Abiola Kayode, a 37-year-old Nigerian on the FBI’s most wanted list, has been extradited from Ghana to Nebraska, U.S., over a 2019 wire fraud conspiracy indictment. Ghanaian authorities arrested him and handed him over to FBI agents. Abiola Kayode appeared in court on December 11, 2024, and was ordered a detained pending trial. He is … Read more
FBI Director Christopher Wray announced on Wednesday that he will resign before President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month, following weeks of consideration. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Wray’s decision comes amid Trump’s indication that he would remove Wray from his position. Trump has already nominated Kash Patel, a vocal critic of the FBI, to lead … Read more
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested Oluyomi Omobolanle Bombata, popularly known as ‘Bobo Chicago,’ in connection with a $2.8 million email fraud and money laundering operation. According to reports by Peoples Gazette, the 25-year-old allegedly harassed Nigerians living in the Houston metro area before relocating to Chicago, where he established residency. EDITOR’S PICKS … Read more
Senate Republicans Dismiss Replacing FBI with Private Investigators for Trump Nominee Background Checks Senate Republicans have rejected a proposal from President-elect Donald Trump’s advisers to shift background checks for high-level nominees from the FBI to private investigators. EDITOR’S PICKS Trump Taps Fox News Host Pete Hegseth As Defence Secretary Sanwo-Olu Appoints Barr. Rekiya Olufunke Hassan … Read more
Franklin Nwadialo, the newly elected Chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area (LGA) in Anambra State, Nigeria, has been arrested in Texas, United States, for allegedly masterminding a $3.3 million romance scam. According to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice, Nwadialo faces 14 counts of wire fraud and could face up to 20 years … Read more
A mass shooting in Alabama has left at least four people dead and dozens injured, police reported on Saturday. “We believe multiple shooters fired several rounds at a crowd in the Five Points South district of Birmingham shortly after 11:00 p.m.,” police officer Truman Fitzgerald told local media. Officers discovered two men and a woman … Read more
The FBI has launched an investigation into claims by the Trump campaign that it was targeted by hackers allegedly linked to the Iranian government. In a brief statement on Monday, the FBI confirmed that it was probing the matter but did not directly mention former President Trump or Iran by name. A spokesperson for the … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that President Bola Tinubu has called for enhanced collaboration between Nigeria’s law enforcement agencies and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to combat cybercrime, terrorism, and other related crimes. The President made this appeal on Friday during a meeting with FBI Director Christopher Wray at the State House in … Read more
Primeboy Drags Mohbad’s Widow To Court Over False Accusations. Concerns over Mohbad’s son’s paternity and circumstances of death. Naira Marley and Sam Larry interrogated; Primeboy surrenders and visits State CID. EKO HOT BLOG reports that Owodunni Ibrahim, also known as Primeboy and a childhood friend of the late singer Mohbad, has lodged a petition with the … Read more
EFCC charges Binance and execs with $35.4M money laundering. Anjarwalla evades arrest, prompts international pursuit. Charges include unlicensed financial activities and concealing unlawful proceeds. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has brought charges of $35,400,000 in money laundering against Binance Holdings Limited and two of its senior executives, Tigran Gambaryan … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United States chapter of the pro-democracy group, National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), has called on the the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate the Chicago State University (CSU). The group asked the security agency to investigate if there were some momentary or other inducements made to CSU by President … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that President Bola Tinubu has secured a favourable judgement over the release of his records compiled by American law enforcement authorities at the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in Washington D.C. An American transparency activist, Aaron Greenspan, had filed a motion to order the Federal Bureau of … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Information and Strategy, has accused Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and journalist David Hundeyin of collaborating with Aaron Greenspan to expedite the release of FBI files on President Tinubu. Tinubu’s legal team in the US filed motions to intervene in an ongoing … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has declared six Nigerian nationals wanted, describing these men as international flight risks. The suspects are Felix Osilama Okpoh, Alex Afolabi Ogunsakin, Micheal Olorunyomi, Richard Izuchukwu Uzhi, Nnamdi Orson Benson, and Abiola Ayorinde Kayode. Editors Pick BREAKING: Crude Oil Price Hits $95 … Read more
The FBI said they are hunting for a man accused of killing five of his neighbours in Texas after an argument about him practice-shooting nearby. Suspect Francisco Oropeza, 38, is “armed and dangerous”, an FBI agent said. He allegedly opened fire on his neighbours after they asked him to stop shooting because they were trying … Read more
The FBI is warning consumers against using public phone charging stations in order to avoid exposing their devices to malicious software. Public USB stations like the kind found at malls and airports are being used by bad actors to spread malware and monitoring software, according to a tweet last week from the FBI’s Denver branch. The agency … Read more
Officials allegedly concealed evidence that they “conspired to and executed their plan to assassinate” Malcom’s X His Daughter announced the planned legal action at the site where he was fatally shot in New York The NYPD and CIA were also named in the legal filing Eko Hot Blog reports that a daughter of murdered black … Read more
The FBI found one classified document after searching the Indiana home of former Vice President Mike Pence for five hours Friday, an adviser to Pence said. Pence and his aides had agreed to the search after they discovered a small number of classified documents there last month. “The Department of Justice completed a thorough and … Read more
These are in addition to materials previously found at Biden’s Wilmington residence and in his private office. The federal search of Biden’s home, while voluntary, marks an escalation of the probe into the president’s handling of classified documents The FBI search was done with the consent of the president’s attorneys Eko Hot Blog reports that … Read more
F The FBI is warning of an “explosion” in cases of teenagers and young boys being tricked into sending explicit pictures online. Eko Hot Blog reports that It said there had been a sharp rise in the blackmail scheme which it linked to at least a dozen suicides in the US this year. EDITOR’S PICKS … Read more