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Anthony Uwa A man from Nassarawa State has narrated how the Basic Registry and Information System in Nigeria (BRISIN) allegedly deceived him and other job seekers, using the presidential seal on a job vacancy. The man, who spoke with SaharaReporters on Sunday, said he and his friends had come across a WhatsApp post last year, about job vacancies at the BRISIN.  Anthony Uwa He said they originally thought such was posted by scammers to swindle unsuspecting members of the public. The man, however, said they believed the post was credible when BRISIN’s head of implementation, Anthony Uwa, confirmed the purported job openings while appearing on a Channels TV programme. He said they paid N1,000 each for registration while about 48,000 applicants were shortlisted for just 5,000 slots. The man said the shortlisted applicants were again asked to pay another N500 before they could access questions during the online test conducted for them last March. He said since the test was con

Policemen have allegedly shot two persons dead while two others were injured on Saturday during a clash between commercial motorcyclists known as okada riders and policemen at the Otunoba Itire area of Lagos. According to reports, some policemen from the Itire division seized motorcycles from two riders who were Hausa around 8am and took the bikes to their station. The owners of the motorcycles were said to have reported the incident to their members who followed them to the police station on motorcycles to protest the seizure. The police fired teargas canisters to disperse the protesters, who in turn reportedly hurled stones and planks at the cops. A source who reached out to SaharaReporters, said the incident occurred close to her house. She said the clash left two persons dead and two others in critical conditions. She said, “A fight ensued between policemen and bike men (commercial motorcyclists). I think the bike men were trying to attack the police officers, so, the p

A Nigerian man has narrated how his family lost about N6.7 million to Themap Online Limited, a logistics and E-commerce company, owned and headed by one Anyanso Mma.  In a complaint sent to SaharaReporters on Saturday, the investor said the company, which runs its activities on investors’ money, usually pays dividends to investors after trading with their money for a particular period. He, however, said investors stopped receiving payments in October 2020 and that the MD/CEO, Mma, was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on November 20.  This, he claimed, has led to “loss of lives, properties, sanity, and jobs.”  He alleged that Mma and his team have duped several people, including himself and members of his family, who lost millions of naira to the company. He said, “I write to complain and as well ask for your kind assistance in recovering my funds alongside many others which were invested with Themap Online Limited based in Lagos. “The company is hea

A woman, simply identified as Uchenna, has allegedly molested a 7-year-old girl, Ifebuche Okoro, who served as her housemaid for one month in Nnewi, Anambra State. In a report sent to SaharaReporters by one Gozz Carl Chigbata, the 7-year-old girl sustained injuries all over her body due to the physical assault she suffered from Uchenna. Okoro, the victim, alleged that Uchenna hit her in the face several times with a broom and that she suffered swollen eyes. She also said her right wrist and palm got swollen when Uchenna asked her to put her hand on a table and then proceeded to hit her with a pestle. The young girl, who sustained burns on her back, also alleged that Uchenna poured hot water on her when she fainted. Chigbata said, “A 7-year-old female, accompanied by her elder sister, Miss Chioma Okoro, came to my hospital on 25/01/2021 with multiple injuries and scars all over her body. “She was taken to live with Mrs. Uchenna by her aunt, also named Mrs. Uchenna Ikpe, who

Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, has urged the governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, to order the immidiate arrest of a suspected Fulani criminal, Iskilu Wakili, said to be terrorising residents of Ayete, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state. Residents of Ibarapa area have alleged that Wakili recruited over 100 Fulani people with sophiscated weapons to terrorise them. Igboho, in an interview on Sunday, said there were many misconceptions about him, adding that Wakili must be driven out of Ibarapa forest. “Yes, the people are living in fear. They are afraid that Fulani people might attack them and that is being done by one Isikilu Wakili. He has turned himself into terror and authority in the area and nothing is being done to address the situation.  “We heard about this two months ago and like I said, nothing is being done to address it. If the governor hears about Wakili killing our people, harassing them and plundering