Three Nigerian Nationals Facing Federal Charges Related to a Fraud Scheme With Losses of More Than $6 Million First Defendant Extradited to the United States Arrived on April 12, 2023 Greenbelt, Maryland – The first of three defendants, Kosi Goodness Simon-Ebo, age 29, has been extradited from Canada to the United …
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THE government of the United Kingdom has responded to PREMIUM TIME’s letter requesting the details of the arrest and detention of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, by its immigration officials at Heathrow Airport in London last week. It, however, declined providing sufficient details about Mr Obi’s ordeal as …
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THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Senator Ibrahim Mohammed Bomai the winner of the keenly contested Yobe South senatorial election. Bomai of the All Progressives Congress (APC), polled 69,596 votes to defeat Halilu Mazagane of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who got 68,885 votes. Others are Yerima Adamu …
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THE governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi has approved the creation of the Ministry of Aviation and Technology in the state. This is contained in a statement on Saturday in Abakaliki by the Secretary to the State Government and Coordinating Commissioner, Dr Kenneth Igwe. “In the further effort of Ebonyi …
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Cairo Ojuogbo, on Saturday, claimed the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege worked against the emergence of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Ojuogbo said Omo-Agege never believed Tinubu would win the presidential election, hence did not work for his emergence. Speaking on Arise Television, …
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THERE is serious vote buying by leading political parties in the Ogbaru Federal Constituency supplementary election in Anambra State. This is as three of the leading political parties in the election have also unleashed thugs in various parts of the local government where the election is being conducted. Many voting …
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VOTER apathy trailed Saturday’s supplementary election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission in Ebonyi. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that there was a low turnout of voters in some of the polling units visited in Ikwo Local Government Areas of the state. The supplementary elections are taking place …
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THE leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party has named former Kaduna State Governor, Sen Ahmed Makarfi, Chairman of the Kogi State governorship primaries slated for Sunday in Lokoja, the state capital. The exercise is to enable the party to pick a flag bearer for the November 11 governorship election in …
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THE presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Bola Tinubu, says Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party could not have won the February 25 presidential poll because part of the votes he should have garnerned were taken by the candidates of Labour Party, Peter Obi, and Rabiu Kwankwaso of …
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THE National Assembly has forwarded the harmonised version of the Nigerian Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill after passage by both the Senate and the House of Representatives to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. It was gathered on Thursday that the transmission of the bill for Presidential assent was done by the …
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