Popular Nigerian comedian and activist, Mr Macaroni drops a new comedy video tagged “The Constitution Review”.
In this comedy Mr Macaroni features, Nollywood Actress, Mide Martins and Jojo on this one.
It’s a season of double celebration for the CEO of Patricia, Fejiro Hanu Agbodje, as he gets engaged and is also set to welcome a child with his girlfriend.
The 27-year-old entrepreneur proposed to the love of his life, who is currently pregnant with their first child, at their gender reveal party held recently.
Fejiro took to his Instagram page to share a video of the beautiful moment they found out they are expecting a baby boy.
According to him, he wanted a boy while his girlfriend (now fiancée) wanted a baby girl so she was evidently not happy about the discovery.
He then went on his knees to pop the question amid the gender reveal celebration, and got a resounding YES from his girlfriend after moments of throwing a tantrum.
He captioned it,
“She wanted a girl…
I wanted a Boy!
But we both Won!”
Congratulations to them!
Watch the adorable video below,
In other news, Popular Nollywood actor, Stan Nze celebrated his first wedding anniversary with his wife, actress Blessing Jessica Obasi, on Sunday, September 11.
The celebrity couple who tied the knot exactly one year ago took to their respective Instagram pages to share beautiful pictures and video to mark their anniversary. ICYMI
A suspected internet fraudster better known as “Yahoo boy” took to his social media page to give a breakdown of how he spent the proceeds of a supposed fraudulent transaction that gained him N2m.
In the video he shared on his TikTok page, the young man revealed how he “spent the N2m his client gave him” as he shared series of screenshots showing how he disbursed the money.
According to him, he first got himself an iPhone 13 pro max, and then transferred N30k to his cleric “Alfa”, N5,100 to his mother, N9k to his father, N2k to his girlfriend, N21k on clothing, and N3k to an area brother.
Watch his video as you scroll,
In other news, a Twitter user has asserted that refusing to date a lady because she has dated a yahoo boy (internet fraudster) in the past is very valid.
Taking to the platform, @SnrmanOA said it’s a valid reason because it’s pointless trying to fill the shoe of her ex-boyfriend because it would never fit.
According to him, such ladies are already accustomed to a lavish and extravagant lifestyle funded by their fraudster boyfriend so it’s better for a young man, making legitimate money, not to date them because they won’t be able to keep up.
He tweeted,
“Deciding not to date someone because they used to date a yahoo boy is very valid. There are some shoes you shouldn’t bother to fill, no amount of newspaper or socks will make it size you.”
Ghanaian singer, Wendy Shay has told her colleagues in the music industry to appreciate their Nigerian counterparts for bringing the world’s attention to Africa.
Taking to Twitter, the music star averred that Nigerians have given Africa global relevance through Afrobeats. She then admonished her countrymen to wake up and smell the coffee.
She tweeted;
“GHANAIAN ARTISTES SHOULD THANK NIGERIANS ARTISTES, FOR BRINGING THE WORLD’S ATTENTION TO AFRICA …THROUGH AFROBEATS. GHANA WAKE UP!”
See below,
A while ago, Wendy Shay alleged that some upcoming Nigerian artistes are sleeping with top Ghanaian female celebrities.
Speaking in a recent interview on Accra-based radio station Peace FM, Wendy Shay claimed that she knows some female celebrities who are dating and sleeping with “underground Nigerian singers”.
According to her, it is sad because Ghanaian singers can’t easily penetrate the Nigerian entertainment industry, talk less of dating a Nigerian celeb.
She chided the Ghanaian celebs and urged them to stop the act because it is disrespectful and could also be the reason why Ghanaian music isn’t doing well.
“Our top stars not only musicians… all you see are an underground artiste from Nigerian who comes and is dating a top female star in Ghana. I can’t mention names but it’s the female celebrities I’ve seen do that. It’s heartbreaking.
I can’t mention names because if I do that, it will be like I’ve personalized the issue but it’s an observation I’ve made for some time now. Even the country as a whole, you’ll realize that we support outsiders than we support our own,” she said.
A mother-of-five has reacted after DNA tests conducted on her children revealed none of them is biologically related to her husband.
A Twitter user, @Meyeownboss, who shared the story on the micro-blogging platform, revealed that the couple had been married for thirty years, with their oldest child being 32 years old.
Paternity tests were recently carried out on the children. Sadly, the results showed that none of the couple’s five kids belong to the husband.
@Meyeownboss said when confronted, the wife, in her defence, insisted that the five DNA test results were wrong.
“I’m back here to say I watched an interview with a 55yr old man married over 30 years 5 children, youngest being 15yrs oldest being 32yrs… None… I repeat, none were his. When confronted the wife said all the dna tests were wrong. I repeat, she said, ALL 5 DNA TESTS WERE WRONG.” Her tweet read.
In related news, a 57-year-old man has been left shattered after reportedly discovering that he’s not the biological father of all his five children.
The quinquagenarian is said to have been married to his wife for more than two decades, and the union has produced five children. However, he recently learned the children are not his.
A Facebook user, Henry Shield, who shared the man’s predicament on the platform, said the man is being advised ‘to be a man’.
“Man is 57 years old, did DNA test for all his 5 children and none of the children was his own. He was married for 20 years. They are telling him to ‘be a man’.” Henry wrote.
Ese Walter, the Nigerian woman who outed her alleged affair with COZA pastor, Biodun Fatoyinbo, in 2013 has taken to Facebook to reflect on her life after the scandal.
The mother of three recounted how people turned their back on her and how her own mother called her a ‘seductress’ trying to bring the clergyman down, and said people told her that exposing the clergyman would ‘destroy’ her.
Ese said she rushed into marriage in 2014 because of the ‘fear of destruction’ but she couldn’t sustain the marriage.
According to her, she saw her husband as a stranger and couldn’t integrate him into her family. Sadly, her marriage to media personality, Benny Ark, hit the rocks in 2018.
Taking to Facebook, she wrote,
“Marriage was supposed to be the escape…
Shortly after the 2013 blog went viral, I left the Country.
It was hard to do anything.
Biodun himself said if I told, my life would be destroyed. I believed him. Perhaps that belief propelled me down the aisle.
They say behind every anger is fear.
My seemingly great anger was laced with greater fear.
I knew life would not be the same again and I didn’t know what else to do.
Some friends turned on me, Mother said I was a seductress and wanted to bring the man of god, down.
I couldn’t imagine the shame the people who loved me felt but I can remember the silence.
I remember the shame, guilt and uncertainty that covered me like a blanket. What was I going to do with my destroyed life?
Get married. Start a family and focus there.
For someone who didn’t have marriage plans before that time, I suspected it was a wrong move but I figured I could handle it.
After marriage, I didn’t know how to integrate the new human that was suddenly my new family.
I saw him as a stranger. Kind of like how I perceived Father in Mother’s eyes. Father didn’t feel like her family which only confused the family that they built for me.
It was as though Mother and her children were the family and Father was the bringer of things…
It took a while to notice I had created the same dynamic in my own family. My kids felt like my family and their dad felt like the stranger that sleeps in the house sometimes.
Then there was the growing resentment toward the stranger. I don’t even remember why but I remember that there was always something hanging in my mind about him. Plus, when he did things that I thought were wrong, forgiveness was not an option.
I’d move out and start thinking of a divorce. It was as though if I got into the marriage to satisfy something but had no plans of building or working on it.
As my children came, my focus shifted more. I became a stay-at-home mum and did my best with keeping house matters and the little humans moving.
Anytime I complain about my partner, I hear, ‘go and work.’ Mother said he was going to leave my stay-at-home ass for a working woman one day. She said I’d soon be below his level (whatever that means)
As much as I tried to act like her talk didn’t bother me, the words haunted me many times when I’d be in the kitchen making a meal or when I’m up at 2am tending to a newborn.
The gossip blogs continued to drag the blog story wherever Ese Walter was mentioned, despite Ese Walter marrying husband and birthing babies.
The marriage wasn’t what I thought it would be. I was a single-married woman and if I complained, it was, ‘at least you have your children to focus on.’
I didn’t get married to an adult man to now focus on small children.
I tried though. I focused on the little people, I learned about the early development of the brain, I learned about regulating one’s nervous system, I examined why I shout, why I doubt myself and how to manage my wounds so I don’t bleed on my children.
The marriage didn’t survive. It was actually dead from the start and finally went under. Sometimes I’d crawl back to make peace and try to be wife. I would decide not to check phones, don’t ask too many questions about why he wasn’t home or where he went….Just be a loving wife and ignore those inner longings and questions. But it was hard to pretend not to feel when I am familiar with my emotions and have been since I was little.
When I left the last time, it was with no money, no plans and three children.
Life was going to bury us or I was going to win…
Life has not yet buried us”
A Twitter user has told men that it’s wrong to propose to their partners when they are being celebrated for an achievement.
Racquel Gates, an associate professor of film at Columbia University, asserted that it is inappropriate to make a romantic proposal to a woman on the day she’s being celebrated for a feat she worked hard for.
Speaking further, she advised women to break up with their partners if they ever do this.
“Men, if your girlfriend is finishing a marathon, accepting an award, walking the runway to close out the collection that she designed, or taking a moment to celebrate any big individual accomplishment that she worked hard for -this is not the time to propose to her.” She wrote.
Racquel Gates’ tweet elicited varying reactions on the micro-blogging platform; while some agreed with her, a number of social media users disagreed.
Reacting a Twitter user @notbeforenoon wrote,
“Getting down on a knee or waiting for a proposal are such antiquated concepts. Getting married should be a mutual decision, discussed seriously. If you want to make a big production out of it, have an announcement party.”
@JerryStillman, “Everyone knows the proper place to propose is at a surprise proposal party you’ve invited all her family and friends to”.
See more reactions below,
Popular Nigerian comedian, Lawyer Kunle also known as The Cute Abiola drops a new comedy skit and he tagged this one “Good Samaritan” featuring Mazi Okeke, Iya Yusufu & Portable.
Watch/download comedy video below;
Former Big Brother Naija season 7 housemate, Diana Isoken Edobor, has said that there’s chemistry between her and Big Brother.
The reality TV star, who was renowned for her interesting and quite amusing conversations with Biggie during her diary sessions, said she felt more connected to Big Brother in the house.
Recall that during one of her diary sessions, she told Biggie that a cartel was being formed in his house, and asked him to go to the market to buy salt for the house.
According to the 33-year-old, she believes they are closer in age, although she cannot tell what he looks like or even his real age.
When asked if she would still find Big Brother appealing if he were older, Diana said that it wouldn’t be a problem.
Diana, however, added that she needed to see him physically to know if he was truly her type.
“I and Big Brother we were having a bit of chemistry, I felt that he was the one that we were more close in age. I just feel like that we were more connected. I just need to see him, to see if the chemistry is real”, she said.
Watch her speak below,
A Nigerian man, Abdulhameed Muhammad Tohir, has raised alarm over the number of female students who are into ‘hookup’ in Lokoja, Kogi state.
Taking to Facebook, Tohir advised men who have girlfriends studying in a tertiary institution in the city to break off the relationship because she’s likely into prostitution.
He said they should find someone else and build another relationship if they don’t want to end up with a barren wife, because a lot of female students are working as prostitutes in Lokoja.
He wrote,
“I have not seen where hookup deal is being done before, and I didn’t believe it fully until I had a first hand experience at “lounge 1” in lokoja, kogi state,” he wrote.
“I was not bittered about it but the fact that some of those ladies left home for school and some even told their parents, they are in search of work, where in real sense they’re into hookups for survival is a thing of concern
“I have come to conclusion, and I don’t think I can easily go back on it, if by chance you have a girlfriend that school in lokoja, the chance that she isn’t into this is slim. Just find someone else and build another relationship, you might be waiting for a fruitless lady as wife. Know this and have peace.”
Nigerian comedian, OGB Recent also known as Cultist is here with a brand new comedy tagged, “The Street King (EP3)”.
Popular Nollywood actor, Stan Nze celebrated his first wedding anniversary with his wife, actress Blessing Jessica Obasi, on Sunday, September 11.
The celebrity couple who tied the knot exactly one year ago took to their respective Instagram pages to share beautiful pictures and video to mark their anniversary.
Stan said getting married to his wife is the best decision he has ever made, and that he is happy to be doing life with her.
He wrote, “On this day exactly a year ago, I made this vow. Best decision of my life. Happy 1st Anniversary to us baby”
“You made 1 year literally look like a day 🤗🤗🤗
Now forever with you is even clearer. Lolo m, Oriaku and Queen of the Nzerian Kingdom. I’m so glad to be doing life with you 🥂”, he added.
Blessing, on her part, eulogized her husband and described him as her happy place.
“My own happy place.
His absolute delight..
Forever is just a start..💕” she said.
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Congratulations to them!
According to him, they received many negative comments on social media and people queried him for getting married to a 42-year-old woman.
Nigerian singer, Darlington Okoye, popularly known as Speed Darlington, who recently declared an interest in media personality, Nancy Isime, has made a U-turn and claims he no longer finds her attractive.
This comes after singer Patoranking starred the popular TV host and actress in the visuals of his new track, Kolo Kolo.
The abroad-based musician, who accused Nigerian singers of always copying him to stay relevant, said he lost interest in Nancy when Patoranking used her as a vixen for his music video.
He said he is tired of being a pacesetter for Nigerian musicians who wait for him to show interest in something, and then copy him.
According to him, Nigerian entertainers do not know how to stay relevant. They wait for him to do something, then they imitate.
Watch him speak below,
BREAKING NEWS:
😂😂😂 Speed Darlington loses interest in Nancy Isime. No thanks to Patoranking. pic.twitter.com/CsSAApINYh
— 🌹♡ 🐳 @OneJoblessBoy (@OneJoblessBoy) September 11, 2022
In other news, relationship expert, Blessing Okoro, has named popular media personality and actress, Nancy Isime, as one of the female celebrities who has gone under the knife to enhance their physical features but tries to pass it off as hard work in the gym.
Blessing Okoro, who has been open about undergoing surgery to achieve a massive backside, stated this on Frankly Speaking podcast, while asserting that about 90 per cent of Nigerian celebrities have had Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) surgery.
When asked if she knew of any celebrity who has had plastic surgery but tries to make it look like their perfect body is as a result of exercising, Blessing immediately mentioned Nancy.
According to her, Nancy made the public, including herself (Blessing), believe that her hourglass figure was a result of regular exercise.
She noted that she bought a lot of gym wears and started working out at the gym to get Nancy’s kind of body, but it never worked.
Popular Nigerian comedy group, Mark Angel Comedy drops a brand new comedy from the “Caretaker Series” and they tagged this one “Authentic Caretaker”.
A Nigerian man who is based abroad was left in a confused state after seeing that the Jollof rice he was making caused a state of panic in the building he resides.
The Nigerian man who is a filmmaker, took to his IG page to share how he was cooking Jollof rice and in the process of frying chicken, it got really smoky and this tripped off the fire alarm system.
Realizing that there was no fire anywhere else and that it was his smoke that set off the alarm, the man was confused as to how to tell occupants, who were already exiting the building because of the alarm, that it was his cooking that set off the alarm.
In the video he shared, occupants of the building are seen moving to an assembly point as they wait for the arrival of firefighters who stormed the place shortly after.
Sharing the video, the man wrote:
“How my sunday jollof rice cooking got Washington DC running to my apartment… when you see the jollof rice on the last slide plz tell me if it’s worth all this trouble”
Watch the video as you scroll,
Big Brother Naija level-up housemate, Bella Okague, has reacted to the call for her eviction by the audience last night.
During the live eviction show on Sunday night, a number of the studio audience chanted for Bella, who was up for possible eviction alongside Doyin, Eloswag, Phyna, Bryann, and Chomzy, to be evicted from the show.
However, three housemates, Doyin, Eloswag, and Chomzy, were evicted, but with a twist.
In a surprising twist, Big Brother Naija introduced a new level house and the housemates who were evicted last night were sent to the newly introduced level 3 house.
After the live eviction show, Bella, who appeared to have been bothered by the audience’s reaction, told her lover, Sheggz, that she perceives that a lot of people don’t like her on the show.
According to her, after the incident, she’s now prepared for the worse and is no longer bothered about leaving the house.
She noted that everyone seems to want her eviction, and if she’s put up for eviction this week, she’s certian she’s leaving.
Sheggz, however, tried to convince Bella that she had people rooting for her and that it was just a few people that called for eviction, but Bella insisted it was everyone.
Watch her speak below,
A Nigerian lady has taken to social media to share her epic transformation one month after childbirth.
In a trending clip, the young mother showed how she looked during her third trimester and she was indeed humbled by the pregnancy.
She then she shared a video of how she looked one month after welcoming her child, and she looked so much better as her swollen face had reduced.
She went on to advise mothers not to be disheartened by their physical appearance during pregnancy because they will regain their body and face after childbirth, though it might take a while.
Speaking in the video, she said,
“My people na me be this when I get belle for 9 months. I be like wetin I no know. And also na me still be this. I don dey fine dey go. If you get belle and them dey tease you, leave them.”
Watch the video below,
In other news, a 25-year-old pregnant woman identified as Haruna Favour, has been arrested by Officials of the The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Favour was arrested on Friday, September 9, with 82 pinches of methamphetamine, various quantities of Loud, Arizona, and Colorado variants of cannabis and codeine-based cough syrup in Auchi, Edo state.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, confirmed the arrest on Sunday, September 11.
A 25-year-old pregnant woman identified as Haruna Favour, has been arrested by Officials of the The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Favour was arrested on Friday, September 9, with 82 pinches of methamphetamine, various quantities of Loud, Arizona, and Colorado variants of cannabis and codeine-based cough syrup in Auchi, Edo state.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, confirmed the arrest on Sunday, September 11.
Also, in Kogi State, a suspect, Paul Ali, aged 47, was arrested on the Okene-Abuja highway with 1,404 bottles of Codeine based syrup weighing 190.94kg and 2,040 ampoules of pentazocine injection coming from Onitsha, Anambra State to Sokoto State.
Last year, House of Representatives, revealed that since 1990 the production of crystal meth had been hijacked by Mexican drug dealers, who set up laboratories in Nigeria for the production of Mkpuru Mmiri in 2016.
The lawmakers then mandated the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, to go after peddlers of Methampheramine nicknamed Mkpuru-Mmiri and other hard drugs in the country with a view to stamping them out.
Viewers were stunned at the response Big Brother Naija housemate, Bella gave after she was asked by Ebuka why she’s remaining in a seemingly toxic relationship with her lover, Sheggz.
During the eviction show tonight, Ebuka asked Bella if “being insulted is her love language” because some times when he watches the show, he hears her love interest, Sheggz calling her insulting names and most times, she’s the one who goes back to apologize to him.
She then responded to Ebuka that it is because she really likes him, that why she apologizes, however, on a normal day she wouldn’t take his insults. According to her, she feels the reason he calls her names is because he feels disrespected by her.
When Ebuka then asks her whether being insulted is a good reaction by someone who claims to love you, she stated that it isn’t, however, it’s something they are working on.
Her response has elicited reactions from netizens on social media who are quite irritated with her relationship with Sheggz.
Watch the video and read some reactions as you scroll,
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In a new surprising twist, Big Brother Naija has introduced a new level house and while it was announced that Doyin was evicted, she was however sent to the newly introduced level 3 house.
Following her eviction, Ebuka announced earlier this evening that Big Brother will be introducing a new level, which is level 3 and rather than go talk to Ebuka about her journey in the house as normal evicted housemates do, Doyin was sent to the level 3 house instead.
While there’s not been so much update as at the time of filing this, it’s however apparent that Doyin’s stay on the Big Brother Naija show is still on.
More updates as they unfold.
A Nigerian man has taken to his social media page to share his amazing transformation photos, two years after he stopped being a crystal meth locally known as ‘mkpuru mmiri’ addict.
The young man with the handle @BadboiNelson on microblogging platform – Twitter, said he “turned to drugs for comfort after being brutally heartbroken” by his ex.
According to Nelson, it was a devastating experience and he’s now urged people to stay away from drugs.
His tweet reads ;
Hi everyone. 2 years ago today, I made that decision to STOP DRUGS!. Before then, I was a chronic CRYSTAL METH addict who turned to drugs for comfort after being brutally heartbroken by my EX. It was such a devastating experience for me..
I don’t know how to make a twitter thread, but I guess the above pictures is enough to tell y’all to stay away from drugs
See his photos below –
Nigerian comedian, Sabinus AKA Mr Funny, has in a new video spoken out about the ghastly motor accident he survived in the early hours of Sunday, 11th September, 2022.
According to reports, the comedian was driving in Lagos when a drunk driver rammed into his car. Sabinus’ car, from the pictures taken at the scene was seriously damaged at the bonnet where it took the hit. The comedian however came out unhurt and is in a good condition.
He took to his social media page to advise people not to drink and drive and in a video he shared as well, he’s seen giving gratitude to God for saving his life.
He also revealed that this will be the first time he’s ever had an accident and he’s unperturbed by it.
Watch him speak as you scroll,
Popular Social Media influencer, Abike ‘Papaya ex’ has complained bitterly over the state of the water in Lekki Area of Lagos.
According to the young lady, Lekki residents pay exhorbitant house rent but they can’t boast of clean water.
In her words –
We pay so much rent in Lekki for us to be using pure water to bath
A fan then asked ; But Abike if I may ask how many bags do you normally use to bath ?
She replied –
Just 3 bags. But I buy and use 150 bags every week🥺💔cause this same pure water is what we use to cook and flush🤦♀️
In 2021, according to an Article by PUNCH, an Associate Director of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, Kelly Ann Naylor, stated that access to water was not enough, noting that if the water wasn’t clean, it wasn’t safe to drink.
Similarly, a survey conducted by Nigeria’s Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF shows that millions of households in Nigeria do not have access to clean water sources. While the supply of clean water in Nigeria has improved recently, three in 10 people still lack access.
According to aid agencies, 60 million Nigerians, or 33 per cent of the population, do not have access to clean water.
Residents of Lekki, which is an affluent area of Lagos state are part of this estimated population of people who do not have access to clean water.
An Indian man took to Twitter recently to narrate how he lost his aunty after her phone exploded and the damage it caused took her life.
The young man on Twitter identified as @Mdtalk16, revealed that his aunty put her phone on her bed quite close to her face before going to sleep.
Unfortunately for her, the phone exploded after some time. The said man however, didn’t reveal if his late aunt’s phone was plugged in the time it exploded.
He wrote,
Yesterday in Night my Aunty found dead 😭, she was using Redmi 6A, she was sleeping & she kept the phone near her face on pillow side & after sometime her phone blast. It’s a bad time for us. It’s a responsibility of a brand to support🙏
See photos he shared,
Popular Nigerian Comedia, Chukwuemeka Emmanuel Ejekwu, popular knonw as Mr Funny or Oga Sabinus, was involved in a Car crash im the early hours of Sunday, 11th September, 2022.
According to reports, he was driving in Lagos when a drunk driver rammed into his car.
Sabinus’ car, from the pictures taken at the scene was seriously damaged at the bonnet where it took the hit.
The comedian however came out unhurt and is in a good condition.
In a video made after the accident, the comedian said –
I don’t bring my things online, even when i bought the car, I did not post it because it is not my life.
My life is comedy not posting. God is in Charge, Nothing dey happen.
I give thanks to God for everything. This is my first time of having an accident, and I don’t even know how it happened.
In another tweet, he advised Nigerians not to Drink and Drive.
A couple have gone viral on social media after the man casually proposed to his girlfriend by passing her a ring and telling her to wear it.
The man gave his lover the ring before telling the woman that he won’t kneel because that’s how African men propose.
He also asked her to say “thank you” after she accepted the ring.
“Oya carry, take,” he said as he gave her the ring.
“Put it on your finger,” he gave a further instruction after the woman collected the ring and she obeyed.
He then went on saying ;
“There’s no point kneeling down. That is the way we African men engage people.”
He then told her to express astonishment and thank him.
“Say wow,” he told her after she wore the ring.
After she responded, he told her to say “thank you.”
“Thank you sir,” the lady replied.
See the video below ;
Nigerian Man Indicted and Wanted for Defrauding New York State Out of More than $30 Million by Posing as Ventilator Seller During Height of the COVID-19 Pandemic
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Chidozie Collins Obasi, 29, of Nigeria, was charged by Indictment with one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, six counts of mail fraud, and 16 counts of wire fraud, all stemming from a complicated, evolving fraud scheme that initially targeted Americans through a spam email campaign offering illegitimate “work from home” jobs, and then during the COVID-19 pandemic shifted to targeting U.S. hospitals and medical systems by offering non-existent ventilators for sale beginning in March 2020, and finally shifted again in June 2020 to using stolen identity information of American citizens to apply for and obtain Economic Injury Disaster Loans (“EID Loans”).
The Indictment alleges that Obasi perpetrated this fraud from Nigeria, with the help of co-conspirators in Canada and elsewhere. The defendant and his co-conspirators are alleged to have obtained more than $31,000,000 through this multi-faceted fraud scheme, with the overwhelming majority of that money – more than $30 million – coming from the State of New York for the intended purchase of ventilators.
The scheme alleged in the Indictment began in September 2018, with a spam email campaign that offered phony “work from home” jobs. When a person responded to the phony job offer, Obasi or a co-conspirator posed as a representative of a legitimate company, often a supposed medical equipment supplier based outside the United States, and offered the person a job as the company’s U.S. representative with responsibilities including collecting on outstanding invoices.
A co-conspirator in Canada then sent the new “employee” counterfeit checks purportedly from customers of the company, and the new “employee” deposited the checks, took a commission, and wired the rest of the money to a foreign bank account ostensibly owned by the fake company. As alleged in the Indictment, Obasi and his co-conspirators obtained more than $1 million in this manner.
The Indictment further alleges that in approximately March 2020, soon after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States and ventilators were in high demand, Obasi posed as a representative of an Indonesian-based medical supply company offering ventilators for sale, and claimed to have a large stockpile of ventilators manufactured by a German company whose headquarters was in Telford, PA.
The defendant allegedly convinced a medical equipment broker in the U.S. to broker sales of these non-existent ventilators, and ultimately deceived the State of New York into wiring more than $30 million for the purchase of ventilators that did not exist. Obasi continued to target other potential customers with this same scam, including hospitals.
Later, in approximately June 2020, the Indictment alleges that Obasi and his co-conspirators took advantage of the EID Loan program by using stolen identities of U.S. citizens to apply for and obtain more than $135,000 in EID Loan proceeds.
Obasi is presently a fugitive, and the United States is seeking to locate and arrest him. Anyone with knowledge of his whereabouts should contact their local FBI Office.
If caught and convicted, Obasi faces a maximum sentence of 621 years in prison, a five-year period of supervised release, and a $5,750,000 fine. Obasi also will be required to make full restitution of the more than $31,000,000 that he obtained by fraud.
The case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Michael S. Lowe.
An Indictment, Information, or Criminal Complaint is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Chidozie Collins Obasi of Nigeria is wanted for defrauding N.Y. State out of more than $30 million. Anyone with knowledge of his whereabouts should contact their local FBI office or go to https://t.co/M0Wg0RiRKf—anonymous tips OK. More info via @USAO_EDPA: https://t.co/RRow3U6hWD pic.twitter.com/OnG9p5Os7N
— FBI Philadelphia (@FBIPhiladelphia) September 9, 2022
The Nigerian professor who sent the world into a frenzy with her tweet about the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II, has spoken up following her virality.
Uju Anya has been trending on the internet since she posted the now-viral tweet wishing the monarch an excruciating death.
She tweeted, “I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating.”
When a Twitter user cautioned her, she maintained her stance and said, “I’m not wishing her dead. She’s dying already. I’m wishing her an agonizingly painful death like the one she caused for millions of people.”
Her statement stirred an uproar on social media, with some, including Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, criticizing her and demanding that she should be fired by the Carnegie Mellon University where she works.
However, some people declared support for her and said her statement was justified.
Uju has now released a statement addressing the controversy she sparked on social media. She said she’s on the verge of losing her friends, colleagues and associates, especially those from the West, but she won’t let it deter her from speaking her truth.
She said her tweets have started a discourse and encouraged other Africans to also speak up and demand justice.
Read her post below,
Congratulations are in order for Rejoice Iwueze of popular kid singing group, Destined Kids, as she gets engaged to her heartthrob.
The singer took to her Instagram page to announce news of her engagement on Friday, September 9, along with photos with her fiancé, Sam.
She professed her undying love for him and said she’s blessed to have him as her partner for life.
Rejoice captioned the post,
“You Brighten My World In Million Ways and I’m Blessed To Call You “MINE”
I Said “YES” To Forever.”
See the photos below,
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A while back, Destined Kids’ Favour Iwueze has taken to her social media page to celebrate her look-alike daughter on her first birthday.
Sharing adorable photos of her daughter Chinaza, Favour Iwueze referred to her as a delight and a joy giving baby.
In her words ;
“The best way to celebrate mother’s day
Chinaza, You are such a delight. You are a beautiful and bright girl. You are a joyful and joy giving baby. You are a strong and a peaceful baby. See the pictures here
Big Brother Naija level-up housemate, Bella Okagbue has denied ever meeting or knowing popular Nigerian singer, Flavour N’abania.
She stated this during a conversation with her love interest, Sheggz, when he was asking her questions about the indigenous singer.
Meanwhile, it was learnt that Sandra Okagbue, the babymama and alleged wife of the singer, is Bella’s elder sister.
During the chat, Sheggz, who seemed to be aware that his lover is affiliated with the ‘Nwa Baby’ crooner, began quizzing her about the singer.
He inquired if she knows or have met Flavour but she responded in the negative and said she’s only a big fan of the singer.
He then asked if the singer is married, to which she declined to respond.
In 2020, there were speculations that Flavour secretly got married to Sandra Okagbue, the mother of two of his children. However, he has not confirmed or denied the report till date.
Watch the conversation between Bella and Sheggz below,
In other news, Bella may risk a strike after she spilled food on fellow housemate, Rachel, during an argument last night.
Rachel, who had volunteered to make food for the house, alongside Phyna and Chichi, prepared rice for the entire house last night. However, while she dished the food, Bella seemed not pleased as she insisted she wanted beef while Rachel gave her chicken.
Rachel tried to explain that there were only four beefs in the soup, and people had already told her they wanted it before Bella came.
This ticked off Bella’s lover, Sheggz, who lambasted Rachel and said that by now, Rachel should have known his woman’s likes and dislikes.
Sheggz called Rachel stupid, and she retaliated by calling him and his family unprintable names.
In an attempt to defend her lover, Bella returned the food Rachel dished out for her, shoving it in her face, and the food poured, which threw the house into chaos.
Clips from the fight caused a stir online, with many calling for Bella to be sanctioned by Big Brother. Watch here
