Banker jailed for stealing N49m, $368,000 via money transfer

 Juliana Francis

Adesakin

A former staff of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Oreoluwa Adesakin, was on Monday handed a cumulative 98 years in prison for stealing N49m, $368,000 while in charge of effecting payments through Western Union Money Transfer and Money Gram platforms.

‘Uncle Mike’ applied jelly on me after raping me, says six-year-old girl

 Juliana Francis

 

A six-year-old girl has narrated how a 35-year-old man, ‘Uncle Mike,’ repeatedly sexually violated her and then applied Vaseline on her private to ameliorate the soreness.

COVID-19: How transporters, POS money traders rip off interstate, local passengers (2)

 Operators of different sectors of the Nigerian economy take advantage of the outbreak of coronavirus to exploit Nigerian masses, especially in the transport sector. JULIANA FRANCIS examines these practices and the weak regulatory system that enables such fraud.

How ‘Grace’ is transforming lives of troubled children, homes

Juliana Francis

Participants

When Bola started acting up, nobody could grasp what was wrong or troubling her. She took to fighting, lying, stealing and keeping late nights.

Wife: My husband injured me with iron, threatened to kill me

 Kenneth Ofoma

A 27-year-old woman, Mrs. Chiamaka Okechi, has narrated how her husband attempted to bludgeon her to death with an iron rod in Enugu State.

We cheat customers by swapping genuine phones, money with fake

 Juliana Francis

Ogbona and Kehinde

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Ikeja, Lagos State Police Command, have arrested two men, who specialised in cheating customers by swapping genuine phones and money with fake ones.

Prostitute accused of orchestrating theft of client’s car after sex romp

 

Juliana Francis

 

A 30-year-old man, Francis Chukwu, has accused a 25-year-old prostitute, Stella, of orchestrating with him and two others to steal her client’s car moment after engaging in a sex romp with him.

The suspects