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http://ift.tt/2r8fKlX The UN agency said it had a commitment with the Nigerian and Cameroonian governments to seek ways for voluntary, dignified, sustainable and safe return of the refugees and assured that steps were being taken to ensure that they return to safety and dignity./ AFP PHOTO / REINNIER KAZE • Dangote Foundation largest donor to resettlement efforts, says Shettima The United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned against the increasing return of refugees from Cameroon, insisting that the northeast was not yet safe. The UN agency said it had a commitment with the Nigerian and Cameroonian governments to seek ways for voluntary, dignified, sustainable and safe return of the refugees and assured that steps were being taken to ensure that they return to safety and dignity. The warning followed the sudden return of no fewer than 10,000 Nigerian refugees in less than two weeks after the signing of a tripartite agreement with the Nigerian and Cameroonian go...

http://ift.tt/2r06RQf England’s striker Marcus Rashford attends a press confrence at the team’s St George’s Park training centre in Burton-on-Trent, central England on June 6, 2017. Wayne Rooney’s international career looks over after England’s all-time top-scorer was left out of the squad for next month’s World Cup qualifier against Scotland and a friendly in France. Paul ELLIS / AFP Manchester United youngster Marcus Rashford says his recent hospital visit to see victims of the Manchester terror attack was motivated by a desire to show the city remains united. Manchester native Rashford, 19, and his United team-mate Jesse Lingard, 24, went to Manchester Children’s Hospital on Monday and spent time with children hurt in the May 22 attack, which left 22 dead and 119 injured. American pop star Ariana Grande, whose show was targeted in the suicide attack, put on a star-studded benefit concert in Manchester on Sunday and Rashford said it was vital for the city to pull together. ...

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Godfrey Bivbere & Chigoziri Onuoha A T a time when stakeholders are complaining about the high cost of clearing goods at the nation’s sea ports, the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, yesterday, further increased the costs by introducing a N70,000 royalty dues to be collected on its behalf by shipping companies. Information from an invoice issued to an importer (name withheld) showed that a shipping company, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (Nigeria) Ltd, collected N70,000 from the consignee as “Nigeria Port Service” charges for a 40-feet container of electronics imported from China. The invoice with number IM00084451, gave the bill of lading number as well as the containers number as MOLU 11044005466 and TCNU 9295633 respectively. Other charges in the invoice include shipping line agency charge, stamp duty charge and container clearing at N45,000, N50 and N4,000 respectively. Confirming this in Lagos, Deputy National President of the National Council of Managi...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J …As Obiano denies car, cash gift to Kanu …FG sponsoring rights groups to malign Kanu—IPOB By Vincent Ujumadu, & Dennis Agbo ENUGU—Leader of Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, has stated that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is not really demanding secession but agitating for self determination, which he said is an inalienable right of every individual. This came as Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State  denied the allegation by his political opponents that he was funding IPOB, including donating two SUVs and $50,000 to the IPOB leader, Mazi Kanu. The foremost constitutional lawyer further described Kanu as a great Igbo man with utmost courage, exploring where others shy away from. Nwabueze made the remarks when the IPOB leader visited him  and other members of the Eastern Consultative Assembly, ECA, in Enugu. Also part of  the visit were the deputy leader of ECA, Mrs. Maria Okwor; Secr...

http://ift.tt/2r06RQf England’s striker Marcus Rashford attends a press confrence at the team’s St George’s Park training centre in Burton-on-Trent, central England on June 6, 2017. Wayne Rooney’s international career looks over after England’s all-time top-scorer was left out of the squad for next month’s World Cup qualifier against Scotland and a friendly in France. Paul ELLIS / AFP Manchester United youngster Marcus Rashford says his recent hospital visit to see victims of the Manchester terror attack was motivated by a desire to show the city remains united. Manchester native Rashford, 19, and his United team-mate Jesse Lingard, 24, went to Manchester Children’s Hospital on Monday and spent time with children hurt in the May 22 attack, which left 22 dead and 119 injured. American pop star Ariana Grande, whose show was targeted in the suicide attack, put on a star-studded benefit concert in Manchester on Sunday and Rashford said it was vital for the city to pull together. ...

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Godfrey Bivbere & Chigoziri Onuoha A T a time when stakeholders are complaining about the high cost of clearing goods at the nation’s sea ports, the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, yesterday, further increased the costs by introducing a N70,000 royalty dues to be collected on its behalf by shipping companies. Information from an invoice issued to an importer (name withheld) showed that a shipping company, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (Nigeria) Ltd, collected N70,000 from the consignee as “Nigeria Port Service” charges for a 40-feet container of electronics imported from China. The invoice with number IM00084451, gave the bill of lading number as well as the containers number as MOLU 11044005466 and TCNU 9295633 respectively. Other charges in the invoice include shipping line agency charge, stamp duty charge and container clearing at N45,000, N50 and N4,000 respectively. Confirming this in Lagos, Deputy National President of the National Council of Managi...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J …As Obiano denies car, cash gift to Kanu …FG sponsoring rights groups to malign Kanu—IPOB By Vincent Ujumadu, & Dennis Agbo ENUGU—Leader of Igbo Leaders of Thought, ILT, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, has stated that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is not really demanding secession but agitating for self determination, which he said is an inalienable right of every individual. This came as Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State  denied the allegation by his political opponents that he was funding IPOB, including donating two SUVs and $50,000 to the IPOB leader, Mazi Kanu. The foremost constitutional lawyer further described Kanu as a great Igbo man with utmost courage, exploring where others shy away from. Nwabueze made the remarks when the IPOB leader visited him  and other members of the Eastern Consultative Assembly, ECA, in Enugu. Also part of  the visit were the deputy leader of ECA, Mrs. Maria Okwor; Secr...

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http://ift.tt/2oe4RxH <br />The funds had been stashed in iron cabinets and juite bags in the apartment before they were discovered and recovered by the anti-graft agency, following intelligence information. A Federal High Court, Lagos yesterday ordered the permanent forfeiture of the sums of monies recovered from Osborne Towers, Lagos to the coffers of the government. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had uncovered $43, 449, 947, £27, 800 and N23, 218, 000 at No. 16, Osborne Road, Flat 7B Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos on April 11. The funds had been stashed in iron cabinets and juite bags in the apartment before they were discovered and recovered by the anti-graft agency, following intelligence information. As a result, the EFCC had filed and obtained an interim court order temporarily forfeiting the funds to the Federal Government on April 13, 2017. Justice Muslim Hassan, who granted the interim order, had given 14 days for anyone interested in the funds...