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lagdmark:
"..... For me, I didn’t expect this type of thing to happen in Canada. It’s a developed country,' “I checked everything. In fact, it took me one year before deciding still Jagaban Charles Debono defrauded and took back all the cash Nigeria yahoo boyz collected from USA/Canadian victims.

VeryWickedMan:
Ojoro cancel

Newphiligeek123:
An elderly U.K based Nigerian doctor has admitted to killing a mother of three during a botched bone marrow procedure.

Dr Isyaka Mamman, 85, had been suspended by medical watchdogs for lying about his age and sacked but then re-employed by Royal Oldham Hospital before the death of Shahida Parveen.

He had been responsible for a series of critical incidents before the fatal procedure in 2018.

Mamman will be sentenced on Tuesday after pleading guilty to gross negligence manslaughter. He was told by the judge to "prepare" himself to spend time in jail.

Ms Parveen, 48, went to the hospital with her husband, Khizar Mahmood, for investigations into possible myeloproliferative disorder in September 2018, Manchester Crown Court was told. She was advised to have a bone marrow biopsy, which was allocated to Mamman.

He failed to obtain a sample during his first attempt and instead performed a "highly dangerous" procedure, despite objections from the patient and her husband.

The method required him to take a sample from Mr Parveen's sternum but, after using the wrong needle, he missed the bone and pierced her pericardium, the sac containing the heart. As a result, he caused massive internal bleeding.

Ms Parveen lost consciousness as soon as the needle was inserted, causing her husband to flee the room shouting: "He killed her. I told him to stop three times and he did not listen."

The crash team arrived but Ms Parveen was confirmed dead later that day.

'True age' is a matter of 'controversy'
The Nigerian-born doctor had used various dates of birth and left his previous job through "poor performance". Mamman, of Royton, Oldham, qualified as a doctor in Nigeria in 1965 and had worked in the UK since 1991, the court was told.

From 2004 until Ms Parveen's death, he was employed by the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

However, his "true age" is a matter of "controversy", the court heard, as his birthplace had no birth registration system.
Throughout his professional working life, he gave a number of different birth dates.

During his medical training, he gave a date of 16 September 1936, which meant that he was 21 when he began his medical training and 81 at the time of the fatal incident. He later told the NHS his birth year was 1941, suggesting he began his medical degree at 16.

As it was approaching his time to retire, he changed his date of birth again, this time claiming it was October 1947.
The date, which would imply he started his degree at the age of 10, was used on his application for naturalisation as a British citizen in 2001.
Three years later, he was found guilty of serious professional misconduct by the General Medical Council and suspended for 12 months for lying about his age.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/AfrotimesNewspaper/photos/pcb.133969169314627/133968985981312/
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Fahdiga:
Looks exactly like Tinubu

Newphiligeek123:
The police said 34-year-old Oluwaseun Samson Adedeji was vacationing with friends on June 18 when he jumped into the Okanagan Lake from a boat.

The body of a missing Nigerian man has been found and recovered from Okanagan Lake, British Columbia, Canada. 34-year-old Oluwaseun Samson Adedeji from Calgary had been missing since June 18.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police confirmed on Monday that the body pulled from Okanagan Lake by its Underwater Recovery Team was Mr Adedeji’s.

According to the police, Mr Adedeji jumped into Okanagan Lake from a boat between Rattlesnake Island and Squally Point near Peachland on June 18. They added that Mr Adedeji had been vacationing in the Okanagan with five friends.

Only the dead man can truly explain what happened.

The Underwater Recovery Team had employed high-tech sonar to search where Mr Adedeji was last seen almost a week ago.

“The reason we’re using this technology is we’re searching depths between 50 and 60 metres, and we don’t dive beyond 48 metres,” explained Corporal Todd Kaufmann. “It sends out sonar signals and sends back images showing what’s on the bottom.”

Local media note this is the second person to die in a drowning-related incident in June.

Last week, Chelsea Cardno left her home with her dog JJ. Her mother confirmed that the body found in a flooded field near Mission Creek was Ms Cardno. Ms Cardno’s dog, JJ, has not been found.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/AfrotimesNewspaper/photos/pcb.132312106147000/132312022813675/
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Highlandgee:
An Uber driver from Ontario who defrauded the Town of Bridgewater, N.S., out of nearly $500,000 was sentenced on Thursday to three years in prison.

Prosecutor Keavin-Mathieu Gallant Finnerty said in a statement the Crown got the sentence it was seeking for Ayoola Ajibade, 53. He noted the maximum sentence for an offence of this nature is 14 years.

The fraud stemmed from October 2019 when Ajibade posed as an executive with Dexter Construction and requested forms from the town to allow the Bedford, N.S.-based company to receive payment via electronic transfer rather than cheque. He had no connection to Dexter, which does work for the town.

At the time, the town was recommending its vendors switch from being paid by cheque to electronic funds transfer, so the request didn’t seem unusual.

After Bridgewater received an invoice from Dexter Construction for legitimate work, it wired a payment of $490,930.43 in early November into a Scotiabank account in Brampton, Ont., that belonged to Ajibade.

It would be another six weeks before the town learned of the fraud.

The town also wired payments of $226,583.41 and $17,040.75 to Ajibade’s account in mid-December, but the payments were rejected by Scotiabank.

Scovil noted during sentencing that a pre-sentence report found Ajibade had a positive work history and no prior criminal record. He said Ajibade is a Nigerian immigrant who obtained Canadian citizenship, and has good support in his local community.
Ajibade apologized in court Thursday for the fraud. The judge said he seemed remorseful.

How the town got the money back

The town spent almost eight months trying to recoup the $490,930.43 and had to get a court order in August 2020 forcing Scotiabank to return the money. Documents previously obtained through an access-to-information request reveal the town spent an estimated $5,000 on legal fees to resolve the matter.

The criminal case went to trial in August 2021, and Ajibade was convicted in earlier this year.

Source: https://afrotimesnews.com/2022/06/05/nigerian-man-who-defrauded-canadian-town-of-almost-500k-gets-3-years-in-prison-2/

Highlandgee:
An immigration services officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has been arrested in Maryland on a federal charge that alleges he obtained U.S. citizenship under a false name.

The defendant is charged under the false name of “Karl Nwabugwu Odike Ifemembi,” but the criminal complaint in this case notes that his real name is Modestus Nwagubwu Ifemembi, originally of Nigeria.

Ifemembi, 48, who previously resided in Aliso Viejo, but relocated to Rockville, Maryland, last year, has worked for USCIS for seven years. Ifemembi is charged in the complaint with one count of unlawfully procuring U.S. citizenship.

Ifemembi made false statements on various government forms to obtain U.S. citizenship, as well as employment with USCIS, according to the affidavit in support of the complaint, which was unsealed this morning.

Ifemembi first entered the United States in 2000 when he flew from France to Chicago with a British passport that had been issued to another person but had been altered to display Ifemembi’s photograph, according to the affidavit.

While immigration officials in Chicago caught Ifemembi – who admitted his fraudulent use of the U.K. passport, the affidavit states – he ultimately was granted asylum after falsely claiming his real name was “Karlos Mourfy” and that he was a native of Sierra Leone.

After being granted asylum, Ifemembi attended the University of California, Berkeley, which granted him a bachelor’s degree in 2004, and then obtained J.D. from the University of Oregon, School of Law.

Then, in late 2010, “Karlos Mourfy” applied for U.S. citizenship and asked to change his name to Ifemembi – requests that were granted in May 2011. Two years later, in 2013, Ifemembi was hired by USCIS, according to the affidavit.

During the investigation into Ifemembi, federal investigators traveled to Africa – including his hometown of Akuma, Nigeria – and searched his Orange County residence in 2019, obtaining evidence about his true identity, including baptism, school and financial records, the affidavit states.

Ifemembi is scheduled to make his initial appearance this afternoon in United States District Court in Greenbelt, Maryland.

The charge of unlawful procurement of citizenship or naturalization carries a statutory maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison, and upon conviction, U.S. citizenship is automatically revoked.

Source: Afrotimes news: https://afrotimesnews.com/2022/06/07/nigerian-federal-immigration-official-charged-with-illegally-obtaining-u-s-citizenship-under-fake-identity/

Highlandgee:
Nigerian rapper, Eldee has revealed why he left Nigeria for United States of America, stating that he does not regret leaving the country.

Eldee who was reacting to a follower’s statement stating that relocating to America is not easy and not always the best said he chose to be rich over looking rich.

According to the rapper, he would not have accomplished all he has today if he had stayed back in Nigeria unless he stole money.
On his Instagram story, he wrote: “It’s all about perspective. Everybody’s journey is different. The real question is what your definition of ‘make it’ is. I don’t for a second regret my japa.

“My life today is exactly as I envisioned it in 2012 when I decided I was finally done with my Nigeria.

“We all have different goals and priorities in life. I chose being rich over looking rich. The only way I could have accomplished what I have today in Nigeria is if I stole the money and I no sabi thief.”

Source: https://www.facebook.com/AfrotimesNewspaper/photos/a.119381757440035/129157023129175/
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Mummywifey:
This is normal abroad. When i went to give birth in brazil , some of the requirements by the host on air bnb was - infants and children are not allowed. I had to look for an apartment that let kids stay.

Most landlords or host believe children easily damages things

God1000:
Why is Tinubu's wife number one?

Highlandgee:
The front runners for Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election are entangled in seperate corruption allegations that are likely to resurrect ahead of the 2023 general elections an Afrotimes investigation has revealed.

Three decades ago, 2023 election front-runner Bola Tinubu fought a lawsuit in which the US government accused him of laundering the proceeds of heroin trafficking and eventually reached a settlement.

On the eve of the last election in 2019, two armored bank vans were photographed driving into Tinubu’s home. “If I have money to spend, if I like, I give it to the people for free of charge as long as it’s not to buy votes,” he told reporters when asked what the vehicles were transporting.

As of last June, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, had an open investigation into Tinubu, the agency’s chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, told the media at the time, without specifying what it was scrutinizing.

Tinubu is also accused in an ongoing Nigerian high court case of secretly controlling the company that handles Lagos state taxes and is entitled to take a 10% cut of what it collects. It was awarded the contract while Tinubu was governor.

The firm’s founder sued Alpha Beta Consulting LLP and Tinubu in June 2021, alleging the company had wired out millions of dollars in “suspicious monetary transfers” and denied him his share of profits for more than a decade. The plaintiff and ABC are currently discussing an out-of-court settlement.

Also, in July 1993, when Tinubu briefly served as a Nigerian senator, the US government filed a forfeiture lawsuit in Chicago against bank accounts in his name, claiming there was “probable cause” to believe they held the proceeds of heroin dealing. The case followed a probe by the Internal Revenue Service and other agencies into a trafficking network involving Nigerian suppliers.

The IRS secured warrants in January 1992 to seize almost $2 million, according to court filings. While living in Chicago between 1989 and 1991, Tinubu had allegedly deposited more than $1.8 million into one of the accounts, before transferring large sums to another bank, according to the US government’s complaint. While disputing the US’s reason for targeting the accounts, Tinubu settled in September 1993, agreeing to give up $460,000 to the US government in exchange for the release of the rest of the money. Tinubu wasn’t indicted over the matter.

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Source: https://afrotimesnews.com/past-magazine-edition/
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Highlandgee:
The front runners for Nigeria’s 2023 presidential election are entangled in seperate corruption allegations that are likely to resurrect ahead of the 2023 general elections an Afrotimes investigation has revealed.

Three decades ago, 2023 election front-runner Bola Tinubu fought a lawsuit in which the US government accused him of laundering the proceeds of heroin trafficking and eventually reached a settlement.

On the eve of the last election in 2019, two armored bank vans were photographed driving into Tinubu’s home. “If I have money to spend, if I like, I give it to the people for free of charge as long as it’s not to buy votes,” he told reporters when asked what the vehicles were transporting.

As of last June, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, had an open investigation into Tinubu, the agency’s chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, told the media at the time, without specifying what it was scrutinizing.

Tinubu is also accused in an ongoing Nigerian high court case of secretly controlling the company that handles Lagos state taxes and is entitled to take a 10% cut of what it collects. It was awarded the contract while Tinubu was governor.

The firm’s founder sued Alpha Beta Consulting LLP and Tinubu in June 2021, alleging the company had wired out millions of dollars in “suspicious monetary transfers” and denied him his share of profits for more than a decade. The plaintiff and ABC are currently discussing an out-of-court settlement.

Also, in July 1993, when Tinubu briefly served as a Nigerian senator, the US government filed a forfeiture lawsuit in Chicago against bank accounts in his name, claiming there was “probable cause” to believe they held the proceeds of heroin dealing. The case followed a probe by the Internal Revenue Service and other agencies into a trafficking network involving Nigerian suppliers.

The IRS secured warrants in January 1992 to seize almost $2 million, according to court filings. While living in Chicago between 1989 and 1991, Tinubu had allegedly deposited more than $1.8 million into one of the accounts, before transferring large sums to another bank, according to the US government’s complaint. While disputing the US’s reason for targeting the accounts, Tinubu settled in September 1993, agreeing to give up $460,000 to the US government in exchange for the release of the rest of the money. Tinubu wasn’t indicted over the matter.

Continued.....

Source: https://afrotimesnews.com/past-magazine-edition/
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