“Bro, I can’t wait for my first dead body,” wrote an 11-year-old boy on Instagram in Sweden, where gangs recruit children too young to be prosecuted as contract killers on chat apps. “Stay motivated, it’ll come,” answered his 19-year-old contact. He went on to offer the child 150,000 kronor ($13,680) to carry out a murder, […]
Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade is under pressure from local officials to clarify his ties to Derrick Bernard, who was indicted for staging a hate crime during Mobolade’s mayoral campaign. Bernard, who is black, scrawled a racial slur on a campaign sign and set a cross on fire in an incident described as a hoax […]
The Finnish police have confirmed that Simon Ekpa, the self-proclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), will remain in custody until his trial, as the country’s legal system does not allow for bail in cases like his. Ekpa, a dual citizen of Nigeria and Finland, was arrested on November 21 by Finnish […]
The FBI has apprehended Oluyomi Omobolanle Bombata, better known as Bobo Chicago, for allegedly defrauding multiple companies and individuals out of $2.8 million. Arrested on November 20 in Chicago, Illinois, Bobo Chicago faces a host of charges, including wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and unlawful monetary transactions. His fraudulent schemes reportedly […]
Libyan authorities said they have arrested four Nigerians for alleged drug trafficking and testing positive for infectious diseases. In a statement on Monday by Migrant Rescue Watch, an advocacy group, via a post on X, they were arrested in Sabha and Bani Walid. Bani Walid, located south of Tripoli, is known as a transit hub […]
Two Nigerians, Anthony Ibekie and Samuel Aniukwu, have been sentenced by a United States federal jury to 30 years combined jail term for defrauding some US citizens of $3,500,000. This was contained in a press release made available on the US Department of Justice website. According to the statement, the duo of Ibekie and Aniukwu […]
Around 300 families fled sectarian violence on Saturday in northwest Pakistan as fresh sectarian clashes killed another 32 people. Sporadic fighting between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan has killed around 150 over the past months. “Approximately 300 families have relocated to Hangu and Peshawar since this morning in […]
Enugu State Government has commended the Government of the Republic of Finland for the arrest of the Finland-based leader of the Autopilots, Simon Ekpa, describing him as a common criminal, con man, and terrorist, who has no interest of Igbo people at heart. The government also described Ekpa as a murderer and fraudster, who delighted […]
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says Simon Ekpa, the controversial Biafra agitator, was never a member of the group. IPOB said Ekpa was not a registered member of the group’s chapter in Finland and cannot be the leader of the group. On Thursday, Ekpa, a Finland-based secessionist, was arrested by law enforcement agents […]
The Federal Government has stated that it is closely monitoring the legal proceedings of Nigerian-Finnish citizen and leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Simon Ekpa, following his arrest in Finland on charges of inciting terrorism and promoting violence. Ekpa was detained on Thursday, November 21, 2024, by Finnish authorities, and the Finnish District […]
