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๐•๐ˆ๐ƒ๐„๐Ž: ๐…๐ˆ๐‘๐’ ๐๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐…๐‚๐“๐€ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐›๐ฎ๐ฃ๐š ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  The Federal Inland Revenue Service has denied owing ground rent on any of its properties in Abuja and has demanded a public apology from officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration over the recent shutdown of one of its offices. The FCTA, on Monday, had earlier sealed off an FIRS facility in Abuja over alleged non-payment of ground rent, as part of a wider clampdown on property owners defaulting on statutory payments. Reacting to the development in a press conference on Monday, Special Adviser on Media to the FIRS Chairman, Dare Adekanmbi, said the agency had fulfilled all its obligations and described the action taken by FCTA as โ€œrascality.โ€ โ€œWhy did they go to only two offices to say that we are owing ground rate on those two?โ€ Adekanmbi queried. โ€œAre you saying that we paid ground rate on others and we did not pay on those two offices? It is not possible. All our offices in Abuja listed in this letter, we paid ground rate.โ€

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OLUBUNMI OJO: WHEN COMPETENCE JUSTIFIES OPPORTUNITY By Otunba Segun Showunmi I have read the writerโ€™s reflections on our recent visit to the Honourable Ministry of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, and I must say: every word resonates deeply with my own impressions. In fact, I feel compelled to add my voice not merely to agree, but to affirm, with the weight of experience, that what we saw that day was not accidental. It was the unmistakable signature of a man who understands the responsibilities of public office and is determined to meet them with courage, innovation, and discipline. The meeting was not premeditated. It was not staged. It was not a political courtesy call arranged for optics. It was simply one of those encounters that reveal the true measure of a leader. And what we encountered in Olubunmi Ojo was clarity of purpose, passion for reform, and a refusal to accept the institutional mediocrity that had plagued the ministry for years. Let me state this clearly: the writer is right. This is not the Ministry of Interior of old. This is not the era of bureaucratic congestion or administrative chaos. There is a new energy here cleaner, sharper, more deliberate. From the moment we walked in, the tone was different. Ojo received us warmly, without the unnecessary stiffness that often accompanies government offices. But courtesy was the least of what he offered. His mind was the real revelation. As he spoke, I saw a public servant who has internalised one of the most profound truths of leadership: impact outlives identity. When he said, โ€œWe remember Shakespeare and Alexander the Great not for their faces but for what they did,โ€ I understood the driving philosophy behind the reforms he has championed. The writer highlighted one of these reforms the consolidation of Nigeriaโ€™s passport system and he is absolutely correct. For years, the passport regime represented the very worst of our inefficiencies: duplication, abuse, exploitation, and reputational damage. How does a country justify ninety-six processing centres? How do we defend two contradictory passport regimes? It was chaos, and it was embarrassing. But Ojo confronted that chaos. He simplified the system. He unified the process. He restored order. And he did it with a level of decisiveness that gives me hope for our wider administrative future. The fact that the new central processing centre was built at zero cost to government speaks not only to prudence but to genuine creativity in governance something our nation desperately needs. And when he spoke about technology-driven homeland security and the transparency of the current recruitment exercise, I saw a man who is not only reforming an institution but redefining what public service should mean in Nigeria. Some say he is there because of his relationship with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. My response is simple: even if favour opened the door, merit is doing the work. One must learn to recognise excellence when one sees it. This is excellence. This is serious-minded reform. This is public service that answers to conscience, not convenience. In my years of observing and working around leaders, I have come to know the difference between performance and performance-for-show. Olubunmi Ojo is not acting. He is working. The difference is stark. So I stand with the writer. I affirm his observations. I echo his conclusion. Olubunmi Ojo deserves commendation real, enduring, and unreserved commendation. His work is not illusory. It is not political theatre. It is tangible, measurable, and profoundly consequential. If this is what the future of public service looks like, then Nigeria still has a fighting chance. Otunba Segun Showunmi The Alternative

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'๐ˆ ๐‚๐š๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐,' ๐‚๐š๐ง๐š๐๐ข๐š๐ง-๐๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐˜๐จ๐ซ๐ฎ๐›๐š, ๐๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐จ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ Canada-based Nigerian woman, Amaka Patience Sunnberger, has dismissed the possibility of arrest or deportation after the Nigerian House of Representatives urged the Canadian government to prosecute her for inciting violence and genocide against Yoruba and Benin people. In a viral video clip that started trending on on Thursday, Sunnberger cited her Canadian citizenship as protection, stating that Canada's legal system is unlike Nigeria's, where arrests can be made without questioning. She said, "Somebody just send me message, say them arrest me, say them wan deport me, with passport? I be Canada pikin. "See am now, I dey house, why I go dey lie? This comes after a video clip surfaced on Tuesday, showing her making threatening comments against Yoruba and Benin people during a virtual meeting on TikTok. The woman, claiming to be a resident of Ontario, Canada, vowed to harm Yoruba or Benin individuals she encounters, sparking outrage and prompting the House of Representatives to request her prosecution. The House of Representatives has written to the Canadian government, urging it to investigate and prosecute Sunnberger for her inciting comments, which it said violate international and Canadian laws. --- Follow us for more breaking news and videos

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Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was forcibly removed by law enforcement officials after interrupting a news conference in Los Angeles led by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who vowed that the Trump immigration crackdown in the city was โ€œnot going away.โ€ Noem defended Trumpโ€™s militarized response to ongoing protests in Los Angeles against the administrationโ€™s ramped-up immigration raids. โ€œWe are staying here to liberate the city from the socialist and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country,โ€ she said, shortly before Padilla could be heard identifying himself as a senator and saying he had questions for the secretary. Padilla was pushed out of the room by officials before he could get questions in. Noem continued with her remarks. Protests against Trumpโ€™s actions have emerged in other cities elsewhere in the country, with more demonstrations planned for the weekend. "Mr. Padilla was told repeatedly to back away and did not comply with officersโ€™ repeated commands. Secret Service thought he was an attacker and officers acted appropriately," the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement on X. The department said Noem and Padilla met for 15 minutes following the news conference. In a statement, Padilla's office said the senator was "exercising his duty to perform Congressional oversight of the federal government's operations in Los Angeles and across California.โ€ His office confirmed that Padilla was in the building and was listening to Noemโ€™s remarks. โ€œHe tried to ask the Secretary a question, and was forcibly removed by federal agents, forced to the ground and handcuffed. He is not currently detained, and we are working to get additional information,โ€ the statement added. California has challenged the administrationโ€™s deployment of military forces and National Guard to LA. A court hearing is scheduled for later Thursday.

PBS News

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#StuartSeldowitz #Stuart_Seldowitz #StuartSeldowitzIsRacist The key message here is that engaging in harassment with a history of fraud risks inciting investigations into your past misconduct. Seldowitz, a U.S. foreign service officer, was investigated for defrauding the government by submitting altered travel vouchers with false lodging costs during his assignment in Geneva, leading to a settlement where he agreed to pay $15,000 in restitution. He later attempted to sue the State Department over this matter but lost the case. Here are the details: Seldowitz, a career foreign service officer, was assigned in 1989 to the Office of Strategic Nuclear Policy. In this capacity, Seldowitz served on the United States delegation to the Nuclear Space Talks in Geneva, Switzerland. Seldowitz's wife, Rosalinda, also traveled to Geneva, serving as the secretary to a deputy negotiator. Seldowitz received per diem paid by the Bureau of Political/Military Affairs, and his wife received per diem paid by the Arms Control Agency. The Seldowitzes rented a private apartment in Geneva, and each obtained a separate receipt from the landlady. Because the receipts reflected the entire amount of rent, Seldowitz crossed out the number of Swiss Francs paid and wrote in half the amount. After submitting the receipts, Seldowitz was told by an administrator in the Bureau of Political/Military Affairs not to annotate the receipts because the per diem amount was not contingent on how much Seldowitz paid for lodging. After this conversation, Seldowitz did not annotate future receipts. However, Seldowitz does not dispute that the entire amount of the rental appeared on the travel voucher which he signed. 1 In 1990, the Office of Audits of the State Department's Inspector General reviewed the travel vouchers of the Geneva delegation. Based on this audit, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) investigated Seldowitz for submitting a false claim against the United States as a result of amounts claimed on his travel voucher. The findings of the investigation were turned over to the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. In 1995, the United States Attorney informed Seldowitz that he was contemplating a civil prosecution under the False Claims Act, see 31 U.S.C.A. ยงยง 3729-33 (West 1983 & Supp. 2000), based on a report prepared by the OIG. Seldowitz then met with officials from the State Department, the OIG, and the United States Attorney's Office to discuss the possible civil prosecution. During the meeting Seldowitz mentioned that he had annotated the first housing receipts to show only half of the housing expenses, and an AUSA then showed him allegedly the same receipts from the OIG's files which did not reflect any annotation. Shortly thereafter, Seldowitz entered into a settlement agreement with the government in which he agreed to pay restitution of $ 15,000. Seldowitz later requested copies of his travel vouchers from the National Finance Center and he received the copies in October 1995. Included in the packet from the National Finance Center were annotated receipts showing half the amount of rent. Seldowitz also requested in the fall of 1995 that his attorney obtain copies of the OIG voucher documents, including the receipts showing no annotations. Seldowitz received these materials on April 17, 1996, and for the first time made a side-by-side comparison of the annotated and unannotated receipts. To Stuart Seldowitz: Regrettably, you are unable to use immigration as leverage against me. I invite you to pursue legal action, if these statements are false. VICE VICENews Aljazeera.net โ€ข ุงู„ุฌุฒูŠุฑุฉ ู†ุช Al Jazeera World The Hill The Guardian The Telegraph Daily Mail City & State NY MintPress News Lowkey Rula Jebreal Collin Rugg

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Breaking News: Trump administration orders green card applicants to leave the US, apply from their home countries (Full News Report) According to fox news U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Friday a major shift in immigration policy, dictating that noncitizens in the U.S. who have applied for a green card, or lawful permanent resident status, must leave the country indefinitely โ€” even if they are in the country legally and regardless of whether they have spouses or children with citizenship. Green card petitioners will then be required to wait for their application to be processed outside the country through consular processing via the U.S. Department of State. USCIS said it will grant "adjustment of status" only in extraordinary circumstances, on a case-by-case basis. The Trump administration's position remains that when noncitizens travel into the country via student visas, tourist visas or temporary work status, they are supposed to leave once that term expires and that temporary permission to be in the U.S. should not serve as the first step toward getting a green card. Officials claim the policy reflects the original intentions of the law, though lawsuits and litigation are expected to follow. "Weโ€™re returning to the original intent of the law to ensure aliens navigate our nationโ€™s immigration system properly," USCIS spokesperson Zach Kahler wrote in a statement. "From now on, an alien who is in the U.S. temporarily and wants a green card must return to their home country to apply, except in extraordinary circumstances. This policy allows our immigration system to function as the law intended instead of incentivizing loopholes. Kahler added that when noncitizens apply for a green card from their home country, it reduces the need to find and remove those who "decide to slip into the shadows" and remain in the U.S. illegally after being denied residency. "Nonimmigrants, like students, temporary workers or people on tourist visas, come to the U.S. for a short time and for a specific purpose," he said. "Our system is designed for them to leave when their visit is over. Their visit should not function as the first step in the green card process "Following the law allows the majority of these cases to be handled by the State Department at U.S. consular offices abroad and frees up limited USCIS resources to focus on processing other cases that fall under its purview, including visas for victims of violent crime and human trafficking, naturalization applications and other priorities," Kahler added. "The law was written this way for a reason, and despite the fact that it has been ignored for years, following it will help make our system fairer and more efficient." Critics of the policy shift argue many overstays have U.S. citizen spouses or children, pay taxes and fill labor shortages and, if removed from the country, will face long processing delays and humanitarian concerns. It is unclear if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will begin deporting green card applicants.

Gossip Mill Nigeria

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NIGERIANS SAY FRANCE ARMING BOKO HARAM Last week, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu was on a three-day state visit to France, where he met with French President Emmanuel Macron. Following the visit, they both shared heartfelt messages - a mix of French, Pidgin and English - on X, expressing appreciation for their growing bond and strengthening ties. Yet, Macron and his government have been accused of sponsoring the notorious terrorist group Boko Haram, which is active in Northern Nigeria. Are these concerns that Tinubu touched on during his state visit? This resurfaced clip is from a December 2019 protest outside the French Embassy in Abuja, organised by the Movement Against Slavery and Terrorism (MAST). MAST accused the French government of arming Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) militia, particularly to exploit economic resources in the Lake Chad Basin region. Although Nigeria is not a former French colony, MAST alleges that President Macron's administration is destabilising the nation, along with other African nations in the region, as part of a broader attempt at what they call recolonisation. In her speech, Princess Ajibola, the leader of MAST, asserted that France exploits its former colonies under the colonial pact and redirects the funds from this exploitation to sponsor terrorist activities across Africa. MAST called for accountability for Macron and his government, but their concerns have yet to receive any meaningful response. Video credit: Nerd TV Africa (YouTube)

African Stream

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Former Anambra Governor Nwobodo recognises Wikeโ€™s crucial role in PDP, urges support for partyโ€™s survival Elder statesman and Governor of the old Anambra State (1979 - 1983), Jim Nwobodo, one of the founding fathers and the oldest member of Peopleโ€™s Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday highlighted the significant influence of Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike within the party, noting that his support and determination are vital for the partyโ€™s unity and revival. Speaking at the inauguration of its new Board of Trustees (BoT), at the LifeCamp official resident of the Minister of FCT, Nyesome Wike, he issued a passionate call for reconciliation and revitalization of the party. Speaking on Friday at the inauguration of its new Board of Trustees (BoT), at the LifeCamp official resident of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesome Wike, he acknowledged key party figures, including the Acting National Chairman, Wike, whom he described as the Performing Minister of the FCT the National Secretary, members of the Board of Trustees, and the wider PDP family, he emphasised that PDP is more than just a political organisation; it is a family where every member should feel a strong sense of belonging. Nwobodo called on Wike to play an active role in the ongoing efforts to reconcile and rebuild the PDP, emphasising that the minister has proven that leadership and commitment can make a critical difference. He urged the minister to leverage his influence to aid in reaching out to aggrieved members and encouraging their return to the party fold. Highlighting the historical significance of the party, Nwobodo described PDP as โ€œthe beacon of democracy in Nigeria,โ€ likening it to the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa in terms of its role and legacy. He urged the leadership to proactively reach out to aggrieved members who remain loyal to the partyโ€™s constitution and ideology, encouraging their return to the party fold. According to him, many politicians in other Nigerian parties once had roots in PDP, which he termed โ€œthe mother partyโ€ and credited with laying the foundation of democracy in Nigeriaโ€™s Fourth Republic. A key part of his message was an appeal for the establishment of a robust reconciliation committee to actively engage and welcome back members who have strayed but are willing to rejoin the PDP. Nwobodo revealed that some of these potential returnees had directly contacted him and were awaiting outreach from party leaders. He called on the leadership to display magnanimity and open arms to these members to rebuild the party to its original strength and unity. Reflecting on his recent visit to Abuja, Nwobodo remarked on the cityโ€™s transformation over the past two years, noting how unrecognizable it has become compared to when he last lived there. Drawing a parallel, he stated that similar committed efforts devoted to the party could restore PDP as the dominant political force once more. Although acknowledging the challenges, he reinforced that meaningful achievements require perseverance and determination. The elders statesman concluded by wishing the PDP leadership and members success in their mission to restore the partyโ€™s former glory, ensuring that the sacrifices and labors of the founding fathersโ€”many of whom have passed onโ€”will not be in vain.

Lere Olayinka - Aresa 1

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