Breaking: PARENTS OF YAHOO-BOYS NOW FORMING ASSOCIATION...

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, lamented on Thursday that mothers of cyber fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo boys, are now organising themselves into an association.

Magu, who addressed journalists at the Lagos office of the commission in Ikoyi said such parents always justify their children’s activities with the arguments that they were supporting their families in the place of irresponsible, runaway or dead fathers.

Magu said the EFCC’s interest was not just to arrest the Yahoo boys but also to see to their rehabilitation.

Details to come soon…

NICKI MINAJ FLAUNTS HER STUPENDOUS $1.1M WEDDING RING BOUGHT BY NEW HUSBAND KENNETH PETTY...

Newly married Minaj, 36, was seen in a gallery of images and video on her Instagram with husband Kenneth 'Zoo' Petty, dressed in costumes for Halloween inspired by murderous dolls Chucky and Bride of Chucky. Prominent in all the couple's images were their chunky new diamond rings in honor of their recent rushed nuptials, which the Chun-Li star tagged as having been designed by Rafaello And Co.

According to TMZ, Minaj's new husband, 41, was involved in every step of the design and making of her giant, square-cut jewel, which took several months. Jewelers at Rafaello said that Petty, who is a registered sex offender due to a previous rape charge involving an underage girl, oversaw the design of the wedding band as well as the finished piece's delivery, handing over what is estimated to be $1.1 million — the ring's value.

In a selfie video posted Wednesday morning, Minaj is seen cuddled up with Petty, and it's clear she wants both their rings to be front and center in the clip. In terms of Kenneth's band, which is also thick with encrusted jewels, TMZ reports it's customized with the words 'Ken & Barbie' on the inside of the ring.

Nicki's apparently doesn't have an inscription, because there was no room for one. The jeweler from Rafaello reportedly flew from New York to Los Angeles a few days before Nicki's rushed wedding last Monday to deliver the rings, which came in a customized jewelry box with a screen on the inside of the lid that plays a slideshow of the couple to the tune of Nicki's song Come See About Me.

In the Halloween-themed snaps, Nicki dons a wedding gown and cropped black leather motorcycle jacket, with wavy blond hair in the style of the Jennifer Tilly character Tiffany from the cult hit 1998 film, Bride Of Chucky. Petty is dressed in denim overalls and a striped shirt, in a Chucky costume directly inspired by the possessed doll from the popular Child's Play films.

In one of the images, Kenneth kneels in front of Nicki, extending a severed finger with the over-a-million-dollar piece of jewelry on it. In the video, Nicki mentions that she herself 'didn't buy this ring' and congratulates Kenneth, saying 'you married a multi-millionaire'.

She also goes on to say that in marrying Petty, who's American, the Trinidad and Tobago-born rapper can now 'fill out paperwork to vote in the United States of America of Donald Trump.'

Days before the Chucky costumes, Nicki and Kenneth modeled another villainous costume look on her Instagram, the oft-done getups of Joker and Harley Quinn. Petty was convicted in 1995 of attempted rape at age 16 in Queens, New York.

He spent four years in prison in connection with the incident, and was also placed on the sex offender registry. Kenneth also has a first-degree manslaughter conviction in 2006 in the fatal 2002 shooting of a man.

He served seven years of a 10-year sentence and was released from custody in 2013. 

The jewelry company described Nicki's bling as a custom-made piece featuring a 17-carat center with VVS2-clarity diamonds. Rafaello and Co. posted well wishes to the couple on Wednesday as well, parading the massive bling on their own Instagram account.

SELF-ACCLAIMED PASTOR IN COURT FOR ALLEGEDLY STEALING....

A self-acclaimed pastor, Saint John Walker, has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court, charged with stealing GH₵60, 000.00. The accused allegedly collected the money from one Maame Dufie, who owed the complainant, Madam Tuffour GH₵100, 000.00.

He pleaded not guilty to the charge when he appeared in court few months ago. Mr Walker together with some police officers went to Maame Dufie under the guise of being sent by Madam Tuffour to collect the money.

Counsel for the accused, Grace Garner, denied that her client stole the money. She told the court presided over by Emmanuel Essandoh that Mr Walker and complainant had been friends for more than two years, and the accused used to run errands for her (Madam Tuffour).

However, during cross examination, Madam Tuffour told the court that Mr Walker knew her house because she used to send him on errands. When counsel asked whether the complainant operated an account with ECOBANK, she said she could not give details of her bank accounts.

When asked if she ever gave out her Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards and PINs to the accused to withdraw money on her behalf, she responded in the negative. The facts are that, Madam Tuffour lent Maama Dufie an amount of GH₵100,000.00, which Maame Dufie failed to pay.

However, Maame Dufie failed to keep to her promise to repay the money and because of this, the two stopped talking to each other. The accused took advantage of the situation and went to take a total of GH₵60,000.00 from Maame Dufie.

Later, the complainant sent her son to follow up on the debt only to be told that Madam Dufie had paid GH₵60,000.00 in two instalments to the accused. Madam Tuffour lodged a complaint with the East Legon police station. The court adjourned the case to today for continuation.