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Male Nigerian Jailed for impersonating female nurse In United Kingdom
A Nigerian male migrant simply identified as Lucius Njoku who used his female friend’s identity to work at a National Health Services, NHS, accident and emergency department in the UK, has been handed a suspended prison sentence.
The 33-year-old Njoku was said to have fraudulently used the name of agency nurse Joyce George to work several shifts over two months as a healthcare assistant at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Cheshire.
Despite wearing George’s NHS name badge, which had her photograph, the Nigerian national reportedly was able to work undetected for weeks.
The hospital discovered Njoku’s deception only after a patient confronted him about his identity.
Hospital staff then reviewed CCTV footage, which confirmed Njoku had worked multiple shifts at the facility.
According to investigations, George, also a Nigerian national, had obtained her nursing job through an outside agency following a successful interview.
However, between February and April 2024, she allowed Njoku to do her shifts under her name. It remains unclear how he obtained an NHS uniform for the role.
Police officers later raided George’s home, where they found Njoku. Prosecutors told the court that phones seized from both of them “showed communication between them about work patterns”.
At Chester Magistrates’ Court, Njoku, who lives separately with his NHS worker wife, admitted fraud by false representation.
He was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to complete 80 hours of unpaid work. He was also told to pay £239 in costs and surcharge.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The CAF Appeal Board ruled in favour of Morocco, declaring that Senegal forfeited the AFCON final by walking off the field during the game.
Morocco were awarded a 3–0 walkover victory.
This decision upholds Morocco’s appeal following the chaotic events in the match.
DAILY POST recalls that the Senegal team briefly walked off the pitch in protest after a controversial penalty was awarded to Morocco late in regulation time.
They were called back to the field by their captain, Sadio Mané, and later won the game 1–0.
CAF determined that this action constituted a violation of Article 84, or the equivalent regulations concerning refusal to play or abandoning the field.
Under AFCON rules, a team that refuses to continue playing or leaves the field without authorization faces elimination and forfeiture of the match.
A total of three operatives of different security agencies in Anambra State collapsed during the inauguration of Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday.
The incident happened during the parade at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.
The three operatives are one male police operative, another male operative of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and a female operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The police operative collapsed first, followed by the NSCDC operative, who slumped towards the end of the event and was later escorted to an ambulance, after she refused to be moved in a stretcher.
A source said the police operative was later resuscitated, but was still not stable, and was taken in an ambulance to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka.
The collapse of the service officers was attributed to fatigue and the long period of parade under harsh sunny weather.
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