Kenyan Court Orders Arrest of British National Over 13-Year-Old Murder Case.

A Kenyan high court has ordered the arrest of a British national on charges of murdering a local woman near a British army training ground in central Kenya thirteen years ago.

The body of twenty-one-year-old Agnes Wanjiru was found in a septic tank in April two thousand and twelve in Nanyuki, north of Mt. Kenya, weeks after witnesses said she was seen leaving a bar with British soldiers.

The court in Nairobi ordered the arrest of the suspect, who is currently in Britain, but has declined to publish the suspect’s name, without providing a reason for the unusual instruction.

Prosecutors stated in a press release that an extradition request would be initiated.

Olubadan-Designate Ladoja Hails Ibadan as Breeding Ground for Great Leaders.

Moving on, the Olubadan designate, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, has described Ibadan as a training ground that has produced great leaders across Nigeria and the world. Oba Rashidi Ladoja made this statement while receiving the Dominion Broadcast Group at his Bodija residence in Ibadan. He emphasized that his administration will focus on an all-inclusive governance in Yorubaland

Vulnerable Families in Oyo to Benefit from UNICEF’s SUSI Social Protection Program

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched the Supporting Sustainable Social Protection System (SUSI) Project in Oyo State to strengthen support for vulnerable households and improve access to essential services.

Federal Government Targets 35 Million Nigerians for Poverty Alleviation Under 2021–2025 Development Plan.

Vice President Kashim Shettima has restated the administration’s plan to create twenty-one million jobs in rural and agrarian communities through major investments in agriculture.

Speaking at the Hand-in-Hand Investment Forum in Abuja, he said reforms such as easier land registration, stronger investment agencies, and deeper public-private partnerships are designed to attract and sustain capital.

Shettima added that the National Development Plan (2021–2025) aims to lift thirty-five million Nigerians out of poverty while ensuring food and nutrition sufficiency.

Tobi Amusan Wins Silver at World Championships, Earns $55,000 Prize

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan, not only clinched silver in the women’s one hundred metres hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, but also walked away with a combined fifty-five thousand Dollars, in prize money and kit bonuses.

The twenty-eight-year-old, who is Nigeria’s only gold medallist at the showpiece event, stormed to second place when she clocked twelve point two nine seconds in a race that saw Switzerland’s Ditaji Kambundji, stun the field to win gold in a new national record of twelve point two four seconds.

The silver further cements Tobi Amusan’s position among the world’s elite hurdlers.

New Kazakh Law Bans Bride Kidnapping, Offenders Face Up to 10 Years in Prison

Kazakhstan has banned forced marriages and bride kidnappings through a law that came into effect Tuesday, in the Central Asian country, where the practice persists despite new attention being paid to women’s rights.

Kazakh police said in a statement, that forcing someone to marry is now punishable by up to ten years in prison, so as to  prevent forced marriages and protect vulnerable categories of citizens, especially women and adolescents.

Meanwhile, a Kazakh lawmaker said earlier this year that the police had received two hundred and fourteen complaints over the past three years, which then makes the ban valid.

UN Commission Accuses Israel of Genocide in Gaza, Cites Top Officials for Incitement

A United Nations commission of inquiry has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza in a bid to destroy the Palestinians there, and blamed Israel’s prime minister and other top officials for incitement.

According to the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry’s Chief, Navi Pillay, they stated grounds for the commission’s conclusion, that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out since the start of the war with Hamas.

Meanwhile, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), is hearing a case brought by South Africa that accuses Israeli forces of genocide, however, Israel has called the case unfounded and biased.

Ghana Clarifies Role in US Deportation of West Africans, Cites Humanitarian Grounds

A group of fourteen West Africans deported from the United States to Ghana, have all been sent to their home countries of Nigeria and Gambia, according to a Ghanaian government spokesman.

Ghana’s Foreign Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, pushed back on criticism that the decision was an endorsement of the United States President, Donald Trump’s migration policies, insisting Ghana accepted the third-country deportees purely on humanitarian grounds.

At a press briefing in the capital, Accra, Ablakwa added that Ghana did not receive any financial compensation from the US over the deportation, however, lawyers of the deportees are questioning the legality of the whole process.

Rwanda Commends Nigeria’s Leadership, Pushes for Deeper Bilateral Cooperation.

The Rwandan High Commissioner to Nigeria, Christophe Bazivamo, has commended Nigeria for its national leadership, unwavering commitment and readiness for national integration.

Bazivamo, who disclosed this at an event in Oyo State, said that Rwanda is proud of its growing partnership with Nigeria, emphasizing on the bilateral agreement between the two countries which he claimed is fostering connectivity between its people.

He added that Rwanda is ready to collaborate, establish a platform for business-to-business cooperation and ensure the two countries expansion and advancement in different sectors.

SSANU, NASU Threaten Nationwide University Shutdown by September 22 Over Unmet Demands

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, have informed the federal government of plans to shut down public universities on September twenty-two if their demands are not addressed.

The threat was contained in a seven-day ultimatum, issued by the two unions through their Joint Action Committee, JAC, owing to issues of the non-renegotiation of the two thousand and nine Agreements, the exclusion of the inter-university centres in the disbursement of the fifty billion Naira earned allowances, and the non-payment of the two months’ withheld salaries.

JAC, in a letter addressed to the Minister of Education accused the minister of treating non-teaching staff unions with levity, therefore, noting that the renegotiation of two thousand and nine  Federal Government of Nigeria and NASU/SSANU Agreements had been delayed without any justification.