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Woman Loses 500,000 Naira To Pastor After Giving Testimony In Church

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A pastor identified as Chinedu, has been dragged into controversy after a female church member, Mrs Glory, gave a testimony during a midweek service on how God has rewarded her with N500,000 through a contract in Lagos. The incident happened at Afolabi Oyewole street in Ejigbo where the church is located and the woman in question resides. It was gathered that Pastor Chinedu did not wait till the next day, as he went to Mrs Glory’s house in the night at about 11 pm because the woman had told him that he had the money in cash and she would go to the bank to deposit it the next morning. The victim added that the knock on the door by the pastor caught them unaware as members of the

FBI praises EFCC over arrest of Nigerian Scammers

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI has issued certificates of outstanding performance to some operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The beneficiaries are officers who participated actively in the arrest of Nigerian fraudsters that had been on the wanted persons list of the FBI. Kenny Ivy, the FBI Legal Attache to the US Embassy in Nigeria who presented the certificates on behalf of the agency said the FBI is impressed with the degree of professionalism shown by the EFCC, particularly in the arrest of a Nigerian fraudster, Raheed Mustapha who escaped from the United States and took refuge in Nigeria after defrauding an American company of about $800,000. He thanked the Commission for its efforts and said the FBI looks forward to a continuous working relationship with the EFCC. Also present at the event was his assistant, Jennifer Dent. Dent who has been in Nigeria for the past two years said she has been working on the case with the Commission since she...

How a 51 year old white woman was duped on Facebook by a Nigerian guy

A 51-year-old woman turned over at least $15,000 to a man she considered her boyfriend, though they had only spoken via Facebook and phone. The woman's sister found out about the transactions and contacted the Marion County Sheriff's Office. Someone using the name “Martin Kahl” met the woman via the social networking site in June. He told the woman he was going to Nigeria to work on a construction project. A few weeks later, he told the woman that the project had fallen through and he began to ask her to send him money, which she did. The biggest single transaction was for $4,000, which the man said was to free him after he was detained by local police, according to reports. A check of phone numbers used by theman were traced to overseas numbers and the name “Martin Kahl” was tied to similar scams.