Two members of a gang that specializes in scamming vulnerable women on dating sites, have been arrested.They are Nigerian student Ife Ojo, 31, and NHS admin worker Olusegun Agbaje, 43. They are dueto be sentenced on the 8th of January, 2016.The woman in her 40s thought she was in an online relationship with a divorcee father-of-one called Christian Anderson. Little did she know she was being tricked by a gang of fraudsters who duped her into loaning them a staggering £1.6m, telling her it was needed to free up inheritance so they could start a new life together.
The Emir of Katsina, Abdulmumini Usman, has declared support for the Peace Corps bill passed by the National Assembly. The bill, which seeks to turn the Peace Corps, a non-government organisation, into a government paramilitary agency, has elicited mixed reactions from Nigerians. Proponents see it as an avenue to create jobs for thousands of youth while critics describe as a duplication of functions already being performed by existing agencies and creation of another bureaucracy at a time the country is finding it difficult to pay workers' salaries. The bill was opposed by existing military and security institutions in Nigeria and the Peace Corps leader Dickson Akoh is currently being prosecuted for alleged fraud. Apart from lawmakers, the bill is also supported by some prominent Nigerians including the Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, who also asked Mr. Buhari to sign to it. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Katsina emir made a similar call on the president on Thursda...
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