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This American man was arrested for scamming Nigerians of over N150m

Two Brazilians were also convicted for bringing 23.895 kilograms of cocaine into Nigeria.

In a typical case of ‘bush-meat-become-hunter,’ an American man has been arrested and charged to court for scamming three Nigerians of over $500,000.

Marco Ramirez, an American citizen, was remanded in Kirikiri Maximum Prison by an Ikeja High court Thursday after it he was accused by the EFCC of taking money from his victims under the pretext of securing them American passports.

According to Herald, the EFCC prosecutor said the accused was managing director of three companies – USA Now Plc., Eagleford Instalodge Group and USA Now Capital Group.

Ramirez was accused of collecting $545,000 from Amb.

Godson Echejue, in order to procure an American green card (residence permit) for him.

Two Brazilians, Lima Pereira Diego, and Dias Dos Santos Marcia Cristina, were also convicted for bringing 23.895 kilograms of cocaine into Nigeria, according to Vanguard. »

[OC]Which teams have fewer fans than their namesake? A study : nfl

Authored by np.reddit.com

And more generally, which teams have fewer fans than there exist whatever they're named after?.

To start, I needed a rough estimate of the number of NFL fans in the world.

Summary: So the teams with fewer fans than their namesakes are:. »

Man Hides Loaded Gun in Buttocks, Then Helps Police Find It, They Say

Authored by dnainfo.com

"I'm gonna be real with you, I have a gun in my a--," Marco Alvarado, 20, told police after he was pulled over early Thursday, according to court records.

Witnesses told police a man in a black car fired two shots during an quarrel with a group of men.

Police found the .22 caliber blue steel revolver with two live rounds placed "between his buttocks," according to a police report. »

France to ban all new oil and gas exploration in renewable energy drive

Authored by independent.co.uk

France is to stop granting licences for oil and gas exploration as part of a transition towards environmentally-friendly energy being driven by Emmanuel Macron’s government.

French Minister of Ecological and Social Transition Nicolas Hulot leaves the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, June 22, 2017.

Mr Macron reinstated his commitment to the law last month but has evaded concrete targets for the ultimate aim of making France run completely on renewable energy. »

Climate change in drones' sights with ambitious plan to remotely plant nearly 100,000 trees a day

Authored by abc.net.au

Climate change in drones' sights with ambitious plan to remotely plant nearly 100,000 trees a day.

Dr Susan Graham has helped build a drone system that can scan the land, identify ideal places to grow trees, and then fire germinated seeds into the soil.

"Although we plant about 9 billion trees every year, that leaves a net loss of 6 billion trees," Dr Graham said. »