William Ruto. Kenya’s Supreme Court on Monday validated William Ruto’s victory in the August 9 presidential election, ending weeks of political uncertainty. Chief Justice Martha Koome preside over a petition brought by opposition leader Raila Odinga. “This is a unanimous decision. The petitions are hereby dismissed, as a consequence we declare the first respondent (Ruto) as president-elect,” Chief Justice Martha Koome said. The court dismissed all nine issues at the heart of the challenge to the results, which had delivered victory to Ruto by a margin of less than two percentage points. “The… irregularities were not of such magnitude as to affect the final results of the presidential election,” Koome declared. Ruto, the 55-year-old incumbent deputy president, is now due to take office on September 13. Both the Ruto and Odinga camps had pledged to accept the court’s ruling.

  A suspected stowaway has been found at a parked aircraft in Lagos, the nation’s commercial capital. The man, said to be middle-aged and unconscious, was  unmasked on Sunday morning during a pre-flight inspection at the Muritala Mohammed Airport 2.  It was gathered that the suspected stowaway was arrested and taken in for interrogation. In a statement issued by the airline, the aircraft last operated Abuja-Lagos at 7.30 pm on September 3, 2022 and was securely parked at the apron following a post-flight inspection. “During preflight inspection this morning, a stowaway was found in one of our aircraft parked at MMA2 Ikeja,” the airline’s spokesman, Achilleus - Chud Uchegbu, said. “The middle-aged man, who looked unkempt and is suspected to be unconscious, was arrested and taken in for interrogation. Uchegbu stated that FAAN AVSEC and Bi-Courtney security services are on the ground and an investigation has opened into this security breach at MMA2. The affected aircraft is being screened

Intelligent Agents  of the Lagos Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 18 suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo boys in Lagos. In a statement on its verified Facebook page on Saturday, the anti-graft agency named the suspects to include, Tijani Olumide Ahmed, Ukuhor Richie Ifemeluona, Balogun Olusola, Ologun Damilola, Olubiyo Timilehin, Adetokunbo Yusuf, Oyegoke Gafar Olaitan, Agarawu Farug Okikiola, Kazeem Oluwadamilare Adebayo and Salau Rahmon. Others include, Abdulrahman Adeshina Olasunkanmi, Adeyanju Kehinde Emmanuel, Rasheed Remilekun, Owolabi Temidayo Habeeb,Ojora Usman Olawale, Mubarak Balogun, Rafiu Olusegun and Ayobami Habeeb Oyeleye.  

  Two  persons have been confirmed dead and  several others injured  following  a wreck involving  six  vehicles   on the bridge linking Maryland and Ojota, Ikorodu Road in Lagos State. The incident happened at Odo Itlya Alaro around 2:00 am on Friday. The victims were returning from Mile 12 where they had gone to buy goods. Those injured were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment. One of the corpses was taken to a morgue by the Lagos State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit (SHEMU). Family members of the other victim, identified as Blessing, took her body. It was gathered that the incident happened when a tipper laden with 30 tons of sharp sand and at high speed, ran into two commercial buses (Danfo). Aside from the tipper, with registration number T-12015LA, the crash also involved an empty tanker with registration number FKJ-506XM, an articulated truck laden with metal coils, and a grey-coloured Toyota Camry with the number plate ABC-261AJ.

I mage for illustration purpose only ATLANTA -Ivie Shevon Sajere has been sentenced for her role in a conspiracy that defrauded the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) out of nearly $1,000,000.  The conspiracy involved the false filing of thousands of online applications for SSA retirement benefits and FEMA disaster benefits using stolen personal information.  “This was a massive fraud that impacted two government agencies and harmed thousands of victims across the country whose identities were stolen,” said U.S. Attorney Kurt R. Erskine.  “Sajere’s prison sentence is the culmination of a complicated investigation and prosecution and serves as a cautionary tale to other fraudsters similarly minded.” “This sentence holds Sajere accountable for her role in this complex conspiracy to defraud the Social Security Administration, alone, of nearly seven hundred thousand dollars. She stole personal information of innocent people and used

  A wire fraud suspect, Adedunmola Gbadegesin was on Monday April 26, 2022, extradited to the United States where he is wanted in a case of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. The offences contravene Title 18, US Code, Section 1349 and 1956 (h) and carries a maximum jail term of 20 years. His extradition was coordinated by the EFCC, following a request from the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, pursuant to a February 11, 2022 Order by Justice D.E Osiagor of the Federal High Court, Lagos, in Suit No. FHC/L/CS/765/21, which granted a request to extradite the suspect to the United States to answer to criminal charges bordering on romance scam, wire fraud and money laundering. Gbadegesin who was arrested on September 2, 2021, is alleged to have defrauded an America lady living in Kentucky, United States, of over $148,000

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi,  has passed on at 83 years.  Alaafin  Adeyemi , the third from the Alowodu Ruling House, joined his ancestors in the late hours of Friday at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State in South-West Nigeria. Iku Baba Yeye ruled for 52 years. The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, is expected to make an official announcement upon receiving the report of the monarch’s passing from the Bashorun of Oyo, Yusuf Akinade, the head of the ‘Oyo Mesi’.  The  Seven Oyo Mesi  are  Alaafin's principal advisors and sacred officiants.  He was crowned on November 18, 1970, succeeding Oba Gbadegesin Ladigbolu I.