Foreign trafficking survivors wishing to stay in Britain say their health has suffered as they struggle to cope with insensitive staff, a lack of information and years in limbo, without the right to work, due to a backlog of asylum claims. Rose, who was 21 when she was trafficked to Britain from Nigeria, endured years […]
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Crude rides best weekly winning streak since 2011
Oil is set for the longest run of weekly gains in seven years as concern over supply disruptions from the Middle East to Venezuela grows and a global glut dissipates. Brent is heading for a sixth weekly advance after topping $80/bbl for the first time since 2014 on Thursday. Renewed U.S. sanctions on OPEC producer […]
African cities pledge to cut climate emissions to zero by 2050
Africa is sometimes better known for its vulnerability to climate change than its action on the problem – but a set of African cities intend to change that. Eight cities – from Accra to Dar es Salaam – pledged this week to deliver their share of emissions cuts needed to meet Paris Agreement targets to […]
Vicious cycle as conflict uproots millions in Africa-International Monitoring Centre
Violence and conflict in sub-Saharan Africa forced 15,000 people from their homes every day in 2017, double the previous year’s figure, an international monitoring centre said on Wednesday, urging more help for those displaced within their own countries. The region accounted for nearly half the 11.8 million people worldwide who were displaced within their countries […]
Nigeria’s Buhari recovers trillions of looted Naira
President Muhammadu Buhari has said his government has recovered and still recovering trillions of naira that were stolen in the past few years by people without conscience. At the commissioning of the headquarter building of the Economic And Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) in Abuja on Tuesday, Buhari said the nation was experiencing another milestone in […]
Woman arrested over death of Nigerian attaché in Sudan
Sudan security operatives are reported to have arrested a woman suspected of killing a Nigerian Immigration Attaché at the Nigerian embassy in Khartoum. Mr. Habibu Almu, Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, was found stabbed to death at his home in the Sudanese capital city of Khartoum on Thursday last week. In a very short statement, the […]
Nigeria’s Buhari returns home after seeing doctor in Britain
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari returned home on Friday after traveling to Britain this week to see his doctor, his spokesman said. The 75-year-old president spent five months of last year in London on medical leave for an undisclosed ailment. His office said on Monday that his doctor had requested to see Buhari and the president […]
WHO records Lassa fever retreat in Nigeria
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said Nigeria is no longer at the “critical phase” in dealing with the Lassa fever outbreak. The organisation said in a statement that only a handful of cases had been recorded in the past six weeks. Report:A total of 423 confirmed cases including 106 deaths have been recorded so […]
Video of Nigerian attendant’s rat fight at airport toilet goes viral
Footage of a toilet attendant doing battle with massive rats in a Nigerian airport bathroom has gone viral. The video was apparently shot in the male toilets at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, in the capital Abuja, and shows the attendant taking on the rodent with a mop as the man behind the camera laughs. The […]
‘ Nigeria on course to tackle poverty, unemployment’
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the country is on course to effectively tackle poverty and unemployment through its micro-economic planning and Social Investment Programmes. Osinbajo said this on Thursday when a delegation of senior officials from the World Bank, led by the World Bank Group Executive Director for Italy, Mr Patrizio Pagano, visited […]