Nigerian
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Europe
Meet the Igbo, Nigerian lady who is a mayor in UK
Councillor Patricia Ekechi said she was “honoured” to become Mayor of Enfield. In a council chamber packed with dignitaries and family friends, Councillor Ali Bakir handed over his Mayoral duties to the Upper Edmonton councillor and former Deputy Mayor. Jubilee ward councillor Bernie Lappage was officially appointed Deputy Mayor. The new Mayor of Enfield told the chamber, who has lived…
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Asia
Nigerian arrested for drugs in Thailand, faces death sentence
Onyejiekwe Morgan Chinemerem, 29, was arrested by the Metropolitan Police in his rented room in Bangkok for masterminding the sale of crystal methamphetamine and cocaine. The charges levelled against him include the possession of crystal methamphetamine (31.47g) and cocaine (889.63g) with the intention to sell. The police got tips that Nigerian men living on the 9th floor of Building 17…
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Africa
Meet the Nigerian boy accepted into all eight Ivy League schools
A Nassau County whiz kid was accepted into all eight Ivy League schools — a year after another Long Island teen hit the rare academic jackpot. Elmont Memorial High School senior Harold Ekeh boasts a grade-point average of 100.5 percent, an SAT score of 2270 and was a semifinalist for the national Intel Science Talent Search. “My parents’ hard work…
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Africa
Borno, Yobe, Adamawa governors are bad leaders – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday described governors of states where there are prevailing security challenge as bad leaders, saying they have failed the people. The President, who addressed party members at the North East Peoples Democratic Party ‘Unity Rally’ in Bauchi, Bauchi State, said the governors who have deceived the people for long would soon be exposed. He wondered why…
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