Image Courtesy - Pixabay According to  Katie Benner,   The  New York Times  reported   that  The Justice Department disclosed Wednesday that it had created an official section in its immigration office to strip citizenship rights from naturalized immigrants, a move that gives more heft to the Trump administration’s broad efforts to remove from the country immigrants who have committed crimes. The Denaturalization Section “underscores the department’s commitment to bring justice to terrorists, war criminals, sex offenders and other fraudsters who illegally obtained naturalization,” Joseph H. Hunt, the head of the Justice Department’s civil division, said in a statement. “The Denaturalization Section will further the department’s efforts to pursue those who unlawfully obtained citizenship status and ensure that they are held accountable for their fraudulent conduct,” Mr. Hunt said. The move promises to further expand a practice that was once used infrequently, but that t

                                                           Image Courtesy- Pixabay ATLANTA —   An Atlanta woman who pretended to be disabled, but also worked as a stripper, has pleaded guilty to Social Security fraud. Valencia Williams disclosed to the Social Security Administration that she was disabled and rarely left home,  She told the government she had extreme anxiety and depression and couldn’t even leave her room, but the SSA established that it was not true. She qualified for disability benefits while she was allegedly working at Stroker’s Adult entertainment in DeKalb County under the name Chrissy the Doll. In 2010, Williams started getting Social Security benefits for major depressive disorder and panic disorder, but later discovered that she got adult entertainer permits from DeKalb County in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018. Prosecutors said Williams stole $60,000 in federal funds that should have been going to people who are actually unable to work.

SPEECH DELIVERED BY THE GOVERNOR OF OGUN STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY, PRINCE DAPO ABIODUN, MFR, ON THE UNFORTUNATE KILLING OF TIAMIYU KAZEEM IN SAGAMU AND ENSUING PROTESTS ON MONDAY, 24TH FEBRUARY, 2020 Fellow Citizens of Ogun State, particularly the good people of Sagamu 1. I address you today on the unfortunate death of Mr. Tiamiyu Kazeem, a rising star of Remo Stars FC, on Saturday, 22 February, 2020. This is a painful loss and an avoidable death in a circumstance that made it even more painful. And I commiserate with the family, friends and associates. 2. Whilst investigation is still on-going, I have since engaged the top hierarchy of the Police. The IGP has since deployed DIG (South West) to visit Sagamu and DIG (Force CIID) to take over the investigation. I have expressed the strong commitment of Ogun State government to ensuring that justice is done. IGP has promised that the police officers allegedly implicated in the unfortunate death will be thoroughly and dispassio

Osun State Council of Traditional Rulers Friday suspended the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, for six months for dragging the institution into the mud with his public conduct. But in his reaction to the remission, Oluwo Akanbi described it as political. Osun State Council of Traditional Rulers Friday suspended the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, for six months for dragging the institution into the...

                                                                        Image courtesy - almajiriproject.com Nigeria -  Aisha Buhari, wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday,  said the challenges posed by the almajiri system in the North should fall among major issues leaders from the region must earnestly addressed.  She spoke at the Joint National Conference of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and Future Assured Initiative on Repositioning the Muslim Family for National Development which took place in Abuja on Wednesday. According to her, there was no assurance that government could handle all challenges but taking the almajiri children off the streets should be admired. Her words: “I’m happy that the Ooni of Ife remembered the hope that they had seen in the eyes of our supporters. “We are scared to leave this place without meeting up with some of the expectations. “Though we are not going to meet up with all the expectations, at least, we w

                               Leah Sharibu President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday remember the abduction and imprisonment of Leah Sharibu by Boko Haram sect -Islamic West Africa Province [ ISWAP] exactly two years ago.  The President said the Federal Government has increased its effort for her liberty. On February 19, 2018, Boko Haram insurgents attacked the Government Girls Secondary School in Dapchi, Yobe State and abducted Leah and about 100 other girls. In a statement on Tuesday, President Buhari said: “This government continues and seeks to secure the release of all children and captives of terrorists – and we do so regardless of their creed or the name of their creator.” “As we redouble our efforts for Leah’s return, we can never allow the terrorists to divide us – Christian against Muslim, Muslim against Christian.” Read the president’s full statement he personally signed below.  On the second anniversary of Dapchi, Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic

                                 Image Courtesy Pixabay With the virus death toll now exceeding 1,600, a number of countries, including the United States, the UK, and Japan, are already evacuating their citizens from Wuhan but Nigeria is yet to take action. More than 5,000 Africans study in Wuhan. On Wednesday, Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta said his country is planning to evacuate Kenyan students trapped in Wuhan.  “We are also working, because we have got a good number of our students there, to see how we can support them and find out how we can ... ensure that they are put in quarantine for the required 14 days and ensure that they are not going to spread that virus around,” Kenyatta was  quoted as saying by Daily Nation , a Kenyan news outlet.  According DW .COM ,  Senegalese President Macky Sall previously said  that Senegal couldn't match "big countries" in organizing emergency evacuations, saying the charter flights, medical personnel and quarantine