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Mrs. Oladele Williams-Oni, an architect narrated to an Ikeja High Court, Lagos, how she was

scammed of #17 million by a shepherd in charge of the Celestial Church of Christ, Genesis

Parish, Alagbado, Prophet Israel Ola Ogundipe.

The lady told the court that she entrusted the accused person with her money to procure some

landed property on her behalf because she thought he was a “good pastor,” but was surprised

that the prophet only made her to suffer in vain. She said, “He told me something about my

husband in one of his prophecies, that I should not have anything jointly with him because he

was having an affair behind my back. He gave me a liquid to drink and I started vomiting. I was

asked to sit down and he...

Read more: A LONDON BASED NIGERIAN DEFRAUDED BY AN EVANGELIST.

Victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation no longer have to wait in limbo while their

captors are prosecuted. The Federal Government has decided that those lured here for jobs, then

forced into prostitution, can apply to live and work here legally.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said victims can apply for a status called deferred

action while the court cases are still going on. They may also get fees waived. Trafficking victims

who help the police investigate their employers are also able to get special visas.

A BRITISH WOMAN CONVICTED...

Read more: TRAFFICKING VICTIMS’ WAIT FOR CITIZENSHIP IS REDUCED.

A West African immigrant was crushed to death in the Bronx in a freak accident while loading a vehicle into a container truck, the NYPD said. The life of Abdul Barry, 49, came to a  gruesome end as he moved the Toyota pickup-bound for resale in Africa-into a container hooked up to a truck cab, witnesses said.

Barry was standing inside the container when chains that suspended the truck above him snapped and sent the vehicle crashing down on him. He was a former cab driver in Africa, immigrated from West Guinea in 2005, leaving behind his wife and a daughter who is now 11.

His second child was born over a month ago. Selling vehicles was one of several ways he supported his family. He also ran a Bronx storefront where he sold socks and...

Read more: AN IMMIGRANT CRUSHED.

New York law-enforcement agencies have begun collecting their one-third portion of a near

$21 million settlement from a national pallet-recycling company that employed 6,000 illegal

aliens in 26 states.

The investigation, which began upstate, was based on a truck driver’s tip and led to the April 2006

raids at more than 40 IFCO system plants. At least 1,100 people were arrested on immigration

charges. The company settled this federal case in 2008.

THE RIOTS IN TUNISIA: YOUTH REVOLUTION.

Riots have chased out this African nation’s president, leaving the region...

Read more: NEW YORK STATE GETS SEVEN MILLION IN ILLEGAL-ALIEN DEAL.