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FBI offers $200,000 for information on former Air Force intelligence specialist charged with spying for Iran
The FBI is offering $200,000 for information that could lead to the arrest of a former Air Force intelligence specialist who was charged in 2019 with spying for Iran. In an announcement Thursday, the FBI said it is still trying to locate Monica Witt, who it believes defected to Iran in 2013. The agency said it believes she “likely continues…
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SAPZ programme will drive agro-industrial growth, strengthen food security — Ogunbiyi
The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Dr Marcus Olaniyi Ogunbiyi, has said the Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) Programme will drive agro-industrial growth and strengthen food security in Nigeria. Ogunbiyi stated this during the meeting of the Federal Inter-Agency Technical Committee for the SAPZ Programme held on Thursday in Abuja. He described the initiative…
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Is France real or déjà vu with Africa? — by Kelechi Deca
The events that took place in Nairobi Kenya over the week reminded me of Jacques Foccart, the man who literally and singlehandedly drew up France’s policies in Africa. This is against the backdrop of the ‘defrenchifisation’ air across Africa. Jacques Foccart was head of the Africa Department at the Elysée Palace under President Charles de Gaulle with the official title…
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Segun Osoba remembered for role in anti-military struggle, radical scholarship
Renowned scholar and activist, late Professor Segun Osoba, has been remembered for his contributions to radical scholarship, anti-military struggles and the mentorship of generations of progressive Nigerian students and intellectuals. In a statement issued on Thursday, Comrade Professor Chief G. G. Darah of the Udje Heritage Centre, Ovwian Town, Delta State, described Osoba as a leading figure in Nigeria’s progressive…
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The many battles of Oluwo — by Alli Ibraheem
I joined the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, as his Chief Press Secretary, at a time he was faced with many battles — physical and spiritual. In fact, it was the following week of my appointment as his Chief Press Secretary that a baseless and frivolous litigation was coordinated by forces that led to the issuance of a…
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Aproko Doctor condemns alleged EFCC assault on UUTH surgeon
By Folashade Olorunfemi – A Nigerian celebrity doctor, Chinonso Egemba, widely known as ‘Aproko Doctor’, has condemned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over an alleged assault on a cardiovascular surgeon, Prof. Eyo Ekpe, at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH) in Akwa Ibom State. Aproko Doctor made the allegation on Wednesday via his Facebook page, describing the…
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Pantami: Serving the two publics — by Gimba Kakanda
Some of you here may be familiar with Peter Ekeh’s fascinating theory of our allegiances as Nigerians. His argument, broadly, is that we demonstrate two forms of allegiance: one to our primordial public, rooted in ethnicity, kinship, religion, and community; and another to the civic public, represented by the nation-state. The tragedy, he observed, is that the former often overrides…
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US court jails Nigerian-born professor for 70 months over $1.4m donor fund theft
A United States district court in Michigan has sentenced Nkechy Ezeh, a former executive director at Early Learning Neighbourhood Collaborative (ELNC), to 70 months in prison for “orchestrating a fraud scheme that stole $1.4 million in taxpayer and donor money intended for vulnerable preschool children”. Hala Jarbou, the district judge, described Ezeh as a “a fraud and a thief ”…
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US drops $15,000 visa deposit for foreign fans with World Cup tickets
The Trump administration will exempt football fans from 50 countries subject to a $15,000 (£11,000) visa deposit requirement, provided they are travelling to the US for the World Cup with valid match tickets. Five of these countries – Algeria, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Senegal, and Tunisia – have qualified for the tournament, to be co-hosted by the US, Canada and…
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Women, youths back Olaosebikan for Oluyole House of Reps seat
Women and youth leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oluyole Federal Constituency of Oyo State have endorsed Alhaji Kehinde Olaosebikan for the House of Representatives seat ahead of the party primaries. The endorsement was announced during a meeting held at the headquarters of the PBAT-KO Grassroots Movement in Olomi, Ibadan, where Olaosebikan donated modern public address systems to…
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