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How $2.2 million New York apartment purchase raised questions over Diezani’s Dominican diplomatic status A New York apartment hurriedly purchased by a shoddy company registered in the American state of Delaware is raising fresh questions over the circumstances leading to the conferment of diplomatic status on Nigeria’s former petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, by the Commonwealth of Dominica. The revelation first emerged in “Diplomats for Sale”, a 53-minute feature by Qatari international broadcaster, Al Jazeera. PREMIUM TIMES has obtained additional details regarding the controversial relationship and probable reason why Mrs Allison-Madueke is yet to be extradited to face trial, despite efforts by Nigeria’s anticorruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Mrs Alison-Madueke, a powerful member of the Goodluck Jonathan administration, is being investigated by Nigerian and British authorities over alleged money laundering and corruption cases. She was firs

This bride is looking very angry as she poses with her husband to be in their pre wedding photos. Reactions from viewers stated that it could be that she is marrying against her will.

Cardi B (real name Belcalis Marlenis Almanzarand) and Offset (real name Kiari Kendrell Cephus) just bought a home in suburban Atlanta that can only be described as a freaking castle! Located in Sandy Springs, Georgia roughly 20 minutes outside of Atlanta, Cardi and Offset showed off their mansion earlier tonight in a series of Instagram videos that set the social media world on fire. The transaction must have JUST gone down because the property hasn't officially closed in the multiple listing service. The house was most-recently listed for $5.795 million, but it's not clear how much Cardi and Offset paid. It's been on the market for 266 days as of this writing, so it's doubtful they paid full price. Offset and Cardi currently have a combined net worth of $50 million, with $24 coming from Cardi and $26 coming from Offset. v https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OrPaURfT5c

Aitel to cough up N2.39bn • MTN, Glo to pay N396.9m • Firms accused of forcefully subscribing customers The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has fined three mobile network operators, Airtel, MTN and Globacom a sum of N2,794,022,000. New Telegraph learnt that the telecom operators incurred the wrath of the regulator having contravened the rule that bars them from automatically renewing data for their customers. This came as one of the heaviest sanctions against the operators in recent time after the 2016 landmark fine against MTN. The Commission had, on May 21, 2018, issued a directive to all network providers to desist from carrying out automatic or unwarranted renewal of data packages without their subscribers’ consent or risk N5 million fine. The telecom regulator said the directive became imperative in view of the mounting complaints from subscribers against the service providers for forcefully subscribing for them while they have no intention of doing so. According to NC

American rap artist, 50 Cent, dressed as Santa Claus, last night took to his twitter page to show off his ₦1.2 billion Christmas gift— a luxurious 2020 Bugatti Chiron hypercar. 50, who also owns a Lamborghini Aventador, Rolls-Royce and a Bentley Mulsanne, captioned the footage of his new Bugatti with, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7JUw5mDUIw “Merry Christmas to you and your family. Stay positive, stay focused go hard 2020 BOOM,”

Regina Daniel shared the Caption in Germany... "2020 is very personal. I own myself a lot"

Santa lookalike robs bank, shouts ‘Merry Christmas’ as he throws stolen money in the air David Wayne Oliver, pictured in police mug shots with gray-and-white hair and a full white beard, is being held at the El Paso County jail and is set to make his first court appearance on Thursday, jail records showed. A man who dressed as Santa Claus decided to rob a bank and threw the stolen cash in the air while shouting ‘Merry Christmas’ at passersby, according to police. David Wayne Oliver, 65, was arrested at a Starbucks coffee shop after he held up the Academy Bank in Colorado Springs on Monday afternoon, according to a police report. He is currently being held on a $10,000 bond. Police said the suspect had ‘threatened the use of a weapon’ and left the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash. Colorado Springs television station KKTV reported that eyewitness Dion Pascale recounted Oliver stepped outside the bank and tossed the money ‘all over the place’. ‘He started throwing money out of t

  A Nigerian man who works as a police officer in the U.S, has spoken out about his experience in Nigeria - Identified as Olu, he recently came for the holidays and revealed that he has been stopped on several occasions by the police in Lagos - Olu stated that he was profiled as a criminal due to the fact that he wears braids The level of police brutality against innocent citizens remains a fundamental issue in the country. Several cases of people being arrested due to their looks or the cars they drive, have caused outrage on social media. A Nigerian man identified as Olu who works as a police officer in Washington DC in the U.S, recently came down to Nigeria for the holiday. However, Olu revealed on Twitter that within his 4 days in Nigeria, he has been profiled as a criminal by the Nigerian police due to the fact that he wears his hair in braids. He wrote: " 4 days in Nigeria & I have already been profiled as a criminal by the Nigeria police force. They profile people base

Photos of the Nigerian Anthony Oluseye Akinyemi, who died last Saturday while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Worcester County Jail in Snow Hill, Maryland. Anthony Oluseye Akinyemi was found unresponsive in his cell and efforts by facility staff and emergency personnel to revive him were unsuccessful.

A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank has commended the senators of the United States of America and the America government for putting pressures on Nigerian government to the release of Omoyele Sowore and by extension, Ibrahim Dasuki. Frank also thank all Nigerians, especially a human right lawyer, Femi Falana, who stood up to fight for justice even in the mist of treat to their lives, posterity will judge you favorably. Frank said if not for the pressure by the USA government and some of its senators, Sowore would still be languishing in DSS detention without charge. The political activist, however, declared that "truly the American government is the police of the world." Reacting through a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, to the release of both Sowore and Dasuki, Frank asked General Buhari's government to apologise to the duo for trampling on their rights. He also called on the USA

China will rewrite the Bible and the Quran to 'reflect socialist values' amid crackdown on Muslim Uighur minority  By Ryan Fahey For Mailonline *Beijing said all translated classic religious books should be 're-evaluated' *The new editions must not contain any content that contradicts socialism *Paragraphs deemed wrong by censors will be amended or re-translated *Comes as China faces widespread criticism over its policy against Muslims China will rewrite the Bible and Quran to 'reflect socialist values' amid crackdown on the country's religious groups, a report has revealed. New editions must not contain any content that goes against the beliefs of the Communist Party, according to a top party official. Paragraphs deemed wrong by the censors will be amended or re-translated. Though the Bible and Quran were not mentioned specifically, the party called for a 'comprehensive evaluation of the existing religious classics aiming at contents which do not confo

Nigerian Performs Landmark Robotic Surgery in United States Fayetteville Veteran Affairs Medical Centre, North Carolina (NC), in collaboration with the Department of Defense (DoD), has broken new ground in the field of medicine and surgery by recording its first robotic surgery using the Da Vinci surgical technology. The Da Vinci surgical technology is a state of the arts technology designed to enable surgeons perform complex surgeries through minor incisions using minimally inversive technique. Da Vinci technology was approved by the FDA in 2000 as the first surgery system technology for general laparoscopic surgery in US hospitals, according to RoboticOncology.com, and since then, the use of this cutting-edge technology by surgeons has been on the rise due to its stated effect on cost reduction. The surgeon at the console, steering this pioneer joint project is Nigerian-born prodigy and celebrated surgeon, Dr. Obinna Igwilo, who worked with a team of clinicians and other employees o