TRENDING: DIANE ISIBOR, Nigerian Born American Girl Receives FIRST CLASS Degree from Valdosta State University, United States…Given TWO Prestigious Awards at 223rd Convocation Ceremony * Honored with Spring 2017 President’s/Vice Chancellor’s Award for Academic Excellence (for the Harley Langdale Jr. College of Business Administration) and Annie Power Hopper Award * Emerges Best Student majoring in Accounting and Finance * Distinctions in High School earned her Scholarship to Valdosta State University in Georgia BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF, UNITED STATES
SAD: KILLED 60 DAYS TO WEDDING! American, 18, Murders Ethiopian man, 7-Eleven Clerk in Dallas…Shot him on Chest *Bride-to be in Ethiopia cries * African-Americans Hold Vigil @ 7-Eleven Gas Station *150 Candles on stand to chase away evil *Family in Addis Ababa wear mournful looks *How Deceased worked extra hours to safe funds for marriage * “I felt like shooting someone, make it look like armed robbery”-Accused confesses
TENSION & XENOPHOBIA IN AFRCA: 5 NIGERIANS Killed in Reprisal Attack in GHANA…After a Nigerian, Thompson Peter Stabs, Murder a Ghanaian, Misbau Amadu during FIGHT in Greater Accra Region * Ghanaian Police whisked off Nigerian behind crisis *Ghanaian Deceased rushed to Mary Lucy Hospital, pronounced Dead on arrival * “Thompson said at about 9:00 pm last Thursday, Misbau came to his (Thomson’s) house, armed with a knife to attack him for reporting the case to the police. In the course of the fight, Thompson said he overpowered Misbau and stabbed him in self-defence. Matter is still under investigations”- Inspector Kwabena Danso * ‘Nigerian, Uchenna Eloh Strangled to DEATH by South Africa African Policemen’-Kanayo Onwumelu, Chairman, Western Cape Union chapter BY EUGENNE ENENA/REPORTER, GREATER ACCRA & CHARLOTTE OKORIE/STAFF WRITER, WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA
BREAKING NEWS: ‘GHANA is granting Permanent Citizenship to over 200 African-Americans, Caribbeans residing in the country’-President Nana Addo Dankwa AKUFO-ADDO ….These Diaspora Citizens will be honored at Ghana’s Year of Return next month * ‘The celebration is very dear to the President because it had the potential to place Ghana high on the international map’- Akwesi Awua-Ababio, Director of Diasporan Affairs at the Office of the President/ Chairman of the Year of Return Steering Committee * ‘ 2019 ‘The Year of Return’, is a celebration of African resilience and to commemorate 400 years since the first Black slave reached the shores of the new world, United States of America * Fact: It is the prerogative of the President to confer citizenship on persons who were not citizens by birth, as enshrined in the Constitution *PANAFEST to highlight the importance of historic ceremony BY KOFI AKEKWU/DIPLOMATIC EDITOR, WEST AFRICA
MEDIA Retirement PLANS for ‘MIRACLE MAN OF REUTERS’: ‘ I Want to be a CAREER DIPLOMAT for NIGERIA in Europe or Republic of Ireland’-NIYI BABADE, Al-jazeera Award winner, International Journalist, Documentary Filmmaker …Earlier worked for Cables News Network, Associated Press and other international media platforms *Highly respected in Reuters for Breaking News, Investigative Journalism *Presently Producing/Directing OPDAT TV News, Dublin * ‘I want to use my profound International media experiences to celebrate Nigeria in good light to the West and eastern blocs’ * ‘My appointment as an Ambassador will surely enhance and bring positivity to Nigerians in every sphere of life’ * ‘No More Delays in Nigerian e-Passport Issuance or Renewals Abroad’ * ‘President BUHARI tried in Foreign Policies, Returning Nigeria positively to Honor in International Community’ BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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World EXCLUSIVE: STELLA ODUAH did not receive a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Certificate from our College -Logan Spindler, Development Associate, SAINT Paul College Foundation, United States … We have confirmed no academic record exists for Stella Oduah at our college *School reacts to FOI Act requests of Naija Standard Newspaper Editorial Board to verify the truth about the graduation of an incumbent Senator, former Nigeria aviation minister *CF001 forms submitted with an Affidavit under Oath by ODUAH to INEC in 2019 reads in part: “Sometime in 2010 while in transit from Akili Ozizor in Ogbaru local government area to Abuja, I discovered that some of my personal belongings were missing. The missing documents are the originals of my West African School Certificate of 1978 from Zixon Secondary School Ozubulu, First School Leaving Certificate from St. John Odoakpu Onitsha; Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Certificate 1982 from St. Paul’s College Lawrence Virginia USA; National Youth Service Corps certificate 1983, national identity card, United States of America Social Security card with numbers in it” *“Further inquiries at another college with similar name in Lawrenceville, Virginia showed that this other school closed June 30, 2013, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation assumed ownership of the college in 2017, property sold to a Chinese firm due to financial problems. Calls made to school phone number at (434) 848-6431 is permanently on voicemail” -INVESTIGATION *Nigerians are asking this question: “Can STELLA ODUAH show the people are academic certificates? Or what other educational credentials has she been working with over the years as a public office holder?” *BY SAMSON SHOAGA/GROUP MANAGING EDITOR reporting LIVE from Virginia

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