SPECIAL REPORT: Nigeria risks losing N218billion Abacha loot as Justice Minister Malami, US-based attorney, battle

August 31, 2016 NATIONAL No Comments

One of the issues believed to have been discussed by President Muhammadu Buhari and the visiting U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, during a closed-door meeting last Tuesday was the return of millions of dollars of Nigeria’s money looted by late military dictator, Sani Abacha. However, Nigeria stands the risk of forfeiting a hefty N218.3 billion ($550 million) already recovered from Mr Abacha’s estate if a suit filed by an American-based Nigerian lawyer against the Nigerian government in a...

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‘World class’ nickel discovered in Nigeria, govt. to sign exploration deal with Australian firm

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A private mining syndicate has made a potentially “world class and highly unusual” Nickel discovery in Nigeria, The Australian, an Australian national newspaper is reporting. The private mining syndicate is reportedly headed by Hugh Morgan, a mining industry veteran. “The discovery is unusual because the nickel is found in small balls up to 3mm in diameter of a high purity in shallow soils in what could be the surface expression of a much bigger hard-rock nickel field,” the newspaper said. “The...

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20 killed as Saudi jets launch new airstrikes in Yemen

August 31, 2016 WORLD No Comments

A picture taken on August 9, 2016 shows smoke billowing behind buildings following an airstrike carried out by Saudi Arabia in the Yemeni capital Sana’a. (By AFP) At least 20 people have lost their lives and many others sustained injuries in a number of Saudi airstrikes against residential neighborhoods across Yemen. On Wednesday morning, Saudi military aircraft pounded al-Rawdah Village in the western-central Yemeni province of Sana’a in addition to an area close to a military academy in...

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Middle East worse off after US invasions: Iraqi resistance group chief

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Akram al-Kabi (L), the secretary general of the Iraqi resistance movement of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba speaks to Press TV’s Amir-Mehdi Kazemi. The head of an Iraqi resistance group says the Middle East region’s woes have worsened ever since the onset of the United States “war on terror,” Press TV reports. Akram al-Kabi, the secretary general of the Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (HHN), which fights militancy throughout the war-scarred Iraq, made the remarks to Press TV in an exclusive interview,...

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Typhoon Lionrock kills 9 people at Japanese elderly home

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Nine people have lost their lives at an elderly care home in northern Japan as a powerful typhoon ripped through the region, causing heavy flooding and damage. Typhoon Lionrock, a powerful and erratic tropical cyclone, hit Iwate Prefecture in Japan’s northern Tohoku region, particularly the towns of Iwaizumi and Ofunato, where the storm made landfall on Tuesday evening, triggering heavy rainfall, fierce winds and huge swells. “We are trying to confirm the identities of these bodies”...

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We were voted into office to do the impossible — APC

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The All Progressives Congress on Tuesday said it was given power by Nigerians to do what is ‘impossible”. The party, however, said it would try its best to bring the ongoing suffering of Nigerians to an end. “Yes, we are elected to do the impossible; we will do our best. I just want to plead that people should give us more realistic expectations,” The Punch quoted APC national chairman, south, Segun Oni, as saying on Tuesday. Mr. Oni said the Nigerian economy was already damaged by the PDP before...

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Trump says he will meet Pena Nieto in Mexico

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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks at a rally at Xfinity Arena in Everett, Washington, August 30, 2016. (AFP photo) US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said he will meet the Mexican president hours before his highly anticipated speech on immigration in Arizona. Last Friday, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto invited both Trump and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton to visit Mexico, according to a statement by his office provided to The Washington...

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White House calls EU’s fine ruling on Apple unfair

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White House spokesman Josh Earnest speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, on August 30, 2016. (AFP photos) The White House has voiced concern over economic consequences of the European Commission’s order for the Apple Company to pay billions in unpaid taxes, saying the move could threaten the long-sought fairness of the international tax system. "We are concerned about a unilateral approach... that threaten to undermine progress that we have made collaboratively...

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US meets 10,000 Syrian refugees relocation target: IOM

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This photo taken on May 4, 2016 shows Syrian refugees carrying their belongings as they wait to enter the Jordanian side of the Hadalat border crossing. (AFP photos) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says the United States has admitted over 10,000 Syrian refugees to the country in 2016, achieving its goal one month ahead of the scheduled time. "As of 29 August 2016, 10,172 Syrian refugees were admitted in the United States as part of the Obama administration’s promise to...

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