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United States policy firm to brief Congress, Trump administration on INEC’s suspension of opposition ADC leadership

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Von Batten-Montague York L.C., a U.S.-based policy firm, has announced plans to formally engage members of Congress and the Trump administration regarding Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) decision to suspend recognition of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) leadership. The firm’s intervention comes in response to INEC’s recent action withdrawing recognition of the ADC leadership […]

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Crypto scams caused Americans $6bn loss in 2024 ―United States FBI

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United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has revealed that investment scams involving cryptocurrency led to a huge loss of $5.8 billion in 2024. Report by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (ICCC), says total losses from internet crimes in 2024 reached $16.6 billion. This shows a sharp rise of 33% from the previous year. […]

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Nigerian National Assembly, Agencies in procurement corruption, lack of transparency ―United States report

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United States, through its Trade Estimate Report (TER), has accused the Nigerian National Assembly and Agencies in the country of abusing procurement processes and lacking transparency. The report says U.S. companies have expressed concerns about corruption and a lack of transparency in procurement processes in Nigeria. The report stated: “The Public Procurement Act of 2007 […]

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Allen Onyema of Air Peace, Ejiroghene Eghagha indicted for fresh criminal charge in United States

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Allen Onyema, the Chairman, CEO, and founder of Air Peace, a Nigerian airline, has been charged in a superseding indictment with obstruction of justice for submitting false documents to the government in an effort to end an investigation of him that resulted in earlier charges of bank fraud and money laundering. Ejiroghene Eghagha, the airline’s […]

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Nigeria doesn’t copy good things from the United States, By Azuka Onwuka

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Just slightly over a week ago, the political landscape in the United States went 180 degrees with the announcement by President Joe Biden that he was withdrawing from the presidential race. Before then, Biden had been recalcitrant that he would not withdraw from the race. He insisted that he was strong and healthy and was […]

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Why I and my wife relocate to United States ―Pastor Sam Adeyemi

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Founder and Senior Pastor of Daystar Christian Centre, and president of Success Power International, Sam Adeyemi, has opened up on the reason why he decided to relocate to the United States. He said this during a virtual interview with Seun Okinbaloye on his programme ‘Mic On’ podcast, where the duo discussed Leadership Beyond Governance Politics […]

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I’ll report judge who issued order to stop Sanusi’s reinstatement from United States ―Gov Yusuf

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Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, on Friday, promised to report Justice Mohammed Liman of a Federal High Court for allegedly giving an order stopping the reinstatement of Sanusi Lamido as the 16th Emir of Kano from the United States. Governor Yusuf said he would report the judge to the Nigeria Governors’ Forum. Justice Liman […]

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Ghanaian socialite, Hajia4Real extradited to the United States over alleged $2m fraud

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Ghanaian socialite Mona Faiz Montrage popularly known as Hajia4Reall has been extradited from the United Kingdom to the US for allegedly swindling over $2 million from older, single American men and women in a twisted lonely hearts scam. Recall that the social media influencer whose Instagram account is among the top 10 most followed in Ghana, […]

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United States issues statement over Twitter operations ban in Nigeria

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United States of America has issued a statement in respect of the ban placed on Twitter operations in Nigeria. The US mission in Nigeria says banning social media and curbing every citizen’s ability to seek, receive, and impart information undermines fundamental freedoms. Read the statement below: U.S. MISSION NIGERIA STATEMENT June 5, 2021 Nigeria’s constitution […]

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Ekiti State imports 250 cows from United States

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Two hundred and fifty cows have arrived in crates at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, from United States, as part of a joint venture programme between Ekiti state and a food and beverage company, Promasidor Group. The State Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning, Mr. Akin Oyebode made the announcement on Thursday. According to […]

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Meet the 6 Nigerian siblings who are all Medics in United States

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6 Nigerian siblings, who all work in the medical profession, have gone viral on LinkedIn. One of the siblings, named Chinyere Okpaleke, a medical doctor who works at Memorial Hermann Medical Group in the United States, took to LinkedIn to show off her siblings. In the photos, all the siblings are seen wearing their blue […]

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Nigerian doctor kills wife, commits suicide in Texas, United States (Photos)

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The police in Sugar Land, Houston area, Texas, United States, are investigating the death of a Nigerian couple found dead in apparent murder-suicide acts. The husband and wife identified as Dr. Benjamin Okigbo and Theresa Okigbo were found dead at their Greatwood home on Friday morning, December 18. The discovery was made around 10:05am at […]

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Nigerian elected as Mayor of Woodlynne in New Jersey, United States

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Igbo born Joseph Chukwueke, has been elected mayor of the city of Woodlynne, Camden County, New Jersey, United States after defeating his main rival Clyde Cook by a wide margin. We win elections in far away foreign countries but not worthy to rule Nigeria. Chukwueke was elected as the mayor of the city of Woodlynne […]

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