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Ex fiancé?

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......Shameless 'baby fathers/mothers'

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Insecurity: UK to send advisors on community policing to Nigeria

The government of the United Kingdom says it will send advisors to Nigeria to share knowledge on community policing towards tackling insecurity in the West African country.

Vicky Ford, UK Minister for Africa, disclosed this in an interview with AriseNews on Sunday.

Ms Ford said: “What we know in UK and in Nigeria is that to keep civilians safe, you need to have effective, accountable, transparent community policing and that is part of the work that we would be doing through sending advisors to share experiences to help the Nigerian police forces adapt so that they will be able to respond to incidents in a more timely and more effective manner.”

She said this will also help the Nigerian police roll out community policing especially in areas that have seen conflict.

“These are areas Nigerians have identified issues that they would like help with and we can then bring in that support and share experiences,” Ms Ford said.

She said this is not the UK telling Nigeria how to do things but Nigeria identifying areas the UK can support them.

“The UK has a strategy across Africa to work with countries to form partnerships, to help create freer; safer; greener; more prosperous culture and we see Nigeria as an absolutely key partner in that,” she said.

According to Ms Ford, “Nigeria is really important for its own stability and also for the work they are doing for regional stability and security.

“Insecurity in Nigeria and West Africa also impacts security which is why we want to work with Nigeria as a trusted friend and partner,” she stated.

She said officials are already working together on issues of terrorist threats and how to share UK’s lessons on community policing to improve security across Nigeria.

Ms Ford also said the security partnership is not a financial deal when Arise correspondent asked if the intervention was paid for.

Commenting on the #EndSARS white paper issued by the Lagos State government, she noted that the white paper raised more questions than answers.

“Obviously the white paper raised lots of questions, it raised questions on the role of the federal police and that of the military and those are questions that the federal government needs to look at and address.”

She said the UK believes in the importance of transparency and accountability and would love to see that reflect.

“It is really important that civilians have the right transparency to understand when things have gone wrong, what has gone wrong and that people can be held to account if there has been situations where the police or other forces have not acted in a way that they should have,” Ms Ford said.

She added that the UK is watching closely to see that this happens.

Nigerian National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, two weeks ago, engaged his United Kingdom counterpart, Stephen Lovegrove, in a dialogue on a range of issues, including counter-terrorism, serious and organised crime, civilian policing and human rights.

Also, Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor, and the UK Chief of Defence Staff, Tony Radakin, held separate talks on military cooperation.

According to a statement from the British High Commission, titled “Nigeria-UK hold Security and Defence Partnership Dialogue in London this week”, the dialogue, is taking place at the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office headquarters at King Charles Street, London.

The three days-long dialogue was the first of its kind since both countries formed the ‘UK-Nigeria Security and Defence Partnership’ in 2018.

The partnership signed between President Muhammadu Buhari and former British Prime Minister, Theresa May, was aimed at helping Nigeria end the Boko Haram and the Islamic States West Africa (ISWAP) insurgency that has lasted over a decade.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/511356-insecurity-uk-to-send-advisors-on-community-policing-to-nigeria.html

The British Deputy High Commission in Lagos says Mrs Vicky Ford, the UK Minister for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, will visit Nigeria from Feb. 21.

The Press and Public Affairs Officer of the Commission, Miss Ndidiamaka Eze, in a statement in Lagos , said the visit would be Ford’s first visit to Nigeria.

Eze said the visit would build on the UK-Nigeria partnership and strengthen strong security, anti corruption and economic ties.

She said that the minister would hold meetings with the Federal Government, state governors, faith leaders, civil societies and business leaders.

Eze said the minister would announce new UK investments in support of small and medium enterprises and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in relation to anti-corruption.

She quoted the minister as saying: “I am looking forward to being in Nigeria for the first time as Nigeria is a valued friend and partner of the UK, a country with whom we want to forge closer ties including on trade, development, economic, environmental and security issues.”

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ford became the Minister for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean in December 2021.

She was first elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament in 2017. (NAN)

https://thenationonlineng.net/uk-minister-vicky-ford-to-visit-nigeria/

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Free radiation.....

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Willie......your legacies don do!

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Hypocrisy.....



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A former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that the country needed more rebels, who could speak truth to power.

Obasanjo made the remarks on Saturday in Abeokuta, Ogun State, while unveiling the autobiography of Babanla Adinni of Egbaland, Chief Tayo Sowunmi, titled “Footprints of a rebel.”


The autobiography was unveiled as part of the 80th birthday celebration of former activist and elder statesman, Sowunmi.

Obasanjo noted that for Nigeria to move forward, it required “more rebels” to stand and speak for the truth.

He added that whoever must live a life of honesty and integrity had to be a rebel.

Obasanjo said, “Looking at the title of the book, I ask myself, why would someone call himself a rebel, but it is good. The truth is that if you have to live a life of honesty and integrity, you have to become a rebel.

“There would be some time you would be asked have to do something, but you would say no, this is not right. And when you say that you will become a rebel. You may even become a persona non grata.

“Our country, there is no country that we can call our own except Nigeria. Our country, Nigeria, needs more of rebels. Those who would look at things straight in the face and say ‘this is not right’, ‘this, I will not be part of’, ‘this is not good for Nigeria.”

http://saharareporters.com/2022/02/19/nigeria-needs-more-rebels-move-forward-%E2%80%94obasanjo

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Indomie generation

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triple996:
Check well na kpurumiris
Any thing to make money is welcome
The money must be made
Where is d money
Give d money
D firing square go end the hustle
Say no to cannibalism and kpurumiri

Olodo.....can you read yet alone reason?

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....as airline tickets increase so will motor transport costs, and then airlines will increase their fares again.

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.....a vicious circle.

AUSTIN – A Nigerian citizen and resident of Canada was sentenced today to nearly 14 years in prison for his role in a fraudulent “sweepstakes” scheme with a loss in excess of $260 million.

According to court documents, on September 4, 2018, Harry Cole, aka “Akintomide Ayoola Bolu,” “John King,” “Big Bro,” “Egbon,” 51, was one of eight defendants charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. The fraud is a type of “sweepstakes” scheme that ran from 2012 to 2016. Cole purchased lists of potential elderly victims and their addresses. Cole and other conspirators based in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada metropolitan area sent packages containing fraudulent sweepstakes information to conspirators residing in the U.S. The packages contained thousands of mailers that U.S.-based conspirators then sent to victims notifying them that they had won a sweepstakes. Each mailer included a fraudulent check issued in the name of the victim, usually in the amount of $8,000 and a pre-addressed envelope.

Victims were instructed to deposit the check into their bank account, to immediately withdraw between $5,000 and $7,000 dollars in cash or money orders and to send the money to a “sweepstakes representative” to facilitate the collection of the prize. By the time the bank notified the victim that the deposited check was fraudulent, the victim had sent cash or a money order that was received by the defendants or conspirators. Later, the conspiracy recruited an Austin-based conspirator, Stephen Omowaiye, who printed and sent sweepstakes scam packages to victims and also received victim payments in Austin.

The intended loss from this scheme was over $260 million with an actual loss of more than $900,000.

Today, Cole was sentenced to 166 months of imprisonment as well as three years of supervised release and ordered to forfeit $850,000 and to pay $111,870.25 in restitution.

“Cole and the other perpetrators of this despicable scam tricked hundreds of elderly victims out of their hard-earned money while the conspirators callously disregarded the consequences to our senior citizens,” said U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff. “This case demonstrates our office’s commitment to hold accountable those who prey upon vulnerable victims. We will use every tool at our disposal to make sure they cannot hide in other countries and escape justice.”

“Our investigative reach in this case, through international cooperation with Canada, shows that justice can prevail even when criminals are outside of our nation’s borders,” said Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations (IRSCI) Special Agent in Charge Ramsey E. Covington of the Houston Field Office. “Through the teamwork with our law enforcement counterparts in Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), and the Toronto Police Department, we stopped Harry Cole and his co-conspirators and their international sweepstakes and stolen identity tax refund fraud rings that targeted numerous elderly U.S. citizens. While IRSCI will pursue criminals, the best defense is to always protect your personal information and to verify first before sending any money domestically or internationally.”

“This federal investigation uncovered a sophisticated scheme that exploited legitimate financial institutions to defraud businesses and residents of the United States,” said Special Agent in Charge Shane Folden, HSI San Antonio. “These types of crimes swindle hundreds of millions of dollars from U.S. victims each year and illicitly finance criminal organizations around the world. HSI and its law enforcement partners will continue to do everything possible to stop this kind of fraud and ensure the financial integrity of the homeland.”

“The U.S. Postal Inspection Service has been at the forefront of protecting consumers from fraud schemes for many years,” said Inspector in Charge Scott Fix. “There are a wide variety of financial schemes that target our most vulnerable populations, including the elderly, and the effects of those schemes are devastating to the victim and their families. The Inspection Service is committed to working with our law enforcement partners to pursue those who utilize the U.S. Mail to perpetrate these fraud schemes and bring them to justice.”

On October 27, 2021, Cole pleaded guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Mail and Wire Fraud. He has remained in federal custody since his extradition and arrest on August 20, 2020.

Co-defendants include: Nigerian citizen and U.S. resident Akintola Akinmadeyemi; Austin residents Joel Calvin and Clarence Barefield (aka CJ); Mesquite, TX, resident Donna Lundy; Nigerian citizens and Canadian residents Tony Dada Akinbobola (aka Lawrence D Awoniyi, aka Boss Tony, aka Toyin), Emmanuel Olawale Ajayi (aka Wale, aka Walata), and Bolaji Akinwunmi Oyewole (aka BJ, aka Beejay).

On January 24, 2019, Calvin pleaded guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud. On February 15, 2019, Lundy pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. Both are scheduled for sentencing on March 3, 2022.

On February 19, 2019, Akinmadeyemi pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Mail and Wire Fraud. He was sentenced to 120 months in prison and ordered to pay $111,870.25 in restitution.

On April 26, 2019, Barefield pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering. He was sentenced to 96 months in prison.

On February 11, 2022, Akinbobola was extradited to the United States from Canada and is awaiting arraignment in Austin.

Ajayi and Oyewole are fugitives.

IRSCI, HSI, and USPIS investigated this case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael C. Galdo prosecuted this case on behalf of the government. Attorneys with the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs assisted with the extradition of Cole from Canada.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtx/pr/nigerian-citizen-sentenced-over-13-years-prison-sweepstakes-scheme

Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have increased the price of flight tickets for economy class to Fifty thousand naira.

The increment was concluded at the meeting of the operators in Lagos on Saturday where the operators outlined the high cost of jet A1 fuel, forex scarcity, double-digit inflation, increase in ground handling charges, cost of buying and importing spare parts as reasons for the increment.

The increase has taken effect immediately with price changes obvious on the website of many airlines.

According to a report by SunNews, tickets from Lagos to Abuja in economy class, which used to cost between N29,000 and N35, 000, are now N50, 000. Economy tickets from Lagos to Abuja start at N50,000 on the websites of Dana Air, United Nigeria, Azman Air, Air Peace, and Max Air. Ibom Air costs N53,00, while Aero Contractors, which used to cost N26,000, now costs N48,365, and Arik Air costs N48,500. Green Africa, on the other hand, which used to sell for N20,000, is now selling for N39, 000, excluding luggage costs.

The increase comes amidst rising inflation in the country and widely bemoaned economic hardship.

https://gazettengr.com/just-in-airline-operators-increase-economy-class-tickets-to-n50000/

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kollinzgee:
Our Galant troops dey ground..

.....and our 'alligator pepe' pass any chemical nerve agent Putin get!

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kollinzgee:
Like seriously?
there is tension everywhere there is threat of another world war which is surely affect every nation on Earth yet no African nation has made any comment? Even the so called African giant many zombies are marketing tiredlessly on this forum hasn't said a single world,I don't think Africa is part of this world it's just a dumping ground and raw material donor I even read today that France has once tested nuclear weapons in Africa before without permission from the so called sovereign states of Africa and nothing happened truly shame dey catch.

Buhari should threaten ~ Putin

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