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Crime

SHOCKING & CRUEL: FAKE Nigerian married Pastor in London, AJIBOLA SHOGBAMIMU alias Shohfah-El Isreal sentenced to 17 years for Killing Joy Morgan, fellow church member…Dubbed a notoriously dishonest prophet for manipulating a 20 year-old midwifery female student *40 year old ‘man-from-Hell’ convicted by a jury at Reading crown court *earlier lied to police that he dropped Morgan off at her student accommodation in Hatfield after a church dinner *Suspect later admitted to spending two nights alone with her in his flat in Cricklewood, North-west London *Court heard that after killing Morgan, a student at the University of Hertfordshire, Israel attempted to cover his tracks BY QUEENETH DORA AMAFULU/ SPECIAL CRIME CORRESPONDENT reporting LIVE from London

SHOCKING & CRUEL: FAKE Nigerian married Pastor in London, AJIBOLA SHOGBAMIMU alias…

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Entertainment

INCEST! ASWAD AYINDE, Nigerian music video director of ‘The Fugees’ smash hit ‘Killing Me Softly’ bags 90 years JAIL TERM for Raping, Fathering children with six daughters in USA …Best R &B Video MTV winner brings shame to Nigeria *Had Sexual intercourse with second daughter when she was eight-years-old, impregnate her four times *Tells Court he was trying to create a ‘pure family bloodline’ by impregnating his daughters * Repeatedly rapes his six daughters, resulting in six children in New Jersey, Florida * Ayinde former first wife claimed during a pre-trial court hearing that suspect assured her the world was going to end, and it was just going to be him and his offspring and that he was chosen *Found guilty of Rape, Felony, Kidnapping and more crimes BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11P3NFBN6Z4 INCEST! ASWAD AYINDE, Nigerian music video director of 'The Fugees' smash…

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Nigeria

DAMNING REPORT: ‘NIGERIA Military holding CHILDREN as Boko Haram Suspects’-Human Rights Watch …Thousands of adolescents held in Deplorable conditions *Many detained without charge for months or years in squalid, severely overcrowded military barracks, with no contact with the outside world *Children described heart-breaking woes of beatings, overwhelming heat, frequent hunger and being packed tightly in their cells with hundreds of other detainees *Giwa Military Barracks in Maiduguri is Nigeria’s army most notorious torture chamber for Raping, Sexually molesting under-age girls * Inside Document: ‘Fifteen of the children had been detained for more than a year, and some had been held for more than three years. None had been allowed to contact family members outside the detention center, nor had the authorities contacted their families’ * ‘The children said that Giwa has a cell for boys under 18 with children as young as 7, or even younger’ * “Children are being detained in horrific conditions for years, with little or no evidence of involvement with Boko Haram, and without even being taken to court”-Jo Becker, children’s rights advocacy director at Human Rights Watch *Awaiting Nigerian Military’s response as at press time BY CHARLES OGBEDE, SPECIAL CRIME EDITOR & GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF

DAMNING REPORT: 'NIGERIA Military holding CHILDREN as Boko Haram Suspects'-Human Rights Watch…

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Crime

NO GAIN IN CRIME: 35 Year old Nigerian Kingpin, IZUCHUKWU EZIMOHA, alias ‘Izu-Ugali’ executed for Drug Trafficking in Indonesia…Lifeless Body returned to Nigeria, Buried in Mansion amidst tears *Families, Friends attend funeral at his Ezimoha Compoud, Ezigbo village, Ihiala LGA of Anambra state BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICA FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF & ILLA MOHAMMED, REPORTER, INDONESIA

NO GAIN IN CRIME: 35 Year old Nigerian Kingpin, IZUCHUKWU EZIMOHA, alias…

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International

SHAMEFUL: Nigerian born Texas man, HAMMED AKINOLA Sentenced to over 7 years in JAIL for $10million Housing Fraud…earlier convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in thefts *53 year old indicted for same international fraud case linked to about 45 victims and bogus requests for payment in 2016 * ‘American victims thought they were sending money to title companies to close on homes, whereas this group used fake emails and hacking of legitimate accounts leading the victims to transfer funds to accounts controlled by James Campbell and Hammed Akinola’-Prosecutors BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF

SHAMEFUL: Nigerian born Texas man, HAMMED AKINOLA Sentenced to over 7 years…

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International

BREAKING NEWS: PortHarcourt Native, Seaman VICTOR DIAMOND flies Nigeria Flag to become American Naval Future Warfighter…Undergoing dedicated instructional guidance at Naval Education and Training Command in Great Lakes *Learning to be highly skilled, operational and combat ready warfighter with tools and opportunities for continuous development *Adapting and keeping up with specialized skills needed to be a boatswain’s mate *Fully ready to take charge of the overall maintenance and preservation of U.S. Navy warships *The Naturalized American is a 2007 graduate of Century International High School, credits success in the Navy to many of the lessons learned growing up in PortHarcourt *His word: “I learned to live a positive life, live by example and to be a positive example for others to do the same. I grew up in a family in PortHarcourt where respect and doing what is right is very important. You have to own what you have done no matter what the consequences” * ‘Diamond plays an important role in America’s focus on rebuilding military readiness, strengthening alliances and reforming business practices in support of National Defense Strategy’- MC2 (SW/AW) Theodore Quintana “Our priorities center on people, capabilities and processes, and will be achieved by our focus on speed, value, results and partnerships. Readiness, lethality and modernization are the requirements driving these priorities”- Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief

BREAKING NEWS: PortHarcourt Native, Seaman VICTOR DIAMOND flies Nigeria Flag to become…

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Crime

SENTENCED TO 13 MONTHS IN AMERICAN PRISON: TWO NIGERIAN Yahoo Boys in Trouble for STEALING the sum of $487,000 Cash…OLUGBOYEGA AKINLOYE FASANYA, ANTHONY CHIDOZIE EZIKE altered fake checks * The 36-year-olds deposit fraudulent checks totaling $1.2 million in banks and withdrew $487,000 cash before the fraud was detected *Submitted counterfeit traveling international passports from Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa as form of identification to avoid detection * Fasanya ordered to pay $380,000 in restitution to the affected banks while Ezike has been ordered to pay back $230,000, await deportation after serving JAIL term * “Fasanya and Ezike agreed that they actually committed the crime. They admitted they altered the checks and deposited them into American banks in Rhode Island and Massachusetts”-U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island Stephen Dambruch BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief, Naija Standard

SENTENCED TO 13 MONTHS IN AMERICAN PRISON: TWO NIGERIAN Yahoo Boys in…

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Nigeria

My LIFE, HEALTH in Danger, EYES going Blind’ -Sheikh Ibrahim El Zakzaky, Shi’a Muslim Leader/Founder, Islamic Movement of Nigeria confessed before return to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Nigeria (video attached) …BUHARI Administration, Indian Govt conspired to POISON me, My Wife (Malama Zeenah) had full bullet lodged in her body * ‘Sheikh El Zakzaky is a pathological liar. He had ulterior motives in India. Let him face his on-going court trial’-Nigeria Presidency * ‘Why was Sheikh El Zakzaky demanding for a-5 star hotel when not on tourist’s visa to India to foment trouble? Why did he ask for his Nigerian international passport so he could run away?’ -Nigeria’s State Security Service * ‘There is no truth in the claims as alleged by the Sheikh. He refused the trained medical doctors we assigned to him in India. Medical treatment request was received from both the patient (the Sheikh) and the government of Nigeria-India Government respond * London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission chastise Nigerian security services in perpetuating the illegal detention, pressures Indian govt to re-treat Zakzaky * PLUS why Nigeria’s Secret Police whisked him to unknown destination, Investigation his relationship with #RevolutionNow Movement to destabilize Nigeria BY NURENI AHMED/SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, ABUJA & RAHMATU IBRAHIM, CORRESPONDENT, INDIA

My LIFE, HEALTH in Danger, EYES going Blind' -Sheikh Ibrahim El Zakzaky,…

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Nigeria

New Development inside DSS: ‘I Will Not Eat any FOOD from Nigeria’s State Service, I don’t want to be Poisoned, Only meal from my people will I eat’-defiant OMOYELE SOWORE speaks from detention …Renew calls for Unconditional and Immediate release of #RevolutionNow protesters arrested * Vows: ‘We will continue to fight against bad anti-people policies of Buhari’s govt’ * ‘I was dragged from my Hotel Room like a Criminal. I am in High Spirit since light will overcome darkness any day’ * ‘The Take-it-back-movement has been granted permission to deliver food on a daily basis to Sowore in detention’- Rachel Onamusi-Kpiasi, Take-it-back spokesperson BY TOLULOPE ADEBAMI/SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, ABUJA

New Development inside DSS: 'I Will Not Eat any FOOD from Nigeria's…

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International

WANTED for TERRORISM IN UNITED KINGDOM: British Court orders Bench Warrant for DANIEL OSULA, a Nigerian-Irish Fugitive for plotting TERROR ATTACK against Westminster…36-year old Warehouse Assistant flee Magistrate court premises before judgment * Repeatedly sent threatening emails to House of Commons staff * Claimed he would stab civil servants and mow down pedestrians * Court heard he was furious because HMRC refused to return his passport BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF

WANTED for TERRORISM IN UNITED KINGDOM: British Court orders Bench Warrant for…

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