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Court jails man six months for impersonation committed in 2019 UTME

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A magistrate court in Abuja has sent a Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate to jail.

The candidate, identified as Jide Josiah Jisos, is facing a six-month sentence for impersonation committed during 2019 UTME.

Folashade Oyekan, the court justice, convicted Jisos after she found him guilty of a one-count charge of impersonation.

The officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) arrested Jisos while monitoring the 2019 UTME at Brix Academy in Abuja.

During the exam, Jisos presented himself as a representative of a non-governmental organization (NGO) that came to oversee the examination.

However, Jisos was arrested and handed over to security officials for investigation after being discovered to be an impersonator.

He was busted after he could not justify his claims during the questioning by the leader of the monitoring team in the hall.

During interrogation, he confessed that he was not affiliated with any NGO and was in the examination hall to assist his daughter in taking the 2019 UTME.

After being found guilty of impersonation, Jisos was sentenced to six months in prison with an option of a N100,000 fine.

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NDLEA arrests returning businessman for smuggling cocaine

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a businessman identified as an ‘I Just Got Back’ returnee for attempting to smuggle cocaine into the country.

Femi Babafemi, the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, shared videos of the seized contraband on X.com on Sunday.

The suspect, who had just returned from a foreign trip, initially raised suspicion due to his nervous demeanour.

NDLEA officials subjected him to a routine screening, during which wraps of cocaine began to fall from his body.

The statement said: “Narco-trend update: The moment #ndlea_nigeria officers intercepted an ‘I Just Got Back’ businessman, screened him, and wraps of cocaine began to ‘rain’ from his body. Who will tell them that NDLEA will always get them no matter the mode of concealment?”

Click the link below to watch the video:

https://x.com/MobilePunch/status/1870746436486181327?t=DaTN7Qj1qhv27-sflE9p6Q&s=19
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Court jails ex-IMF chief Rodrigo Rato for tax fraud, corruption

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Court jails ex-IMF chief Rodrigo Rato for tax fraud, corruption

A Madrid court on Friday sentenced former International Monetary Fund chief Rodrigo Rato to more than four years in prison for tax crimes, money laundering and corruption.

Judges found Rato who was also a former economy minister in Spain, guilty of “three offences against the treasury, one offence of money laundering and one offence of corruption between individuals,” the court announced in a statement.

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Paul Pogba’s brother sentenced to prison over extortion

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A Paris court on Thursday sentenced the brother of France midfielder, Paul Pogba, to a three-year prison term, with two years suspended, after convicting him in a high-profile extortion case.

Mathias Pogba will be able to serve his one-year sentence with an electronic bracelet rather than behind bars.

The court also fined Pogba’s brother 20,000 euros for participating in the attempted extortion of 13 million euros ($13.5 million) from Pogba in 2022, and for putting pressure on the player, his family and his business contacts to obtain the payment.

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