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Yahoo Boy Arrested In UK For $235,000 Fraud

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Tosin Olatokunbo
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A Nigerian resident in United Kingdom, Farouk Adekunle has been
 charged to court after hacking US varsity systems to steal $235,000
Adepoju, who is resident in the United Kingdom has been arrested  following a U.S. request for his extradition, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, on charges of internet fraud and computer fraud, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti said.
He was arrested by U.K. authorities on September 15, 2025, and is awaiting extradition to face a seven-count indictment in the Western District of Pennsylvania.
According to the court indictment documents,  between March and April 2023, Adepoju allegedly hacked into a computer belonging to a Western Pennsylvania construction company working for a university, altered email rules, created a spoofed email account, and tricked the university into sending about $235,266.80 to a fraudulent bank account. The funds have not been recovered.
“Adepoju is charged with using sophisticated cyber means to illegally access accounts belonging to a business in order to victimize one of our region’s universities,” aid Acting United States Attorney Rivetti in a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
“Even from halfway across the world, however, Adepoju was not beyond the investigative reach of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”
FBI Pittsburgh Special Agent in Charge Kevin Rojek added, “Criminals who think they can reach across the globe into the United States to line their pockets at the expense of the American public need know one thing: the FBI and our partners are not going to let you get away with it.”
He faces six counts of wire fraud and one count of computer fraud, which carry a maximum sentence of 20 years and five years imprisonment.

PAP Scholarship: 70 Niger Delta Students Depart For UK

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Ayodele Oni
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PAP Scholarship

By Ayodele Oni

Another batch of 70 students are United Kingdom- (UK) bound as the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) approved their studies abroad.

The students make up the second batch of beneficiaries of PAP scholarship programme.

Otuaro warned the beneficiaries against abandoning their studies in the UK and engaging in anti-social vices and misconducts that could cost them their scholarship education.

The Administrator used the pre-departure event at the Headquarters of PAP in Abuja to thank President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for upholding his promise to the people of Niger Delta.

“I’d like to thank President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for what he is doing for the Niger Delta people through this Programme. I’d like to thank him for the support he has given to PAP over the years. Also, I’d like to thank the National Security Adviser (NSA) for his huge support.

“I’d like to thank all the management and staff of PAP that made the Programme a success. I appreciate all of you for your support and cooperation.

“The success of PAP is not achieved by just one person, but by all of us. I thank all the critical stakeholders of the Programme who are here and those who are in the communities and creeks of Niger Delta.

“To all the beneficiaries, go to the UK and come back to add values to your community and country. Don’t run away. This is not an opportunity to japa. It is an opportunity to study and gain valuable knowledge that the Niger Delta and Nigeria need.”

Otuaro reiterated that the beneficiaries were carefully selected for the valuable courses they were going abroad to pursue with the scholarship in line with PAP’s deliberate effort aimed at closing the human resource capacity gap in the Niger Delta.

“Today, you have an opportunity. Tomorrow, it will be another person. I don’t want any of you to abuse this opportunity. It is because of past abuses that our opportunities were streamlined to the extent that only the UK is accepting our students now.

“Some people who had opportunities like this were even used against the Programme when they got abroad. Let us make good use of this opportunity for other people to benefit in the future and for the good image of Nigeria,” Otuaro admonished.”

Two Dead As Rival Cult Groups Clash  At Signing Out Ceremony

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Ayodele Oni
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Auchi Poly

By Ayodele Oni

Two persons have been killed during a clash at the signing out celebration of Auchi Polytechnic students Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State.

The celebration took place at a popular hotel and was sponsored by a suspected cult leader in the school, to honour members.

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It was gathered that another party was also being held at the same hotel, where a rival confraternity group, was also  celebrating the signing out of some members.

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‎Both cult groups, identified as Black Axe Movement and Eiye, were said to have fired gunshots into the air as they exchanged banters.

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The celebration, however, took an ugly twist after shots fired into the air hit and damaged a rival member’s ML Mercedes Benz SUV.

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‎A witness who simply identified himself as Omorowa said: “The colleagues of the member whose car was hit by bullet, became enraged alleging that the shot was targeted at them.

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‎”Though the other group claimed no one was in the said car, but the development led to confrontation between Eiye and the Black Axe movement, otherwise known as Aye.”

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‎It was gathered that as the disagreement boiled over, a colleague of the member whose car was damaged, used a car to run over a member of the rival group, leading to the death of one person.

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Sources also confirmed that another person was also shot dead in the ensuing chaos.

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‎The State Police Command Spokesman, CSP Moses Yamu, who confirmed the incident, however said only one person was killed.

2027: Those Fronting Jonathan  Looking  For Crisis

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Adesina Soyooye
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Nyesom Wike and Goodluck Jonathan

By Adesina Soyooye

Minister for the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has accused those rooting for the return of former President Goodluck Jonathan to office in 2027, of deliberately romancing crisis.

Jonathan, an incumbent President, was defeated, under a Peoples Democratic Party Government, in  the 2015 Presidential election by the All Progressives Congress Candidate, then General Muhammadu Buhari.

Buhari’s defeat of Jonathan was seen by not a few as a result of betrayals even from within his party, lies, propaganda, tribal and religious sentiments.

But as the race for the 2027 election gradually heats up, many politicians from across board, including members of the PDP, especially those who betrayed him, and the Coalition of the opposition under the African Democratic Congress, ADC, are suddenly courting him, and rooting for him to stage a come back.

But Wike, one of the few PDP high profile members who stood behind him in 2015, has advised against dragging Jonathan into the race.

Speaking Thursday during an interview with Channels Television, Wike said those fronting Jonathan on the grounds that he, or any Southern candidate will do only one term were only courting crisis and political imbalance.

He wondered why anybody would want to drag Jonathan into the arena when the former President has attained the status of a global citizen and a world statesman.

He also doubted the sincerity of those who want Jonathan now and asked them: What changed?

According to Wike, these are the same people who worked against Jonathan in 2015 and betrayed him, why do they want him now if not to cause political crisis and political imbalance in the country? What changed between now and when they betrayed him?, Wike asked.

Fubara Was Involved In All Resolutions Before State Of Emergency Was Imposed – Wike

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Adesina Soyooye
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Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Nyesom Wike
L-R; Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Nyesom Wike

By Adesina Soyooye

If you were looking for the reason why the now reinstated Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, was not interested in protests against the six months suspension slammed on him, his Deputy and members of the House of Assembly, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has provided it.

If you were disappointed that Fubara had no interest in the activities, press statements, and legal actions against his  suspension, Minister Wike has revealed why.

According to Wike, Fubara was part of the decision to impose the Emergency Rule.  Fubara was part of all the resolutions that led to it before it was imposed.

Speaking Thursday during an interview on Channels Television’s Programme,  Politics Today, Wike disclosed:  “Fubara was involved in all the resolutions before the imposition  of Emergency Rule in the State.

“The claim that the resolutions of the Rivers crisis were in my favor is not true. There was no decision that was taken which the Governor was not aware of.”

No agreement Fubara will serve one term

Wike, also, clarified that no agreement was reached that the Governor would serve for only one term in office. When he was asked if that was the case, Wike quipped: “Who agreed to that? I am hearing this for the first time. I don’t know what you are talking about. We agreed that there should be a democratic Government, at least, at the Local Government level. And this has been done. We are satisfied. Then, we move to the next level.

I will not impose anything on Fubara

Wike also said he will not impose any position or office on Fubara when he was asked if he would, for example impose Commissioners on Fubara. That imposition on Fubara was, allegedly, one of the main reasons for which they fell apart.

It was, alleged, then, that Wike nominated and imposed every appointee on Fubara; that the crisis started, among other reasons, because Fubara dared appoint one Commissioner (Information) without clearance from Wike.

But Wike, insisted  there would be no imposition or interference from him, and said: “I cannot go and impose anything on the Governor. Why would I impose anything on the Governor?  Assuming I go to the Governor and say ‘I want this’, will the State collapse? I will not suggest Commissioners for the Governor. I have no candidate, and I will not.”

On resumption on Thursday, the House of Assembly asked the Governor to submit the names of  new Commissioners for screening- meaning that all the former Commissioners are very likely gone.

Fubara And I  Planned, Agreed On Rivers Local Council Election

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Adesina Soyooye
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Nyesom Wike and Simi Fubara

By Adesina Soyooye

Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has put a lie to the claims that Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, was not part of the Local Government Election in the State which held on August 30, 2025.

Recall that the Supreme Court of Nigeria had annulled and voided the LG Election held in October 2024, under the supervision of Fubara as Governor.

But given his suspension from office for six months on March 18, 2025, coupled with the annulment of the Election, the Sole Administrator, appointed for the State by President Bola Tinubu, retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, supervised another election conducted by the newly inaugurated  Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC after the the sack of RSIEC under Fubara.

In the election, expectedly, given the strong and overwhelming support by Wike for the All Progressives Congress, APC, the Party swept the polls, winning 23 Councils, leaving the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, with three Councils, only.

However, neither Fubara nor his loyalists/supporters, took part in the election. In Fubara’s LGA, Opobo, which was won by the APC, it was like a desert on election day. Voter apathy reigned as it did in most other Councils.

Fubara and company’s absence on election day, triggered the strong belief that Fubara was not carried along, and so indifferent to the exercise.

But speaking Thursday night during a Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today, Minister Wike put a lie to such claims. He said Fubara was carried along all through, and that the two of them met to discuss and agree  on the election.

He disclosed that on the day they agreed to meet and discuss it, the Governor wanted to come to his house, but that he told Fubara that he, Wike, would instead go to him because “you are the Governor.”

Wike also disclosed that Fubara told him in advance that he would not be available on election day due to a family engagement.  He said the Governor’s son had an engagement that day.

Wike: “This is what Nigerians should know: Governor wanted to come and see me. I sad no, you’re the Governor. I drove to the Governor’s house by I.00am.

“I, the former Governor of Rivers State drove to the Governor’s house at 1.00am. I said, ‘Your Excellency, what do we do?’ There’s nothing that was done the Governor wasn’t part of it.

“You see, even before the election, the Governor travelled. He told me he would not be around because his son had this engagement.

“People just sit somewhere, begin to talk all kinds of things they don’t know, simply because, you know, all they were expecting is: ‘oh, they’ve not settled.’ Unfortunately, where people will be collecting money is no longer there.”

Lagos 2027 Governorship: Seyi Tinubu Ready To Go – Presidential Aide, Bwala

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Adesina Soyooye
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Seyi Tinubu
Seyi Tinubu

By Adesina Soyooye

As the underground juggling for who would succeed Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the Lagos State Governor in 2027 gradually rears its head up, Daniel Bwala, an Aide to President Bola Tinubu, has said that Seyi Tinubu, the President’s son, is more than qualified to occupy the seat. Bwala also said that there is nothing capable of stopping Seyi from running for the Governorship seat of Lagos State.

For months, the strong speculation has been that the President’s son was planning to, and, indeed, would take a shot at the office, but he has personally not said a word about any such aspiration.

Instead, he seems to have let others do the talking for him, while he concentrates on being useful to his father, the President, from behind the curtains, mostly, and engaging in some philanthropic activities.

Daniel Bwala
Daniel Bwala

Yet, not a few people, including, Joe Igbokwe, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, think that Seyi, a good mixer, is not yet ripe for the job; that the Governorship of Lagos is for the very rugged and very experienced. Some say he would just tug at his father’s position and influence to run.

But, Bwala does not think so. He disagrees that Seyi’s political future is tied to his father’s office and influence.

In an interview on Wednesday with Clarity Zone Podcast, Bwala was of the strong opinion that Seyi has come into his own, and has built his own image, especially, among young people.

According to Bwala, the President’s son is so qualified that if he desires, he could even challenge his father for the office of the President in 2027.

And what qualifies him? Bwala said Seyi is different from all the sons of Nigeria’s President’s he had known for years.

Bwala: “I have known the sons of Presidents in Nigeria. He is unassuming. Check his friends, the childhood friends, and people he grew up with. He has not changed his community of friends because of his greatness so to speak.

“For political reasons, some people assume that the way he is doing on welfare, which he did not start yesterday, that he wants to become Governor.

“I asked: ‘Is he not qualified to be a Governor?’ They said ‘no, because his father is President.’

“He has not said he is running, but I’m just saying you don’t gaslight or blackmail someone. I said ‘even if his father is a President, what stops him from running as a Governor? He can even challenge his father as a President.”

Already, against 2027, former one-term Governor of the State, Akinwumu Ambode, has declared his interest in running under the banner of his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. Ambode was, in an untidy  manner,  stopped from getting a second term in office,  over some misunderstandingwith the powers-that-be in the State. He was replaced by Sanwo-Olu who is doing his second term presently. Many people say that for Ambode to have the courage to declare his interest in 2027, it means that whatever problem  he had has been sorted out.

There are, also, strong hints that the very powerful Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, is getting set to run. If he does, many say it is an ambition he has, for years, been massaging.

Sowore Dismisses Wike As “A Drunkard, Land Grabber, Murderer”

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Omoyele Sowore and Nyesom Wike

By Charles Igbo

Without a blink of the eyes, a former Presidential Aspirant, and Publisher of the Online SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, on Thursday, descended on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, and dismissed him with choice unflattering words.

Sowore was reacting to the Minister’s comment that he,  Sowore, was lucky  that the person he called a criminal is  President Bola Tinubu, a man he described as one with a forgiving heart.

Recall that Sowore has been  dragged to Court by the Directorate of State Services, DSS, for calling President Tinubu a criminal.

At once stunned and shocked that Sowore could, publicly, without provocation or proof, call Tinubu a criminal, the DSS ordered him to pull down his post, retract the statement and apologise publicly for his choice of words. But it was an order Sowore ignored, prompting the DSS to drag him and two others – Meta and X to Court.

However, Wike in his comments, said Sowore was lucky it was Tinubu with a forgiving heart; that there are people he would not dare label criminals because he would not be that lucky with them.

In a swift response to Wike, Sowore doubled down on the untidy name he called the President and interpreted Wike’s reaction as a threat to murder him. Then, he descended on the Minister and called him a  “murderer, a thief, land grabber and a drunkard.”

Sowore, also, said that but for the attitude of Nigerians, Wike should have been at The Hague answering questions for his alleged atrocities.

Sowore: “If Nigerians weren’t so docile, complacent, and cowardly, criminals, thieves and murderers like Wike would never have any leadership roles in this country. SAD! Wike stole land in Abuja, Wike robbed the people of Rivers State, and Wike massacred Igbos at Obigbo. Wike should be in The Hague at the International Criminal Court.”

Sowore, also, doubled down on his opinion of the President and described him as unfit to rule Nigeria, and again tagged him “a criminal”, and insisted Nigeria is being ruled by people of questionable character.

There was no response yet from Wike, or his fiery Media Aide Olayinka Lere, over Sowore bombs thrown at the FCT Minister at the time of filing this report.

Aisha Buhari Hosts President Tinubu

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Adesina Soyooye
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Aisha Buhari and Bola Tinubu

By Adesina Soyooye

Former First Lady, Aisha Buhari, will today, Friday, September 19, host President Bola Tinubu at her family house in Kaduna.

Mrs Buhari is the widow of the immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari who passed on in a London Hospital, after an on-and-off protracted illness which he, also, battled with all through his eight years in office as President.

It will be President Tinubu’s first visit to the Buharis since he played host at the former President’s funeral in Daura, Katsina State.

Recall that President Tinubu was at the Airport to receive Buhari’s body when it arrived Katsina. He, also, accompanied the motorcade with the body and waited till after the interment.

According to a statement released by Presidential Spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, the President will, on arrival, attend the wedding ceremony of the son of his close friend and loyalist, Senator Abdul’aziz Yari, APC, representing Zamfara West. The Senator’s son,  Nasirudeen is getting married to Safiyya Shehu Idris.

Thereafter, the press release said, “President Tinubu will also pay a courtesy visit to Aisha, the widow of late former President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, at the family house in Kaduna.

“The President will return to Abuja same day after the visit.

Buhari passed on July 13, 2025, at the age of 82.

Fubara Resumes In Office Friday – Wike

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Adesina Soyooye
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Governor Siminalayi Fubara

By Adesina Soyooye

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, whose six months suspension from office expired on September 18, 2025, will resume in office today, Friday, September 19.

Fubara’s  suspension on March 18, 2025, was lifted by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday (from 12.00 midnight Thursday), was expected to resume on Thursday.

In anticipation of his resumption, hundreds of excited Rivers people trooped to Government House gate to welcome him.

But they were met with disappointment. He did not resume. His Deputy, Dr. Ngozi Odu, too. Only the members of the House of Assembly did.

While anxiety engulfed the State, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, without exactly saying when Fubara would resume, gave an inkling.

Speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Thursday night, Wike said no law said the Governor must resume on the day his suspension ended. He has not broken any law, Wike said.

But the Minister assured Fubara would arrive (Nigeria) on Thursday, meaning Fubara was out of the country just like Wike who arrived  Thursday morning. He said he spoke to Fubara on Wednesday.

Wike: “As I speak to you, as of yesterday, (Wednesday) I spoke to the Governor. I told him I was leaving that night to come back, and he told me he was leaving  this morning (Thursday).

“So, I can tell you that by the grace of God, peace has returned. And look at what the Assembly did today to set the tone. You can see peace. You can see we are prepared for the interest of the State. Let’s move forward”.

The Assembly, on resumption, asked the Governor to present his appropriation bill for the remaining of the year. He was also asked to submit the names of his Commissioner-nominees.

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