UN General Assembly elects Nigeria, 14 others to Human Rights Council
From Premium Times UN General Assembly elects 18 members into Human Rights CouncilUN General Assembly elects 18 members into Human Rights CouncilNigeria seeks re-election into UN Human Rights CouncilNigeria seeks re-election into UN Human Rights CouncilNigeria says UN Security Council…
Boko Haram resurgence kills 381 civilians since April: Amnesty
From Rueuters ABUJA (Reuters) – The Islamist militant group Boko Haram has killed 381 civilians in Nigeria and Cameroon since the beginning of April, rights group Amnesty International said on Tuesday, a testament to the militant group’s deadly resurgence. The…
Nigeria to launch Africa’s 1st nanosatellite
From Business Day Online Nigeria is to launch Africa’s first nanosatellite (an artificial satellite with a wet mass between one and 10 kg 2.2–22 lb) into the orbit, the Director-General of National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Seidu Mohammed,…
Tearful scenes as kidnapped Chibok girls reunited with families
By Stephanie Busari, From CNN Story highlights Almost 200 girls still held captive by Boko Haram At least 14 parents of the missing girls have died since 2014 kidnapping Abuja, Nigeria (CNN)The 21 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped and released by terrorist…
Asset recovery 2016: Trends
From Who’s Who Legal Although the days of the large Ponzi scheme cases seem to be a thing of the past, the number of frauds perpetrated worldwide is on the rise. Global asset recovery practitioners reported a busy year with…
Kick, jump and play your way to renewable energy with these empowering products
BY STEPHANIE WALDEN From Mashable Soccer, or football as it’s known in most countries and cultures, is the unequivocally most popular sport in the world. Globally, around 270 million people play the game. Here’s another global trend that’s considerably more…
Anti-corruption summit: Cameron plans to name foreign property owners
From BBC Foreign firms that own property in the UK will have to declare their assets publicly in a bid to stamp out money-laundering, the government says. Companies will have to be on a new register if they hold property…
Nigeria calls on anti-corruption summit to back registers of ownership [Cayman Islands ‘under pressure’]
By Patrick Wintour From The Guardian UK Ahead of UK summit, minister says registers will help indentify individuals laundering public funds offshore Workers trying to tie a pipe at an oil refinery in Nigeria Nigeria has called on an anti-corruption summit…
Demolishing srereotypes
Clark University’s Caribbean and African students demolish stereotypes By Kaiomi Inniss From Odyssey All Africans are whaaat? Stereotypes; they are everywhere. Usually perpetuated by the mass media, stereotypes usually become labels for certain cultures, races, ethnicities and/or religions. Caribbean and…
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Jamaican woman becomes queen in Nigeria
A Jamaican woman became the queen in a Yoruba kingdom, and her people are so excited, they made a story out of it. The Imperial ruler of Iwo kingdom, Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Rasheed Adewale Akanbi, met and married his…
