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US deports a Nigerian, withdraw citizenship for sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl

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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) moved 61-year-old Emmanuel Olugbenga Omopariola to Nigeria. He had been in ICE custody in the Dallas area since his arrest on April 18, 2018, when he gave himself at the ERO Dallas Field Office. He departed Dallas May 23 under ICE escort to Nigeria via JFK International Airport in New York City.   “This deportation ends this U.S. chapter for Omopariola who sabotaged his own future and opportunities through his heinous crimes against a child, and his lies on his naturalization application and in interviews,” said Simona L. Flores, field office director of ERO Dallas. “By effecting such removals, ICE helps improve public safety and enforces U.S. immigration law.” Initially, Omopariola legally entered the United States on March 25, 1983 at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport on a non-immigrant student visa. Acco

Photos: Naomi Campbell, Michael Dapaah, John Boyega present at Wizkid’s Afrorepublik Concert

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Wizkid and Naomi Campbell  Superstar Wizkid held his Afrorepublik concert at the O2 Arena in London over the weekend. The show at the 20000 capacity arena was sold out making him the first Nigerian to do so. Present to show support to the Starboy at the venue were top stars such as, Naomi Campbell, Michael Dapaah a.k.a Big Shaq, John Boyega, Tiwa Savage, Yxng Bane and many more. See more photos... Yxng Bane, Michael Dapaah & John Boyega Wizkid, John Boyega, Tiwa Savage  Wizkid and John Boyega 

Oluwo of Iwoland is at it again

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The Oluwo of Iwoland in Osun state, Abdulrasheed Akanbi who recently faced serious backlash for wearing a Northern attire and reportedly saying he wants to henceforth be addressed as the ''Emir of Yorubaland'' is back again. This time, he dressed in Ibo garment at the installation of the first Asiwaju (Leader) of Igbo Assembly in Iwoland saying his dressing is an insistence on the unity of Nigeria. The Oluwo tasked government to relax policies troubling the unity of Nigeria such as the state of origin certificate, restriction of political aspirations to once immediate environment and many others. He said ethnic divide has done the nation much damage, beseeching people to appreciate modern practices obtainable in developed nations for national development. He pointed only Lagos and Osun State are accommodating and voting people of different ethnic attachment into the positions of authority. He advised the wearing of other tribe's clothes for love and unit