Police vows to arrest Saraki without delay

Hours after the Code of Conduct Tribunal issued a bench warrant for Saraki’s arrest for failing to appear in court in his ongoing trial for alleged false asset declaration, the Nigeria Police has vowed to arrest Saraki and produce him to the tribunal by Monday September 21st. The police force public relations officer, Mrs. Olabisi Kolawole said today

 “We are going to promptly arrest the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and produce him before the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Monday. Since it is a bench warrant issued by a competent court, the order will be carried out without delay. We don’t want to pre-empt anything,” she said in an interview with The Nation

Mikel Obi's Russian girlfriend shares photo of their twin babies

Olga Allegra, Mikel Obi's Russian girlfriend shared the photo of their twin babies and wrote "It's just been 5 days, but I already can't imagine my life without you two our precious angels Mia and Ava".

Irony of Life! Laptop of Congolese police chief stolen during meeting of Central African police chiefs in Yaounde

How could this have happened? Cameroon's investigative journalist shared the news on twitter this evening.

Photos: Iara Oshiomole visits IDP camp in Benin, donates N2m

First lady of Edo state, Iara Oshiomhole, today visited an IDP camp located in Uhogua community in Edo state where she donated the sum of N2 million on behalf of the state government for the upkeep of the Internally Displaced persons at the camp. Continue to see more photos...

African Union suspends Burkina Faso from organization

The African Union has suspended Burkina Faso over Thursday's military coup. The AU said sanctions would be imposed if members of the presidential guard, who staged the coup do not release members of the interim government which includes the interim president, Michel Kafondo. 

The presidents of Benin and Senegal are in the city for talks with the coup leader. Meanwhile Pres. Buhari has condemned the coup in Burkina Faso. Below is a press statement from the presidency..

President Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal Government of Nigeria unreservedly condemn Wednesday's detention of the Interim President, the Prime Minister and other ministers of the transitional government of Burkina Faso in an apparent coup d'etat.

President Buhari and Nigeria align with ECOWAS, the African Union and the United Nations in rejecting the brazen contravention of the constitution and transitional charter of Burkina Faso by elements of the Presidential Guard under the leadership of General Gilbert Diendere.

President Buhari and Nigeria urge the Defense and Security Forces of Burkina Faso to keep faith with the agreed transitional programme for the return of the country to full democratic rule after elections, which were due to be held in the country on October 11, in support of which Nigeria has donated 20 pick-up vans to the National Electoral Commission of Burkina Faso.

While welcoming the news that the Interim President, Mr. Michel Kafando has now been freed, President Buhari and Nigeria also demand the immediate release of Prime Minister Isaac Zida and other detained ministers.

Nigeria will give the fullest possible support to ongoing efforts by the ECOWAS mediatory team of President Macky Sall of Senegal and President Boni Yayi of Benin Republic to quickly restore Burkina Faso to the path of order, democracy and constitutionalism.

The President urges the people of Burkina Faso to remain calm and steadfast in support of the transitional order, elections and democratic governance with the full assurance that Nigeria, ECOWAS and the international community will uphold their right to peace, freedom, democracy and good governance.

Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)

Photos from Billionaire Dehinde Fernandez's funeral in Brussel

Here are photos from the funeral of one of Nigeria's richest men and philanthropist, Ambassador Chief Antonio Dehinde Fernandez which held in Brussels, Belgium yesterday September 18th. He died September 1st at the age of 79. Continue to see more photos ...

Photo credit: Dele Momodu/Ovation magazine

Mum's letter to her 13 year old stubborn son goes viral

A single mum's letter to her stubborn 13-year-old son warning him to start behaving or face paying the bills has gone viral. The mum said her son Aaron seemed to have "forgotten" he was "only 13 and she was the parent". She tells him how much he will pay for rent and other bills if he wouldn't listen to her but offered him a compromise, she says if he would rather be her "child again, instead of roommate, we can renegotiate terms". Read the rest of the letter after the cut...

Beyoncé shares more vacation photos

The Carter clan still enjoying their time away from the US. More photos after the cut...

Omotola shares cute family photo of herself, husband & children

The actress and her family pictured at a family get away.

Nigerian refugees in 'atrocious' situation in Niger: UN

Thousands of Nigerian refugees who fled to southeast Niger to escape the Islamist group Boko Haram are in an "atrocious" situation, the United Nations says.

"There is a psychosis among the people who were expelled from their villages, their homes by Boko Haram. It's an atrocious situation." Toby Lanzer, UN regional humanitarian coordinator for the Sahel, told AFP on Wednesday during a visit to Assaga, one of the largest Nigerian refugee camps in southeast Niger.

The camp, which has around 6,000 people, is about 10 kilometres (six miles) from the regional capital of Diffa, near the Boko Haram stronghold of restive northeast Nigeria.

"This is a very acute security crisis for those people, who are almost without hope," Lanzer said. They were "living peacefully" when "all of a sudden, the Boko Haram arrive, force them out of their villages, steal their cattle," he said. "I'll make a very strong plea next week at the UN General Assembly and tell donors, 'We really must help the people of Diffa'," Lanzer said, as he paid tribute to UN agencies deployed in Niger.

In the Assaga camp, set up by the UN three months ago, many refugees live in abject poverty and sleep in makeshift shelters at the mercy of mosquitoes and bad weather, an AFP reporter saw. The first refugees were given tarpaulins and tents and regularly receive food rations, but more recent arrivals say they have not yet received any help at all.

"I have not eaten for days," Mohamed Ari complained to AFP. Lanzer was visiting to assess the humanitarian situation in the Diffa region, which has been weakened by successive years of drought and flood and already hosts more than 150,000 refugees who fled the violence in Nigeria since April 2013, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Niamey.

Since February 2015, Diffa has suffered several deadly attacks in Boko Haram raids from neighbouring Lake Chad. In six years of bloodshed, the Boko Haram insurgency to carve out an Islamic state in northeast Nigeria has left at least 15,000 dead and left more than two million others homeless.

Nigerian refugees in 'atrocious' situation in Niger: UN

Thousands of Nigerian refugees who fled to southeast Niger to escape the Islamist group Boko Haram are in an "atrocious" situation, the United Nations says.

"There is a psychosis among the people who were expelled from their villages, their homes by Boko Haram. It's an atrocious situation." Toby Lanzer, UN regional humanitarian coordinator for the Sahel, told AFP on Wednesday during a visit to Assaga, one of the largest Nigerian refugee camps in southeast Niger.

The camp, which has around 6,000 people, is about 10 kilometres (six miles) from the regional capital of Diffa, near the Boko Haram stronghold of restive northeast Nigeria.

"This is a very acute security crisis for those people, who are almost without hope," Lanzer said. They were "living peacefully" when "all of a sudden, the Boko Haram arrive, force them out of their villages, steal their cattle," he said. "I'll make a very strong plea next week at the UN General Assembly and tell donors, 'We really must help the people of Diffa'," Lanzer said, as he paid tribute to UN agencies deployed in Niger.

In the Assaga camp, set up by the UN three months ago, many refugees live in abject poverty and sleep in makeshift shelters at the mercy of mosquitoes and bad weather, an AFP reporter saw. The first refugees were given tarpaulins and tents and regularly receive food rations, but more recent arrivals say they have not yet received any help at all.

"I have not eaten for days," Mohamed Ari complained to AFP. Lanzer was visiting to assess the humanitarian situation in the Diffa region, which has been weakened by successive years of drought and flood and already hosts more than 150,000 refugees who fled the violence in Nigeria since April 2013, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Niamey.

Since February 2015, Diffa has suffered several deadly attacks in Boko Haram raids from neighbouring Lake Chad. In six years of bloodshed, the Boko Haram insurgency to carve out an Islamic state in northeast Nigeria has left at least 15,000 dead and left more than two million others homeless.

Nigerian refugees in 'atrocious' situation in Niger: UN

Thousands of Nigerian refugees who fled to southeast Niger to escape the Islamist group Boko Haram are in an "atrocious" situation, the United Nations says.

"There is a psychosis among the people who were expelled from their villages, their homes by Boko Haram. It's an atrocious situation." Toby Lanzer, UN regional humanitarian coordinator for the Sahel, told AFP on Wednesday during a visit to Assaga, one of the largest Nigerian refugee camps in southeast Niger.

The camp, which has around 6,000 people, is about 10 kilometres (six miles) from the regional capital of Diffa, near the Boko Haram stronghold of restive northeast Nigeria.

"This is a very acute security crisis for those people, who are almost without hope," Lanzer said. They were "living peacefully" when "all of a sudden, the Boko Haram arrive, force them out of their villages, steal their cattle," he said. "I'll make a very strong plea next week at the UN General Assembly and tell donors, 'We really must help the people of Diffa'," Lanzer said, as he paid tribute to UN agencies deployed in Niger.

In the Assaga camp, set up by the UN three months ago, many refugees live in abject poverty and sleep in makeshift shelters at the mercy of mosquitoes and bad weather, an AFP reporter saw. The first refugees were given tarpaulins and tents and regularly receive food rations, but more recent arrivals say they have not yet received any help at all.

"I have not eaten for days," Mohamed Ari complained to AFP. Lanzer was visiting to assess the humanitarian situation in the Diffa region, which has been weakened by successive years of drought and flood and already hosts more than 150,000 refugees who fled the violence in Nigeria since April 2013, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Niamey.

Since February 2015, Diffa has suffered several deadly attacks in Boko Haram raids from neighbouring Lake Chad. In six years of bloodshed, the Boko Haram insurgency to carve out an Islamic state in northeast Nigeria has left at least 15,000 dead and left more than two million others homeless.