Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Wednesday December 3rd, raided a Lagos hotel believed to be a hideout for internet fraudsters and arrested suspected internet fraud kingpin and 26 others.

A statement from the agency says the target was one Rasaq Balogun, a suspected internet fraud kingpin, whose illicit activities dominated intelligence gathered from the recently arrested ‘police spies’ during a raid on their Abeokuta base.

According to findings, Balogun harbours an army of young men recruited to carry out financial frauds through the use of the internet.

Other suspected fraudsters were equally arrested at his Beckley Estate residence, also in Lagos State.

The raid on his hotel, Modzak Hotel located at Abule-Egba, Lagos State, sufficiently gave credence to the suspicion as a retinue of young men were caught haboured in his hotel with no specific mission.

The suspected kingpin and 26 other young men ranging between the ages of 18 and 35 years arrested, were brought to the Commission’s Ibadan zonal office for further interrogation.

Officers of the anti-graft agency also recovered three vehicles, fetish item, laptops, mobile phones and documents suspected to contain fraudulent data from the suspect.

Those indicted, the EFCC, said, would be charged to court as soon as investigations were concluded.

A Nigerian soldier, Gabriel Osemudiamen, has died in a fatal auto accident, barely two weeks after his wedding to his fiancée, Ivie.

Gabriel was driving along a bridge, on Monday, in Warri, Delta State, when his car developed a fault and plunged into the river.

The military officer tied the knot on November, 16, 2019.

May his soul rest.

Police in Kenya are holding a 17-year-old boy who allegedly killed a girl, 16, for rejecting his sexual advances.

Form 2 student Valerian Njeri was stabbed more than 20 times by the teenage boy after she turned down his request for intimacy.

She was killed less than 100 metres from her family’s homestead at Mirera in the periphery of Naivasha town on Thursday, November 28.

Her innocent gesture to return a book earlier given out to her by a neighbour and friend she trusted turned fatal. According to police investigators, the assailant used the book to bait the unsuspecting girl and lured her into the house.

Valerie’s father John Ndonu is yet to come to terms with the death of his first-born child whom he described as the family’s beacon of hope.

“She was everything a parent wanted in a child. She was obedient and loved education. She wanted to become a doctor and was passionate about it,” said the mourning father.

She had scored 346 marks in the KCPE, laying bear her education prowess and secured admission at the prestigious Mary Leakey Girls’ School, and was set to join Form Three next year.

Her mother, Mary Goleti Chepleting, said she was a staunch Catholic. “We used to pray in turns whenever she was home,” she recalls.

On the fateful day, Mr Ndonu recalls reminding her daughter to complete her house chores as well as her holiday assignments.

“She promised to do so the same day and we agreed I would append my signature on the school diary as is the norm. That was the last time we spoke,” said Mr Ndonu, overcome with emotion.

Mr Ndonu said that after being informed that his daughter was missing, he rushed home with his wife and joined neighbours, friends and relatives in searching for the girl.

“After several hours of searching, we gave up and decided to continue with the mission later. The following day, a neighbour stumbled on her lifeless body right outside our compound,” he narrated.

According to police, the girl was found naked with over 20 stab wounds on her body.

The boy accused of killing Njeri had attempted to start a relationship with her but she flatly refused, Mr Ndonu added.

The local Nyumba Kumi chairman, Daniel Gichanga, is still pained by the incident that happened a stone’s throw away from his place of business.

“I even asked the teenager arrested for the killing to get me a glass of drinking water and he did it without exhibiting any emotions,” said Mr Gichanga.

He said the boy, a Form Three student at Nanyuki High School, used to lend his books to Njeri during school holidays.

“The teenager accosted the victim after she returned one of the books at around midday. After she turned down his advances to get intimate, he turned wild and stabbed her several times,” said Mr Gichanga.

Police said the suspect hid the body inside his room before dumping it outside the family’s compound at night.

The police are still piecing together information but DCIO boss Kenneth Njoroge said the boy is the prime suspect.

“Initial investigations indicate that the teenager is a key suspect. He is still being interrogated,” he said.

Her body was moved to Naivasha hospital mortuary where a post-mortem will be conducted.

A Nigerian man identified as Obinna was stabbed to death by his fiancee following a minor misunderstanding.

A friend of the deceased identified as Sarafina Legacy, took to her facebook page to share photos of the slain man with the words ;

Obinna My Friend I can’t believe you’re gone ???

Chai Obinna my friend, I’ve been crying since yesterday over your demise, so this Nnewi devil finally killed u? ??? I and Tochukwu warned you not to marry this lady but u didn’t hear ?? The worst is that Obinna is an only son ?? RIP My brother and friend.

See Graphic photo below

May his soul rest in peace.