SHAMEFUL: ‘I Have Never tasted Alcohol in my LIFE, I was not Drunk, only playing with empty Beer bottles’-Dismissed Nigerian Policeman, KADIMA USENI, Mobile Force Squadron 22 Base Ikeja …Says: ‘It was a set up against me. I was secretly recorded without my knowledge’ *Lament: ‘Police higher authority want to ruin my life. I am not lying. My Force Number is 176219. I seized the empty beer bottles from some Police officers’ children’ BY TITILAYO ODUNLAMI/CRIME REPORTER, LAGOS
SHAMEFUL: ‘I Have Never tasted Alcohol in my LIFE, I was not Drunk, only playing with empty Beer bottles’-Dismissed...
CONFESSION OF A MASTERS DEGREE CHRONIC FRAUDSTER: ‘I Have Never met Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former Vice president. I only use his name to deceive innocent Nigerians in a bid to steal their money’-AMINU AHMED YERIMA …Claims: ‘I have exploited over 50 persons on Facebook pretending to be an aide of Atiku. I am from Jade Local Government in Adamawa, same place PDP Presidential Candidate comes from’ *Busted by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team led by Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari *Collected 50million Naira from victims within SIX Months BY AHMED LAWAL/DEPUTY CRIME EDITOR, ABUJA
CONFESSION OF A MASTERS DEGREE CHRONIC FRAUDSTER: ‘I Have Never met Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former...
INSPIRATIONAL: SOUTH AFRICAN Surgeons SAVE MUHAMMED TAMIMI, Palestinian teenager…after he was shot in the Head and Face at close range with a rubber-coated, metal bullet *15 year old Palestinian boy cries ‘I want to be able to go outside. I am not allowed to stay in the sun too much. And I want to be able to run with my friends’ *Bullet pierced his nose and lodged in his brain *A large part of his skull had to be removed, causing his left eye to sink * ‘Every help Tamimi received is a proud example of South Africans who give real expression to Madiba’s spirit of sacrifice and caring for one’s fellow man especially the most vulnerable amongst us’-Mandla, grandson of Nelson Mandela BY RACHAEL OLIVER OSADOLOR/South African Correspondent
INSPIRATIONAL: SOUTH AFRICAN Surgeons SAVE MUHAMMED TAMIMI, Palestinian teenager…after he was shot in the...Latest News
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SHOCKINGLY PAINFUL: NIGERIAN 16 Years old Boy, JOHN OGUNJOBI Stabbed to DEATH in South London…Collapsed in Tulse Hill during ‘Bonfire Night’ *Fatally wounded in Greenleaf Close after 10:53pm, Struggled, begged killers to stay alive * ‘Despite the efforts of paramedics, the male was pronounced dead at the scene at 11.41pm. His next of kin are aware. He has been formally identified as John Ogunjobi, 16, of Tulse Hill. A post-mortem examination held on Thursday at Greenwich Mortuary gave cause of death as a stab wound’-‘Scotland Yard * ‘I am appealing to anyone who has information that could assist this investigation to come forward and speak to police. We believe the victim was attacked by a number of suspects and the altercation would have undoubtedly drawn the attention of those who were in the vicinity’-Murder Squad’s Detective Chief Inspector Richard Vandenbergh * ‘We have seen a spate of fatal stabbings in South London recently with five murders over the course of the last week. One murder is one too many with the devastation it causes to families, friends and communities difficult to comprehend. Tackling violence is a priority and one which remains at the forefront of all the work we do. This includes utilising our local resources but also supplementing them with resources from across the Met, including the Violent Crime Taskforce’ – Chief Superintendent Simon Messinger, Commander of the Central South Command Unit BY TEMI OYELADE/SPECIAL CRIME CORRESPONDENT, LONDON
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AMERICA’S MID-TERM ELECTION: NIGERIAN Born Famous American Attorney, CHIKA ANYIAM elected JUDGE in DALLAS County…Emerges First African Immigrant in United States history to serve as a State District Court Judge * Assumes office January 2019, In charge of Criminal District Court 7 *Scored landslide 428, 971 votes-62.23% to defeat Republican opponent *Highly supported by husband-Okey, Campaign led by Jeff Dalton & Dallas County Democratic Party *Practiced Criminal Laws for over 17 years in America *Successfully handles all levels of Felonies, Misdemeanors, Mental Health Cases *Celebrated in ‘Dallas Morning News’ Editorial: “Anyiam’s answers were consistently thoughtful during our recommendation interview but often reflected the voice of who she, in fact, is — a defense attorney…,” *Legal Association: Member, State Bar of Texas, Member-Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Member-Dallas Bar Association; Member-Dallas Criminal Defense Association, Member-J.L.Turner Legal Association and Member-NAACP, Garland Chapter *“I remain committed to serve the community as a fair, just and impartial judge”-CHIKA BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief, Naija Standard Newspaper
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SHAMEFUL: ‘I Have Never tasted Alcohol in my LIFE, I was not Drunk, only playing with empty Beer bottles’-Dismissed Nigerian Policeman, KADIMA USENI, Mobile Force Squadron 22 Base Ikeja …Says: ‘It was a set up against me. I was secretly recorded without my knowledge’ *Lament: ‘Police higher authority want to ruin my life. I am not lying. My Force Number is 176219. I seized the empty beer bottles from some Police officers’ children’ BY TITILAYO ODUNLAMI/CRIME REPORTER, LAGOS
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CONFESSION OF A MASTERS DEGREE CHRONIC FRAUDSTER: ‘I Have Never met Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former Vice president. I only use his name to deceive innocent Nigerians in a bid to steal their money’-AMINU AHMED YERIMA …Claims: ‘I have exploited over 50 persons on Facebook pretending to be an aide of Atiku. I am from Jade Local Government in Adamawa, same place PDP Presidential Candidate comes from’ *Busted by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team led by Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari *Collected 50million Naira from victims within SIX Months BY AHMED LAWAL/DEPUTY CRIME EDITOR, ABUJA
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INSPIRATIONAL: SOUTH AFRICAN Surgeons SAVE MUHAMMED TAMIMI, Palestinian teenager…after he was shot in the Head and Face at close range with a rubber-coated, metal bullet *15 year old Palestinian boy cries ‘I want to be able to go outside. I am not allowed to stay in the sun too much. And I want to be able to run with my friends’ *Bullet pierced his nose and lodged in his brain *A large part of his skull had to be removed, causing his left eye to sink * ‘Every help Tamimi received is a proud example of South Africans who give real expression to Madiba’s spirit of sacrifice and caring for one’s fellow man especially the most vulnerable amongst us’-Mandla, grandson of Nelson Mandela BY RACHAEL OLIVER OSADOLOR/South African Correspondent
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INSPIRATIONAL: SOUTH AFRICAN Surgeons SAVE MUHAMMED TAMIMI, Palestinian teenager…after he was shot in the Head and Face at close range with a rubber-coated, metal bullet *15 year old Palestinian boy cries ‘I want to be able to go outside. I am not allowed to stay in the sun too much. And I want to be able to run with my friends’ *Bullet pierced his nose and lodged in his brain *A large part of his skull had to be removed, causing his left eye to sink * ‘Every help Tamimi received is a proud example of South Africans who give real expression to Madiba’s spirit of sacrifice and caring for one’s fellow man especially the most vulnerable amongst us’-Mandla, grandson of Nelson Mandela BY RACHAEL OLIVER OSADOLOR/South African Correspondent
INSPIRATIONAL: SOUTH AFRICAN Surgeons SAVE MUHAMMED TAMIMI, Palestinian teenager…after...
HISTORIC VISIT TO AFRICA: AMERICA’S First LADY, MELANIA TRUMP Shuns Nigeria, Visit Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt October 1st…Her office assures she’ll promote child welfare during extended solo international mission *Looks forward to spreading the message of her “Be Best” child-welfare initiative throughout Africa *Discussed her plans at a reception for the spouses of foreign leaders and others participating in the annual United Nations General Assembly * “October 1st will mark the first day of my solo visit to four beautiful and very different countries in Africa”-MELANIA BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF, NEW YORK
HISTORIC VISIT TO AFRICA: AMERICA’S First LADY, MELANIA TRUMP Shuns Nigeria,...
NIGERIA’S Music Superstar, DAVIDO wins BET Awards in America …Tell celebrities inside Microsoft Theatre venue ‘Come to Africa, eat the Food’ *Celebrated as Best International Act in the world in 2018 *Condoles Afropop star, D’Banj on death of his 13month-old son by the pool side BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF
NIGERIA’S Music Superstar, DAVIDO wins BET Awards in America …Tell celebrities...
PAINFUL DEATH: Nigerian Anglican Diocese Reverend, TOCHUKWU MADUANUSI Killed in Auto Crash…Traveling with Son to buy Souvenir for the Children Ministry *Drunk Truck Driver along Oba/Nnewi road, Anambra State overtakes Dangote Vehicle on high speed, Diverts, Crushed him and his little boy at a parking lot * Sympathisers Rushed him, son to the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital where they died * Family, Church members mourn over their death, uncompleted ministry building as hit-and-run driver flee scene BY ANGELINA AMAKCHUKWU/REPORTER, SOUTH EAST NIGERIA
PAINFUL DEATH: Nigerian Anglican Diocese Reverend, TOCHUKWU MADUANUSI Killed in Auto...
‘Lagosians: Get Ready for Increase in Transport FARES from March 1st’-Lagos State Government …’We Approved Fare increase from 20% to 50% on BRT, LAGBUS, Franchise Buses’ * ‘Economic downturn severely impacts Public Transport’ * ‘We will Reform Public Transport Operation, Create World Class Infrastructure’ * ‘Under the New Development: Ikorodu to CMS formerly N195 is now N300, representing over 65 percent increase, N75 to N100 for a ride from Ikorodu to Mile 12; From Ikorodu to Fadeyi is now N200 from 120’ * ‘No More Room for OKADA, Danfo (Yellow Buses), MOLUE’-INVESTIGATION
‘Lagosians: Get Ready for Increase in Transport FARES from March 1st’-Lagos...
Bullet Proof Toyota 2016 Land Cruiser…Most Popular Armored Vehicle in the World * Celebrity Car for Politicians, Entertainers and Elites start from $183,500 *Original Glass replaced with Ballistic Design *Possesses a Horsepower of 381 hp @ 5,600 rpm, Maximum Speed 130 (209.2) Mph (Kph) *Features: 20″ Alloy wheels, Cruise control, Electric heated seats, Electric windows *Doors, Frames reinforced with Ballistic Steel, Composite lightweight materials, overlaps and spall guards
Bullet Proof Toyota 2016 Land Cruiser…Most Popular Armored Vehicle in the World *...
HELIATEK 2016: Solar Powered Car for the Future is Here
HELIATEK 2016: Solar Powered Car for the Future is Here BY YVONNE ARABEL/AUTO REPORTER THIS...
NIGERIA’S Richest Businessman, ALIKO DANGOTE Reigns as Sixth Most Charitable Person in the World…Honored by British based Richtopia-a digital periodical that covers business, economics and financial news *President of Dangote Group of Companies endowed his foundation to the tune of $1.25 billion *Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and J.K. Rowlings occupied the first three positions while Oprah Winfrey and Elon Musk were in the fourth and fifth position * Tony Elumelu, Chairman of United Bank for Africa was 11th on the list BY FINNY ADEDUGBA/FINANCIAL REPORTER, UNITED KINGDOM
NIGERIA’S Richest Businessman, ALIKO DANGOTE Reigns as Sixth Most Charitable...
INCREDIBLE IN AMERICA: 2 NIGERIAN Born Naturalized AMERICAN Pharmacists, 4 other Foreigners charged in $9.6million Drug Scam…Distributes over 344,737 doses of controlled substance across United States * ‘Purpose of scheme was for pharmacists to dispense prescriptions for controlled substances written by a doctor to “patients” in exchange for cash payments. The controlled substances were sold for profit on the illegal street market in Metro Detroit, Michigan’-INVESTIGATION * The DRUG Cartel names: ENITAN SODIYA-OGUNDIPE, ABIODUN FABODE, AMIR RAFI, DR. VASAN DESHIKACHAR, NIESHEIA TIBU and ANDREI TIBU BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF
INCREDIBLE IN AMERICA: 2 NIGERIAN Born Naturalized AMERICAN Pharmacists, 4 other...
INSPIRING: Ibadan based Nigerian International Institute of Tropical Agriculture wins AFRICA Food Prize 2018…Receives US$100,00 grant issued by African Green Revolution in Agriculture @ a Gala Dinner in Rwanda *Award recognizes individuals and institutions leading the effort to change the reality of farming in Africa from a struggle to survive to a business that strives *Honor celebrates Africans who are taking control of Africa’s agriculture agenda *Prize celebrates the achievements of IITA for its 50th year of service to African agriculture and smallholder farmers in 2017 BY OMOLOLA BELLO/FOOD & SCIENCE WRITER in Ibadan
INSPIRING: Ibadan based Nigerian International Institute of Tropical Agriculture...
OPINION! ‘My Haters suffering from Xenophobic Mentality’-Charlie Boy*Says ‘The World must defeat Xenophobia to barest minimum’*Laments: ‘It’s Poverty that affects our minds, as many live on a constant diet of hopelessness’*Echoes: ‘Poverty is when young men of a country refuse to look their government in the face to demand better opportunities for themselves and families’*Observes: ‘If we pull down South Africa’s businesses in the country, will Nigeria go scar-free?’
OPINION! ‘My Haters suffering from Xenophobic Mentality’-Charlie Boy *Says...
WHAT’S GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS * ‘My thoughts on Nigeria’s recent election, Importance of Public-Private Cooperation for Democracy’BY TONY ELUMELU
WHAT'S GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS * 'My thoughts on Nigeria's recent...
NIGERIA 2015 ELECTIONS: DANGEROUS SIGNALS AHEAD!BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU
NIGERIA 2015 ELECTIONS: DANGEROUS SIGNALS AHEAD! BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU NIGERIA,...
SAVE THIS CHILD NOW! Dying American Girl, 10 Needs Urgent Organ Transplant…Suffering end stage Cystic Fibrosis for 18 months *Too sick to leave Philadelphia Children’s Hospital for 3 months * Sarah has 7-14 Days to Stay Alive *72,000 People worldwide Sign Petition, says: “This Girl Must not Die”
BY SAMSON SHOAGA/MANAGING EDITOR, NEW YORK SARAH Murnaghan is a-10 year old American...
CONFESSION OF A MASTERS DEGREE CHRONIC FRAUDSTER: ‘I Have Never met Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former Vice president. I only use his name to deceive innocent Nigerians in a bid to steal their money’-AMINU AHMED YERIMA …Claims: ‘I have exploited over 50 persons on Facebook pretending to be an aide of Atiku. I am from Jade Local Government in Adamawa, same place PDP Presidential Candidate comes from’ *Busted by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team led by Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari *Collected 50million Naira from victims within SIX Months BY AHMED LAWAL/DEPUTY CRIME EDITOR, ABUJA
CONFESSION OF A MASTERS DEGREE CHRONIC FRAUDSTER: ‘I Have Never met Atiku...
‘Federal Government will soon destroy and wipe-off Boko Haram’-Nigeria’s President BUHARI …Vows: ‘You can’t be shouting Allahu Akbar (Allah is Great), Allahu Akbar, and be killing innocent citizens and destroying properties all in the name of God’ *We would not allow any group hiding under religion to unleash terror on innocent citizens * I’ll continue to hold former president Goodluck Jonathan in high esteem for accepting defeat in 2015 election * Nigerian entertainers should use their respective talents in promoting the culture of peaceful co-existence and unity among the diverse socio-political groups BY HILARU AHMED/CRIME REPORTER, ABUJA
‘Federal Government will soon destroy and wipe-off Boko Haram’-Nigeria’s...
SHAMEFUL: UNITED NATIONS Sanctioned NIGERIAN Policeman on peacekeeping mission for Sexually assaulting Under-age GIRL, another woman in Democratic Republic of Congo *Barred from all UN missions, ordered home after investigation found him guilty *Suspect re-assigned by Nigerian government on UN mission to South Sudan *UN request Nigeria Government to report any disciplinary or legal action taken against him * ‘We have vowed to toughen the response to allegations of misconduct by peacekeepers’- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres BY TIM ILOSU/CRIME REPORTER, reporting from Congo
SHAMEFUL: UNITED NATIONS Sanctioned NIGERIAN Policeman on peacekeeping mission for...
BREAKING NEWS: NIGERIAN Born Kano state Lady, HAUWA UMAR USMAN Graduates FIRST CLASS in Aeronautical Engineering from University of Brighton…Becomes Outstanding in Britain for her Academic prowess *Had earlier education in Kano state, diagnosed with dyslexia during course of study in the United Kingdom * “During my studies in England, I experienced some challenges, which a British friend noticed were signs of dyslexia and suggested that I take a dyslexia test”-Hauwa BY DIPO AYENI/EDUCATION REPORTER, LONDON
BREAKING NEWS: NIGERIAN Born Kano state Lady, HAUWA UMAR USMAN Graduates FIRST CLASS...
EDITORIAL: AFRICAN UNION FAILURE IN AFRICAN MIGRANTS’ SLAVERY IN LIBYA “Never attribute to malevolence what is merely due to incompetence” ― Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey BY EDITORIAL BOARD
EDITORIAL: AFRICAN UNION FAILURE IN AFRICAN MIGRANTS’ SLAVERY IN LIBYA “Never...
NIGERIA: Hunger & Leadership Question-Editorial …President Buhari: Uphold your Electoral Promises, Oath of Office to Nigerians
NIGERIA: Hunger & Leadership Question-Editorial BY EDITORIAL BOARD AFRICA’S...
EDITORIAL ON ALIKO DANGOTE:Pillar of African Economy, Youth Empowerment & Scandal-free Billionaire Extraordinaire*QUOTE: “A wise person should have money in their heads, but not in their hearts”-Jonathan Swift
ALIKO DANGOTE: Pillar of African Economy, Youth Empowerment & Scandal-free Billionaire...
SHOCKER IN OGUN STATE: NIGERIAN Students tied to Crucifixes in Ayetoro, beaten…For coming late to School *3 people including school’s principal arrested for tying two students *Pupils were flogged by a teacher in front of their school *Mediator wounded, beaten in crisis * “They were tied to a wooden trees made to look like a crucifix when a policeman on patrol saw them. They told the principal and the school proprietor to untie them and they refused. They even beat one of the people who intervened”- Abimbola Oyeyemi, Ogun State police spokesman BY OLUWASEYI OYEDELE/CRIME REPORTER, AYETORO, OGUN STATE
SHOCKER IN OGUN STATE: NIGERIAN Students tied to Crucifixes in Ayetoro, beaten…For...
IDENTITY THEFT IN EAST LONDON: NIGERIAN Woman, FATOU JOHNSON teaches using Fake French Passport, National Insurance Card to obtain Disclosure Barring Service certificate for work eligibility…Coerced into prostitution on arrival in Britain *Earlier worked with vulnerable adults at several care homes around Gloucestershire *37year old later used fake Identification card to secure job at Tewkesbury kids’ school *Arrested at Cambian Southwick Park School in Tewkesbury *Confessed to court: ‘I am guilty to two charges of possession of False Documents’-Johnson *Received a six month suspended sentence at Gloucester Crown Court BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF
IDENTITY THEFT IN EAST LONDON: NIGERIAN Woman, FATOU JOHNSON teaches using Fake French...
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW IN AMERICA: ‘Miss NIGERIA International not related to Miss Nigeria Beauty Pageant’-VANESSA EKEKE, Founder/Executive Producer, Miss Nigeria International …Onye Osemenam emerges reigning Miss Nigeria International, tackles issue of homelessness as pet project during tenure *Ex-Beauty Queen creates platform for young Nigerians girls resident in United States to fulfill their dreams, plan to re-brand Nigeria’s image Overseas *Vows: ‘We are set to advance the global cause of women by using education, creativity and community service to engage the girls to do something meaningful’ BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU, AMERICA Foreign Bureau Chief, Naija Standard Newspaper
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW IN AMERICA: ‘Miss NIGERIA International not related to...
ENTERTAINMENT IN YANKEE: NIGERIA’S Highlife Legend, SIR WARRIOR of Oriental Fame Resurrect in AMERICA…Son, AJUZIEOGU Obinna Reigns as ‘King of Nigerian Culture’ *Protege Sings ‘Elu-UWA’ evergreen tune, re-echoes Highlife memory *Africans, Black Americans, Caribbeans shed tears, hail performance as heroic * ‘Nigerian community in USA angry, blasts Imo state government for not immortalizing Christogonus Ezebuiro Obinna (Sir Warrior)’-INVESTIGATION * Ajuzieogu, Ex-Baltimore Corrections officer discharged, acquitted of falsified sexual assault BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief
ENTERTAINMENT IN YANKEE: NIGERIA’S Highlife Legend, SIR WARRIOR of Oriental...
BRITISH Born Enugu Boy, LEMAR OBIKA Reigns as King of Songwriting in United Kingdom, Europe, Australia…Finished third place on the first series of British talent show Fame Academy *Music Producer had seven top ten UK singles and sold over two million albums *Seen as one of the most successful artists to come out of a reality TV show *Won two Brit Awards, three MOBO Awards and released his fifth studio album *At 17 years had first concert with Usher Raymond at Junior Jam in ‘The Temple’ Tottenham *Abandoned plans to study pharmacy at Cardiff University to pursue a musical career *Successfully supported various artists as Destiny’s Child, Total Uncle Sam and Usher Raymond BY DAVID ILESANMI/ENTERTAINMENT WRITER, ENGLAND
BRITISH Born Enugu Boy, LEMAR OBIKA Reigns as King of Songwriting in United Kingdom,...
INSPIRING: RICHARD AYOADE, Son of a Nigerian Electrical Engineer Father, Norwegian Mother is a leading British actor, Comedian, Famous TV Presenter…Won BAFTA for Best Male Comedy Performance *Popular for role as socially awkward IT technician Maurice Moss in Channel 4 sitcom *Served as president of Footlights at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge *Received Martin Steele Prize for play production *Studied at St Joseph’s College at Ipswich, later Read law at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge BY AKINYELE ADEPOJU/ ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER & GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF
INSPIRING: RICHARD AYOADE, Son of a Nigerian Electrical Engineer Father, Norwegian...
SHOCKING: STEPHEN OSITA OSADEBE’S Son, OKECHUKWU killed in Anambra Flood …18 year old Drowned with lifeless body found floating on the river * “OKEY was with two persons he was swept up in the flash flood. He had no opportunity for to escape or be rescued by his friends, as the river was turbulent at the time”-AMAECHI Osadebe,deceased’s mother BY CHIKA EWELEANU/CRIME REPORTER, ANAMBRA
SHOCKING: STEPHEN OSITA OSADEBE’S Son, OKECHUKWU killed in Anambra Flood…18...
SEPSIS KID DEATH CASE IN BRITAIN: ‘NIGERIAN-BRITISH Doctor, HADIZA BAWA-GARBA wins Appeal against UK High Court earlier Ruling…New Judgement vindicates her, orders her to Resume work unmolested * Medical Doctor absolved from the death of six-year-old Jack Adcock * ‘The Court of Appeal sets aside the order of the divisional court that Dr Bawa-Garba should be erased from the medical register and restores the order of the tribunal that she be suspended from practice for 12 months, subject to review’ *RULES: ‘Earlier High Court was wrong to strike off pediatrician after medical tribunal found it would be disproportionate in light of mitigating factors’ BY TIMOTHY ELEBURE/MEDICAL REPORTER, LONDON
SEPSIS KID DEATH CASE IN BRITAIN: ‘NIGERIAN-BRITISH Doctor, HADIZA BAWA-GARBA...
‘BRITAIN is Considering a Relax in VISA RULE for Nigerian Medical Doctors, Nurses’-Saffron Cordery, Deputy Chief Executive of NHS Providers *UK Prime Minister introduced visa limit for all non-EU skilled workers at 20,700 people a year * The proposed changes will affect the Tier 2 visas, which are used by skilled workers from outside the European Economic Area and Switzerland-INVESTIGATION * ‘This is going to be a huge relief for trusts up and down the country who have been really struggling to fill their doctors and nurses vacancies. Lifting the visa cap for foreign doctors and nurses is absolutely the right decision and a huge relief’ BY CHIOMA ANIGALU/DIPLOMATIC REPORTER, UNITED KINGDOM
‘BRITAIN is Considering a Relax in VISA RULE for Nigerian Medical Doctors,...
NIGERIA’S former INSPECTOR GENERAL OF Police, IBRAHIM COOMASSIE is Dead…Sardauna of Katsina died at General Amadi Rimi Specialist Hospital after battling an undisclosed ailment * ‘My brother his truly DEAD’-Ahmad Muntaqa Coomasie, deceased brother BY KAREEM IBRAHIM/CRIME REPORTER
NIGERIA’S former INSPECTOR GENERAL OF Police, IBRAHIM COOMASSIE is Dead…Sardauna...
INSPIRING IN AMERICA: Nigeria born IGBO boy, EDIRIN OKOLOKO Appointed Judge in Snohomish County Superior Court…Washington State government applaud his legal accomplishments *Bagged Bachelor of Law from the University of Benin in Nigeria *Received law degree from the Seattle University School of Law *Worked for 13 years as Deputy Prosecuting Attorney on homicide, sexual assault, child abuse, and elder abuse cases *Successfully prosecuted four murder trials * “He will be an excellent addition to the bench in Snohomish County”- Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington State BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU FOREIGN CHIEF
INSPIRING IN AMERICA: Nigeria born IGBO boy, EDIRIN OKOLOKO Appointed Judge in Snohomish...
SHOCKER: ‘We Will No LONGER allow the ABUSE of our National Health Service by Nigerian Pregnant Women using our hospitals to have their babies’-BRITISH Government *UK evolve stiff position after unnamed Nigerian woman put to bed in a UK hospital, refused to pay her bill of £10,000 and escaped to Nigeria *Another Nigerian visitor, Bimbo Ayelabola, a Nigerian woman who had quintuplets in Britain now embroiled in a residency row over her extended stay BY QUEEN SEMUDA/STAFF REPORTER, United Kingdom
SHOCKER: ‘We Will No LONGER allow the ABUSE of our National Health Service...
SHOCKER:NIGERIAN Born British Resident, FRANCIS EZENWANKWO Jailed SIX YEARS…For RAPING his Tenant *Sub-let House in Heston Street, Hounslow, London Borough to a lady from Europe *Sneaks into lady’s bed with spare key *Gauged lady, Forcibly had carnal knowledge *Victim called police emergency numbers: 999 or 112 BY TOMS SHOLAPE/CRIME REPORTER, LONDON
SHOCKER: NIGERIAN Born British Resident, FRANCIS EZENWANKWO...
INDICTED IN AMERICA’s 2016 ELECTIONS: NIGERIAN Woman, ELIZABETH AMACHAGHI on B1/B2 Visiting Visa falsely claimed to be American, Registered, Voted illegally…18 other Foreign Nationals arrested * ‘We have charged them with illegal voting during 2016 election’-Justice Dept. * ‘Some of them were charged in an indictment handed down by a federal grand jury in Wilmington, N.C. They were accused of filing a false claim of citizenship in order to register, and then voting. The defendants are from numerous countries, including Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Nigeria and Germany’-DOJ BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief
INDICTED IN AMERICA’s 2016 ELECTIONS: NIGERIAN Woman, ELIZABETH AMACHAGHI on...
INSPIRING IN AMERICA: Nigeria born IGBO boy, EDIRIN OKOLOKO Appointed Judge in Snohomish County Superior Court…Washington State government applaud his legal accomplishments *Bagged Bachelor of Law from the University of Benin in Nigeria *Received law degree from the Seattle University School of Law *Worked for 13 years as Deputy Prosecuting Attorney on homicide, sexual assault, child abuse, and elder abuse cases *Successfully prosecuted four murder trials * “He will be an excellent addition to the bench in Snohomish County”- Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington State BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU FOREIGN CHIEF
INSPIRING IN AMERICA: Nigeria born IGBO boy, EDIRIN OKOLOKO Appointed Judge in Snohomish...
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH LINDA IKEJI IN AMERICA: INSIDE Story of BABY BOY Delivery @Emory University Hospital, Midtown Atlanta …Says: ‘I will be returning to Nigeria after few months of taking bed rest’ *Blasts Kemi Olunloyo : ‘She is a LIAR. She has no truth in her mouth. I have long put that lady to a corner for always saying things that are not relevant’ *Wonders how Naija Standard Newspaper had direct access to her hospital phone number *“Linda Ikeji is admitted in our hospital. We will connect you directly to her immediately for your interview from an African newspaper in Texas’-Nurse Cynthia GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief, Naija Standard Newspaper
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH LINDA IKEJI IN AMERICA: INSIDE Story of BABY BOY Delivery...
NIGERIAN JOURNALISM AT ITS BEST: The WORLD Celebrates NIGERIA MEDIA NITE OUT Award September 23 …Celebrities, foreign media chiefs, diplomatic communities identify with event *Theme: ‘Role of Media in Ensuring Credible Elections and Maintenance of Good Governance’ * “We will be re-writing Nigeria’s media history through this epoch-making event”-Sola Olugbenro, boss of Solkem Entertainment BY IFEOMA OBELU/MEDIA REPORTER, LAGOS
NIGERIAN JOURNALISM AT ITS BEST: The WORLD Celebrates NIGERIA MEDIA NITE OUT Award...
OPINION-DR. DAYO OLOMU: British Born Nigerian Encyclopedia Champions Successful Business Models in United Kingdom …Humble story of a Quintessential, famous Media Icon @50 devoid of Scandal *QUOTES: “People of excellence go the extra mile to do what’s right” ― Joel Osteen *“I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end” ― Abraham Lincoln *“Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way” ― Booker T. Washington
DR. DAYO OLOMU: British Born Nigerian Encyclopedia Champions Successful Business...
‘Still on that DOG Matter’-Reuben Abati *Says: ‘In Islam Religion, a Dog is like a Pig, a Taboo’ *Explains: ‘Go and do your Investigation, you are not likely to find Muslim families keeping dogs as Pet’ States: ‘In Africa, Dog is referred Dirty and Vile’ *Echoes: ‘In the South South, a Dog is a Special Delicacy for the Family Soup Pot’ *Narrates: ‘If a Dog in America is a king, in Nigeria it is a Sacrificial Lamb’ *QUOTE: “Should anybody then give the suggestion around here that Buhari is a sacrificial lamb or an edible offering? What nonsense!”
‘Still on that DOG Matter’-Reuben Abati *Says: ‘In Islam Religion,...
Separating the Journalist from the Spokesperson…In Defense of Fourth Estate of the Realm *Why Readers, Fans feel Betrayed when a media practitioner crosses into Government BY REUBEN ABATI, Columnist, former Senior Special Adviser, Media and Public Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan
Separating the Journalist from the Spokesperson…In Defense of Fourth Estate...
OPINION: Fayose’s Growing Psychosis…Throwing Pointless Tantrums on Nigeria’s First Lady Aisha Buhari *He’s Suffering Disconnect-Hallucination from Paranoia *Reveals his various Diversionary Verbal Prancing Tactics, Amplified Falsehood BY PHILLIP AGBESE, LONDON agbese.phill@gmail.com
Fayose’s Growing Psychosis…Throwing Pointless Tantrums on Nigeria’s...
TRENDING OPINION:BUHARI, A Good Man Wearing the Masses’ Shoes in this Time of Posterity….Fulani Herdsmen/Igbos Controversy Matters Arising *Quotes: “Posterity gives every man his True Value”-Publius Cornelius Tacitus * “When we are planning for Posterity, We ought to remember that Virtue is not Hereditary”-Thomas Paine
TRENDING OPINION: BUHARI, A Good Man Wearing the Masses’ Shoes in this Time...
2019 ELECTIONS: ‘NIGERIANS: I Have 9 CREDITS in My West African School Certificate, Vote for Me again’-President BUHARI …’I am happy to have received Attestation and confirmation of result from WAEC Officials’ * ‘I Can Assure you that Gen. Yar’Adua and I Wrote WASC, since we Joined Army same time’ * Nigerians question why WASC name bears ‘Mohammed’, instead of ‘Muhammadu’ being first name BY NURENI ALAO/POLITICAL REPORTER, ABUJA
2019 ELECTIONS: ‘NIGERIANS: I Have 9 CREDITS in My West African School Certificate,...
‘NIGERIANS: Give me your Vote this Second Chance, I know where my votes will come from’-President BUHARI *I am Confident Pregnant Women and Nigerian masses will vote me back to power * I Have warned INEC, Security Agencies to ensure that every vote counts in 2019 * I am not ‘President Slow-Motion’ as some Nigerians assumed, I am only trying to follow the law, especially as democracy is different from military rule BY ILIYA MOHAMMED/POLITICAL REPORTER
‘NIGERIANS: Give me your Vote this Second Chance, I know where my votes will...
BREAKING NEWS: Congolese Refugee Boy, PIERRE KOMPANY elected First Black Mayor in Belgium…Oversees a borough of 25,000 people in Gashoren *Ran intelligent campaign devoid of identity and racial politics *Focused on issues like childcare, elderly assistance and improved soccer fields * African engineer by trade earlier elected Councilor in 2006, Won a seat in Brussels Regional Parliament in 2014 *His son-Vincent is a professional footballer in the Manchester City Football Club *QUOTE: “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world”-Hariette Tubman BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF
BREAKING NEWS: Congolese Refugee Boy, PIERRE KOMPANY elected First Black Mayor in...
DAMNING VERDICT in INDONESIA: ‘MUHAMMADU BUHARI would be ousted in the 2019 election’-Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigeria’s president …Says: “Nigeria President will be voted out for poor performance and inaction on urgent matters that offer economic benefit for all” * Lament: ‘Buhari’s hands are too Weak’ *Assures: ‘We will soon have a newly elected president that will be able to sign International engagement and opportunistic deal for Nigeria’ BY BIDEMI OLUMIDE/DIPLOMATIC REPORTER in Indonesia
DAMNING VERDICT in INDONESIA: ‘MUHAMMADU BUHARI would be ousted in the 2019...
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: ‘WE spend $30,000 Annually to Stage DDEA HUMANITARIAN AWARD in AMERICA’-Demian Ndubuisi Chukwu, Nigerian-American Chairman/CEO Deedee Group of companies, Maryland, USA …I became Millionaire in Nigeria at the age of 37 years *Designed to give award to those helping or giving back to the community, a way to encourage others to start helping the poor *Still facing Lack of Sponsor, Divisiveness among Nigerians in Diaspora * ‘This Year’s event holding September 16th in Baltimore Maryland, USA will feature German’s Superstar, Me-Razor and Nollywood Star, Charles Awurum’-Demian BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU, FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF, UNITED STATES
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: ‘WE spend $30,000 Annually to Stage DDEA HUMANITARIAN...
ON A HIGHER GROUND! Nigerian Medical Doc, Songwriter Releases Song in ‘God’s Praise’…Says music is Eclectic, African Rhythm, Jazz blend
ON A HIGHER GROUND! Nigerian Medical Doc, Songwriter Releases Song in ‘God’s...
¡IRRESISTIBLE EN AMÉRICA! ‘Mis Ojos, Sexiest en mi Te de ‘-te de Cuerpo, premio de Cameroonian ganando a actriz en Texas Palabras de *Her: ‘mi Trato de Hollywood indecible’ *Confession en Sr. Right: “todavía Buscando, el tiempo de Dios es el Mejor” *Why ella es la Actriz africana más atractiva en América
¡IRRESISTIBLE EN AMÉRICA! ‘Mis Ojos, Sexiest en mi Te de ‘-te de Cuerpo,...
Naija Standard Partners Face of Africa Pageant in United States…3Day LIVE event holds in University of Texas at Arlington *3rd Edition features Welcome Dinner, Judging Presentation, Fashion Show and After-Party on July 10-13, 2013 * African/Black American Communities to witness Ceremony *African Heritage at Display * “We’d broadcast LIVE the event on Naija Standard Afrika Radio in America”-Management
Naija Standard Partners Face of Africa Pageant in United States…3Day LIVE event...
BREAKING NEWS: NIGERIA dominates AMERICA’S NFL Africa draftee list…Many of them are Nigerian-Americans, still attending Colleges BY LOYE ABIMBOLA/SPORTS CORRESPONDENT, NORTH AMERICA
BREAKING NEWS: NIGERIA dominates AMERICA’S NFL Africa draftee list…Many...
INSPIRING: NIGERIAN Born Arsenal Player, ALEX IWOBI wins ‘Philanthropic Endeavour Community Action’ Award at Best of Africa Competition *Featured for Arsenal in UEFA Europa League second leg clash against the Atletico Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano *21-year-old Nigeria international played 35 games for Arsenal scoring just two goals *BOA Award is an an event to honour, celebrate the philanthropic endeavors and achievements of African football players *Moved to England at the age of FOUR, still nephew of former Nigerian Super Eagles super star Jay-Jay Okocha * ‘Great Night At The Best Of Africa Awards. I am Blessed To Have My Family and Friends There With Me’- Iwobi BY SEUN OLAPADE/SPORTS REPORTER, ENGLAND
INSPIRING: NIGERIAN Born Arsenal Player, ALEX IWOBI wins ‘Philanthropic Endeavour...
TRENDING: BRITISH Born Nigerian Boxer, ANTHONY JOSHUA Gives Joseph PARKER Bloody NOSE, Holds World Title Number FOUR…Wins on points 118-110, 118-110, 119-109 *28 yr. old Pugilist Parades Championship Belts as WBA, IBF, IBO and WBO * Victory in Cardiff becomes Joshua’s 21st straight career win * ‘I am Now Ready to Face Deontay Wilder or Tyson Fury’-Joshua BY THOMAS IBADE/SPORTS EDITOR, CARDIFF
TRENDING: BRITISH Born Nigerian Boxer, ANTHONY JOSHUA Gives Joseph PARKER Bloody...
MAKING NIGERIA PROUD GLOBALLY: ‘We Hereby Announce NIGERIA’S Born JOHN OGBONNA EMMANUEL as Number ONE Wrestler in the World’-UNITED World Wrestling *Retained status as Champion at African Wrestling Championship *Another Nigerian in the 79kg category, Agiomor Ekerekeme rated third in World Wrestling behind Iranian wrestlers Rashid Kurbanov, Ezzetollah Akabarizarinkolaei *Other Nigerians on World wrestling stage ranking: Robert Daufa rated 7th in the World in the 92kg category, Soso Tamara rated 9th in the World in the 97kg category, Welson Ebikewenimo rated 10th in the World in the 57kg category BY KELVIN OLUWANIKAN/SPORTS CORRESPONDENT, EGYPT
MAKING NIGERIA PROUD GLOBALLY: ‘We Hereby Announce NIGERIA’S Born JOHN...
DEVELOPING NOW: CAMPAIGN for Democracy, other Nigerian Civil Rights Group Storm LIBYA Embassy in NIGERIA…Says ‘We are horrified by Reports, footage of Africans including Nigerians sold into slavery in Libya’ *Stages Peaceful sit-outs Protest in front of the Libyan Embassy *VOWS: ‘We Shall Occupy Libya Embassy, Enough of Dehumanization’ *Regret: ‘Africans are being Detained, Tortured, Starved, Killed’ *Lament: ‘They are made to Face Slave Trade, a horrible part of African history’ *Traffic Gridlock at Roseline Ukeje Close, Kyari Muhammed crescent, off Justice Sowemimo street, Asokoro, Abuja * Libya Embassy officials contacts Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police office for Police protection against Attack, Violence, Invasion BY KENNEDY ILECHUKWU/REPORTER, ABUJA
DEVELOPING NOW: CAMPAIGN for Democracy, other Nigerian Civil Rights Group Storm LIBYA...
SHAMEFUL: ‘I Have Never tasted Alcohol in my LIFE, I was not Drunk, only playing with empty Beer bottles’-Dismissed Nigerian Policeman, KADIMA USENI, Mobile Force Squadron 22 Base Ikeja …Says: ‘It was a set up against me. I was secretly recorded without my knowledge’ *Lament: ‘Police higher authority want to ruin my life. I am not lying. My Force Number is 176219. I seized the empty beer bottles from some Police officers’ children’ BY TITILAYO ODUNLAMI/CRIME REPORTER, LAGOS
SHAMEFUL: ‘I Have Never tasted Alcohol in my LIFE, I was not Drunk, only playing...
AJIMOBI: ‘Bolekaja’ Emperor playing ‘Amala’ Politics with journalists’ lives ‘Democracy dies in Darkness’-Washington Post mantra *QUOTES: ‘Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty’-Plato * ‘The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all’-Ferdinand Marcos BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN Bureau Chief, Naija Standard Newspaper
AJIMOBI: ‘Bolekaja’ Emperor playing ‘Amala’ Politics with...
TRENDING IN NIGERIA: ‘NO More FOOD SCARCITY in NIGERIA, as we have fully established NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY COUNCIL’-President BUHARI …We have put in place solid constitution of the Council’s membership *Council to be chaired by the President, President, with members as Governors of Kebbi, Taraba, Plateau, Lagos, Ebonyi and Delta States *Additional members include: Secretary to the Government of the Federation; the Chief of Staff to the President; the National Security Adviser and seven (7) cabinet Ministers, others *Objectives: Help in developing sustainable solutions to the farmers–herdsmen clashes; Climate Change and Desertification and their impact on farmland; grazing areas and lakes, rivers and other water bodies; oil spillage BY KAYODE OPEYEMI/AGRICULTURAL REPORTER, ABUJA
TRENDING IN NIGERIA: ‘NO More FOOD SCARCITY in NIGERIA, as we have fully established...
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INSPIRATIONAL: SOUTH AFRICAN Surgeons SAVE MUHAMMED TAMIMI, Palestinian teenager…after he was shot in the Head and Face at close range with a rubber-coated, metal bullet *15 year old Palestinian boy cries ‘I want to be able to go outside. I am not allowed to stay in the sun too much. And I want to be able to run with my friends’ *Bullet pierced his nose and lodged in his brain *A large part of his skull had to be removed, causing his left eye to sink * ‘Every help Tamimi received is a proud example of South Africans who give real expression to Madiba’s spirit of sacrifice and caring for one’s fellow man especially the most vulnerable amongst us’-Mandla, grandson of Nelson Mandela BY RACHAEL OLIVER OSADOLOR/South African Correspondent
INSPIRATIONAL: SOUTH AFRICAN Surgeons SAVE MUHAMMED TAMIMI, Palestinian teenager…after he was shot in the Head… more
- HISTORIC VISIT TO AFRICA: AMERICA'S First LADY, MELANIA TRUMP Shuns Nigeria, Visit Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt October 1st...Her office assures she'll promote child welfare during extended solo international mission *Looks forward to spreading the message of her "Be Best" child-welfare initiative throughout Africa *Discussed her plans at a reception for the spouses of foreign leaders and others participating in the annual United Nations General Assembly * “October 1st will mark the first day of my solo visit to four beautiful and very different countries in Africa”-MELANIA BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF, NEW YORK
- WONDERS WILL NEVER END: NIGERIAN Conmen clones Kenyan's FIRST LADY'S Identity to DUPE Victims online of over 20million shillings..Kenya detectives confirmed holding two Nigerian nationals constantly using Facebook account of prominent Kenyans to swindle unsuspecting victims of millions of shillings These Nigerians are: Timothy Ogba Ebakole and Alex Olesugun Adebayo who devised elaborate con games, disguised as philanthropic ventures, preying on dozens of social media users, many of them poor job-seekers *Arrested Nigerians claimed to be 'Senators', placed repeated phone calls to victims to pay money into their accounts to facilitate government bursaries to them * 'On the said Facebook account they announced that my office in partnership with the national government is giving out loans under the Kenya Government 2017/2018 Empowerment Loan for Entrepreneurship. This is not true because my office does not have such engagement. Numerous Kenyans had fallen to the scheme. They faked letter with an emblem and a seal of the Kenya government'- Kilifi County Senator Stewart Madazyo *' They will be among the first to be tried under the recently enacted Cybercrimes Law'-Kenya Government BY VICTOR OWOLABI/CRIME CORRESPONDENT, REPORTING LIVE FROM KENYA
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SEXUAL PREDATOR IN GOD’S NAME: Nigerian General Overseer, Pastor TUNDE DANIEL married with TWO Wives Sexually Abuse 15 Year old Girl for 12 Months…Deceitfully promised to make Teenager Super Model through Spiritual Prayers * Girl loses Fallopian tube to Abortion caused by 55 year old ‘Man-of-God’ * Teenager tell Mother she was hypnotized for SEX by randy pastor in name of deliverance * FAKE Pastor heads Royal Heritage Church, Mafoluku, Lagos, lives flashy lifestyle at his home located at 8, Owolabi Street, Mafoluku *Picked Girl up in school daily for Sexual Escapades in hidden Hotel daily * ‘Anytime Pastor Danel had sex with me, he always record it’-Girl cries *Rushed to High Rocks Hospital located on 8, Afariogun Street, Charity Area, Oshodi-Isolo, Pastor have SEX with innocent Girls and Married Women *Distraught mother contacts Child Protection Network in Oshodi for help * ‘We tried to separate her from Pastor Daniel, took her to my granny in South East, but my daughter kept repeating that she wanted to have sexual intercourse with Daniel. We did our best to break her from the curse’-Mother lament * Pastor threatens investigating police officer in charge of the case, Ordered Arrested by Lagos Commissioner of Police * “The man (Daniel) brought in the girl with ectopic pregnancy (development of foetus in fallopian tube) and we saved her. He said the girl was impregnated by her boyfriend. Our records are there to show what she was treated for”-Dr Femi Oloyede, Associate Professor at High Rocks Hospital BY TITILAYO ADEMIDE/STAFF WRITER, LAGOS
SEXUAL PREDATOR IN GOD’S NAME: Nigerian General Overseer, Pastor TUNDE DANIEL married with TWO Wives… more
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REVEALING: LAMBORGHINI VENENO ROADSTER is the Most Expensive Car in the World 2018 at the cost of $4.5million (£3.23 million)..Drive home this luxurious vehicle in classic style …Anthony Paul Bamford owns 2 Ferrari 250 GTOs, Floyd Mayweather drives Lamborghini and Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita *List of Most Expensive cars : Lamborghini Veneno Maybach Exelero, , Koenigsegg Agera R., Ferrari F60 America, Bugatti Chiron, Zenvo ST1; Lamborghini Reventon, Porsche 918 Spyder, Aston Martin Valkyrie, Limited Edition Bugatti Veyron, Mansory Vivere, Lykan Hypersport; Aston Martin Vulcan, McLaren P1 LM *Possesses 750 horsepower, gets a 6.5-liter V12 engine, runs at 221mph *Power delivered to all four wheels via Lambo’s 7-speed “ISR” transmission * Slick gearbox capable of shifting gears almost as quickly as transmissions used in Formula One racecars BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF
REVEALING: LAMBORGHINI VENENO ROADSTER is the Most Expensive Car in the World 2018 at the… more
- PAINFUL DEATH: Nigerian Anglican Diocese Reverend, TOCHUKWU MADUANUSI Killed in Auto Crash...Traveling with Son to buy Souvenir for the Children Ministry *Drunk Truck Driver along Oba/Nnewi road, Anambra State overtakes Dangote Vehicle on high speed, Diverts, Crushed him and his little boy at a parking lot * Sympathisers Rushed him, son to the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital where they died * Family, Church members mourn over their death, uncompleted ministry building as hit-and-run driver flee scene BY ANGELINA AMAKCHUKWU/REPORTER, SOUTH EAST NIGERIA
- 'Lagosians: Get Ready for Increase in Transport FARES from March 1st'-Lagos State Government ...'We Approved Fare increase from 20% to 50% on BRT, LAGBUS, Franchise Buses' * 'Economic downturn severely impacts Public Transport' * 'We will Reform Public Transport Operation, Create World Class Infrastructure' * 'Under the New Development: Ikorodu to CMS formerly N195 is now N300, representing over 65 percent increase, N75 to N100 for a ride from Ikorodu to Mile 12; From Ikorodu to Fadeyi is now N200 from 120' * 'No More Room for OKADA, Danfo (Yellow Buses), MOLUE'-INVESTIGATION
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NIGERIA’S Richest Businessman, ALIKO DANGOTE Reigns as Sixth Most Charitable Person in the World…Honored by British based Richtopia-a digital periodical that covers business, economics and financial news *President of Dangote Group of Companies endowed his foundation to the tune of $1.25 billion *Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and J.K. Rowlings occupied the first three positions while Oprah Winfrey and Elon Musk were in the fourth and fifth position * Tony Elumelu, Chairman of United Bank for Africa was 11th on the list BY FINNY ADEDUGBA/FINANCIAL REPORTER, UNITED KINGDOM
NIGERIA’S Richest Businessman, ALIKO DANGOTE Reigns as Sixth Most Charitable Person in the World…Honored by… more
- INCREDIBLE IN AMERICA: 2 NIGERIAN Born Naturalized AMERICAN Pharmacists, 4 other Foreigners charged in $9.6million Drug Scam...Distributes over 344,737 doses of controlled substance across United States * 'Purpose of scheme was for pharmacists to dispense prescriptions for controlled substances written by a doctor to "patients" in exchange for cash payments. The controlled substances were sold for profit on the illegal street market in Metro Detroit, Michigan'-INVESTIGATION * The DRUG Cartel names: ENITAN SODIYA-OGUNDIPE, ABIODUN FABODE, AMIR RAFI, DR. VASAN DESHIKACHAR, NIESHEIA TIBU and ANDREI TIBU BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF
- INSPIRING: Ibadan based Nigerian International Institute of Tropical Agriculture wins AFRICA Food Prize 2018...Receives US$100,00 grant issued by African Green Revolution in Agriculture @ a Gala Dinner in Rwanda *Award recognizes individuals and institutions leading the effort to change the reality of farming in Africa from a struggle to survive to a business that strives *Honor celebrates Africans who are taking control of Africa’s agriculture agenda *Prize celebrates the achievements of IITA for its 50th year of service to African agriculture and smallholder farmers in 2017 BY OMOLOLA BELLO/FOOD & SCIENCE WRITER in Ibadan
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OPINION! ‘My Haters suffering from Xenophobic Mentality’-Charlie Boy*Says ‘The World must defeat Xenophobia to barest minimum’*Laments: ‘It’s Poverty that affects our minds, as many live on a constant diet of hopelessness’*Echoes: ‘Poverty is when young men of a country refuse to look their government in the face to demand better opportunities for themselves and families’*Observes: ‘If we pull down South Africa’s businesses in the country, will Nigeria go scar-free?’
OPINION! ‘My Haters suffering from Xenophobic Mentality’-Charlie Boy *Says ‘The World must defeat Xenophobia to… more
- WHAT'S GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS * 'My thoughts on Nigeria's recent election, Importance of Public-Private Cooperation for Democracy'BY TONY ELUMELU
- NIGERIA 2015 ELECTIONS: DANGEROUS SIGNALS AHEAD!BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU
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CONFESSION OF A MASTERS DEGREE CHRONIC FRAUDSTER: ‘I Have Never met Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former Vice president. I only use his name to deceive innocent Nigerians in a bid to steal their money’-AMINU AHMED YERIMA …Claims: ‘I have exploited over 50 persons on Facebook pretending to be an aide of Atiku. I am from Jade Local Government in Adamawa, same place PDP Presidential Candidate comes from’ *Busted by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team led by Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari *Collected 50million Naira from victims within SIX Months BY AHMED LAWAL/DEPUTY CRIME EDITOR, ABUJA
CONFESSION OF A MASTERS DEGREE CHRONIC FRAUDSTER: ‘I Have Never met Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former Vice… more
- BUSTED IN STING OPERATION: NIGERIAN Fraudster, EMMANUEL ANEKE, alias 'Otunba Cash' Arrested for STEALING $1.4MILLION Cash in Turkey...Gang hiding inside toilet handcuffed *Clones, intercept Danish's GM Plast company's email address *Received funds through front companies like Turkish ED, ZI and N.M *Aneke's gang members are Popoola, AA Oyemade, AT Fajolu and BO Balogun in Bağcılar *Seized items from Nigerian gangs: 17 mobile phones, 15 sim cards, 3 flash memory, 4 computers, 1 memory card, $85k, €5k, 5 necklaces, 3 bracelets, 2 handcuffs, 2 rings, 1 earring, Rolex watch and numerous crime documents * Turkish Police Department: “We received a letter from Danish Police on 9 May 2018, via Interpol, that an unauthorized access was made to one GM Plast company’s e-mail address. And that the company paid monies into some accounts in Turkey. Investigation by our Cybercrime Department led to the arrest of Turkish ED, ZI and N.M, whose companies were used as fronts. From there we arrested Aneke and his criminal gangs holed up in a luxury hotel” BY CHIMA OBELU/FOREIGN CRIME CORRESPONDENT, Istanbul, Turkey
- 'Federal Government will soon destroy and wipe-off Boko Haram'-Nigeria's President BUHARI ...Vows: 'You can’t be shouting Allahu Akbar (Allah is Great), Allahu Akbar, and be killing innocent citizens and destroying properties all in the name of God' *We would not allow any group hiding under religion to unleash terror on innocent citizens * I’ll continue to hold former president Goodluck Jonathan in high esteem for accepting defeat in 2015 election * Nigerian entertainers should use their respective talents in promoting the culture of peaceful co-existence and unity among the diverse socio-political groups BY HILARU AHMED/CRIME REPORTER, ABUJA
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UNBELIEVABLE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD: Christ Apostolic Church Pastor, MATHEW OLAKUNLE Impregnates Married church member, OMOTOLA AKERELE under the guise of Spiritual Healing in Ondo state…To Solve her Severe Cough ailment *Head of CAC, Oke-Itura, Iju town in Akure North Local Government had SEX with Married Women and Girls in the name of deliverance *Pastor Notorious for ‘praying’ for vulnerable women without their clothes on * Distressed woman aborts Pregnancy to save her Marriage, Husband threw her out of their matrimony * ‘On the seventh day of prayer, Pastor Olakunle shaved the hair on my private parts and armpits, and put the hair in the white handkerchief. After that, we had sexual intercourse. After the intercourse, he asked me to go and bury the hair in the handkerchief’-Mrs. Akerele * “I Did Not have sex with her. I shaved the hair of her private parts and I touched it (her private parts) with my sexual organ. I told her to be using my organ to rub her private parts so that she could discharge. After that, I wiped the discharge of her private parts with the white handkerchief and I prayed for her, using Psalm 24. God answers the prayer of naked people faster. I had SEX with her younger sister twice and had prayed for their mother too while naked”-Pastor Olakunle BY TOLUWANI ABIFEMI/RELIGIOUS REPORTER, AKURE
UNBELIEVABLE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD: Christ Apostolic Church Pastor, MATHEW OLAKUNLE Impregnates Married church… more
- BREAKING NEWS: NIGERIAN Born Kano state Lady, HAUWA UMAR USMAN Graduates FIRST CLASS in Aeronautical Engineering from University of Brighton...Becomes Outstanding in Britain for her Academic prowess *Had earlier education in Kano state, diagnosed with dyslexia during course of study in the United Kingdom * “During my studies in England, I experienced some challenges, which a British friend noticed were signs of dyslexia and suggested that I take a dyslexia test"-Hauwa BY DIPO AYENI/EDUCATION REPORTER, LONDON
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EDITORIAL: AFRICAN UNION FAILURE IN AFRICAN MIGRANTS’ SLAVERY IN LIBYA “Never attribute to malevolence what is merely due to incompetence” ― Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey BY EDITORIAL BOARD
EDITORIAL: AFRICAN UNION FAILURE IN AFRICAN MIGRANTS’ SLAVERY IN LIBYA “Never attribute to malevolence what… more
- NIGERIA: Hunger & Leadership Question-Editorial ...President Buhari: Uphold your Electoral Promises, Oath of Office to Nigerians
- EDITORIAL ON ALIKO DANGOTE:Pillar of African Economy, Youth Empowerment & Scandal-free Billionaire Extraordinaire*QUOTE: “A wise person should have money in their heads, but not in their hearts”-Jonathan Swift
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BUHARIGATE: ‘WAEC HEADQUARTERS GHANA has NO TRACE of Certified True Copies of MOHAMMED BUHARI Examination Certificate in our Archives Records & Aptitude Test Department’-BOAMA GYIMA, Head of National Office, WAEC HQ. GHANA …’We cannot validate the Attestation of Result purportedly issued by WAEC Nigeria’ *Sets up high-powered meeting to query Nigeria’s membership of the council *Plans to summon Nigeria’s WAEC officials to explain why the body printed attestation certificate * ‘As a Nigerian military officer, it would have been impossible for me to have attended the Defence Services Staff College in India in 1973, and, after that – in 1979 – the United States Army War College, had I not sat for the WASC examinations, which I did in 1961’-President BUHARI BY AKUA KWEKU/EDUCATION REPORTER, ACCRA & AHMED YUSUFU/STAFF WRITER, ABUJA
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- Okonjo Iweala's son, UZODINMA captures 'America's literary with 'Beast of No Nation' novel...Book depicts a child soldier in an unnamed African country *Novel received critical acclaim on Time Magazine, New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, The Times and Rolling Stone *Attended St. Albans School in Washington D.C., graduated at Harvard University earned an A.B., magna cum laude in English, American Literature and Language *Author, Sociologist, Physician won Hoopes Prize and Dorothy Hicks Lee Prize for Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis; Eager Prize for Best Undergraduate Short Story *Received Horman Prize for Excellence in Creative Writing *He's a graduate of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons class of 2011, Currently a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University *Honored with the New York Public Library’s 2006 Young Lions Fiction Award. Named in 2007 as one of Granta magazine’s 20 best young American novelists BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF
- SHOCKER IN OGUN STATE: NIGERIAN Students tied to Crucifixes in Ayetoro, beaten...For coming late to School *3 people including school's principal arrested for tying two students *Pupils were flogged by a teacher in front of their school *Mediator wounded, beaten in crisis * "They were tied to a wooden trees made to look like a crucifix when a policeman on patrol saw them. They told the principal and the school proprietor to untie them and they refused. They even beat one of the people who intervened”- Abimbola Oyeyemi, Ogun State police spokesman BY OLUWASEYI OYEDELE/CRIME REPORTER, AYETORO, OGUN STATE
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW IN AMERICA: ‘Miss NIGERIA International not related to Miss Nigeria Beauty Pageant’-VANESSA EKEKE, Founder/Executive Producer, Miss Nigeria International …Onye Osemenam emerges reigning Miss Nigeria International, tackles issue of homelessness as pet project during tenure *Ex-Beauty Queen creates platform for young Nigerians girls resident in United States to fulfill their dreams, plan to re-brand Nigeria’s image Overseas *Vows: ‘We are set to advance the global cause of women by using education, creativity and community service to engage the girls to do something meaningful’ BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU, AMERICA Foreign Bureau Chief, Naija Standard Newspaper
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW IN AMERICA: ‘Miss NIGERIA International not related to Miss Nigeria Beauty Pageant’-VANESSA EKEKE,… more
- EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH LATE (DR) SIR WARRIOR'S SON: 'I Am NIGERIA'S KING of Highlife Music in America' -Ajuzieogu Obinna Warrior ...'I feel My Father's presence when I am on Music Stage, I always sense his spirit around me' *'My father's shoes are too big to be filled by any musician, His songs evoke fresh memories of meditation and make people think about their future' *Still relates with Golden Voice of Oriental Brothers-Acquilla, others constantly *Reveals: 'My latest Album is titled IKENGA meaning 'I am my Father’s son.' The world will witness its unveiling in United States by December 2018' * 'My father's music is special as it refuses to leave this generation' * Performed for Peoples Club of Nigeria in Virginia Beach Concert, Played at African Music Entertainment Award in Wembley, London for Mbaise Community, United Kingdom *PLUS how God cleared him from sexual assault allegation then as Baltimore Correction officer GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU, AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF, Naija Standard Newspaper
- ENTERTAINMENT IN YANKEE: NIGERIA'S Highlife Legend, SIR WARRIOR of Oriental Fame Resurrect in AMERICA...Son, AJUZIEOGU Obinna Reigns as 'King of Nigerian Culture' *Protege Sings 'Elu-UWA' evergreen tune, re-echoes Highlife memory *Africans, Black Americans, Caribbeans shed tears, hail performance as heroic * 'Nigerian community in USA angry, blasts Imo state government for not immortalizing Christogonus Ezebuiro Obinna (Sir Warrior)'-INVESTIGATION * Ajuzieogu, Ex-Baltimore Corrections officer discharged, acquitted of falsified sexual assault BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief
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AFRICAN GLORY ABROAD: CONGOLESE Medical Doctor, DENIS MUKWEGE Fighter for Women suffering Sexual Violence wins Nobel Peace Prize 2018…Yazidi Activist, Nadia Murad becomes joint winner being survival of RAPE from Islamic State militias *Honored for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war *Mukwege heads Panzi Hospital in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu that receives thousands of women each year, many of them requiring surgery from sexual violence * “Denis Mukwege is the helper who has devoted his life to defending these victims. Nadia Murad is the witness who tells of the abuses perpetrated against herself and others”- Norwegian Nobel Committee * ‘Rape in war has been a crime for centuries. But it was a crime in the shadows. The two laureates have both shone a light on it-Dan Smith, Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF & IKOLI AYETUNA/STAFF WRITER in CONGO
AFRICAN GLORY ABROAD: CONGOLESE Medical Doctor, DENIS MUKWEGE Fighter for Women suffering Sexual Violence wins… more
- SHOCKING: STEPHEN OSITA OSADEBE'S Son, OKECHUKWU killed in Anambra Flood ...18 year old Drowned with lifeless body found floating on the river * “OKEY was with two persons he was swept up in the flash flood. He had no opportunity for to escape or be rescued by his friends, as the river was turbulent at the time”-AMAECHI Osadebe,deceased’s mother BY CHIKA EWELEANU/CRIME REPORTER, ANAMBRA
- SEPSIS KID DEATH CASE IN BRITAIN: 'NIGERIAN-BRITISH Doctor, HADIZA BAWA-GARBA wins Appeal against UK High Court earlier Ruling...New Judgement vindicates her, orders her to Resume work unmolested * Medical Doctor absolved from the death of six-year-old Jack Adcock * 'The Court of Appeal sets aside the order of the divisional court that Dr Bawa-Garba should be erased from the medical register and restores the order of the tribunal that she be suspended from practice for 12 months, subject to review' *RULES: 'Earlier High Court was wrong to strike off pediatrician after medical tribunal found it would be disproportionate in light of mitigating factors' BY TIMOTHY ELEBURE/MEDICAL REPORTER, LONDON
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INSPIRING IN AMERICA: Nigeria born IGBO boy, EDIRIN OKOLOKO Appointed Judge in Snohomish County Superior Court…Washington State government applaud his legal accomplishments *Bagged Bachelor of Law from the University of Benin in Nigeria *Received law degree from the Seattle University School of Law *Worked for 13 years as Deputy Prosecuting Attorney on homicide, sexual assault, child abuse, and elder abuse cases *Successfully prosecuted four murder trials * “He will be an excellent addition to the bench in Snohomish County”- Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington State BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU FOREIGN CHIEF
INSPIRING IN AMERICA: Nigeria born IGBO boy, EDIRIN OKOLOKO Appointed Judge in Snohomish County Superior… more
- SHOCKER: 'We Will No LONGER allow the ABUSE of our National Health Service by Nigerian Pregnant Women using our hospitals to have their babies'-BRITISH Government *UK evolve stiff position after unnamed Nigerian woman put to bed in a UK hospital, refused to pay her bill of £10,000 and escaped to Nigeria *Another Nigerian visitor, Bimbo Ayelabola, a Nigerian woman who had quintuplets in Britain now embroiled in a residency row over her extended stay BY QUEEN SEMUDA/STAFF REPORTER, United Kingdom
- SHOCKER:NIGERIAN Born British Resident, FRANCIS EZENWANKWO Jailed SIX YEARS...For RAPING his Tenant *Sub-let House in Heston Street, Hounslow, London Borough to a lady from Europe *Sneaks into lady's bed with spare key *Gauged lady, Forcibly had carnal knowledge *Victim called police emergency numbers: 999 or 112 BY TOMS SHOLAPE/CRIME REPORTER, LONDON
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AMERICA’S MID-TERM ELECTION: NIGERIAN Born Famous American Attorney, CHIKA ANYIAM elected JUDGE in DALLAS County…Emerges First African Immigrant in United States history to serve as a State District Court Judge * Assumes office January 2019, In charge of Criminal District Court 7 *Scored landslide 428, 971 votes-62.23% to defeat Republican opponent *Highly supported by husband-Okey, Campaign led by Jeff Dalton & Dallas County Democratic Party *Practiced Criminal Laws for over 17 years in America *Successfully handles all levels of Felonies, Misdemeanors, Mental Health Cases *Celebrated in ‘Dallas Morning News’ Editorial: “Anyiam’s answers were consistently thoughtful during our recommendation interview but often reflected the voice of who she, in fact, is — a defense attorney…,” *Legal Association: Member, State Bar of Texas, Member-Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, Member-Dallas Bar Association; Member-Dallas Criminal Defense Association, Member-J.L.Turner Legal Association and Member-NAACP, Garland Chapter *“I remain committed to serve the community as a fair, just and impartial judge”-CHIKA BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief, Naija Standard Newspaper
AMERICA’S MID-TERM ELECTION: NIGERIAN Born Famous American Attorney, CHIKA ANYIAM elected JUDGE in DALLAS County…Emerges… more
- INSPIRING IN AMERICA: Nigeria born IGBO boy, EDIRIN OKOLOKO Appointed Judge in Snohomish County Superior Court...Washington State government applaud his legal accomplishments *Bagged Bachelor of Law from the University of Benin in Nigeria *Received law degree from the Seattle University School of Law *Worked for 13 years as Deputy Prosecuting Attorney on homicide, sexual assault, child abuse, and elder abuse cases *Successfully prosecuted four murder trials * “He will be an excellent addition to the bench in Snohomish County”- Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington State BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU FOREIGN CHIEF
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JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME: ‘I Was Jailed 5,000 years in PRISON for exposing ROT, CORRUPTION in Liberia Government’s Economy’-RODNEY D SIEH, EDITOR of Liberia’s FrontPageAfrica * ‘Our undercover reports found that funds worth $6m intended to combat an army-worm epidemic were unaccounted for’ * ‘Monrovia Court sentenced me for failing to pay libel damages of $1.6m (£1.2m) won by a former minister who sued my paper after we published the findings of a government audit’ * ‘Monrovia Central Prison, where I was thrown into is a cell with murderers, armed robbers and petty criminals. The prison, built in the capital city to hold 200 prisoners, has more than 1,000 inmates. Nearly half of them have been detained without trial’ * ‘The challenges of bringing these stories to light are enormous. Reporters take risks for little pay as newspaper owners struggle to pay staff and keep the generator running because of an unstable electricity supply’ * ‘It took the might of an international outcry, massive protests from supporters and sympathisers and an op-ed in the New York Times to force the government of then-President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to get me out of prison’ BY PETER WELBER/MONROVIA CORRESPONDENT
JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME: ‘I Was Jailed 5,000 years in PRISON for exposing ROT,… more
- EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH LINDA IKEJI IN AMERICA: INSIDE Story of BABY BOY Delivery @Emory University Hospital, Midtown Atlanta ...Says: 'I will be returning to Nigeria after few months of taking bed rest' *Blasts Kemi Olunloyo : 'She is a LIAR. She has no truth in her mouth. I have long put that lady to a corner for always saying things that are not relevant' *Wonders how Naija Standard Newspaper had direct access to her hospital phone number *“Linda Ikeji is admitted in our hospital. We will connect you directly to her immediately for your interview from an African newspaper in Texas'-Nurse Cynthia GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief, Naija Standard Newspaper
- EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: 'I am the New MANAGING DIRECTOR of BEN TV in United Kingdom and Africa, Available on Sky Channel 175 '-Deborah Ronke Apampa, award-wining Nigerian-British ace journalist *Had outstanding success in her famous TV 'Black Variety' show in England *Created the TV reality show 'Omotola The Real Me' which sets best record on DSTV *Produced 'Stars On the Runway' an event with top African celebrities modeling for charity *Columnist, Opinionated journalist writes first Unpublished Novel at age Nine * Studied law at London Metropolitan University, graduated from Pan Atlantic University, Worked as Ceo/TV Producer /presenter for BM Epic Media, TV Producer/Presenter R70 UK, attended Independent Journalism Centre * 'I was a big fan of MEE Mofe Damijo, publisher of defunct Classique magazine, presenter of MEE and You. She died when I was 14 years old. We have come up with new shows that will captivate our different viewers. We are set to reposition Ben TV for greater global audience' -Apampa BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief
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SHOCKINGLY PAINFUL: NIGERIAN 16 Years old Boy, JOHN OGUNJOBI Stabbed to DEATH in South London…Collapsed in Tulse Hill during ‘Bonfire Night’ *Fatally wounded in Greenleaf Close after 10:53pm, Struggled, begged killers to stay alive * ‘Despite the efforts of paramedics, the male was pronounced dead at the scene at 11.41pm. His next of kin are aware. He has been formally identified as John Ogunjobi, 16, of Tulse Hill. A post-mortem examination held on Thursday at Greenwich Mortuary gave cause of death as a stab wound’-‘Scotland Yard * ‘I am appealing to anyone who has information that could assist this investigation to come forward and speak to police. We believe the victim was attacked by a number of suspects and the altercation would have undoubtedly drawn the attention of those who were in the vicinity’-Murder Squad’s Detective Chief Inspector Richard Vandenbergh * ‘We have seen a spate of fatal stabbings in South London recently with five murders over the course of the last week. One murder is one too many with the devastation it causes to families, friends and communities difficult to comprehend. Tackling violence is a priority and one which remains at the forefront of all the work we do. This includes utilising our local resources but also supplementing them with resources from across the Met, including the Violent Crime Taskforce’ – Chief Superintendent Simon Messinger, Commander of the Central South Command Unit BY TEMI OYELADE/SPECIAL CRIME CORRESPONDENT, LONDON
SHOCKINGLY PAINFUL: NIGERIAN 16 Years old Boy, JOHN OGUNJOBI Stabbed to DEATH in South London…Collapsed… more
- INVESTIGATION: 'AMERICA has no hand in the death of MKO Abiola, Nigeria's Billionaire Politician'-Thomas Pickering, former United States Ambassador to Nigeria * Says: 'Chief Abiola did not DIE of Tea Poison, but of Cardiac arrest' * Claims: 'Abiola looked robust, and healthy. He did not seem to have lost much of weight. He recognized me immediately. He greeted both Susan Rice, myself and our Ambassador. We sat in a small square of chairs of sofas in the living room of the guest house where he was jailed. We were all offered tea, both Susan and our Ambassador from what was clear was tea from the same pot. It is important I say this because some people had alleged that the tea was poisoned' * 'ABIOLA was not Murdered in Nigerian Government Custody'-Report BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU, AMERICA Foreign Bureau Chief, Naija Standard Newspaper
- BREAKING NEWS: NIGERIAN Human Trafficking King in Russia, DAVID AMAECHI, Accomplice arrested for selling Nigerian 19year old model, TOPE ADEBOLA for $35,000...Forced her into Sex Slavery in Moscow *Victim found bruised, malnourished during rescue operation, once thrown out of window of an apartment for refusing sexual exploitation * “After the World Cup in Russia, I was sold to one Russia Madam by two Nigerian men that made me travel to Moscow. I was once injured by this Madam when she ordered her boys to throw me out of their window on the second-floor apartment because I refused sex for 20 men. I felt I would die. I overheard the two Nigerian men that they had already perfected plans to resell me to another Russian trafficker for $35,000, when I was rescued”-TOPE cried *PLUS how stranded victim was lured into witnessing 2018 FIFA World Cup BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief, Naija Standard
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OPINION-DR. DAYO OLOMU: British Born Nigerian Encyclopedia Champions Successful Business Models in United Kingdom …Humble story of a Quintessential, famous Media Icon @50 devoid of Scandal *QUOTES: “People of excellence go the extra mile to do what’s right” ― Joel Osteen *“I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end” ― Abraham Lincoln *“Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way” ― Booker T. Washington
DR. DAYO OLOMU: British Born Nigerian Encyclopedia Champions Successful Business Models in United Kingdom …Humble… more
- 'Still on that DOG Matter'-Reuben Abati *Says: 'In Islam Religion, a Dog is like a Pig, a Taboo' *Explains: 'Go and do your Investigation, you are not likely to find Muslim families keeping dogs as Pet' States: 'In Africa, Dog is referred Dirty and Vile' *Echoes: 'In the South South, a Dog is a Special Delicacy for the Family Soup Pot' *Narrates: 'If a Dog in America is a king, in Nigeria it is a Sacrificial Lamb' *QUOTE: “Should anybody then give the suggestion around here that Buhari is a sacrificial lamb or an edible offering? What nonsense!”
- Separating the Journalist from the Spokesperson...In Defense of Fourth Estate of the Realm *Why Readers, Fans feel Betrayed when a media practitioner crosses into Government BY REUBEN ABATI, Columnist, former Senior Special Adviser, Media and Public Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan
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2019 ELECTIONS: ‘NIGERIANS: I Have 9 CREDITS in My West African School Certificate, Vote for Me again’-President BUHARI …’I am happy to have received Attestation and confirmation of result from WAEC Officials’ * ‘I Can Assure you that Gen. Yar’Adua and I Wrote WASC, since we Joined Army same time’ * Nigerians question why WASC name bears ‘Mohammed’, instead of ‘Muhammadu’ being first name BY NURENI ALAO/POLITICAL REPORTER, ABUJA
2019 ELECTIONS: ‘NIGERIANS: I Have 9 CREDITS in My West African School Certificate, Vote for… more
- AHEAD OF NIGERIA 2019 ELECTIONS: 'I am a Honest person, My Secondary School Result is still with Secretary of Nigerian Military Board'-Nigeria's President, BUHARI ... 'Nigerian Army don't have the original, certified true copy or WASC statement of results of retired Major General Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate', says Director of Army Public Relations, Brig-. Gen. Olajide Laleye * Buhari Vows: 'I am the above-named person and the deponent of this affidavit herein. I have attached an affidavit to support my claim' * Nigerian Army: “It is a practice in the NA that before candidates are shortlisted for commissioning into the officers’ cadre of the Service, the Selection Board verifies the original copies of credentials that are presented. However, there is no available record to show that this process was followed in the 1960s for Buhari” * 'We have received a list of 70 out of 91 political parties fielding candidates for presidential 2019 elections including Buhari, Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress party who failed to attach necessary documents as required for his re-election bid'-INEC BY RILWAN AHMED/POLITICAL REPORTER, ABUJA
- 'NIGERIANS: Give me your Vote this Second Chance, I know where my votes will come from'-President BUHARI *I am Confident Pregnant Women and Nigerian masses will vote me back to power * I Have warned INEC, Security Agencies to ensure that every vote counts in 2019 * I am not 'President Slow-Motion' as some Nigerians assumed, I am only trying to follow the law, especially as democracy is different from military rule BY ILIYA MOHAMMED/POLITICAL REPORTER
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TRENDING NEWS ON NIGERIAN MOVIE ABROAD: OSUN THE goddess movie BREAKS into AMERICA’S Hollywood Market…Red Carpets slated 5pm for April 15, 2018 at Citiplex-Newark, 360-394 Springfield Avenue, Newark, NJ 07103 * Nollywood Yoruba Epic to be only US showing till the Nigerian version premieres later this Spring, Movie in Yoruba subtitled in English language * Osun the goddess is an allegory showing the power of Osun in the struggle against rape, abuse and violence against women. Osun stands for female empowerment and the upliftment of women *This film gives a unique glimpse into the proverb-filled traditional Yoruba culture which has had profound influence throughout * Cast features Nollywood stars as: Murphy Afolabi, Faithia Balogun, Femi Branch, Ade Edetunde and Florence Trautman among others * * Executive Producer is FLOXY BEE, the Queen of Hikosso Music, Nigerian singer who also acted, composed and performed music in the film *Author of these books in USA: ‘Importance of Greetings in the Yoruba Culture,’ Who’s Osun the goddess?’ BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF
TRENDING NEWS ON NIGERIAN MOVIE ABROAD: OSUN THE goddess movie BREAKS into AMERICA’S Hollywood Market…Red… more
- EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: 'WE spend $30,000 Annually to Stage DDEA HUMANITARIAN AWARD in AMERICA'-Demian Ndubuisi Chukwu, Nigerian-American Chairman/CEO Deedee Group of companies, Maryland, USA ...I became Millionaire in Nigeria at the age of 37 years *Designed to give award to those helping or giving back to the community, a way to encourage others to start helping the poor *Still facing Lack of Sponsor, Divisiveness among Nigerians in Diaspora * 'This Year's event holding September 16th in Baltimore Maryland, USA will feature German's Superstar, Me-Razor and Nollywood Star, Charles Awurum'-Demian BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU, FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF, UNITED STATES
- ON A HIGHER GROUND! Nigerian Medical Doc, Songwriter Releases Song in ‘God’s Praise’…Says music is Eclectic, African Rhythm, Jazz blend
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BREAKING NEWS: NIGERIA dominates AMERICA’S NFL Africa draftee list…Many of them are Nigerian-Americans, still attending Colleges BY LOYE ABIMBOLA/SPORTS CORRESPONDENT, NORTH AMERICA
BREAKING NEWS: NIGERIA dominates AMERICA’S NFL Africa draftee list…Many of them are Nigerian-Americans, still attending… more
- DISGRACEFUL: NIGERIA'S ex-Premier League Goalkeeper, ABDUL AZEEZA, Other gangs BUSTED... Selling fake British passports, University degrees for £800 each *Former professional footballer sentenced to four years in jail *Recovered from his kitchen as evidence: a false passport in his back pocket, a residency card in his wallet, including specially adapted tools for dismantling passports, threads for stitching, paint thinners and laminate found at his home in Walworth in South London *His gang members: Alfred Adekoya, 47, of Walworth, sentenced to 40 months and two weeks after pleading guilty to conspiracy to manufacture a fake document. Victor Ariyo, of Nunhead, London, acted as a go-between sentenced to three years in jail, Luke Nkanta, 29, of Woolwich in south-east London, acted as courier; sentenced to 16 months in jail after pleading guilty to possession of an identity document with improper intention *'We have stopped a concerted, systematic and financially motivated assault on the UK’s immigration system'-Immigration Enforcement inspector Ben Thomas BYGEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF & TOMS SHOLAPE/CRIME REPORTER, LONDON
- INSPIRING: NIGERIAN Born Arsenal Player, ALEX IWOBI wins 'Philanthropic Endeavour Community Action' Award at Best of Africa Competition *Featured for Arsenal in UEFA Europa League second leg clash against the Atletico Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano *21-year-old Nigeria international played 35 games for Arsenal scoring just two goals *BOA Award is an an event to honour, celebrate the philanthropic endeavors and achievements of African football players *Moved to England at the age of FOUR, still nephew of former Nigerian Super Eagles super star Jay-Jay Okocha * 'Great Night At The Best Of Africa Awards. I am Blessed To Have My Family and Friends There With Me'- Iwobi BY SEUN OLAPADE/SPORTS REPORTER, ENGLAND
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SHOCKER OVER ABUJA WOMAN, CHARITY AIYEDOGBON: THREE Nigerian Legal Practitioners, EMEKA UGWUONYE, NSIKAK UDO, FAROUK KHAMAGAM Arraigned in Court…For Alleged criminal roles in Disappearance * Ugwuonye Charged with Criminal Defamation, TWO other lawyers fingered in Forgery and Perjury * “Accused persons are Notorious, they may jump bail. They are in the habit of not honoring invitations. Ugwuonye has dual citizenship and may jump bail, if granted”-Prosecutor Adama Musa *Ugwuonye still facing a N10b defamation suit by David Aiyedogbon * “Their hereby granted him bail in the sum of five million Naira (N5m), with a surety, who must be a Civil Servant and must earn not less than three hundred thousand Naira monthly, with a traceable address in the Federal capital territory”-Mabel Bello, Chief Magistrate Court 2 Abuja BY DESTINY UGORJI/CRIME CONTRIBUTOR, ABUJA
SHOCKER OVER ABUJA WOMAN, CHARITY AIYEDOGBON: THREE Nigerian Legal Practitioners, EMEKA UGWUONYE, NSIKAK UDO, FAROUK… more
- DEVELOPING NOW: CAMPAIGN for Democracy, other Nigerian Civil Rights Group Storm LIBYA Embassy in NIGERIA...Says 'We are horrified by Reports, footage of Africans including Nigerians sold into slavery in Libya' *Stages Peaceful sit-outs Protest in front of the Libyan Embassy *VOWS: 'We Shall Occupy Libya Embassy, Enough of Dehumanization' *Regret: 'Africans are being Detained, Tortured, Starved, Killed' *Lament: 'They are made to Face Slave Trade, a horrible part of African history' *Traffic Gridlock at Roseline Ukeje Close, Kyari Muhammed crescent, off Justice Sowemimo street, Asokoro, Abuja * Libya Embassy officials contacts Nigeria's Inspector General of Police office for Police protection against Attack, Violence, Invasion BY KENNEDY ILECHUKWU/REPORTER, ABUJA
- BREAKING NEWS: NIGERIAN, Rasheed Abiodun Akanni, 42, Convicted for MARRIAGE FRAUD in America...Found Guilty of entering into a marriage with a United States citizen for evading Deportation, False statements, Failure to appear before U.S. District Court * 'Akanni entered the United States from Nigeria on June 3, 2003, on a six-month visitor for pleasure visa. He never left the United States and made several unsuccessful attempts to gain legal status'-Acting United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch * 'He filed for lawful permanent resident status as the spouse of an American woman. The woman later withdrew her support for Akanni’s application. On November 23, 2010, Akanni filed a petition for asylum, which stayed removal proceedings'-Matthew J. Etre, Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations for New England & Denis Riordan, District Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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SHAMEFUL: ‘I Have Never tasted Alcohol in my LIFE, I was not Drunk, only playing with empty Beer bottles’-Dismissed Nigerian Policeman, KADIMA USENI, Mobile Force Squadron 22 Base Ikeja …Says: ‘It was a set up against me. I was secretly recorded without my knowledge’ *Lament: ‘Police higher authority want to ruin my life. I am not lying. My Force Number is 176219. I seized the empty beer bottles from some Police officers’ children’ BY TITILAYO ODUNLAMI/CRIME REPORTER, LAGOS
SHAMEFUL: ‘I Have Never tasted Alcohol in my LIFE, I was not Drunk, only playing… more
- AJIMOBI: 'Bolekaja' Emperor playing 'Amala' Politics with journalists' lives 'Democracy dies in Darkness'-Washington Post mantra *QUOTES: 'Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty'-Plato * 'The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all'-Ferdinand Marcos BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN Bureau Chief, Naija Standard Newspaper
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UNVEILED IN AMERICA: AFRICAN Diaspora Today Magazine hits News stand…Received by African Union Mission in Washington D.C. *Staged African Diaspora Distinguished Leadership Award *Center Africa Broadcasting Network Corporation claims journal designed for Africans living abroad, with keen interest in maintaining ties with their homelands * Awardees include: Dr. Mima S. Nedelcovych served in the President George Bush’s govt. (1989 to 1993) as the U.S. Executive Director to African Development Bank in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire * Ambassador Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao African Union Permanent Representative to the United States of America * Jean AbiNader, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director AbiNader Int’l Services * Melvin Foote, President and Chief Executive Officer Constituency for Africa BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF
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- The LOST NIGERIAN CHILD IN BRITAIN: EGBADO born YORUBA Princess, OMOBA SARA AINA sold into Slavery...Liberated from enslavement, adopted as god-daughter to Queen Victoria *Witnessed her parents death during attack, Ended up in court of King Ghezo as a slave at five years old, Renamed Sara Forbes Bonetta after the ship HMS Bonetta * Oke Odan native intended by her captors as a human sacrifice, Rescued by Captain Frederick E. Forbes of the Royal Navy, who convinced King Ghezo of Dahomey to give her to Queen Victoria *Married to Captain James Pinson Labulo Davies, a wealthy Victorian Lagos philanthropist at St Nicholas' Church in Brighton, East Sussex *Sara, Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther were only Lagos indigènes the Royal Navy had standing orders to evacuate in the event of an uprising in Lagos *Died of Tuberculosis at age 37. Her grave number is 206 in the British Cemetery of Funchal near the Anglican Holy Trinity Church, Rua Quebra Costas Funchal, Madeira BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF
- TRENDING IN NIGERIA: 'NO More FOOD SCARCITY in NIGERIA, as we have fully established NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY COUNCIL'-President BUHARI ...We have put in place solid constitution of the Council’s membership *Council to be chaired by the President, President, with members as Governors of Kebbi, Taraba, Plateau, Lagos, Ebonyi and Delta States *Additional members include: Secretary to the Government of the Federation; the Chief of Staff to the President; the National Security Adviser and seven (7) cabinet Ministers, others *Objectives: Help in developing sustainable solutions to the farmers–herdsmen clashes; Climate Change and Desertification and their impact on farmland; grazing areas and lakes, rivers and other water bodies; oil spillage BY KAYODE OPEYEMI/AGRICULTURAL REPORTER, ABUJA
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INSPIRATIONAL: SOUTH AFRICAN Surgeons SAVE MUHAMMED TAMIMI, Palestinian teenager…after he was shot in the Head and Face at close range with a rubber-coated, metal bullet *15 year old Palestinian boy cries ‘I want to be able to go outside. I am not allowed to stay in the sun too much. And I want to be able to run with my friends’ *Bullet pierced his nose and lodged in his brain *A large part of his skull had to be removed, causing his left eye to sink * ‘Every help Tamimi received is a proud example of South Africans who give real expression to Madiba’s spirit of sacrifice and caring for one’s fellow man especially the most vulnerable amongst us’-Mandla, grandson of Nelson Mandela BY RACHAEL OLIVER OSADOLOR/South African Correspondent
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SOUTH AFRICAN Surgeons SAVE MUHAMMED TAMIMI, Palestinian teenager…after he was shot...
HISTORIC VISIT TO AFRICA: AMERICA’S First LADY, MELANIA TRUMP Shuns Nigeria, Visit Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt October 1st…Her office assures she’ll promote child welfare during extended solo international mission *Looks forward to spreading the message of her “Be Best” child-welfare initiative throughout Africa *Discussed her plans at a reception for the spouses of foreign leaders and others participating in the annual United Nations General Assembly * “October 1st will mark the first day of my solo visit to four beautiful and very different countries in Africa”-MELANIA BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF, NEW YORK
HISTORIC VISIT TO AFRICA:
AMERICA’S First LADY, MELANIA TRUMP Shuns Nigeria, Visit Ghana, Malawi,...
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REVEALING: LAMBORGHINI VENENO ROADSTER is the Most Expensive Car in the World 2018 at the cost of $4.5million (£3.23 million)..Drive home this luxurious vehicle in classic style …Anthony Paul Bamford owns 2 Ferrari 250 GTOs, Floyd Mayweather drives Lamborghini and Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita *List of Most Expensive cars : Lamborghini Veneno Maybach Exelero, , Koenigsegg Agera R., Ferrari F60 America, Bugatti Chiron, Zenvo ST1; Lamborghini Reventon, Porsche 918 Spyder, Aston Martin Valkyrie, Limited Edition Bugatti Veyron, Mansory Vivere, Lykan Hypersport; Aston Martin Vulcan, McLaren P1 LM *Possesses 750 horsepower, gets a 6.5-liter V12 engine, runs at 221mph *Power delivered to all four wheels via Lambo’s 7-speed “ISR” transmission * Slick gearbox capable of shifting gears almost as quickly as transmissions used in Formula One racecars BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF
REVEALING:
LAMBORGHINI VENENO ROADSTER is the Most Expensive Car in the World 2018 at the cost of $4.5million...
PAINFUL DEATH: Nigerian Anglican Diocese Reverend, TOCHUKWU MADUANUSI Killed in Auto Crash…Traveling with Son to buy Souvenir for the Children Ministry *Drunk Truck Driver along Oba/Nnewi road, Anambra State overtakes Dangote Vehicle on high speed, Diverts, Crushed him and his little boy at a parking lot * Sympathisers Rushed him, son to the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital where they died * Family, Church members mourn over their death, uncompleted ministry building as hit-and-run driver flee scene BY ANGELINA AMAKCHUKWU/REPORTER, SOUTH EAST NIGERIA
PAINFUL DEATH:
Nigerian Anglican Diocese Reverend, TOCHUKWU MADUANUSI Killed in Auto Crash…Traveling...
‘Lagosians: Get Ready for Increase in Transport FARES from March 1st’-Lagos State Government …’We Approved Fare increase from 20% to 50% on BRT, LAGBUS, Franchise Buses’ * ‘Economic downturn severely impacts Public Transport’ * ‘We will Reform Public Transport Operation, Create World Class Infrastructure’ * ‘Under the New Development: Ikorodu to CMS formerly N195 is now N300, representing over 65 percent increase, N75 to N100 for a ride from Ikorodu to Mile 12; From Ikorodu to Fadeyi is now N200 from 120’ * ‘No More Room for OKADA, Danfo (Yellow Buses), MOLUE’-INVESTIGATION
‘Lagosians: Get Ready for Increase in Transport FARES from March 1st’-Lagos State Government
…’We...
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NIGERIA’S Richest Businessman, ALIKO DANGOTE Reigns as Sixth Most Charitable Person in the World…Honored by British based Richtopia-a digital periodical that covers business, economics and financial news *President of Dangote Group of Companies endowed his foundation to the tune of $1.25 billion *Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and J.K. Rowlings occupied the first three positions while Oprah Winfrey and Elon Musk were in the fourth and fifth position * Tony Elumelu, Chairman of United Bank for Africa was 11th on the list BY FINNY ADEDUGBA/FINANCIAL REPORTER, UNITED KINGDOM
NIGERIA’S Richest Businessman, ALIKO DANGOTE Reigns as Sixth Most Charitable Person in the World…Honored...
INCREDIBLE IN AMERICA: 2 NIGERIAN Born Naturalized AMERICAN Pharmacists, 4 other Foreigners charged in $9.6million Drug Scam…Distributes over 344,737 doses of controlled substance across United States * ‘Purpose of scheme was for pharmacists to dispense prescriptions for controlled substances written by a doctor to “patients” in exchange for cash payments. The controlled substances were sold for profit on the illegal street market in Metro Detroit, Michigan’-INVESTIGATION * The DRUG Cartel names: ENITAN SODIYA-OGUNDIPE, ABIODUN FABODE, AMIR RAFI, DR. VASAN DESHIKACHAR, NIESHEIA TIBU and ANDREI TIBU BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF
INCREDIBLE IN AMERICA:
2 NIGERIAN Born Naturalized AMERICAN Pharmacists, 4 other Foreigners charged in...
INSPIRING: Ibadan based Nigerian International Institute of Tropical Agriculture wins AFRICA Food Prize 2018…Receives US$100,00 grant issued by African Green Revolution in Agriculture @ a Gala Dinner in Rwanda *Award recognizes individuals and institutions leading the effort to change the reality of farming in Africa from a struggle to survive to a business that strives *Honor celebrates Africans who are taking control of Africa’s agriculture agenda *Prize celebrates the achievements of IITA for its 50th year of service to African agriculture and smallholder farmers in 2017 BY OMOLOLA BELLO/FOOD & SCIENCE WRITER in Ibadan
INSPIRING:
Ibadan based Nigerian International Institute of Tropical Agriculture wins AFRICA Food Prize...
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OPINION! ‘My Haters suffering from Xenophobic Mentality’-Charlie Boy*Says ‘The World must defeat Xenophobia to barest minimum’*Laments: ‘It’s Poverty that affects our minds, as many live on a constant diet of hopelessness’*Echoes: ‘Poverty is when young men of a country refuse to look their government in the face to demand better opportunities for themselves and families’*Observes: ‘If we pull down South Africa’s businesses in the country, will Nigeria go scar-free?’
OPINION!
‘My Haters suffering from Xenophobic Mentality’-Charlie Boy
*Says 'The World must...
WHAT’S GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS * ‘My thoughts on Nigeria’s recent election, Importance of Public-Private Cooperation for Democracy’BY TONY ELUMELU
WHAT'S GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS
* 'My thoughts on Nigeria's recent election, Importance...
NIGERIA 2015 ELECTIONS: DANGEROUS SIGNALS AHEAD!BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU
NIGERIA 2015 ELECTIONS: DANGEROUS SIGNALS AHEAD!
BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU
NIGERIA, Africa’s most...
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CONFESSION OF A MASTERS DEGREE CHRONIC FRAUDSTER: ‘I Have Never met Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s former Vice president. I only use his name to deceive innocent Nigerians in a bid to steal their money’-AMINU AHMED YERIMA …Claims: ‘I have exploited over 50 persons on Facebook pretending to be an aide of Atiku. I am from Jade Local Government in Adamawa, same place PDP Presidential Candidate comes from’ *Busted by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team led by Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari *Collected 50million Naira from victims within SIX Months BY AHMED LAWAL/DEPUTY CRIME EDITOR, ABUJA
CONFESSION OF A MASTERS DEGREE CHRONIC FRAUDSTER:
‘I Have Never met Atiku Abubakar, Nigeria’s...
‘Federal Government will soon destroy and wipe-off Boko Haram’-Nigeria’s President BUHARI …Vows: ‘You can’t be shouting Allahu Akbar (Allah is Great), Allahu Akbar, and be killing innocent citizens and destroying properties all in the name of God’ *We would not allow any group hiding under religion to unleash terror on innocent citizens * I’ll continue to hold former president Goodluck Jonathan in high esteem for accepting defeat in 2015 election * Nigerian entertainers should use their respective talents in promoting the culture of peaceful co-existence and unity among the diverse socio-political groups BY HILARU AHMED/CRIME REPORTER, ABUJA
‘Federal Government will soon destroy and wipe-off Boko Haram’-Nigeria’s President...
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BREAKING NEWS: NIGERIAN Born Kano state Lady, HAUWA UMAR USMAN Graduates FIRST CLASS in Aeronautical Engineering from University of Brighton…Becomes Outstanding in Britain for her Academic prowess *Had earlier education in Kano state, diagnosed with dyslexia during course of study in the United Kingdom * “During my studies in England, I experienced some challenges, which a British friend noticed were signs of dyslexia and suggested that I take a dyslexia test”-Hauwa BY DIPO AYENI/EDUCATION REPORTER, LONDON
BREAKING NEWS:
NIGERIAN Born Kano state Lady, HAUWA UMAR USMAN Graduates FIRST CLASS in Aeronautical...
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EDITORIAL: AFRICAN UNION FAILURE IN AFRICAN MIGRANTS’ SLAVERY IN LIBYA “Never attribute to malevolence what is merely due to incompetence” ― Arthur C. Clarke, 3001: The Final Odyssey BY EDITORIAL BOARD
EDITORIAL: AFRICAN UNION FAILURE IN AFRICAN MIGRANTS’ SLAVERY IN LIBYA
“Never attribute to malevolence...
NIGERIA: Hunger & Leadership Question-Editorial …President Buhari: Uphold your Electoral Promises, Oath of Office to Nigerians
NIGERIA: Hunger & Leadership Question-Editorial
BY EDITORIAL BOARD
AFRICA’S Most populous nation...
EDITORIAL ON ALIKO DANGOTE:Pillar of African Economy, Youth Empowerment & Scandal-free Billionaire Extraordinaire*QUOTE: “A wise person should have money in their heads, but not in their hearts”-Jonathan Swift
ALIKO DANGOTE: Pillar of African Economy, Youth Empowerment & Scandal-free Billionaire Extraordinaire...
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BUHARIGATE: ‘WAEC HEADQUARTERS GHANA has NO TRACE of Certified True Copies of MOHAMMED BUHARI Examination Certificate in our Archives Records & Aptitude Test Department’-BOAMA GYIMA, Head of National Office, WAEC HQ. GHANA …’We cannot validate the Attestation of Result purportedly issued by WAEC Nigeria’ *Sets up high-powered meeting to query Nigeria’s membership of the council *Plans to summon Nigeria’s WAEC officials to explain why the body printed attestation certificate * ‘As a Nigerian military officer, it would have been impossible for me to have attended the Defence Services Staff College in India in 1973, and, after that – in 1979 – the United States Army War College, had I not sat for the WASC examinations, which I did in 1961’-President BUHARI BY AKUA KWEKU/EDUCATION REPORTER, ACCRA & AHMED YUSUFU/STAFF WRITER, ABUJA
BUHARIGATE:
‘WAEC HEADQUARTERS GHANA has NO TRACE of Certified True Copies of MOHAMMED BUHARI...
SHOCKER IN OGUN STATE: NIGERIAN Students tied to Crucifixes in Ayetoro, beaten…For coming late to School *3 people including school’s principal arrested for tying two students *Pupils were flogged by a teacher in front of their school *Mediator wounded, beaten in crisis * “They were tied to a wooden trees made to look like a crucifix when a policeman on patrol saw them. They told the principal and the school proprietor to untie them and they refused. They even beat one of the people who intervened”- Abimbola Oyeyemi, Ogun State police spokesman BY OLUWASEYI OYEDELE/CRIME REPORTER, AYETORO, OGUN STATE
SHOCKER IN OGUN STATE:
NIGERIAN Students tied to Crucifixes in Ayetoro, beaten…For coming late...
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW IN AMERICA: ‘Miss NIGERIA International not related to Miss Nigeria Beauty Pageant’-VANESSA EKEKE, Founder/Executive Producer, Miss Nigeria International …Onye Osemenam emerges reigning Miss Nigeria International, tackles issue of homelessness as pet project during tenure *Ex-Beauty Queen creates platform for young Nigerians girls resident in United States to fulfill their dreams, plan to re-brand Nigeria’s image Overseas *Vows: ‘We are set to advance the global cause of women by using education, creativity and community service to engage the girls to do something meaningful’ BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU, AMERICA Foreign Bureau Chief, Naija Standard Newspaper
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW IN AMERICA:
‘Miss NIGERIA International not related to Miss Nigeria Beauty...
ENTERTAINMENT IN YANKEE: NIGERIA’S Highlife Legend, SIR WARRIOR of Oriental Fame Resurrect in AMERICA…Son, AJUZIEOGU Obinna Reigns as ‘King of Nigerian Culture’ *Protege Sings ‘Elu-UWA’ evergreen tune, re-echoes Highlife memory *Africans, Black Americans, Caribbeans shed tears, hail performance as heroic * ‘Nigerian community in USA angry, blasts Imo state government for not immortalizing Christogonus Ezebuiro Obinna (Sir Warrior)’-INVESTIGATION * Ajuzieogu, Ex-Baltimore Corrections officer discharged, acquitted of falsified sexual assault BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief
ENTERTAINMENT IN YANKEE:
NIGERIA’S Highlife Legend, SIR WARRIOR of Oriental Fame Resurrect in AMERICA…Son,...
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AFRICAN GLORY ABROAD: CONGOLESE Medical Doctor, DENIS MUKWEGE Fighter for Women suffering Sexual Violence wins Nobel Peace Prize 2018…Yazidi Activist, Nadia Murad becomes joint winner being survival of RAPE from Islamic State militias *Honored for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war *Mukwege heads Panzi Hospital in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu that receives thousands of women each year, many of them requiring surgery from sexual violence * “Denis Mukwege is the helper who has devoted his life to defending these victims. Nadia Murad is the witness who tells of the abuses perpetrated against herself and others”- Norwegian Nobel Committee * ‘Rape in war has been a crime for centuries. But it was a crime in the shadows. The two laureates have both shone a light on it-Dan Smith, Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF & IKOLI AYETUNA/STAFF WRITER in CONGO
AFRICAN GLORY ABROAD:
CONGOLESE Medical Doctor, DENIS MUKWEGE Fighter for Women suffering Sexual Violence...
SHOCKING: STEPHEN OSITA OSADEBE’S Son, OKECHUKWU killed in Anambra Flood …18 year old Drowned with lifeless body found floating on the river * “OKEY was with two persons he was swept up in the flash flood. He had no opportunity for to escape or be rescued by his friends, as the river was turbulent at the time”-AMAECHI Osadebe,deceased’s mother BY CHIKA EWELEANU/CRIME REPORTER, ANAMBRA
SHOCKING:
STEPHEN OSITA OSADEBE’S Son, OKECHUKWU killed in Anambra Flood…18 year old Drowned...
SEPSIS KID DEATH CASE IN BRITAIN: ‘NIGERIAN-BRITISH Doctor, HADIZA BAWA-GARBA wins Appeal against UK High Court earlier Ruling…New Judgement vindicates her, orders her to Resume work unmolested * Medical Doctor absolved from the death of six-year-old Jack Adcock * ‘The Court of Appeal sets aside the order of the divisional court that Dr Bawa-Garba should be erased from the medical register and restores the order of the tribunal that she be suspended from practice for 12 months, subject to review’ *RULES: ‘Earlier High Court was wrong to strike off pediatrician after medical tribunal found it would be disproportionate in light of mitigating factors’ BY TIMOTHY ELEBURE/MEDICAL REPORTER, LONDON
SEPSIS KID DEATH CASE IN BRITAIN:
‘NIGERIAN-BRITISH Doctor, HADIZA BAWA-GARBA wins Appeal against...
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INSPIRING IN AMERICA: Nigeria born IGBO boy, EDIRIN OKOLOKO Appointed Judge in Snohomish County Superior Court…Washington State government applaud his legal accomplishments *Bagged Bachelor of Law from the University of Benin in Nigeria *Received law degree from the Seattle University School of Law *Worked for 13 years as Deputy Prosecuting Attorney on homicide, sexual assault, child abuse, and elder abuse cases *Successfully prosecuted four murder trials * “He will be an excellent addition to the bench in Snohomish County”- Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington State BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU FOREIGN CHIEF
INSPIRING IN AMERICA:
Nigeria born IGBO boy, EDIRIN OKOLOKO Appointed Judge in Snohomish County Superior...
SHOCKER: ‘We Will No LONGER allow the ABUSE of our National Health Service by Nigerian Pregnant Women using our hospitals to have their babies’-BRITISH Government *UK evolve stiff position after unnamed Nigerian woman put to bed in a UK hospital, refused to pay her bill of £10,000 and escaped to Nigeria *Another Nigerian visitor, Bimbo Ayelabola, a Nigerian woman who had quintuplets in Britain now embroiled in a residency row over her extended stay BY QUEEN SEMUDA/STAFF REPORTER, United Kingdom
SHOCKER:
‘We Will No LONGER allow the ABUSE of our National Health Service by Nigerian Pregnant...
SHOCKER:NIGERIAN Born British Resident, FRANCIS EZENWANKWO Jailed SIX YEARS…For RAPING his Tenant *Sub-let House in Heston Street, Hounslow, London Borough to a lady from Europe *Sneaks into lady’s bed with spare key *Gauged lady, Forcibly had carnal knowledge *Victim called police emergency numbers: 999 or 112 BY TOMS SHOLAPE/CRIME REPORTER, LONDON
SHOCKER:
NIGERIAN Born British Resident, FRANCIS EZENWANKWO Jailed SIX...
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INSPIRING IN AMERICA: Nigeria born IGBO boy, EDIRIN OKOLOKO Appointed Judge in Snohomish County Superior Court…Washington State government applaud his legal accomplishments *Bagged Bachelor of Law from the University of Benin in Nigeria *Received law degree from the Seattle University School of Law *Worked for 13 years as Deputy Prosecuting Attorney on homicide, sexual assault, child abuse, and elder abuse cases *Successfully prosecuted four murder trials * “He will be an excellent addition to the bench in Snohomish County”- Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington State BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU FOREIGN CHIEF
INSPIRING IN AMERICA:
Nigeria born IGBO boy, EDIRIN OKOLOKO Appointed Judge in Snohomish County Superior...
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH LINDA IKEJI IN AMERICA: INSIDE Story of BABY BOY Delivery @Emory University Hospital, Midtown Atlanta …Says: ‘I will be returning to Nigeria after few months of taking bed rest’ *Blasts Kemi Olunloyo : ‘She is a LIAR. She has no truth in her mouth. I have long put that lady to a corner for always saying things that are not relevant’ *Wonders how Naija Standard Newspaper had direct access to her hospital phone number *“Linda Ikeji is admitted in our hospital. We will connect you directly to her immediately for your interview from an African newspaper in Texas’-Nurse Cynthia GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief, Naija Standard Newspaper
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH LINDA IKEJI IN AMERICA:
INSIDE Story of BABY BOY Delivery @Emory University...
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INVESTIGATION: ‘AMERICA has no hand in the death of MKO Abiola, Nigeria’s Billionaire Politician’-Thomas Pickering, former United States Ambassador to Nigeria * Says: ‘Chief Abiola did not DIE of Tea Poison, but of Cardiac arrest’ * Claims: ‘Abiola looked robust, and healthy. He did not seem to have lost much of weight. He recognized me immediately. He greeted both Susan Rice, myself and our Ambassador. We sat in a small square of chairs of sofas in the living room of the guest house where he was jailed. We were all offered tea, both Susan and our Ambassador from what was clear was tea from the same pot. It is important I say this because some people had alleged that the tea was poisoned’ * ‘ABIOLA was not Murdered in Nigerian Government Custody’-Report BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU, AMERICA Foreign Bureau Chief, Naija Standard Newspaper
INVESTIGATION:
‘AMERICA has no hand in the death of MKO Abiola, Nigeria’s Billionaire Politician’-Thomas...
BREAKING NEWS: NIGERIAN Human Trafficking King in Russia, DAVID AMAECHI, Accomplice arrested for selling Nigerian 19year old model, TOPE ADEBOLA for $35,000…Forced her into Sex Slavery in Moscow *Victim found bruised, malnourished during rescue operation, once thrown out of window of an apartment for refusing sexual exploitation * “After the World Cup in Russia, I was sold to one Russia Madam by two Nigerian men that made me travel to Moscow. I was once injured by this Madam when she ordered her boys to throw me out of their window on the second-floor apartment because I refused sex for 20 men. I felt I would die. I overheard the two Nigerian men that they had already perfected plans to resell me to another Russian trafficker for $35,000, when I was rescued”-TOPE cried *PLUS how stranded victim was lured into witnessing 2018 FIFA World Cup BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief, Naija Standard
BREAKING NEWS:
NIGERIAN Human Trafficking King in Russia, DAVID AMAECHI, Accomplice arrested for selling...
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OPINION-DR. DAYO OLOMU: British Born Nigerian Encyclopedia Champions Successful Business Models in United Kingdom …Humble story of a Quintessential, famous Media Icon @50 devoid of Scandal *QUOTES: “People of excellence go the extra mile to do what’s right” ― Joel Osteen *“I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end” ― Abraham Lincoln *“Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way” ― Booker T. Washington
DR. DAYO OLOMU:
British Born Nigerian Encyclopedia Champions Successful Business Models in United Kingdom
…Humble...
‘Still on that DOG Matter’-Reuben Abati *Says: ‘In Islam Religion, a Dog is like a Pig, a Taboo’ *Explains: ‘Go and do your Investigation, you are not likely to find Muslim families keeping dogs as Pet’ States: ‘In Africa, Dog is referred Dirty and Vile’ *Echoes: ‘In the South South, a Dog is a Special Delicacy for the Family Soup Pot’ *Narrates: ‘If a Dog in America is a king, in Nigeria it is a Sacrificial Lamb’ *QUOTE: “Should anybody then give the suggestion around here that Buhari is a sacrificial lamb or an edible offering? What nonsense!”
‘Still on that DOG Matter’-Reuben Abati
*Says: ‘In Islam Religion, a Dog is like a...
Separating the Journalist from the Spokesperson…In Defense of Fourth Estate of the Realm *Why Readers, Fans feel Betrayed when a media practitioner crosses into Government BY REUBEN ABATI, Columnist, former Senior Special Adviser, Media and Public Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan
Separating the Journalist from the Spokesperson…In Defense of Fourth Estate of the Realm
*Why...
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2019 ELECTIONS: ‘NIGERIANS: I Have 9 CREDITS in My West African School Certificate, Vote for Me again’-President BUHARI …’I am happy to have received Attestation and confirmation of result from WAEC Officials’ * ‘I Can Assure you that Gen. Yar’Adua and I Wrote WASC, since we Joined Army same time’ * Nigerians question why WASC name bears ‘Mohammed’, instead of ‘Muhammadu’ being first name BY NURENI ALAO/POLITICAL REPORTER, ABUJA
2019 ELECTIONS:
‘NIGERIANS: I Have 9 CREDITS in My West African School Certificate, Vote for Me...
‘NIGERIANS: Give me your Vote this Second Chance, I know where my votes will come from’-President BUHARI *I am Confident Pregnant Women and Nigerian masses will vote me back to power * I Have warned INEC, Security Agencies to ensure that every vote counts in 2019 * I am not ‘President Slow-Motion’ as some Nigerians assumed, I am only trying to follow the law, especially as democracy is different from military rule BY ILIYA MOHAMMED/POLITICAL REPORTER
‘NIGERIANS: Give me your Vote this Second Chance, I know where my votes will come from’-President...
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: ‘WE spend $30,000 Annually to Stage DDEA HUMANITARIAN AWARD in AMERICA’-Demian Ndubuisi Chukwu, Nigerian-American Chairman/CEO Deedee Group of companies, Maryland, USA …I became Millionaire in Nigeria at the age of 37 years *Designed to give award to those helping or giving back to the community, a way to encourage others to start helping the poor *Still facing Lack of Sponsor, Divisiveness among Nigerians in Diaspora * ‘This Year’s event holding September 16th in Baltimore Maryland, USA will feature German’s Superstar, Me-Razor and Nollywood Star, Charles Awurum’-Demian BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU, FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF, UNITED STATES
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW:
‘WE spend $30,000 Annually to Stage DDEA HUMANITARIAN AWARD in AMERICA’-Demian...
ON A HIGHER GROUND! Nigerian Medical Doc, Songwriter Releases Song in ‘God’s Praise’…Says music is Eclectic, African Rhythm, Jazz blend
ON A HIGHER GROUND!
Nigerian Medical Doc, Songwriter Releases Song in ‘God’s Praise’…Says music...
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BREAKING NEWS: NIGERIA dominates AMERICA’S NFL Africa draftee list…Many of them are Nigerian-Americans, still attending Colleges BY LOYE ABIMBOLA/SPORTS CORRESPONDENT, NORTH AMERICA
BREAKING NEWS:
NIGERIA dominates AMERICA’S NFL Africa draftee list…Many of them are Nigerian-Americans,...
INSPIRING: NIGERIAN Born Arsenal Player, ALEX IWOBI wins ‘Philanthropic Endeavour Community Action’ Award at Best of Africa Competition *Featured for Arsenal in UEFA Europa League second leg clash against the Atletico Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano *21-year-old Nigeria international played 35 games for Arsenal scoring just two goals *BOA Award is an an event to honour, celebrate the philanthropic endeavors and achievements of African football players *Moved to England at the age of FOUR, still nephew of former Nigerian Super Eagles super star Jay-Jay Okocha * ‘Great Night At The Best Of Africa Awards. I am Blessed To Have My Family and Friends There With Me’- Iwobi BY SEUN OLAPADE/SPORTS REPORTER, ENGLAND
INSPIRING:
NIGERIAN Born Arsenal Player, ALEX IWOBI wins ‘Philanthropic Endeavour Community Action’...
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SHOCKER OVER ABUJA WOMAN, CHARITY AIYEDOGBON: THREE Nigerian Legal Practitioners, EMEKA UGWUONYE, NSIKAK UDO, FAROUK KHAMAGAM Arraigned in Court…For Alleged criminal roles in Disappearance * Ugwuonye Charged with Criminal Defamation, TWO other lawyers fingered in Forgery and Perjury * “Accused persons are Notorious, they may jump bail. They are in the habit of not honoring invitations. Ugwuonye has dual citizenship and may jump bail, if granted”-Prosecutor Adama Musa *Ugwuonye still facing a N10b defamation suit by David Aiyedogbon * “Their hereby granted him bail in the sum of five million Naira (N5m), with a surety, who must be a Civil Servant and must earn not less than three hundred thousand Naira monthly, with a traceable address in the Federal capital territory”-Mabel Bello, Chief Magistrate Court 2 Abuja BY DESTINY UGORJI/CRIME CONTRIBUTOR, ABUJA
SHOCKER OVER ABUJA WOMAN, CHARITY AIYEDOGBON:
THREE Nigerian Legal Practitioners, EMEKA UGWUONYE, NSIKAK...
DEVELOPING NOW: CAMPAIGN for Democracy, other Nigerian Civil Rights Group Storm LIBYA Embassy in NIGERIA…Says ‘We are horrified by Reports, footage of Africans including Nigerians sold into slavery in Libya’ *Stages Peaceful sit-outs Protest in front of the Libyan Embassy *VOWS: ‘We Shall Occupy Libya Embassy, Enough of Dehumanization’ *Regret: ‘Africans are being Detained, Tortured, Starved, Killed’ *Lament: ‘They are made to Face Slave Trade, a horrible part of African history’ *Traffic Gridlock at Roseline Ukeje Close, Kyari Muhammed crescent, off Justice Sowemimo street, Asokoro, Abuja * Libya Embassy officials contacts Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police office for Police protection against Attack, Violence, Invasion BY KENNEDY ILECHUKWU/REPORTER, ABUJA
DEVELOPING NOW:
CAMPAIGN for Democracy, other Nigerian Civil Rights Group Storm LIBYA Embassy in NIGERIA…Says...
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SHAMEFUL: ‘I Have Never tasted Alcohol in my LIFE, I was not Drunk, only playing with empty Beer bottles’-Dismissed Nigerian Policeman, KADIMA USENI, Mobile Force Squadron 22 Base Ikeja …Says: ‘It was a set up against me. I was secretly recorded without my knowledge’ *Lament: ‘Police higher authority want to ruin my life. I am not lying. My Force Number is 176219. I seized the empty beer bottles from some Police officers’ children’ BY TITILAYO ODUNLAMI/CRIME REPORTER, LAGOS
SHAMEFUL:
‘I Have Never tasted Alcohol in my LIFE, I was not Drunk, only playing with empty Beer...
AJIMOBI: ‘Bolekaja’ Emperor playing ‘Amala’ Politics with journalists’ lives ‘Democracy dies in Darkness’-Washington Post mantra *QUOTES: ‘Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty’-Plato * ‘The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all’-Ferdinand Marcos BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN Bureau Chief, Naija Standard Newspaper
AJIMOBI: ‘Bolekaja’ Emperor playing ‘Amala’ Politics with journalists’...
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UNVEILED IN AMERICA: AFRICAN Diaspora Today Magazine hits News stand…Received by African Union Mission in Washington D.C. *Staged African Diaspora Distinguished Leadership Award *Center Africa Broadcasting Network Corporation claims journal designed for Africans living abroad, with keen interest in maintaining ties with their homelands * Awardees include: Dr. Mima S. Nedelcovych served in the President George Bush’s govt. (1989 to 1993) as the U.S. Executive Director to African Development Bank in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire * Ambassador Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao African Union Permanent Representative to the United States of America * Jean AbiNader, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director AbiNader Int’l Services * Melvin Foote, President and Chief Executive Officer Constituency for Africa BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF
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AFRICAN Diaspora Today Magazine hits News stand…Received by African Union...
TRENDING IN NIGERIA: ‘NO More FOOD SCARCITY in NIGERIA, as we have fully established NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY COUNCIL’-President BUHARI …We have put in place solid constitution of the Council’s membership *Council to be chaired by the President, President, with members as Governors of Kebbi, Taraba, Plateau, Lagos, Ebonyi and Delta States *Additional members include: Secretary to the Government of the Federation; the Chief of Staff to the President; the National Security Adviser and seven (7) cabinet Ministers, others *Objectives: Help in developing sustainable solutions to the farmers–herdsmen clashes; Climate Change and Desertification and their impact on farmland; grazing areas and lakes, rivers and other water bodies; oil spillage BY KAYODE OPEYEMI/AGRICULTURAL REPORTER, ABUJA
TRENDING IN NIGERIA:
‘NO More FOOD SCARCITY in NIGERIA, as we have fully established NATIONAL FOOD...
Model Of The Week
Name: Olatunde Abiola Profession: Broadcaster/TV Host & Model
Place of Residence: United States
Likes: Honesty
Dislikes: Lies
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