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Hours After Tenure Ends: Fleeing Nigeria’s Former Anambra State Governor, WILLIE OBIANO Arrested at Lagos Airport on way to United States *Fancy dressing erstwhile governor had been on law enforcement watchlist since 2021, secretly under investigation for fraud *Nigeria Immigration Service alert EFCC of Obiano’s plan to fly to Houston, Texas, begs not to be handcuffed * “We can tell you that by 8:30pm tonight, Willie Obiano, a former Governor of Anambra State was intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on his way to run away and board a flight Overseas. He is under investigation, in our custody”-EFCC spokesman, Wilson UWUJAREN * BY ILIASU RABIU/AIRPORT Correspondent, Lagos
Hours After Tenure Ends:
Fleeing Nigeria’s Former Anambra State Governor, WILLIE OBIANO Arrested at Lagos Airport on way to United States
*Fancy dressing erstwhile governor had been on law enforcement watchlist since 2021, secretly under investigation...
2023 Election: I am the Most Experienced, Qualified Political Administrator to become Nigeria President-BOLA Ahmed Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State …I studied Accountancy and Management in the University as a foundation for my life to bring Nigeria out of the woods, I know what good leadership is all about *‘My plan to take up the mantle of leadership from Major General Mohammadu Buhari with brain and focus’ *“If you hear them saying, he is sick, I didn’t apply for the job of race running. I didn’t apply for the job of bricklaying. I went to school to study. I didn’t apply for a job of a gravedigger. I have applied for a job of brain and intelligence, focus thinking. The job I want to do for Nigeria is for Nigeria to be greater and be proud of itself, our children, and leave a legacy of success, unlimited success for our great, great children”-TINUBU *BY IYIOLA POPOOLA/POLITICAL Editor, Abuja
2023 Election:
I am the Most Experienced, Qualified Political Administrator to become Nigeria President-BOLA Ahmed Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State
…I studied Accountancy and Management in the University as a foundation for my life to...
I am the Best Candidate to Become Nigeria’s President-DELE MOMODU …Says: ‘I am confident to trounce Atiku, Saraki, others to get PDP Presidential Ticket’ *‘I am coming fresh as a politician with the highest integrity. I have never been in government, not been tainted by power. I am the only one with such pedigree among other aspirants’ *‘Finance is no longer Nigeria’s challenge rather the political class engage in wasteful spending’ * ‘A lot of Nigerian politicians in government enjoy what they could not enjoy in their private capacity, thereby putting pressure on the nation’s finances. I am calling for an urgent cut in government’s spending with a view to focussing on developmental projects’ *BY AYOOADE POPOOLA/POLITICAL Correspondent, Abeokuta
I am the Best Candidate to Become Nigeria’s President-DELE MOMODU
…Says: ‘I am confident to trounce Atiku, Saraki, others to get PDP Presidential Ticket’
*‘I am coming fresh as a politician with the highest integrity. I have never...
CORRUPTION & MASSIVE DEBT ACCUMULATION: Kogi Governor, YAHAYA Bello sets aside N1.5billion for Refreshments, N600million to upgrade Deputy governor’s office in 2022 Budget …slashed workers’ salaries payment structure *Claims: ‘N100 million to be used to Rehabilitate/Repair Deputy Governor’s building, Electrical Installation to cost N10million, Generator House Construction billed for N20million, Office Furnishing estimated for N350milliom; Renovation/Furnishing of Lodge for N200million, Car Park/Posh in Lodge at N4million, Construction of SEMA Warehouse at over 120million; Extension of Deputy Governor’s Complex: N120million, Construction of Storm Water Drainage in Premises at a fee of N100million *‘Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State have no regard for human lives. Workers treated like slaves, living in fear’- Usman Okai, chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, *“EFCC must investigate this matter urgently and save the workers”- Naija Standard Newspaper Center for Investigative Journalism *BY KAREEM IKOTUN/Special Anti-graft Correspondent, Kogi
CORRUPTION & MASSIVE DEBT ACCUMULATION:
Kogi Governor, YAHAYA Bello sets aside N1.5billion for Refreshments, N600million to upgrade Deputy governor’s office in 2022 Budget
…slashed workers’ salaries payment structure
*Claims: ‘N100...
POINT BLANK INTERVIEW: INTERPOL should arrest, prosecute Nigeria’s Super Cop, Abba Kyari for crimes in Hushpuppi deals-Gary Revel, America’s iconic investigator …My family and I received dangerous threats for exposing a team of assassins that killed late Martin Luther King Junior and John F. Kennedy, JFK, 35th President of United States of America * Narrates MLK was killed for standing against the Vietnam War at the Riverside Church in New York City * List assassins’ name as: J. Edgar Hoover, President Lyndon Baines Johnson, Mafia Boss Carlos Marcello and CIA Operative-E Howard Hunt who led the team * If alive, MLK would be taking a strong stand against the Republican attacks on America’s Democratic fabric and security * Civil rights maestro would support ending the filibuster in order to bring about fair voting rights in the United States * Reveals the toughest moment of his career *BY AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief, GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU
POINT BLANK INTERVIEW:
INTERPOL should arrest, prosecute Nigeria’s Super Cop, Abba Kyari for crimes in Hushpuppi deals-Gary Revel, America’s iconic investigator
…My family and I received dangerous threats for exposing a team of...
Service to Humanity in America: Nigerian born American Black Lives Matter activist, CHI Osse running for New York City Council 36th District seat …spurred by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis to fight for people of color and minority ‘I am vowing to end qualified immunity protections for police officers, freeing victims of police violence to file civil suits and hold cops accountable- Osse *BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief
Service to Humanity in America:
Nigerian born American Black Lives Matter activist, CHI Osse running for New York City Council 36th District seat
…spurred by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis to fight for people of color and...
DEVELOPING: President JOE BIDEN reverses Trump’s travel ban, as U.S. Department of State order Nigerians, African nations, 13 Muslim-majority to re-apply for visa …policy target U.S. visa applicants whose requests were denied under former president * “Trump’s travel ban is a stain on our national conscience. I am giving the State Department 45 days to come up with a plan that would allow individuals from the affected countries to have their U.S. visa applications reconsidered”-President BIDEN in White House * “Following a legal review, those whose immigrant visa applications received a final refusal on or after Jan. 20, 2020, due to Trump’s travel ban may seek re-adjudication without resubmitting their application forms or paying any additional fees, provided the underlying visa petitions remain valid. Those who were refused visas prior to Jan. 20, 2020, may also be reconsidered, but these individuals must submit new applications and pay a new application fee”-State Department spokesperson Ned Price * BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief
DEVELOPING:
President JOE BIDEN reverses Trump’s travel ban, as U.S. Department of State order Nigerians, African nations, 13 Muslim-majority to re-apply for visa
…policy target U.S. visa applicants whose requests were denied under...
BREAKING NEWS! African Diaspora Unite for JOE BIDEN in United States 2020 election …A group of African-American career professionals with original hereditary from Kenya, Liberia, South Africa; Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe, other nationals applaud Democratic presidential nominee * “Africans who are African-Americans are fully ready under African Diaspora Unite for JOE BIDEN-National Group will be out in huge numbers this November to vote Biden into power as the elected President of United States. It is a promise”-Ugo Nwaokoro, former Deputy Mayor, City of Newark, New Jersey *BY BAYO ADEYEMO, reporting LIVE from Maryland
BREAKING NEWS!
African Diaspora Unite for JOE BIDEN in United States 2020 election
…A group of African-American career professionals with original hereditary from Kenya, Liberia, South Africa; Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe,...
JUST IN: Oyo state Governor, SEYI MAKINDE tests positive to Coronavirus disease…says: ‘I just received my COVID-19 confirmation test result. It is POSITIVE’ * Confirms he is asymptomatic and will continue to self-isolate * Designate Prof Temitope Alonge, former Chief Medical Director of the University College Hospital, Ibadan, as the Head of COVID-19 Task Force while he recovers * BY YEMI AKANDE/POLITICAL REPORTER, IBADAN
JUST
IN:
Oyo
state Governor, SEYI
MAKINDE tests positive to Coronavirus disease…says:
‘I just received my COVID-19 confirmation test result. It is
POSITIVE’
*
Confirms he is asymptomatic and will continue...
FIGHTING FOR DAUGHTER’S RELEASE IN BOKO HARAM DEN: LEAH SHARIBU’S Mother storm London, plans to meet British Prime Minister…in tears, saying: “Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has tried, but I need Boris Johnson to help me now secure my daughter’s release from terrorists’ captivity” *On Hausa BBC interview in London: ‘Nigerian government did not contact our family until seven months after the abduction of our daughter’ *Lament: ‘I have cried many times. My eyes are swollen. President Buhari contacted me, and sent down three Ministers, assuring me that Leah was going to be released soon, nothing else else had been said to me’ *Confess :’I am in London to seek the assistance of the the British Government to free Leah from the terrorists’ captivity * BY AHMED MUSA/Correspondent in London
Rebecca Sharibu holds up a photograph that shows her daughter Leah, seated on the left in a black shirt. Leah was kidnapped in February 2018 from her school in the town of Dapchi in northern Nigeria by members of the terrorist...
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