Barely a month after a Nigerian citizen was arrested in connection with last year’s $650 million unemployment fraud scheme in Washington state, a second Nigerian man has been indicted on strikingly similar charges. Federal prosecutors say Chukwuemeka Onyegbula, a 38-year-old IT engineer at a Nigerian oil company, used stolen identities and …
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Sets dates for ward, LG, state congresses • What party must do to survive, by Buhari • Senator Nwaoboshi defects to ruling party The National Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday got the nod for an indefinite extension of its tenure. The tenure …
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The Federal High Court in Lagos State has fixed July 13 to hear the case filed by a Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Inibehe Effiong, to challenge the imposition of N5 million fine on Nigeria Info 99.3FM and the threat by the National Broadcasting Commission to punish other …
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Nigeria’s train transport in the first quarter of 2021 surges to N926.72 million compared to N698.4 million recorded in Q1 2020. The 33% surge was contained in a recent railway transport report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Revenue generated in the review period also represents a 92% increase …
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According to the below list, 212 automatic delegates are expected to vote in the PDP primary election scheduled to hold on Saturday, 26th June 2021 in Anambra State. The primary election is expected to produce the flag bearer that will represent the party in the forthcoming Anambra State governorship election …
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The DSS has summoned Kaduna-based Islamic cleric Sheikh Dr Ahmad Gumi to his office following a rift between the cleric and the Nigerian military. The allegations came after an interview with Dr Gumi’s private television station Arise, in which the military said the teacher had accused her officers of collaborating with …
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The Federal Government on Friday denied sponsoring bills purportedly meant to gag the press and regulate social media. Recall that the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had urged the House of Representatives to National Broadcasting Commission Act. The Minister made the call at the public hearing on a …
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Today in Abuja President Buhari welcomed Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi to the All Progressives Congress (APC), after he left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Sen. Nwaoboshi, representing Delta North District, Delta State, was presented to President Buhari and the National Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) at the State House by Deputy …
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THE Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, yesterday accused peoples of the southern part of the country of provoking the north to set the country aflame. At its National Executive Council, NEC, meeting in Kaduna, the group urged Nigerians not to lose faith in the country, saying Nigeria will overcome her challenges. …
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As Anambrarians countdown to the 2021 gubernatorial elections slated for November 6, speculation continues to swirl around who will be the state’s next governor. Party primaries have already begun to disclose the candidates that will progress to the next stage – the general election. This, Newsextra24 observed, has heightened tensions …
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