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Eight Nigerian men arrested in Thailand for online romance scam

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Eight men were  arrested in Thailand alongside six others for engaging in online romance scam, are currently being paraded by the Police in the Asian country. The men reportedly engaged in swindling nearly Bt2 million from Thai women in Ratchaburi, Samut Sakhon, Phitsanulok, Chon Buri and Bangkok’s Dusit district. Deputy Tourist Police chief Maj-General Surachate Hakpan told a press conference on Monday, August 6, that the investigation began after complaints from victims – each of whom wired between Bt300,000 and Bt500,000 to the gang. He said that the Thai suspects – including at least four Thai women – aided the gang by opening bank accounts and withdrawing cash for the foreign suspects. Despite the Thai suspects’ claim of innocence, he said they would face a charge of public fraud and abetting trans-national crimes, which is punishable with up to 10 years imprisonment.  In another news, just yesterday, another Nigerian man identified as Chinedu Victor Okeke was a

Breaking News!! Akpabio resigns as Senate Minority leader

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He disclosed this in a letter dated August 4, addressed to the Senate Deputy Minority Leader, Emmanuel Bwacha. He, however, did not state any reason for the resignation. Akpabio, however, thanked the senate leadership and referred to the PDP as “our great party”, “for giving him the opportunity to lead the caucus for three years.” See his resignation letter below… Rumors have it that Senator Akpabio has his eye on the seat of the senate president. Anyways this is Nigeria and this is Africa's style of politics. 

Jenifa’s Diary actress, Toyosi parents finally reconcile after 17 years of divorce

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For Juliana Olayode, former star actress in Funke Akindele’s Jenifa’s Diary, it’s time to laugh after weeping for 17 years. 17 years? Yes, she narrated that her parents were divorced and always quarreled whenever they saw each other. According to Juliana, who authored a book, “Rebirth” in 2017, she had almost given up hope of reconciliation between the duo when the miracle happened. The actress who has since left Jenifa’s Diary, wrote: “WEDDING BELLS ARE RINGING I know that my Rebirth Fam @rebirthnetwork would be able to relate more with what I am about to share. Gosh where do I start? My heart is racing…I still can’t believe it. I have prayed for it to happen for 17 years. At some point, I stopped praying about it because nothing changed, things only got worse. My elder sisters called for a meeting, and between us, we wanted to reconcile my mum and dad but we didn’t tell them about it. I was so afraid. I wondered if they would come or if our plans to bring them back together would