Nollywood Actor Charles Inojie wins double NELAS Awards

    Nollywood comic actor Charles Inojie and a well-known character in the popular comedy series, The Johnsons garnered double awards at the NELAS Awards ceremony.

   NELAS which stands for Nollywood Excellence and Leadership Awards is the platform used to reward outstanding Nollywood actors and actresses for their immense disciplinary acting. And the Edo State born actor Charles Inojie took home double awards for Director of the Year and one other. He wrote:

US military dispose of Baghdadi’s body at sea

 

  The body of Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was buried at sea by the US military after he killed himself during the weekend raid on his Syrian hideout, a Pentagon source told AFP.

EFCC arrests Mompha's Lebanese partner at his N1.8 billion Lagos apartment

     A Lebanese Hamza Koudeih and two other suspected accomplices of social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha (a.k.a. Mompha), have been arrested in Lagos.

   Koudeih was arrested at the weekend after a three-hour stand-off at his N1.8 billion luxury apartment in the 33-storey Eko Atlantic Pearl Tower, Victoria Island, Lagos. Mompha, Koudeih and the others are suspected to be kingpins of a network of cyber criminals who laundered N33 billion through three firms. His arrest by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), followed intelligence unearthed after Mompha’s arrest last Tuesday.
   

Malaysian lady who defrauded U.S athlete of $1.2m with fake Ni­ger­ian oil investment jailed

 

   59-year-old Cheah Siew Im who defrauded people in the United States with stolen identities and false stories for almost 20 years, has been jailed after she was caught speeding in Virginia driving a Porsche and using her old roommate’s driving license.

     The Malaysian-born con artist stole at least 6 identities including those of her roommates and nail technicians, and reportedly convinced professional athletes and successful executives that she was the granddaughter of Singapore’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, and a close friend of former US president, Barack Obama.

Mompha's Instagram account deleted after being arrested by EFCC

 

   The Instagram page of embattled Dubai-based Nigerian social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha a.k.a Mompha seems to have been deactivated days after he was arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over his alleged involvement in internet fraud and money laundering.