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A Nigerian man has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for dressing up as a woman and loitering around Lagos international airport, court officials said Tuesday. "He pleaded guilty to the charges and was given 18 months without the option of a fine during his trial on Monday," an official at the court in the Lagos suburb of Ikeja told AFP. It was not clear what Uche Ndubuisi was hoping to achieve with his transvestite antics, but 22 pairs of women's pants, four bras as well as several make-up kits were used as evidence to convict him.

The founder of a private, government-funded school in the District was sentenced to a year in prison yesterday and faces possible deportation for his role in a scheme to steal computers from the Gateway Inc. computer plant in Virginia. Charles Emor, executive director of the SunRise Academy, broke down in tears as he apologized and sought a sentence of home confinement from U.S. District Judge James Robertson in federal court in the District.... The sentence may affect Emor's immigration status. He came to the country from Nigeria legally in 1983, but defense attorney Danny Onorato said the criminal case could...

Nigerian comedian and actor Nkem Owoh was one of the 111 suspected 419 scammers arrested in Amsterdam recently as part of a seven month investigation, dubbed Operation Apollo. Owoh became a well known star within the Nigerian film industry, sometimes colloquially known as Nollywood because of it trite plots, poor dialogue, terrible sound, and low production standards. Owoh starred in the 2003 film Osuofia, and a year later was one of several actors temporarily banned from appearing in movies by Nigeria's Association of Movie Marketers and Producers because he demanded excessive fees and unreasonable contract demands. Owoh became internationally known...

Nigerian Anglican Installs U.S. Bishop May 6, 2007 - 8:34am WOODBRIDGE, Va. (AP) - A powerful Anglican leader from Nigeria installed a bishop Saturday to lead the conservative U.S. parish network he created, despite a last-minute plea from the head of the Anglican Communion that he cancel his visit. Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria was already in the United States when a spokesman for Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams revealed Friday that Williams had tried to intercede. The installation ceremony, held at a nondenominational chapel, went ahead as planned. Bishop Martyn Minns, a former Episcopal clergyman, was given full leadership...

From Ms Helen Nana From frfrfrfr | 03/14/2007 4:06:51 AM MDT read From Ms Helen Nana Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire West Africa. (URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED) NB/ Please reply me direct through my private email address (helennana225@yahoo.es) Dearest One. Good a thing to write you. I have a proposal for you-this however is not mandatory nor will in any manner compel you to honour against your will. I am Helen Nana, 21 years old and the only Daughter of my late parents Mr.and Mrs Nana. My father was a highly reputable busnness magnet-(a cocoa merchant)who operated in the capital city of Ivory...

PROVO - A Brigham Young University student has been arrested in the investigation of the sexual assault of a woman in Springville. Police say a 21-year-old man apparently invited the 20-year-old woman to his home, then pulled her into his bedroom where he assaulted her. Officers say the two knew each other through mutual friends. Police reports say the man is a junior at BYU on a student visa from Nigeria. The man was booked into the Utah County Jail on suspicion of forcible sex abuse. He's scheduled to appear in court on Dec 6.

Friction rises in Nigerian governmentJefferson case contributing to the tension Thursday, October 05, 2006 By Bruce Alpert WASHINGTON -- Imagine that President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney were accusing each other of improprieties so bad that they called for impeachment proceedings. That bizarre scenario is akin to what is playing out in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, as President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abubakar engage in a monumental political battle that got its impetus, at least in part, from the lengthy U.S. Justice Department probe of U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, D-New Orleans. There is concern within Nigeria...

I generally go through the pre-war Intelligence Services documents every day, looking for ones already translated/already in English. It's pretty dull reading as a rule, but I had to laugh when I saw this Nigerian E Mail-apparently sent to Saddam himself-who to his Intelligence Service to be translated. I wonder how much the Butcher of Baghdad got conned out of ! Nigerian Scam E mail Received by Saddam Hussein From: MARYAM ABACHA mamaba2002@email.com c/o The Abacha’s Family Legal Adviser (Abacha’s Family Estate) BARRISTER: TOM BELLO Esq. Email:tombello@maktoob.com Attn.: The President/CEO I am Dr. (Mrs.) Maryam Abacha, wife to the late...

I just received not one but TWO nigerian scam letters in my FR email box!

Hello Friend Perhaps you are not aware that you are fully protected by the law to look for your stolen money and as well put the criminals to jail. We are a renowned investigative consultants that specializes in bringing the criminals to justice and your stolen money recovered, we are a team of lawyers and security agents that includes well trained investigators that are fully determined in helping victims of the monetary transfer scam or crime popularly known as the Nigerian Advanced 419 scam transaction which the perpetrators usually operates from Nigeria and some other African countries even from European...

Rep. accused of trying to bribe NigerianBy STEPHEN MANNING, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 28 minutes ago GREENBELT, Md. - Rep. William Jefferson called the package he allegedly delivered at midnight to the suburban Maryland home of Nigeria's vice president "African art." Authorities say the "art" was meant to be cash — lots of it. Court documents filed in the bribery probe of the Louisiana Democrat allege that Jefferson told an FBI informant he took the "art," which authorities believe was code for $100,000 in $100 bills, to the Potomac home of Atiku Abubakar on July 31. The money was...

GREENBELT, Md. - Nigeria's vice president sought up to $500,000 and a stake in a technology venture in his country, according to statements Rep. William Jefferson (news, bio, voting record) made to an FBI informant that were detailed in court documents filed in a bribery probe of the congressman. Jefferson allegedly told the FBI informant that he had delivered "African art," which authorities believe was code for cash, to the Potomac, Md., home of the wife of Nigerian Vice President Atiku Abubakar at midnight last July 31. Details of the alleged deal were included in an affidavit filed in U.S....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 565 people on three continents have been arrested over the past year as part of an international operation targeting mass-marketing fraud schemes, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. The department said about 2.8 million people had fallen victim to the fraud schemes that were carried out through the Internet, by telemarketers and through mass mailings. Through "Operation Global Con," police in countries across North and South America and Europe have uncovered a number of scams and have arrested 565 people since March 1, 2005. The majority of the arrests were made in Spain, followed...

Re: Poultry Worker Opens Fire at Ark. Plant (suspended Tyson Foods Inc. employee) From markkono | 04/22/2006 12:50:13 PM PDT new FROM MARK & SISTER ABIDJAN COTE D IVIORE email (kono_2005_2005s@yahoo.it) Dear CONFIDENTIAL I am mark kono from Ivory Coast. I lost my Father Mr.williams kono a couple of months ago. My Father was a serving director of the Cocoa exporting abroad until his death .He was assassinated last january 09/01/2004 by the rebels following the political uprising. Before his death he had a foreign account here in Cote d' Ivoire up to the tune of ($9.5M) which he told...

I just got a Nigerian scam offer via my Freepmail. The writer offered me 10% of a fortune if I would let him send it to my account. I checked his posting name and he has no posts. What do I do?

In response to "A Gospel of Intolerance" by The Rt. Rev. John Bryson Chane, Episcopal bishop of Washington (Forum, March 5): Bishop John Bryson Chane invites reaction to the current movement of "intolerance" that threatens the rights of gays and lesbians within the Anglican Communion. This movement of exclusion is led by Archbishop Peter J. Akinola of the Anglican Church of Nigeria. In Bishop Chane's op-ed essay, he urges church members and American citizens to make known their minds on this issue. Being a Nigerian citizen, I offer my opinion to help the wider American public to know the mind...

Wanted tyrant of Liberia vanishes from Nigerian haven By David Blair, Africa Correspondent and Katharine Houreld in Lagos (Filed: 29/03/2006) The Nigerian government was accused of allowing Charles Taylor, Africa's most notorious fallen tyrant, to escape justice after he vanished from his grace-and-favour residence yesterday. Taylor, 58, the former Liberian dictator, had been living in the city of Calabar despite being the subject of an Interpol arrest warrant and an indictment on 17 counts of war crimes. Charles Taylor took refuge in Nigeria when he was deposed The Baptist lay preacher, who devastated Liberia and led a brutal rebel army...

This is the text of an email I received today. Wouldn't it be fun to string this guy out for a while,then hang him out to dry ? Ideas welcome ! Dear Friend, I am Dr.Daniel Nando presently i am practising with a private hospital here in Ivory Coast W/Africa,And you don?t worry because I got your contact through a chamber of commerce and will like to explain to you about a transaction which I hope you can assist which will benefit both of us. I have a patient, a Sierra Leonia woman who was on admission for some weeks...

ABUJA (Reuters) - The Nigerian government, anxious to avoid a repeat of riots that marked a solar eclipse in 2001, warned citizens they may suffer "psychological discomfort" during a new eclipse this month but urged them not to panic. Information Minister Frank Nweke said an eclipse five years ago caused riots in northern Borno state because people did not know why it happened. "Some people even felt some evil people in their communities were responsible for the eclipse," he said in a statement on Thursday aimed at reassuring Nigerians that the eclipse is expected to darken parts of the country...

Nigerian religious riots continue About 10,000 are still sheltering in an army barracks in Onitsha Violence is continuing across Nigeria where religious riots have claimed more than 100 lives this week. A number of deaths were reported and churches and shops burned on Friday in the towns of Kontagora and Potiskum in the north and Enugu in the south-east. Some 10,000 people are still sheltering in barracks in the south-east town of Onitsha after violence there killed 80. Nigeria's 120m people are about equally divided between northern Muslims, and Christians and animists in the south. The violence began last weekend...