Wednesday 9 March 2016
How British PM David Cameron goes to work...sometimes!
Photo: Nigerian man arrested in the U.S and charged with 13 counts of identity fraud
A Nigerian man, Uchenna Azubuike has been charged with 13
counts of identity fraud and held at the Thomas County Jail, Georgia.
Immigration personnel have interviewed the suspect and officials with
the Diplomatic Division of the U.S. attorney’s office at
Macon will interview Azubuike here in mid-March.
Azubuike,
29, of 1000 Barone Ave., Atlanta was arrested after allegedly
attempting to purchase two cell phones from a Vericon store using a fake
passport of a woman in New York.
Employees at the
Thomasville Verizon store, 13915 U.S. 19 South, became suspicious when
someone using a New Jersey woman’s identification purchased phones in
late February. Personnel contacted the woman and learned she had never
been in Thomasville.
Verizon employees were on high alert when a man — later
identified as Azubuike — entered the business two days later and
purchased two iPhones valued at a total of $1,700. Police were notified.
The suspect, who had filled out paperwork, was waiting for completion of the phone transaction when police arrived. As
soon as Azubuike saw police, he got in his vehicle, a 2010 Infiniti,
and attempted to leave, said police detective Scott Newberry.
Azubuike
refused to identity himself and was taken into custody. He was transported to the jail, where his identity was learned through
fingerprints.
"He was using a fake passport of
an individual from
New York, New York, and was attempting to buy cell phones on the New
York person’s Verizon account," Newberry explained. "On him, we found
the passport he was using. We learned his identity was a different
name."
The
Infiniti was seized and searched at the Jail-Justice Center impound
yard. Officers found 12 more passports and additional documents related
to identification fraud in the car.
"They were different names and
dates of birth, but his photo was on all of them," said Capt. Maurice
Holmes, commander of the Thomasville Police Department Criminal
Investigations Division.
Also found in the
vehicle were two
iPhones purchased by Azubuike using another identification at a Valdosta
Verizon store. An iPad purchased in Atlanta used yet another
identification. An alert issued by Thomasville Police Department reached
the federal level, including the Eastern Seaboard and the Midwest.
"The feds have decided they want to adopt this case and take the case over." Detective Newberry said.
The
suspect will remain incarcerated in Thomasville until he is indicted by
a federal grand jury. He will then be transported a federal facility.
"He’s of Nigerian descent," Holmes added, pointing out a “long history” of fraudulent activity with a Nigerian connection.
The CID commander said that in his decades-long career in law
enforcement, he has never seen an identity fraud case of this magnitude.
"When he uses an identification, he gets rid of it," Newberry said.
Azubuike
is believed to have bought cell phones from Kansas to North Carolina
using fraudulent identifications. Officers
said the suspect fraudulently obtained cell phones from Verizon and
AT&T and had data transferred from phone to phone. It is believed
some phones were being shipped overseas, where new service was obtained,
and the phones were sold.
"There’s
also a terrorist connection that could be involved with these phones.
That’s why the feds are interested in it," Holmes explained.
Police
Chief Troy Rich said the Thomasville Verizon store staff is an
important aspect of the case in that employees were able to stop the
transaction and notify police.
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Looks like the Ooni's is not at peace with his first wife, but I will get you guys the details on that.
See James Ocholi Son's Last Posts Before His Death
James Ocholi, Wife & Son’s Death: Family Suspecting Serious Conspiracy
The Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, stated this on Monday while responding to the call by the relatives of the deceased, including Ocholi’s uncle, Abdallah Aliu; another relative, Paul Audu; and the immediate younger sister to the late Blessing, that the driver be investigated.
The Ocholi family is working on some "suspicious" theories concerning the accident...
Ngige had told that, “The acting Permanent Secretary is here, she is the one in charge of human resources. We will find out and investigate it. We will do, but I can tell you that our personal drivers are known to us and we both keep our personal drivers. We will find out and investigate this.”
But the family members believed that the driver of a car that somersaulted several times would ordinarily be unconscious and would not take photographs of the deceased and upload them on social media.
They also contended that the driver and the orderly should have cordoned off the place and evacuated the corpses as this had been the tradition whenever a VIP was involved in an accident.
Aliu said, “Distinguished Senator Ngige, I know you very well. When James Ocholi was told to work with you, I knew he was in good hands because the last time I saw you was in Anambra State. We ate with you in your house as a governor.
“This man that just died is not a lone person. We leave this responsibility in your care. Whoever recruited the driver and posted (redeploy) him should be investigated. It can happen to anybody, it can happen to any minister. It can happen because it has happened.
“So, we want to know who recruited the driver, and at what speed (he was during the trip) to the extent that the corpse of the deceased cannot even be recognised. Can you imagine that? I am worried, it is worrisome.”
Aliu added, “There was a kind of foul play in the whole exercise, which is very worrisome. Apparently, the driver who drove the car was the same person who took the photo of the dead man and sent it all over the Internet – WhatsApp and others. So, the question is: how come that the driver of the vehicle in the same car was able to take the picture of the dead man?
“The side of the door, where the Honourable Minister sat, was not properly locked because after the car somersaulted, the thing flung him and so he had a terrible and fatal damage that his body was beyond recognition. There was a foul play in Ocholi’s death.
“While I was in his house, I already knew because those who conspired and plotted it (the death) became jittery because I have never been to that house and they don’t know me. But somehow, they became jittery, scared and worried.
“This thing they did is political, it is a political war and some people want to score some political points against the system somehow. The death of Ocholi is quite suspicious.
“So, I had to hurriedly leave because God has made me to know what happened and we know that they will get the people who are responsible. When you are innocent, God will always uncover how certain things happened. Ocholi’s death is a great loss to the common people of Nigeria. And the spirit of the common people of Nigeria is fighting back.
“The perpetrators want to derail the focus of this administration. They are looking for every way to put a wedge in the wheel of success. I can specifically pinpoint those who plotted these things. What they are trying to do now is to knock heads together and the earlier we get rid of them out of that place, the better.
“As we were there, they were trying to get the contacts of the ministers that came there for condolence, making phone calls and reporting back to whoever is their manipulator.
“They decided to get rid of Ocholi to derail the focus of the government. Ocholi was not smart enough to know that these things could happen. They have lost, failed and we will ask God to forgive them because they have taken a soul that they cannot create.”
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Saturday 5 March 2016
Johnnie Walker Blue Label launches Luxury VIP Chess Lounge in Lagos
Ever wanted a place where you could cross strategies with fellow chess lovers in Lagos? Then look no further. Johnnie Walker Blue Label recently opened its ultra-exclusive VIP Chess Lounge at the InterContinental Hotel, VI, Lagos on the 3rd of March 2016.
This all exclusive lounge was set up to
cater to the select few who enjoy the game of chess while giving guests
to the lounge the opportunity to enjoy the rarest of the Johnnie Walker
labels; the Johnnie Walker Blue label.
The lounge offers a luxury venue for chess players and lovers to come play, relax or to hang out.
This is a first of its kind in Nigeria
and Johnnie Walker Blue Label is promising to open more luxury venues
around Nigeria in the near future.
Guest players at the launch included Sijibomi Ogundele, CEO of Sujimoto Construction Ltd.
Blue Label is an unrivaled masterpiece.
It is an exquisite blend made from some of Scotland’s rarest and most
exceptional Scotch Whiskies.
Only one in every ten thousand casks has
the elusive quality, character and flavor to deliver the’ remarkable
signature taste of Johnnie Walker Blue Label. An extraordinary Scotch
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Photos: Billionaire James Stunt seen out in his N1.4billion supercar
Well, I say N1.4bn because that car is
worth 3.1 million pounds and a pound to Naira is about 480,
right? Billionaire art collector James Stunt, 34, was spotted out in one
of the world's most expensive cars in London yesterday. It's a
one-of-a-kind carbon fibre Lamborghini Aventador which he bought last month. The car has been compared to the Batmobile used in the Batman superhero
films.
James is married to Formula One heiress Petra Ecclestone,
whose father is billionaire Formula One chief executive Bernie
Ecclestone...see more photos after the cut...
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