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Nigeria: Shell’s Oil Spill Dispute With Nigerian Villagers Back in UK Court
By Ejiofor Alike with Agency Reports Lawyers for the Bodo community in Ogoniland of Rivers State, which was devastated by two major oil spills in 2008, went to court in
UN pays tribute to the Organization’s founding mothers
Women have played a pivotal role in the United Nations since its inception in 1945, including in the first international agreement proclaiming gender equality as a fundamental human right: the UN
Nigeria: You Are Ignorant – Obasanjo Fires Back At Buhari
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has responded to the suggestion by President Muhammadu Buhari that the administration he (Obasanjo) led between 1999 and 2007 wasted $16billion on power projects without anything
Ghana: Mahama hints at 2020 flagbearership slot again
Former President John Dramani Mahama has given the strongest indication about his interest to lead the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the next general elections in 2020. John Mahama,
Nigerian Man Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Participating In Business Email Compromise Scams
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ONYEKACHI EMMANUEL OPARA pled guilty today before U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan talks illiberal democracies, election issues
Former United Nations (UN) Secretary General Kofi Annan discussed topics ranging from the rise of illiberal democracies to the Syrian Civil War and the Rohingya Refugee Crisis in a panel
Worcester shop owner Esther Acquaye gets 8-month sentence for nearly $300k food stamp fraud
WORCESTER – A Worcester woman who admitted last December to defrauding the government of nearly $300,000 in a cash-for-food-stamps scheme was sentenced to 8 months in federal prison Wednesday. Esther Acquaye, 49,
Australian archbishop Philip Wilson guilty of concealing child sex abuses
An Australian court has found a Catholic archbishop guilty of concealing child sexual abuse in the 1970s. Philip Wilson, the archbishop of Adelaide, becomes the most senior Catholic in the
Vatican: Pope Francis names 14 new cardinals
The new cardinals come from 11 nations, including Iraq and Pakistan Pope Francis has announced that he will create 14 new cardinals on June 29, giving the red cardinal’s hat
Ghana: Massive rot at National Health Insurance Authority
The struggling National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has been indicted for wanton financial waste and abuse of procurement processes. Audit work done by the Ghana Audit Service shows that the
