December 17, 2021

US: Nigerian Fraudster Invictus Obi Will Be Released 2028

US: Nigerian Fraudster Invictus Obi Will Be Released 2028

December 17, 2021 6:54 am

United States Federal Bureau of Prisons has revealed that Obinwanne Okeke popularly known as Invictus Obi will be released in September 2028.

It was also revealed that Invictus Obi is being held at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI), Oakdale.

FCI, Oakdale located in Allen, Western Louisiana is a low security federal correctional institution with an adjacent minimum security satellite camp.

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It has a population of 1,083 male inmates.

It is an all-male inmates facility, with 997 inmates in the FCI and 86 at the camp.

FCI, Oakdale will be Mr. …

Zamfara FRSC Officials Return ₦2.5m To Accident Victim

Zamfara FRSC Officials Return ₦2.5m To Accident Victim

December 17, 2021 6:44 am

The Zamfara State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has revealed that its operatives have recovered ₦2.5 million from a spot where an auto accident occurred in Kwartarkashi – Gusau road in Zamfara State.

Addressing newsmen in Gusau, the State capital, the commandant of the Corps, Mr A. A Sparks said the operatives of the command demonstrated a high sense of patriotism by returning the money to the owner.

“They recovered two million and five hundred thousand Naira from an accident scene and returned the money to the owner without thinking of converting it to themselves,” he added.

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Nnamdi Kanu Is Now Prisoner Of Conscience – IPOB

Nnamdi Kanu Is Now Prisoner Of Conscience – IPOB

December 17, 2021 6:43 am

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday, declared its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, as a prisoner of conscience.

IPOB said Kanu, who is in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, was arrested for committing no offence.

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Emma Powerful, the spokesman of IPOB, said its leader only advocated for self-determination due to the perceived oppression of the southeast.

A statement by Powerful reads: ‘Following the extraordinary rendition of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria without proper documentation for doing so and long incarceration and detention

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Eid-el-Kabir - Orji Kalu calls for sober reflection

APC Collapse: Orji Uzor Kalu Writes Buhari

December 17, 2021 6:42 am

Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu has called for rescheduling of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention slated for February, 2022.

He allayed fears of a collapse and an unmitigated injury the party could sustain if the National Chairman of Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the APC, Governor Mai Mala Buni, goes ahead with the convention in February.

In a letter he wrote on Thursday in Abuja which he addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari and the National leadership of the APC, Kalu identified three challenges that must be urgently addressed …

At Least Nine killed In Dominican Republic Plane Crash

At Least Nine killed In Dominican Republic Plane Crash

December 17, 2021 1:18 am

No fewer than nine people, including Puerto Rican music producer ‘Flow La Movie’ all died yesterday when a private plane crashed at the Las Americas airport in the Dominican Republic capital Santo Domingo.

According to a statement put out by the aircraft’s owner – Helidosa, the airline ‘regrets the tragic accident on one of its planes at Las Americas airport… in which tragically all of the crew and passengers died’.

Music producer Jose Angel Hernandez, who went by ‘Flow La Movie’ and was known for hits like ‘Te bote,’ was listed in the Helidosa statement among the victims.

The 38-year-old …

Moroccan Court Approves Uyghur's Deportation To China

Moroccan Court Approves Uyghur’s Deportation To China

December 17, 2021 1:05 am

An appeal court in Morocco’s capital city of Casablanca on Thursday approved the deportation of a Muslim Uyghur activist to China despite strong fears that he would be tortured in the Asian country over his beliefs.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that Amnesty International has warned that 33-year-old computer engineer Idris Hasan is at ‘grave risk of facing torture’ in China.

The 33-year-old computer engineer was arrested sometime in July this year at his arrival at Mohammed V international airport in Casablanca from Turkey, where he lives and works.

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Sen. Kalu Calls On APC To Postpone Convention, Gives Reasons

Sen. Kalu Calls On APC To Postpone Convention, Gives Reasons

December 17, 2021 12:44 am
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Chief Whip of the Senate and Senator representing Abia North senatorial district in the national assembly, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, has called on the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to postpone the proposed February national convention of the party and hold it simultaneously with the presidential primaries. 
In a letter addressed to the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee, Governor Mai Mala Buni, and obtained by our correspondent, Kalu said the party would implode if it goes ahead with the February convention without resolving the contentious issues resulting
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2023 PDP Can’t Get Power Back In Free, Fair Election – APC

2023: PDP Can’t Get Power Back In Free, Fair Election – APC

December 17, 2021 12:20 am

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday in Abuja claimed that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cannot return to power should a free and fair election in 2023.

Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), made this claim while speaking during a meeting with the party’s State Caretaker Chairmen.

This, according to him, was especially so, because the electorate were intelligent and now knew that the PDP had nothing to offer Nigerians going by its antecedents.

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The APC scribe added that the …

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