athletes have in common. There is something beyond our extreme work ethic. There has to be some genetic factor.
Olajuwon was an impact 7-footer who thrived on that aforementioned diet.
"I think the genes and the God-given talent," he said. "… The intelligence, the culture, the diversity. There are a lot of factors that play together."
Ayeni, that man who knows the pipeline, agrees.
"First of all, the thing about Nigerians is they have distinguishing traits," he said. "They have fast-twitch muscles. They're very chiseled, very tough. It's the same thing when you think of the Polynesian culture. You think of big, strong, thick torsos."
Again, why? Other cultures stress education. Other cultures stress family. Other cultures are strong and driven.
"There are a billion people in India," Tina Ayeni said. "When I watch the Olympics … I'll have friends who are from India, I'll joke, 'Where is your team?'
"Routinely they'll say sports is not something that is promoted in the culture. In Nigeria it is."
Soccer is the country's national sport. Olajuwon opened the door for basketball. In 2012, Nigeria was the only African nation to qualify for the Summer Olympics through the FIBA qualifying tournament.
Few know the Milwaukee Bucks' "Greek Freak" Giannis Antetokounmpo has Nigerian parents.
But ancestry is not necessarily destiny.
"What is it about people's ancestry about how they succeed in sports?" Tina Ayeni asked. "Different populations have people who have potential. But that potential needs to be cultivated."

WNBA players Chiney and Nneke Ogwumike -- from the Houston suburb of Tomball -- were the only other siblings besides the Mannings to be drafted No. 1 overall in a U.S. professional sports league (2012, '14).
They are part of the fabric of a metro area. Half of all African immigrants in Houston are from Nigeria
"Why is there such a concentration in Houston?" asked Stephen Klineberg, a sociology professor at Rice. "It's the classic story of immigration. You go where you know people. You go there because your cousin is there."
And the climate is roughly the same. The humidity and warmth of Houston is similar to Lagos. That gives rise to the some of the first families of Nigerian-American sports -- the Achos, the Orakpos, the Okafors.
All-American linebacker Brian Orakpo came out of Houston to win a national championship at Texas. He has been selected for the Pro Bowl in half of his eight pro seasons.
Emeka Okafor was the first member of his Nigerian family born in the United States. The former UConn basketball star and No. 2 overall draft pick played 10 NBA seasons. Distant cousin Jahlil Okafor was the No. 3 pick overall in 2015 out of Duke.
The Nigerian surge in athletics is best described another way: Half of all Nigerians have arrived in the country since 2000. Twenty-nine percent of those immigrants age 25 or older hold a master's degree. That's compared to 11 percent of the overall U.S. population. Eight percent of those Nigerians hold doctorate degrees compared to 1 percent of the U.S. population. This 2008 story calls them the most educated ethnicity in the U.S.
The NCAA's antiquated bylaws constantly remind us a degree doesn't necessarily equal an education. But in the Nigerian culture, education is the foundation for life.
Sam Acho could have played anywhere. His athletic talent was evident. But he was also being recruited by elite schools including several in the Ivy League. Sonny had to be convinced Texas was worthy of his son.
"Sam got into Texas' McCombs School of Business," Sonny said. "That solved the problem. Mack Brown basically knew we were strong people. Anything outside of that was going to cause a problem. They allowed us to be involved in the boy's lives. It's all about academics first and football second."
In 2010, Sam won the Campbell Trophy, the so-called "Academic Heisman" for the nation's top football scholar-athlete. Sam has a master's in international business. Emmanuel has a master's in psychology.
As kids, they led somewhat of a cloistered life. Such is the influence of parents. Sonny said former USC coach Pete Carroll once pulled Sam from a group of 300 and tried to get him to commit.
So you can sort of understand a natural skepticism.
"My kids couldn't do sleepovers," Sonny said. "I don't know what you have going on in your house. … I'm not willing to let my son go over there and something goes wrong and then they accuse my son of raping … many African parents will be like that."
A large part of this story is simple math and demographics. Nearly 16 percent of the United States' population has ties to Africa, and nearly five percent of its immigrant population is from Nigeria. The only countries in the world larger than Nigeria are Pakistan, Brazil, Indonesia, the United States, India and China. According to a new United Nations report, Nigeria will be the third-most populous country in the world by 2050, overtaking the United States.
There are more native Nigerians in the U.S. than from any other African nation. In 1980, that number was 25,000. As the refugee laws began to loosen, in every decade from the 1980s through the 2000s, at least 10 million immigrants came to the U.S.
Eighty-eight percent of those were of Asian, Latin American, Caribbean or African descent, Klineberg said.
"It's a new immigration stream that has never existed before in American history," he added.
Nigerian families tend to be large, accomplished and -- as mentioned -- extremely close. Florida State All-ACC defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi says he talks to each of his six siblings daily via social media.
"Every day we have a whole group chat," he said.
A brother, Bradley, is an actor in Southern California. A sister, Ashley, got into the nursing program at Old Dominion. Derrick somehow ended up the kid with his hand in the dirt -- although one with a 3.12 grade-point average last semester.
"I have four jobs," Derrick said. "Go to class, study, get conditioned, play football. That really boils down to two jobs."
You shouldn't even have to ask. Consider his father, Fred Nnadi. He came to the U.S. with his brother decades ago determined to carve out a life as an engineer.
But like a lot of immigrants, he was hindered by his nationality and the language barrier.
"I went to a job interview one time. I had three degrees going in," Fred said. "I applied to be a meter reader. The supervisor doesn't have the degree I have.
"He hired me and didn't say a word. When I left, he started tell me … he wished he had the education I had. I had to feed my family. That's why we emphasize education."
But perhaps the only reason Derrick is at Florida State in the first place is that Fred survived the brutal Nigerian civil war from 1967-70.
Up to two million might have died in the bloody conflict. It evolved as Nigeria was finding its identity as an independent nation after separating from the United Kingdom in 1960.
As a teenager, Fred voluntarily joined what he said were the equivalent of U.S. Army Rangers, fighting behind enemy lines. This was in the days of governmental conscription.
"It was a war of genocide … It was a terrible war," Fred said. "That war, they have not recovered. I'm not kidding you. I don't care what anybody says."
Those who survived at least had the chance to pass on their genes in the United States. Fred's father had been a tribal chief back in the homeland with "many wives" who "when he walked on land, the ground shook."

The late Chief John Nnadi Duru, Ezeoha 1 of Isiekensi, died at age 105 in 1991. The Nnadi Family
"I have so many brothers and sisters," Fred said. "We were in the hundreds. He was a very great man. I have to tell you, when you look at Derrick, he's black and big. … You're looking at my father."

"We have a corrupt culture: Get all you can!" he said of Nigeria. "Only a few politicians live large. Millions live in poverty. These are the people that we are trying to go help."
Sam and Emmanuel have been on an estimated 15-20 mission trips back to their parents' homeland. They have recruited friends and teammates to provide basic needs to villages.
"People talk about modern-day miracles," Sam explained. "I saw a lady that was blind, and she received her sight through prayer."
That required some reconfirmation. The mission trip did include some doctors who were removing cataracts. Wasn't that what Sam witnessed?
"She starts praying, praying, praying," Sam said. "The next thing she says is, 'Amen.' I'm standing around the way just kind of seeing what's going on. The lady starts freaking out. They hold up this card and ask her what color it is.
"She says, 'Yellow.'"

Sam and Emmanuel Acho (currently a free agent) both made it to the NFL. USATSI
A more conventional miracle: Out of that Nigerian camp, Betiku eventually got referred to former Penn State star LaVar Arrington, who became his legal guardian and brought him to the U.S. Betiku didn't take up football until he was a sophomore at Serra High School in Los Angeles.
At that point, he was so naïve to the sport, Wole shed his shoulder pads as an annoyance. Just getting on the field for the Trojans for five games as a freshman was a win.
"I'll never forget him absolutely breaking down into tears one day in our defensive team meeting," Helton said. "They had showed some tape on him and a little bit of praise. He said, 'Coach, if you could imagine where I was a couple of years ago to where I'm sitting right now. I just thank God for this opportunity.'"
If you want to secure one of these talents, you might want to place a call to Lou Ayeni. He is as plugged in to the Nigerian recruiting scene as anyone. Both parents of Iowa State's running backs coach are from Lagos, Nigeria's capital.
Babs and Flora have PhDs. Dad is a statistical engineer. Mom is a biomedical statistician. One sister, Tina, is a nationally noted oncologist who treated the mother of Iowa State coach Matt Campbell.
"She's trying to find a cure for ovarian cancer," Lou said. "My mom makes fun of me. You went to Northwestern to coach football? I don't understand it."
That was after playing tailback and safety for the Wildcats under Randy Walker and surviving eight surgeries in his career. That was after his mother all but hand-picked the elite school for her son.
"My mom says, 'You're going to the best academic school you can go to,'" Lou recalled. "I was high school player of the year in Minnesota. I was enamored with Wisconsin. My first Big Ten visit was Iowa. They were really intriguing schools to me."
Flora then interjected: Nothing is happening until you visit Northwestern.
"We go through the academic piece. First thing she says is, 'You're coming here,'" Lou said. "Some Nigerian families are like that."
As an Ayeni, Lou did take the road less traveled. He knows those Dallas and Houston hotbeds.
Running back Kene Nwangwu was the state high jump champion out of Dallas, not the kind of player who come to Ames, Iowa. He was offered by every Big 12 school. Iowa State got him.
"It was an easy sell for me," Ayeni said. "His family is very similar to my family -- 4.0 GPA, yes sir, no sir."
Ayeni says he can see Nigerian talent just by watching tape.
"Some of them," he said. "If I hear the name and watch them, I'll know if they're Nigerian."
Their names are often lyrical, peaceful and meant to convey both their faith and future -- Blessing, Sunday, Passionate, Peace, Promise, Princess.
Former Iowa State offensive lineman Oni Omoile was part of a royal bloodline in Nigeria. His nickname on the team quickly became "Prince."
"We know each other by our last names," Sonny Acho said. "You give me somebody's last name, not only will I know that person is from Nigeria, I will even tell you where the person is from. It tells you the tribe and the language the person speaks."
"Acho" means "I have found what I'm looking for," according to Sonny. Burton says he knows Nigerians by another definition.
"I've been doing this a long time," he said. "I can't remember a Nigerian kid ever having grade problems. It's not the physical nature of their ability. It's the maximization of what they have."

Oluwole Betiku -- "Wole" -- is one of a handful of players with Nigerian roots playing at USC. John McGillen
There are other cultures that stress education and family. Why are Nigerians different to be the subject of this talent/recruiting boom?
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 was a direct result of the growing civil rights movement. It relaxed immigration quotas. The Refugee Act of 1980 made it easier for African immigrants to come here. That was important for those fleeing conflict-impacted areas, such as Nigeria.
That Nigerian U.S. population of 376,000 is roughly the size of New Orleans. That sample size has produced an athletic revolution.

http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/how-culture-passion-and-genetics-are-fueling-a-nigerian-takeover-of-u-s-sports/

How culture, passion and genetics are fueling a Nigerian takeover of U.S. sports
Nigerians are making waves in the U.S. due to their intensity, intelligence and athleticism
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• by Dennis Dodd
• @dennisdoddcbs
• Jun 26, 2017 • 17 min read
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It wasn't just coincidence to Bobby Burton. The 47-year-old Houston native had been covering college football recruiting for more than 20 years. With increased frequency, the best players he saw were more Americanized than American.
Burton lives in a Houston recruiting hotbed, but what he increasingly saw created a recruiting quandary. Who were these kids with the strange names? They were polite, dedicated and often studs.
They absolutely were Nigerian, or the second-generation offspring of Nigerians, playing the hell out of American football.
"You're always looking for the next thing in recruiting," said Burton, a writer for 247Sports.


All of it made sense when Burton did the math. Nigeria is the seventh most populous nation in the world (190 million). There are more Nigerian immigrants in the United States (376,000) than anywhere in the world. The Houston metro area is home to most Nigerians in the country (about 150,000).
Somehow their culture, their drive, their family structure and, oh yes, their bodies seemed to fit football.
With some meticulous research, Burton determined that in the 2016 NFL Draft there were as many players taken from Lagos, Nigeria, as from the city of Chicago (three).

Unbelievable, unbelievable," said Hakeem Olajuwon, the acknowledged pied piper for Nigerian athletes after coming out the University of Houston in 1984 and becoming a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
"You can see the talents coming out."
It turns out, this phenomenon was bound to happen.
"I think it was kind of that moment in time," Burton said. "It's gone past the point of coincidence … It's no longer just [an] anomaly. It's part of the fabric of football and football recruiting in this country."


Their story goes beyond college football -- or even college athletics. Forget any athletic stereotype, Nigerians have a fierce family pride and dogged belief in education -- particularly higher education -- that allows them to succeed in this country.
These noble West African natives and their descendants are the American Dream.
"There is an honor about them," USC coach Clay Helton said.
Helton counts at least five first- or second-generation Nigerians on his roster.


"They're such a regal people," said Chris Plonsky, the women's athletic director at Texas.
Oh, and they can play. In the space of four picks at the end of the first round and beginning of the second of that 2016 NFL Draft, three were of Nigerian descent (Ole Miss' Robert Nkemdiche, Texas A&M's Germain Ifedi and Oklahoma State's Emmanuel Ogbah).
While the NCAA doesn't keep statistics on nationality (only race), Nigerian influence on college sports is obvious. Among the Power Five, only the SEC didn't have at least one player of Nigerian heritage on its all-conference first or second teams in 2016.
The past three seasons, at least one player of Nigerian heritage has finished in the top 25 nationally in tackles.
At least 80 players of Nigerian ancestry have populated professional football, soccer, basketball and even car racing in recent years. In 1987, Christian Okoye ("The Nigerian Nightmare" became the first Nigerian-born NFL player.
Before Okoye, Olajuwon was the inspiration.
"You're totally right," said Emmanuel Acho, a Nigerian-American who played linebacker at Texas and in the NFL. "If you want to start with Hakeem Olajuwon or you want to start with Christian Okoye, [it doesn't matter]."

Hakeem Olajuwon and Christian Okoye led a wave of Nigerian athletes in the U.S. Graphic by Michael Meredith
Hakeem's background in soccer and handball helped his footwork in basketball. Those Phi Slama Jama teams in the mid-1980s changed the game.
But what about the scores of second-generation Nigerians -- those born into a family with at least one Nigerian-born parent? In the 2016 NFL Draft alone, there were three times as many Nigerian players with hereditary ties to the country's dominant tribe -- the Igbo -- (six) than draftees from Florida State (two).
Oluwole Betiku might be the next Nigerian phenom in the NFL. The sophomore linebacker is already the talk of Southern California, where they affectionately they call him "Wole" (woe-lay).
Betiku was discovered at a basketball camp in Nigeria. At age 15, he rode 11 hours in a bus to that camp in hopes of finding a better life for his impoverished family.
Desperation doesn't begin to describe it. Seventy percent of the Nigerian population is below the poverty line. Forty percent of the population is illiterate. The AIDS rate there is the highest in the world.
"We have oil everywhere," Sonny Acho said of his native land.
Acho is father of Sam and another Texas/NFL linebacker, Emmanuel. Sonny has become an icon not only in his Dallas community but also for his Nigerian outreach.

Here Igbo achievement is cupiously highlighted, and Yoruba too. It is clear that whatever Nigeria is outside of Nigeria is brought about by these two groups. Which is why it is very concerning that these two groups in Nigeria cannot duplicate their success in Nigeria, working with their Edo and Delta counterparts. But no, you ''heeediiiiiooooots'' back home are busy fighting each other over crumbs, leaving the Fulani/Hausa to eat the real flesh. Shame on southern Nigeria for refusing to take the lead of Nigeria.


Without a doubt, if Igbos leave Nigeria, the story will not be the same any longer. If that happens, both Nigeria and Biafra shall be the losers.
Therefore Igbos agitating for Biafra must think hard and long about it. And Yorubas sucking Fulani/Hausa anus must think long and hard whether what they get from Fulani/Hausa is worth the perpetual backwardness that they are being dragged into by F/H.

Census Bureau: Selected Sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Ancestry Groups Making Their Mark: Nigerians Outpace U.S. Educational and Occupational Levels

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WASHINGTON, JUNE 28, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- About 61 percent of people with Nigerian ancestry age 25 and older had a bachelor's degree or higher - more than twice the U.S. rate of 28.5 percent, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report on Characteristics of Selected Sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Ancestry Groups in the United States: 2008-2012 released today.

This new report from the 2008-2012 American Community Survey covers the population who reported Sub-Saharan African ancestry - Ethiopian and Nigerian - and Caribbean (West Indian) ancestry - Haitian, Jamaican, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian. These ancestry groups were selected due to their relatively small populations and being under researched compared to their counterparts. About 2.5 million people in the United States identified as one of these ancestry groups, or around 0.8 percent of the total U.S. population. This represents an increase of about 2.1 million, or around 469 percent, since the 1980 Census.
"Acquiring a college or other advanced degree was a major factor for many people of Nigerian ancestry coming to the United States, so it is not surprising that twice as many had a bachelor's degree or higher compared to all people and the other selected ancestry groups," said Dr. Stella Ogunwole, a demographer in the Population Division.
The report also found the rate of labor force participation was 71 percent or higher for all of the selected groups compared to the U.S. rate of 64.7 percent. Thirty-six percent of the civilian employed population age 16 and older in the United States worked in management, business, science and arts occupations, but the Nigerians - the most educated group - had the largest share in this type of occupation at 52 percent.
"Each of these ancestries carved a different immigration path to the United States: many sought technical training, advanced education, political asylum and better opportunities with the thriving labor market," added Ogunwole.
Ethiopians were the fastest growing among these ancestry groups - growing from 1980 to 2008-2012 by around 2,400 percent, and Haitians had the largest numeric change over the same period, with an increase of about 777,000 (862 percent).
"The New York and Miami metro areas in particular had large concentrations of people of Jamaican or Haitian ancestry," said Darryl Cohen, a geographer in the Population Division.
These findings came from the 2008-2012 American Community Survey. The report also used decennial censuses back to 1980 to compare changes in population for given ancestry groups, since ancestry was first measured in the 1980 Census. The findings from the report include the geographic distribution of the population in these ancestry groups, as well as various demographic and socio-economic characteristics, such as age and sex, household type, nativity, educational attainment, labor force participation, occupation, earnings, poverty and homeownership.
Other highlights:
Age
• The two Sub-Saharan African ancestry groups (Nigerian and Ethiopian) and those of Haitian ancestry each had a median age of about 30 years, younger than the other two Caribbean groups (Jamaican at 34.5 years, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian at 35.8 years).
Labor Force
• Nationally about two-thirds (65 percent) of the population age 16 and older was in the labor force. People who reported Nigerian or Ethiopian ancestries had the highest participation rates (76 percent each) among all the selected ancestry groups.
• At least 71 percent of people age 16 and older with Haitian, Jamaican, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian ancestries participated in the labor force.
Geography
• The geographic distributions of these ancestry groups vary considerably, with those of Haitian, Jamaican, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian ancestries most concentrated in Florida and New York. The Ethiopian and Nigerian ancestry groups are more widely dispersed across the United States.
Language
• Even though English is the official language of Nigeria, less than half of the population reporting Nigerian ancestry spoke only English at home (43 percent).
• Eighty percent of the U.S. population age 5 and older spoke only English at home. Among the selected ancestry groups, those with Trinidadian and Tobagonian (95.5 percent) and Jamaican (92.7 percent) ancestries were most likely to speak only English at home.
Foreign-Born Status
• In 2012, 13 percent of people residing in the United States were foreign-born. By comparison, almost three-quarters of the population reporting Ethiopian ancestry (72 percent) were foreign-born, the highest among the selected ancestry groups.
• Approximately six out of every 10 people among the other ancestry groups (Trinidadian and Tobagonian, Nigerian, Jamaican and Haitian ancestries) were foreign-born.
Homeownership
• Those with Jamaican ancestry had the highest rate of homeownership among the five groups, at 53.7 percent; the national rate was 65.5 percent.
The American Community Survey is a nationwide survey designed to provide communities with reliable and timely demographic, social, economic and housing data for congressional districts, counties, places and other localities every year.

To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/census-bureau-selected-sub-saharan-african-and-caribbean-ancestry-groups-making-their-mark-nigerians-outpace-us-educational-and-occupational-levels-300481357.html

This is the real story of Igbo and Yoruba (we all know they are the two major ethnic groups from Nigeria here in the USA), and to a lesser extent, Edo and Delta folks in America; not the sprinkling pockets of crime committed by a tiny few from these groups. I wish Igbos and Yorubas in Nigeria can duplicate this, working with their Edo and Delta counterparts. But no, you ''heeediiiiiooooots'' back home are busy fighting each other over crumbs, leaving the Fulani/Hausa to eat the real flesh. Shame on southern Nigeria for refusing to take the lead of Nigeria.

Without a doubt, if Igbos leave Nigeria, the story of Nigeria will not be the same any longer. If that happens, both Nigeria and Biafra shall be the losers.
Therefore Igbos agitating for Biafra must think hard and long about it. And Yorubas sucking Fulani/Hausa anus must think long and hard whether what they get from Fulani/Hausa is worth the perpetual backwardness that they are being dragged into by F/H.

dessz:
developers have forgotten the saying"don't mock a person with a twig in his eyes, when you have a log in your own eyes" when u can't even cater,and purge your state of crime, u are asking for a whole nation. Rome wasn't built in a day guys

This is the most shortsighted statement ever. Has Nigeria, a whole nation (using your words) been able to cater for itself or purge itself of crime? You are silly

People like these make those of us who work hard in America look like we are here to count bridges.

I dey laff oh! Oya!! NCAN, over to ya'll

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Laurel Man Sentenced to Over 19 Years in Federal Prison for Defrauding Victims of Millions of Dollars Through Internet Dating Scam

Three Other Members of the Conspiracy Also Sentenced for Their Roles in the Scheme







Greenbelt, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Paul W. Grimm sentenced Gbenga Ogundele a/k/a “Benson Ogundele,” age 58; of Laurel, Maryland, today to 234 months in prison, and sentenced his wife, Moji Popoola, a/k/a “Mojisola Oluwakemi Tin Popoola” and “Moji T. Popoola,” age 42, also of Laurel, to 18 months in prison, each followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiracies to commit wire fraud and money laundering arising from a scheme to defraud vulnerable victims of millions of dollars. Ogundele was also convicted of aggravated identity theft in connection with the scheme. Judge Grimm ordered that Mojisola Popoola’s supervised release is to be served in home detention. Judge Grimm also ordered Ogundele to forfeit $2,195,103.36, and ordered Mojisola Popoola to forfeit approximately $165,000 and to pay restitution of $34,100.



On March 20, 2017, Judge Grimm sentenced Moji Popoola’s brother, Babatunde Emmanuel Popoola, a/k/a “Emmanuel Popoola” and “Tunde Popoola, age 34, of Bowie, Maryland, to 12 years in prison, on the same charges. Judge Grimm ordered Babatunde Popoola to pay restitution of $465,170.76. Ogundele and the Popoolas were convicted on November 18, 2016, after a 17-day trial.



In a related case, Funmilayo Joyce Shodeke, age 67, of Burtonsville, Maryland, pleaded guilty on March 22, 2017 to conducting an unlicensed money transmitting business, and was sentenced to 13 months’ probation, and ordered to forfeit $29,900.



The sentences were announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein and Special Agent in Charge Gordon B. Johnson of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.



According to the evidence presented at trial, and co-conspirators’ plea agreements, from January 2011 to May 18, 2015, members of the conspiracy searched online dating websites to initiate romantic relationships with vulnerable male and female individuals. They phoned, emailed, texted and used internet chat messenger services to form romantic relationships with the victims, who lived in Maryland and around the country.



Members of the conspiracy used false stories and promises to convince the victims to provide money to the conspirators, including fake hospital bills, plane trips to visit the victims, problems with overseas businesses and foreign taxes. Ogundele, the Popoolas, co-conspirators Olusegun Charles Ogunseye, Olufemi Wilfred Williams, Adeyinka Olubunmi Awolaja and others opened bank accounts, called “drop accounts,” in order to receive millions of dollars from the victims. The victims provided money to the defendants as a result of the false stories and promises, either depositing money directly into drop accounts controlled by the defendants, or by checks sent to the conspirators. The payments from victims ranged from $1,720 to $50,000. Ogundele, Babatunde Popoola, and others used victims’ names, bank account numbers or driver’s licenses in furtherance of the fraud scheme.



Ogundele, the Popoolas, Ogunseye, Williams, Awolaja and their co-conspirators dispersed money received from the victims by transferring funds to other accounts controlled by the conspirators, by obtaining cashier’s checks, and by writing checks to individuals or entities, in order to conceal the nature, source, and control of those assets.



Co-conspirator Victor Oyewumi Oloyede, age 42, of Laurel, Maryland, was also convicted at trial for his role in the fraud scheme. Oloyede was sentenced to 234 months in prison.



Co-conspirators Olusegun Charles Ogunseye, age 59 of Laurel, Maryland, Olufemi Wilfred Williams, age 28, of Owings Mills, Maryland, and Adeyinka Olubunmi Awolaja, Jr., age 34, of New Carollton, Maryland, each pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering. Judge Grimm scheduled sentencing for Awolaja on June 12, 2017, for Ogunseye on July 25, 2017, and for Williams on July 27, 2017, all at 2:30 p.m.



The Maryland Identity Theft Working Group has been working since 2006 to foster cooperation among local, state, federal, and institutional fraud investigators and to promote effective prosecution of identity theft schemes by both state and federal prosecutors. This case, as well as other cases brought by members of the Working Group, demonstrates the commitment of law enforcement agencies to work with financial institutions and businesses to address identity fraud, identify those who compromise personal identity information, and protect citizens from identity theft.



Today’s announcement is part of the efforts undertaken in connection with the President’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force. The task force was established to wage an aggressive, coordinated and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes. With more than 20 federal agencies, 94 U.S. attorneys’ offices, and state and local partners, it’s the broadest coalition of law enforcement, investigatory and regulatory agencies ever assembled to combat fraud. Since its formation, the task force has made great strides in facilitating increased investigation and prosecution of financial crimes; enhancing coordination and cooperation among federal, state and local authorities; addressing discrimination in the lending and financial markets; and conducting outreach to the public, victims, financial institutions and other organizations. Since fiscal year 2009, the Justice Department has filed over 18,000 financial fraud cases against more than 25,000 defendants. For more information on the task force, please visit www.StopFraud.gov.



United States Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein commended the FBI for its work in the investigation and thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas P. Windom, who is prosecuting the case.



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This is big and fresh, folks

Link here https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/laurel-man-sentenced-over-19-years-federal-prison-defrauding-victims-millions-dollars-0

I wouldn't want to bore us with where i work; but i'am millions of miles away from my fatherland NIGERIA.

Big lie or hyper-statement from hell's pit. There is no where in this world that is million, let alone millions of miles away from anywhere in the world.

I wanted to respond to this topic and to put the record straight

https://www.nairaland.com/3672170/top-ten-oldest-universities-nigeria

U.I is not the oldest university in Nigeria as the OP wants to portray. UI became a university in 1962. That was 2 years after UNN in 1960. Until 1962, UI was just a college of the University of London.

That was also alluded to here

Established 68 years ago, the University of Ibadan, UI as it is fondly referred to, is the first University in Nigeria. Until 1962 when it became a full-fledged independent University, it was a College of the University of London in a special relationship scheme.

source UI WEBSITE http://www.ui.edu.ng/History

UNN is the first indigenous, full fledged and independent university in Nigeria. That is why it is called University of Nigeria. Duh!!!!!!!

OP,

So you wanna claim he got this burned without his short also getting burned?