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One half of a Nigerian couple, Ivie Shevon Sajere, 38, accused of ste@ling nearly $1 million from the federal government through bogus applications for retirement benefits and disaster aid has been sentenced to prison.  According to reports, Ivie, who lives in Suwanee, Georgia, will spend two years and six months in federal prison after she pleaded guilty to her role in the alleged sc@m last year, a district court judge said.  She was also ordered to pay $949,616 in restitution. The government’s case against her husband, Neville Sajere, is ongoing as he “appears to have fled the United States and avoided prosecution,” according to court filings. Prosecutors in the Northern District of Georgia said Ivie Sajere’s alleged involvement in the scheme started in June 2017 until September 2018. According to U.S. Attorney Erskine, the defendant and her husband, Neville, engaged in marriage fr@ud in an unsuccessful attempt to become U.S. citizens, participated in a money laundering sche...

Unfortunately for Nigerian businessman, Ernest Azudialu-Obiejesi, chairman and chief executive officer of Nestoil Group, it has been one week, one trouble, The Witness reports. Recall, weeks ago, the EFCC, swooped in on the businessman and sealed his expansive residence on Modupe Alakija Crescent, formerly known as Ikoyi Crescent. The ultra-modern property was marked with the anti-graft agency’s signature red ink, indicating that it was under investigation. However, after several hours, which were followed numerous phone calls to some highly influential people, the red ink was washed off the property. Latest findings by The Witness revealed that one of the Nigerian new generation banks has reinstituted its battle against Azudialu-Obiejesi and his Nestoil Group, over an unpaid loan amounting to the tune of N20.3 billion. In a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the lender alleged that Azudialu-Obiejesi and his company have refused to service or pay the said ...