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United States Secret Service investigating COCAINE discovered inside The WHITE HOUSE

BREAKING NEWS: United States Secret Service investigating COCAINE discovered inside The WHITE HOUSE … A Washington, D.C., fire radio department radio dispatch said the powdery substance found in the West…

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Politics

REVEALING: ‘GOD has Destined Me as Next PRESIDENT of Nigeria in 2019′-Governor Ayo Fayose of EKITI State …’I am President in Waiting, Last Administration in Ekiti left BAD DEBTS of N25billion loan bond, Commercial loan of N35billion *Central Bank of Nigeria deducting N1.2billion from our Allocation till year 2036 & Why Femi FALANA don’t like me’ * ‘Our Govt will witness Hope and Restoration of Civil Rule in the country’ * ‘It’s Time to put a young man in authority, The man that have what it takes for Leadership’ * ‘I Don’t Want to be a Billionaire, but to become President of Nigeria’ * ‘We Are Investigating Ekiti State Govt utilization of BAILOUT Funds’-EFCC * ‘EFCC has no Respect for Nigeria’s Court Judgement, To Fighting Corruption Allegation is not Enough’ * ‘Ekiti state got the least in BAILOUT FUNDS of N4.7billion in Nigeria, We are owing ONLY 4months salaries’ BY KAYODE OPEMADE/STAFF WRITER, ADO EKITI

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EXCLUSIVE: ‘My Ordeal As a Victim of Human Trafficking’-BUKOLA Oriola, Member, United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking*Says: “Human Trafficking is Modern Day Slave, Exploitation of Body, Body Parts or Labor”*Clears the air: “I was not trafficked as a Child. My book IMPRISONED: The Travails of a Trafficked Victim captures my story”*Explain: “America & Mexico Govts working on Ways to Combat Human Trafficking”*States: “Every Country in the World Must Fight Human Trafficking”* Founded The Enitan Story, a nonprofit organization to Advocate for Victims, Empower Survivors of Human Trafficking and Domestic Abuse*Echoes: “My appointment on U.S. Advisory Council, Opportunity to Lend my Voice on Highest platform to reach more People, Engage more People in Fight Against Human Trafficking in America and around the world”

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ABUSE OF POWER & INJUSTICE: QATARI Government ruined my Life, owing me 20million Qatari Riyals, locked me up in Jail for 11 months, seize my properties -Srilanka businessman, Chaminda Karunarathne cries out …Says: ‘Qatar Police forcefully took away my Foreign Passport number N8835981, ensured my 12 months’ salaries was not paid, seized my properties’ *Identity of Qatari Police officer behind abuse revealed as Nasser Abdulhadi Alahbabi, his Qatari I.D number is: 27963402236 *After 14 years residency, visited Qatari Police Force Capital to lodge complaint, advised not to fight any Qatari national for own safety *“Considering all my suffering in Qatar and wrong judgement handed down to me by a Qatari judge that made me spend 11 months in jail, I visited the Qatar Capital police to complain about it. One of head officers at Qatar Capital police, advised me not to go fight with any Qatari nationality for my own safety. I was told in a harsh tone to submit a letter and lie that my original passport got missing to take a new passport” *BY NURUDEEN AHMED/SPECIAL Law Enforcement Correspondent, Qatar

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WE have Forensic Evidence linking NAIRA MARLEY to Credit Card Fraud-EFCC … musician is standing trial on 11-count charge of conspiracy, possession of counterfeit credit cards and fraud *Found to have committed crimes between November 26, 2018, December 11, 2018, May 10, 2019 *BY CHIKA AMAECHI/Anti-Graft Correspondent

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DEVELOPING NEWS: NIGERIA’S Secret POLICE Investigates Foreign Nationals for Humiliating Nigerian Port Workers, Abusing Expatriate Quota…Tracks concessionaires operating Lagos Tin Can port *Move followed petition filed by right advocacy group, the Center for Human Rights and Social Justice * Two firms in scandal: Tin Can Island Container Terminal Limited and APM Terminals of unbridled human right abuses in their operations * “Terminal ‘B’ Tin Can, Port Complex, 1/3 Point Road, Apapa on Wharf Road, Apapa in Lagos cannot account for N3billion monthly subvention fund”- Executive Chairman of CHRSJ, Comrade Adeniyi A, Sulaiman * Names of Looters: Yann Magarian Operations Manager of TICT, (+2348066273552), Commercial Manager of same company, Kapur Pawan (+2348063996876), Managing Director, Etienne Rocher (+2348030630399); Human Resources Manager, Juliet Ikemefuna (+23408023141634/+2348141381169), Leader of the Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria, Comrade Adeyanju (+2348067667760/+2348022906505) BY MOHAMMED RILWAN/DEPUTY EDITOR, INVESTIGATIONS, ABUJA

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REVEALING in AUSTRALIA: NIGERIAN Notorious Romance King, FISAYO OLUWAFEMI inside Sydney’s Villawood Detention used 16 Mobile Phones to plot $3million Fraud…Police seized from him numerous SIM cards, identification information, and various electronic storage devices *Suspect’s Girlfriend, Harriette Bangura handed 11 count charge for money-laundering of over $480,000 fraud * Under the alleged scam, emails were sent out from falsified or ‘spoofed’ email addresses encouraging recipients to reveal personal details such as credit card numbers, account names, passwords, officers and urged people to send money in exchange for love or goods * “The 43-year-old is allegedly the ring leader of a crime ring that targeted not only businesses, but women looking for love”-Sydney Police *Another African Gang member was involved in the syndicate having laundered $90,000 BY DIPO OLANIYI/CRIME EDITOR, AUSTRALIA

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Crime

BREAKING NEWS: ‘Nigerians Most Commonly used Substance is Cannabis with Heroin increase and Cocaine since the mid-eighties’-United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime …Says ‘Human Trafficking remains a topic of concern’ * ‘Community-based treatment services in Nigeria very limited and tend to be in urban areas’ * ‘No Reliable DATA on extent of Drug use, Number and Type of Users’ *United Nations Considering New Legislation against Smuggling of Nigerian Migrants

BREAKING NEWS: 'Nigerians Most Commonly used Substance is Cannabis with Heroin increase and Cocaine since…

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Entertainment

LAWLESSNESS: EFCC invaded My Hotel without a Warrant of Arrest, Damaged Properties, Held Staff Hostage, Broke company’s Safe & Stole a sum of €5,000 cash-FELIX Duke, President, Creative Industry Group & Reggae Dancehall King

*Says: I have evidence on my CCTV camera, photographs, recorded tapes of anti-graft agents’ movement…

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Sports

The inspiring story of Rivers State born ANTETOKOUNMPO family in Greece: Parents flee Nigeria 30 years ago over death threat, suffered 21 years of hard labor without Citizenship, Greek kids relocate to United States to win NBA Finals after months of homelessness …Costas Antetokounmpo won family’s first NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers *“I know I’m a role model. My mother is everything in our lives. I know our Dad is looking down on us from Heaven. But this should make every person, every kid, anybody around the world believe in their dreams. No matter, whatever you feel when you’re down, when you don’t think it’s going to happen for you or you might not make it in your career, be it basketball, might be anything; just believe in what you’re doing and keep working, success is on the way”-Giannis on behalf of Antetokounmpo brothers * BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Foreign Editor

The inspiring story of Rivers State born ANTETOKOUNMPO family in Greece:  Parents flee Nigeria 30…

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Business

REVEALING: NIGERIAN Man, 49, BOLANTE IDOWU ALO Dies in Canada Border Services Agency Custody…After been forcefully removed from KLM Flight to Amsterdam, fell into Medical Distress *Deceased had heated exchange and altercation with two CBSA Agents * Calgary Police Service investigating this case as a death in custody * Alo arrived Canada in 2005, fought to remain by filing numerous times for refugee status * Documents from the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada warned: “Removing Alo could be ‘violent’ and advised CBSA agents to ‘take caution’ and be careful” *Family’s Nigerian Church sets up GoFundMe page to raise money to bring his remains back * Distress Family members: Wife, two sons aged 17 and 20 in Nigeria cries for Justice BY TOLANI OPEOLUWA/ANTI-FRAUD REPORTER, CANADA

REVEALING: NIGERIAN Man, 49, BOLANTE IDOWU ALO Dies in Canada Border Services Agency Custody...After been…

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Crime

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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Law

COURT sends Osinachi’s husband, PETER NWACHUKWU to Kuje prison … ‘I am innocent of my wife’s death, I have no hands in it, My conscience is clear’, I am not GUILTY of 23 counts bordering on domestic violence and homicide’, Suspect claims *“Part of the charges read: “That you, Peter Nwachukwu, 56, male, on the 8th of April, 2022, at Aco Estate, opposite police station, Lugbe, Abuja, FCT, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did commit an offence to wit: culpable homicide punishable with death in that you caused the death of Mrs Osinachi Nwachukwu by your various acts of violence and aggravated assault with the knowledge that her death would be the probable consequence of your acts. You contravened Sections 104 and 379 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015; Section 221 of the Penal Code; and the Violence Against Person’s Prohibition Act 2015”-AGF *“Emotional, verbal and psychological abuse contrary to Section 14(1) of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015 and punishable under the same section of the Act”-Statement of offence *“That you, Peter Nwachukwu, male, sometime between 14th November 2009 and April 2022 at Aco Estate, opposite police station, Lugbe, Abuja, FCT, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, did commit an offence to wit: emotional, verbal and psychological abuse on Mrs Osinachi Nwachukwu (deceased) by humiliating her and making utterances like ‘you are smelling,’ ‘you are mad,’ to her in the presence of her music crew members”-Particular of offence *BY EMEKA OBIKALU/RELIGIOUS Reporter, Abuja

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Technology

INSPIRING: Nigerian born Naturalized British, SILAS ADEKUNLE is youngest Africa’s Robotics Billionaire in Britain …26-year-old creates first gaming robot in Europe ‘MekaMon’, earned $7.5million for selling 500 robots *Acquired First Class degree in Robotics, Received Honorary Doctorate degree of Technology at University of West England *Revered as a Young leader in Technology Entrepreneurship, listed in Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe, Named to Financial Times Top 100 minority ethnic leaders in Technology *Signed exclusive distribution deal with Apple to sell product in United States and Britain *Robotics’ company developed an App which controls ‘MekaMon’ portal to digital content, having earned $12million from investors *“We are now focused on using ‘MekaMon’ to develop Robotics education ecosystem across Africa and cloud infrastructure for industrial automation in the United Kingdom”- ADEKUNLE *BY SIMON IYIOLA/ROBOTICS Editor, Europe & GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Senior Investigative Editor

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Business

BREAKING NEWS: Nigeria’s Best Brains in Information Technology Reigns as Millionaires, Livewire in Facebook HQ AMERICA …Why Mark Zuckerberg Hires Nigerian Computer Gurus, Pays them Huge Salaries *Facebook’s owner Gives Nigerian employees Free-hand to Think Outside-the-Box *Research Scientists earn $172,705 per Year, Network Engineer collects $160,172 Annually, Engineering Manager paid $380,861 per Year, Zuckerberg now worth over $200billion *REVEALED: Inspiring Reports of their journey from Microsoft, JP Morgan, Google, Paypal, IBM, Telecoms to Facebook

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Nigeria

MASSACRE/LAWLESSNESS IN ZURMI LOCAL GOVERNMENT: GUNMEN Abducts 15 Married Women, Rape 10 Girls in Zamfara State…Kills 41 Innocent Civilians, Attacks Birane Village, 12 Houses Razed under the cover of Darkness * How Herder in the bush with suspected Stolen Cattle, Sheep stirred crisis * Unknown blood-thirsty gunmen brandishing A K 47 assault rifles, axes and sharp cutlasses invade homes, mobilise bandits for Attack *“Police/Military and other sister agencies reacted by combing the bush and it’s environs to salvage the situation and discovered 18 dead bodies”-Public Relations Officer of the Zamfara police, Muhammad Shehu * ‘My Administration strongly condemns Thursday’s massacre of innocent persons in Birane village, Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State’-President Muhammadu BUHARI BY MOHAMMED ALIYU/CRIME REPORTER, Zamfara State & ILEYA NURENI/STAFF WRITER, Abuja

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Media

Making AFRICA proud Overseas: Nigerian born former PUNCH Reporter, ARTHUR ‘KUNLE FALAYI lead American newspaper Data Journalism section in Arizona …anchors Data and Housing reports for USA Today, previously covered business for BBC News for over 4 years *Fellow of Thomas Foundation in Digital and Multimedia Communication London covers housing insecurity, skilled in map, chart, use of Python, Javascript, data scraping; Qgis, ai2html; Web Design, Cascading Style Sheets and multiple data tools *ex-FRCN celebrated earlier as a Visiting Journalist in London Telegraph Newspaper *Holds Master’s degree of Science at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Master’s degree in Industrial and Labour Relations at University of Lagos, Bachelor’s degree in English and Literary Studies at University of Ado Ekiti; Professional Diploma in Public Relations at Nigerian Institute of Public Relations *Won Best Reporting on Water and Sanitation, Rotary Humanitarian Reporting Award 2014, Education Reporter of the Year 2014, Overall Winner, Promasidor Quill Awards 2014; Co-Winner, 2014 Best Report on Children, Science Reporter of the Year 2015 (Runner-up), Zimeo Excellence in Media Awards 2017; Agriculture Reporter of the Year 2017, DAME Award 2018 *Worked as a Business journalist July 2019-Oct 2022 (3 years 4 months), Broadcast journalist March 2018-Jul 2019 (1 year 5 months), Punch Newspaper March 2011-March 2018 (7years 1 month) *BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Senior Investigative Editor

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BREAKTHROUGH: Nigerian PhD student in America leads medical research into Implants to cure Heart Disease in the World

Nigerian PhD student in America leads medical research into Implants to cure Heart Disease in…

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COVID-19 Pandemic travel restriction: NIGERIAN Couple deliver quadruplets in Dubai, newborn babies stranded in Hospital …couple owing $120,000 and incurring daily charges of $5000 to keep the babies in separate incubators * Kids’ Father, Tijani Abdulkareem, 32-year restaurant city cook: “We have been relying on the goodwill of the hospital and the generosity of the Nigerian community in Dubai. The hospital has really helped us” * “I gave birth to my babies-two boys and two girls on July 1. My husband and I live in Dubai. My husband began making plans to relocate me to Nigeria to give birth when we found out that I was having quadruplets in January”-Suliyah, 29-year mother of the babies * “Nigerian community, with contributions from some UAE residents and other nationals who read the news on local media, have been able to raise (AED) 30,000 (around $8000) to pay part of the family medical bills. They have also secured rent for two months at a bigger apartment for the couple for when the babies are discharged from the clinic. We are keen on ensuring the family gets ongoing support towards the welfare of the mother and the quadruplets even when they get back to Nigeria”-Abdul-Hakeem Anifowoshe, a member of the diaspora community in Dubai * “Nigeria’s embassy in Dubai had contacted the family. The mission is on top of the matter and is in constant touch with the family”-Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairwoman of the Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission * BY ALPHA MOHAMMED AHMIDU/SPECIAL Correspondent, Britain
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WE have Forensic Evidence linking NAIRA MARLEY to Credit Card Fraud-EFCC … musician is standing trial on 11-count charge of conspiracy, possession of counterfeit credit cards and fraud *Found to have committed crimes between November 26, 2018, December 11, 2018, May 10, 2019 *BY CHIKA AMAECHI/Anti-Graft Correspondent
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‘BUHARI Incompetent to Solve Nigeria’s Fuel Scarcity, Resign as Petroleum Minister’ -Northern Youths of Nigeria *Says: “Appoint a substantive Minister of Petroleum Resources for effective Service Delivery”*Explains: “Ibe Kachikwu, Minister of State/GMD NNPC is a Failure, Sack Him Now”*Lament: “Scarcity of Petroleum Products in the Market Inflates more Pains on us as a People”*States: “Transportation Cost, Food Items, other Essential Household Commodities on Increase”*Warns: “Expect Massive Protest Nationwide if Situation Persist more than Reasonable Time”* ‘Nigerians Groan in Severe Hardship, Business Activities Grounded’-INVESTIGATION
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NAPA, Reporters Beyond Borders Appoint US-based Nigerian Journalist Vice-President, Publicity Secretary Unanimously*How media offers were made in Extra-Ordinary Meetings in Texas*Aim: ‘To Expose Corruption, Misgovernance, ill-treatment of Nigerians anywhere in the world & Defending the Rights of Nigerian Press under any guise’* “As a Member of the Fourth Estate of the Realm, it is my pledge to ensuring I am constantly guided by Ethics of Journalism, abiding by the aims of NAPA/’Reporters Beyond Borders’ in ensuring Nigeria is positively is re-branded Overseas; issues affecting Nigerian masses are on front burner, while every rights of Nigerian journalists are fully protected”-Recipient, Otumu, multiple-award wining journalist, CNN iReporter USA*Otumu’s Professional Media Membership: American Society of News Editors(ASNE), Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), West African Press Association (WAPA), Nigerian-South African Press Association (NSAPA), African-European Editors Forum (AEPF), Commonwealth Press Association(CPA), Foreign Press Association (FPA), World Editors Forum, African Media Evaluation on Good Governance
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ADDICTED TO DRUGS, VOICE REMAINS SAME!
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TRADE-PARTNERSHIP: ‘I Will be Visiting NIGERIA, a Beautiful & Amazing Country’-President TRUMP of United States …Says ‘There is No Country More Beautiful in the world than Nigeria’ * ‘Our aim is to diversify our economy by focusing on agriculture and food security; power and infrastructure. We have cut the importation of rice by about 90% thereby saving a significant amount of money’-President BUHARI * ‘Trump’s Proposed visit to Nigeria may take 12 months to Plan’-Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama *AMERICA concludes plans to return over $500m (about 190 billion Naira) looted funds to Nigeria BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF, UNITED STATES
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