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May 15, 2026

U.S. indicts Ghanaian brothers, female partner Amanda Opoku-Boachie for romance fraud scams

Abdoul Issaka Assimiou, 37, of Cleveland, Ohio, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy and is awaiting sentencing.

Jamal Abubakari, aka Jamal Abubakar, aka Arrangement, and Kamal Abubakari, aka Kamal Abubakar, aka Lancaster
March 1, 2026

Senegalese-born American shooter dressed in hoodie branded ‘Property of Allah’ kills three, injures 14 in U.S. apartment

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation in a press conference on Sunday said the shooting was “potentially an act of terrorism.”

Ndiaga Diagne
March 27, 2025

Two men sentenced to death by hanging for armed robbery in Ekiti

Justice Olusegun Ogunyemi found them guilty of the charge.

LEGISLATIVE GAVEL
January 21, 2023

NDLEA destroys 317 tons of cannabis in Edo forest, arrests four

Among those arrested was a police impersonator, Omoruan Theophilus, 37, who parades as a Police Inspector to convey the drugs from the forests to the cities.

Cannabis set ablazed by NDLEA
September 13, 2021

Lagos police officer shoot teenager to death in her home

Mosurat Ojuade was killed by a trigger-happy policeman during a raid in Surulere neighborhood Friday night.