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There was anxiety within the several communities attacked by gunmen in Plateau State on Wednesday as the victims and other stakeholders say they are still waiting for the release of the N10bn promised them by the Federal Government to resettle the displaced communities. Some of the attack victims and other residents in the affected communities
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A court in the United States has sentenced Babatunde Ayeni to 10 years’ imprisonment. Peoples Gazette reports that the court filings from the District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, which it obtained, showed that the court ordered Ayeni to pay approximately $20 million to victims of his scam. According to the report, Ayeni,
U.S. court sentences Tunde Ayeni to 10 years, to pay $20m restitution for internet fraud
A court in the United States has sentenced Babatunde Ayeni to 10 years’ imprisonment.
Peoples Gazette reports that the court filings from the District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, which it obtained, showed that the court ordered Ayeni to pay approximately $20 million to victims of his scam.
According to the report, Ayeni, an internet fraudster, pleaded guilty to the fraud charge, leading the judge to hand him a 120-month sentence.
U.S. Judge Terry Moorer, on October 31, ordered Ayeni to pay $19,599,969 as restitution to all the individuals and entities he defrauded, although the convict had stopped scamming people since April 2019.
The court waived the interest required on the restitution for Ayeni, having determined that he “lacked the ability to pay.”
Ayeni was asked to pay the restitution alongside co-conspirators Feyisayo Oyindola Oginsanwo and Yusuf Olasunkanmi Lasisi.
The U.S. immigration authority will determine whether Ayeni will be deported immediately after serving his sentence or if he will be allowed to stay in America under three years of supervised release with stringent rules.
Ayeni’s prosecution for fraud on foreign soil adds to a long list of Nigerians who have been jailed by various United States courts.
U.S. court sentences Tunde Ayeni to 10 years, to pay $20m restitution for internet fraud
A Japanese woman, Tomiko Itooka, globally recognised as world’s oldest person, has died, aged 116. Ashiya, the city where she lived, announced her death on Saturday. The southern city’s mayor, Ryosuke Takashima, in a statement said Itooka, who had four children and five grandchildren died on December 29 at a nursing home where she resided
World’s oldest person dies at 116
A Japanese woman, Tomiko Itooka, globally recognised as world’s oldest person, has died, aged 116.
Ashiya, the city where she lived, announced her death on Saturday.
The southern city’s mayor, Ryosuke Takashima, in a statement said Itooka, who had four children and five grandchildren died on December 29 at a nursing home where she resided since 2019.
The deceased was born on May 23, 1908, in the commercial hub of Osaka, near Ashiya, four months before the Ford Model T was launched in the United States.
She was recognised as the oldest person in the world after the August 2024 death of Spain’s Maria Branyas Morera at age 117.
“Ms Itooka gave us courage and hope through her long life. We thank her for it,” Ashiya’s mayor said in the statement.
The statement added that Itooka, who was one of three siblings, lived through world wars and pandemics as well as technological breakthroughs.
According to the mayor’s statement, in Itooka’s older age, she enjoyed bananas and Calpis, a milky soft drink popular in Japan.
Women typically enjoy longevity in Japan, but the country is facing a worsening demographic crisis as its expanding elderly population leads to soaring medical and welfare costs, with a shrinking labour force to pay for it.
World’s oldest person dies at 116
Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in New York to represent Nigeria at the 79th United Nations General Assembly. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications (Office of The Vice President), Stanley Nkwocha, made this known in a statement on Monday. According to Nkwocha, Shettima touched down at John F. Kennedy
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Vice President Kashim Shettima has arrived in New York to represent Nigeria at the 79th United Nations General Assembly. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications (Office of The Vice President), Stanley Nkwocha, made this known in a statement on Monday. According to Nkwocha, Shettima touched down at John F. Kennedy
