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BREAKING NEWS: U. S. Govt Revokes American Citizenship of Nigerian, EMMANUEL OLUGBENGA OMOPARIOLA…Rapes 7-year old Girl before Naturalization *61 year old Deported Nigerian placed under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Escort to Nigeria via JFK International Airport in New York City *Sexual Predator Commits second-degree Felony offense, arrived Ikeja, Lagos about 2:20 p.m. local time (9:20 a.m. CDT) *Earlier legally entered the U. S on March 25, 1983 at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on a non-immigrant student visa, Ordered to five years of community supervision, placed on the sex offender registry *Naturalized as an American citizen July 1, 2004, withholds he unlawfully engaged in sexual contact during naturalization proceedings * “This deportation ends this U.S. chapter for Omopariola who sabotaged his own future and opportunities through his heinous crimes against a child, and his lies on his naturalization application and in interviews”-Simona L. Flores, field office director of ERO Dallas BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN FOREIGN BUREAU CHIEF
FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT FOR NIGERIAN WOMEN:Tony Blair’s wife, Cherie Foundation for Women, ExxonMobil Foundation Partner…Assist Women Business Owners for Literacy Skills*Says: “We will Empower Women Entrepreneurs to Grow their Businesses”*Explain: “We will Help them in building Management & Literary Financial Skills”*Confesses: “ 500 Women Small Business owners have received Training”*FACT: ExxonMobil invested over $100 million to Help Community-based and Global Partner Implement Programs through Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative
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ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF NAIJA STANDARD INC IN USA! Nigeria’s Foremost Gynecologist, Surgeon, Dentist Revealed…Various Contributions to American Economy *Dr. Chris Egede leads as ‘North America Best Dentist 2014’ *Says: ‘As a Dentist from Nigeria, I got my License situated in United States’ *Confesses: ‘How I Overcame my Accent in New York’ *Echoes ‘Bulk of my patient pools are Africa-Americans and Hispanic’ *Thumbs Up: ‘I’m so proud to display, advertise Jesus Christ in my clinic. Amazing seeing people blessed by our tracts and feeling free to discuss the lord Jesus Christ in my clinic.’ *Other Winners: Dr. Usukumah E. Usukumah MD, FRCOG, Board Certified Obstetrician/Gynecologist in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York & Dr. Nelson M. Oyesiku-currently Professor of Neurological Surgery/Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) at Emory University/Al Lerner Chair in Neurosurgery/ Vice-Chairman of the department and Director of Neurosurgical Residency Program, Atlanta *Quote: “If you are good at what you do, people will always come to you regardless of what you are”
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UNESCO, Varkey Foundation invite Nigerian Schools to Apply, Compete for $1million Cash Global Education Prize

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ON THE RUN OVER ELECTORAL FRAUD: DISGRACED Adamawa Resident Commissioner, HUDU YUNUSA ARI Goes into Hiding for Fear of Arrest, Making Final Plans to Escape Overseas …last sighted after controversial Gubernatorial Election announcement flying on a Private Jet Registration Number: (NG) 5N-IKO, Serial Number: 258547, Model No: S-0642EC *‘Suspended Adamawa REC, Yunusa has remained elusive, incommunicado, and disappeared without a single trace. We can not reach him on his cellphone. He disregards our multiple invitations to INEC Headquarters; We cannot even locate his whereabouts. We are asking the Nigeria Police to declare him wanted and help us pick him up’-INEC Information Chairman & Voter Education, FESTUS Okoye *Leaked Phone Audio Conversation between YUNUSA & another INEC official, Hammajam Mohammed reads: “Yunusa-Ari (REC): Is that our official from Gombi? Mohammed: No sir, I’m from Fufore, sir Yunusa-Ari (REC): I’ve heard what happened. However, do whatever you can to help this woman (Binani), that’s why I gave you an extra results sheet. Please, just do anything to make her scale through” *“If Yunusa Ari is arrested, and he opens his mouth, powerful people that are high and mighty in Nigeria, especially politicians, law enforcement officers and INEC officials will be implicated. He knows too much..his confession will rock the foundation of the country. That is why he has to find a way to hide himself for his own safety”-Top Security operative *“I have ordered the immediate suspension of Adamawa REC, Yunusa, direct full investigation of every law enforcement officials found culpable’-BUHARI *BY HILARU MOHAMMED/SPECIAL CRIME/ ELECTORAL News Reporter, Abuja & GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICA Senior Investigative Editor

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