May 15, 2019

Illicit financial flows

Illicit financial flows: Nigeria loses $17bn yearly -TI

May 15, 2019 11:04 pm
Transparency International (TI) on Wednesday disclosed that Nigeria loses not less than $17 billion annually through illicit financial flows.
The Executive Director of TI and Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, stated this in Abuja during a meeting of his organisation with its West Africa chapters.
While insisting that the political and business elite have deprived Nigerians of their entitlements through corruption in procurement, Rafsanjani said: “Our countries experience enormous challenges with public procurement, political integrity, illicit financial outflows, migration and many others. In Nigeria alone, $17 billion is lost annually to illicit financial outflows.
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Don’t let my husband die, Fregene’s wife cries out

Don’t let my husband die, Fregene’s wife cries out

May 15, 2019 10:49 pm

Soccer great Peter Fregene’s wife is seeking a lifeline for her ailing husband.

The former Green Eagles first choice goalie has been battling stroke for 18 years.

An emotional Mrs. Tina Fregene told The Nation last night that her husband requires help urgently to save him from dying.

According to her, the condition of the 71-year-old man got worse 12 days ago. A photograph of Fregene being fed on his bed surfaced online recently.

“His condition is bad; he is bed-ridden and he moves on his buttocks or supported to move around the house and when he makes such movement,
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Senate President contest : Not a do or die affair - Lawan

Senate President contest : Not a do or die affair – Lawan

May 15, 2019 10:12 pm

Ahead of the inauguration of the Ninth Senate and the election of a new Senate President, the Senate Leader, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, yesterday said the battle for the exalted position is not a do-or-die affair.

He, however, unfolded plans to devote three months to budget consideration if he is elected to the lead the National Assembly in the next political dispensation.

The Senate Leader said he would ensure the return of the  the nation to the January-December budget cycle.

According to him, an effective budget cycle would be put in place in a manner that the President would sign the …

Sudan military warns opposition over planned protest rally

Sudan’s military junta suspends talks with protesters

May 15, 2019 9:46 pm

Sudan’s military rulers on Wednesday suspended crucial talks with protesters on installing civilian rule, insisting that negotiations will resume only after demonstrators remove roadblocks put up in parts of Khartoum, protest leaders said.

The suspension came after at least eight people were reported wounded by gunshots near a sit-in in the capital, shortly before decisive talks were to be held between the ruling military council and the protest leaders on a transitional governing body.

Army generals and protest leaders were expected to finalise the make-up of a new body to govern Sudan for three years, the thorniest issue in installing …

Arrest of sex workers criminalisation of poverty – NHRC

Arrest of sex workers, criminalisation of poverty – NHRC

May 15, 2019 9:21 pm

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has decried the recent arrest of sex workers and closure of brothels in Umuahia, the Abia capital, on the orders of the state government.

Ms Uche Nwokocha, the Coordinator of NHRC in Abia, described the action as as “the criminalisation of poverty” by the government and its agencies.

Nwokocha said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Wednesday.

NAN reports that the state government had ordered the immediate shutdown of some brothels in the state capital, alleging that they had become hideouts for crminials.

It also directed …

Modern day slavery cases rise by 36% in Britain – Reports

Modern day slavery cases rise by 36% in Britain – Reports

May 15, 2019 7:46 am

Reports of suspected modern slavery in Britain rose by more than a third in 2018, according to government data released on Tuesday, but campaigners said even that was likely only “the tip of the iceberg”.

Police, charities and other first responders referred 6,993 potential modern slavery cases to the government’s National Referral Mechanism (NRM) last year, 36% more than in 2017, Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) said in its annual report.

The NRM is a national scheme whereby victims are identified and can receive support ranging from healthcare and housing to legal aid.

Anti-slavery campaigners said it was unclear whether …

Donald Trump Jr. to testify before the Senate in June

Donald Trump Jr. to testify before the Senate in June

May 15, 2019 7:27 am

Donald Trump, Jr. and the Senate Intelligence Committee have reached a deal for the President’s eldest son to appear before the committee behind closed doors in mid-June, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

The agreement for Trump Jr.’s testimony comes after the committee issued a subpoena last month that sparked an intense blowback against Republican Chairman Richard Burr of North Carolina from Trump Jr.’s allies and many of Burr’s Republican colleagues.
The interview will be limited to two-to-four hours and limited in scope to five-to-six topics, according to the sources. But questions about the June 2016 Trump Tower
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Cyclone Idai: Zimbabwe thanks Nigeria for assistance

Cyclone Idai: Zimbabwe thanks Nigeria for assistance

May 15, 2019 6:57 am

The President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, has commended the Nigerian Government for extending relief items to the people of Zimbabwe recently affected by the tropical disaster cyclone Idai.

Mnangagwa made the commendation when he received the Federal Government delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama on Wednesday at the State House in Harare.

“We are happy that the leadership of Nigeria has realised that their brothers and sisters here in Zimbabwe visited by cyclone idai need assistance.

“They brought lots of medicines and other materials to be given to people who have suffered …

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