UK votes to leave EU and PM Cameron quits

Traditionally the Conservative party “is a formidable election winning machine marrying a sharp sense of the electoral pulse to a ruthless intolerance of leadership failure”, BBC Political Correspondent Ben Wright says. “Now, it is broken and dazed” and facing a bitter leadership contest full of “bad blood”. Former London mayor Boris Johnson is the favourite but does not yet have […]

South African court refuses Zuma appeal request in arms case – insists he must stand trial for corruption

  Share Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionThis is the latest legal blow for South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma A South African court has refused permission for President Jacob Zuma and prosecutors to appeal against its ruling that he should face corruption charges over a 1999 arms deal worth billions of dollars. There were “no merits” in the […]

British lawmaker killed in shock attack

  A pro-EU British lawmaker was killed in a shock daylight street attack on Thursday, halting campaigning for the referendum on Britain’s membership in the bloc just a week before the crucial vote. Jo Cox, a 41-year-old mother-of-two from the opposition Labour Party, was shot in the face while lying on the ground by a […]

Ban Nigerians from India, says Indian Chief minister (And if we ban Indians from Nigeria, will they not be jobless and starve?)

Ban Nigerians from entering India –Minister — 8th June 2016 Former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader, Ravi Naik, used a social slur and sought a ban on Nigerians entering India and demanded that students staying illegally be screened for documents and deported immediately. “The Central government should ban Nigerians,” Naik reportedly said at a […]

Groups protest at embassies, demand Nigeria’s restructuring • Akinrinade, Murray-Bruce back agitations

Members of the Nigerian National Summit Group and other civil society organisations during a protest on the implementation of the 2014 National Conference report in Lagos… on Thursday. Photo: Goke Famadewa Gbenga Adeniji and Toluwani Eniola As eminent Nigerians join the call for the restructuring of Nigeria, four civil society groups stormed three embassies in […]

Visa opens office in Dubai in anticipation of digital switch

Visa opens office in Dubai in anticipation of digital switch — 1st June 2016 By Olabisi Olaleye A new center designed for technologists, financial institutions and developers to    co-create the next generation of payment and commerce applications has been commissioned in Dubai by Visa , a global payments technology company. In a statement by […]

Picture: Pakistani woman dies after being set on fire for rejecting marriage proposal

By Azadeh Ansari and Sophia Saifi, CNN Updated 2:56 PM ET, Wed June 1, 2016 Maria Abbasi was baby-sitting a younger sister near Murree, Pakistan, when she was attacked, her family says. Story highlights Burns consumed 85% percent of Maria Abbasi’s body, her family says Three arrested in connection with killing; arrest warrant out for fourth person […]

‘100,000 Syrians trapped’ as IS advances near Turkish border

At least 100,000 people were trapped Friday along Syria’s border with Turkey after the Islamic State group swept through rebel territory in Aleppo province, rights groups and activists said. The shock IS advance on two rebel-held towns came as the jihadist group is facing an offensive further east in its own heartland of Raqa province. […]

French Embassy spends N300m on food-aid projects in Borno, Yobe

The French Embassy in Nigeria says it is supporting two food-aid projects in Borno and Yobe with N300m. A statement issued by Mr Vanin Georges, Culture and Information Officer of the Embassy, said the implementation of the projects are to be carried out in Borno and Yobe, starting in June. “The French Embassy in Nigeria […]

UK, Australia deport 40 Nigerians for overstaying their visas

For the second time in a month, United Kingdom and Australia, on Wednesday, jointly deported 40 Nigerians for various immigration offences. The deportees, comprising males and females, arrived at the Hajj camp area of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, at 7:25a.m with chartered aircraft. According to information gathered, a chartered aircraft, with registration number ZTA […]

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