At least two people were killed when hoodlums blocked Gada-Biyu Highway in Jos, Plateau State capital, Tuesday night. A resident told our correspondent that two trucks were set on fire in the incident. The hoodlums were seen on rampage, assaulting passersby. Our correspondent reports the incident may be connected to the violence that occurred between herders and the people of Irigwe. Many were killed and houses set ablaze in the clash which occurred last Saturday. Daily Trust

Two Nigerians have been arrested in the United States for wire fraud and other offences involving $25,000 in unemployment benefits. Olushola Afolabi and Olugbeminiyi Aderibigbe were accused of conspiring with others to defraud the Illinois Department of Employment Security and the United States government through fraudulent unemployment insurance claims. They and their alleged co-conspirators used stolen identities to file unemployment insurance claims and transferred millions of dollars in unemployment benefits into bank accounts controlled by them, the U.S. government said in the indictment filed against them. “Using the funds in those bank accounts, members of the conspiracy purchased money orders…