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Month: January 2024

Nigerian leader suspends poverty alleviation minister after financial transactions are questioned

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president has suspended the country’s minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation over the use of a private bank account for ministry financial transactions in the government’s social welfare program. The president’s office says Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency will investigate the entire framework of Nigeria’s social

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Virginia lawmakers set to take up proposal to help fund new arena for Capitals, Wizards

By SARAH RANKIN and MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers are set to take up legislation to enable Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s plan to build a new professional sports arena and entertainment district in Alexandria. The legislation is expected to be among the most high-profile issues legislators grapple with during the

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Yellen says 100,000 firms have joined a business database aimed at unmasking shell company owners

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press VIENNA, Va. (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has announced that 100,000 businesses have signed up for a new database of that collects ownership information intended to help unmask shell company owners. Yellen says the database will send the message that “the United States is not a haven for dirty

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‘I was devastated’: Former Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy no longer facing felony charges in crash that killed wife

By KMOV Staff Click here for updates on this story     JEFFERSON COUNTY, Missouri (KMOV) — A former Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy is no longer facing felony charges in relation to an April crash in which his wife was killed. Colby McCreary was originally charged with one count of driving while intoxicated resulting in the death

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