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(Nigeria) Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP has dragged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, over “failure to expose the persons involved in alleged money laundering through the CBN to fund the activities of Boko Haram which have contributed to the unlawful killings of innocent Nigerians and destruction of property.” The suit filed on Tuesday, under the Freedom of Information provision.  In the suit, SERAP argued that the “a necessary implication of the rule of law is that a public functionary and institution can only act in accordance with law, as to do otherwise may enthrone arbitrariness. Obedience to the rule of law by all citizens but more particularly those who publicly took oath of office to protect and preserve the constitution is a desideratum to good governance. In a democratic society, this is meant to be a norm; it is an apostasy for public institutions like the CBN to ignore the provisions of the law.” SER

(Nigeria) Some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, including the party’s Chairman in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area, Osawaru Ekhator, Onaiwu Igbogbo, Igbinoba Enoma, Victoria Aisagbonbuomwan, Alfred Igbinoba among others led over four thousand members of the party to join the All Progressives Congress at a mega rally to receive the defectors in Benin City on Monday. Leader of the defectors and PDP Chairman of Chairmen, Mr. Osawaru Ekhator said he had to leave the PDP because it is a “party of full of deceit”. He said: “all they know is to criticize without doing anything. When we sat down and to examine what they are doing, we discovered that they are liars. PDP is a party that you cannot find a democrat in.” Another decampee, and Ward Chairman of the PDP, Oniawu Igbogbo said, “we have been looking at the APC from afar, we have seen that our Comrade Governor has not been sleeping. He is working and we have decided that we need to join the cloud of glory. APC is t

(Nigeria)) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Monday, closed its case before a Federal High Court in Lagos, in the trial of Raymond Omatseye, charged with contract scam. Omatseye, a former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, is standing trial on an amended 27-count charge of alleged contract scam. He had pleaded not guilty to the charge, and was granted bail. At the resumed hearing of the case on Monday, the prosecutor, Chief Godwin Obla (SAN) informed the court that the matter was slated for hearing. He, however, told the court that he had closed the case for the prosecution, having called three witnesses. In response, Defence Counsel, Mr Olusina Sofola (SAN) quickly informed the court of the defence's intention to file an application for a no case submission before the court. Obla in reply, pointed out that the prosecution also had a right to respond to the application of defence, adding that he had 14 days

(Nigeria)Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, ordered the remand at the Kirikiri female prisons, of a 32-years-old woman, Ifeoma Eze, charged with illicit drug deal. The judge ordered the remand of the accused in custody, after she pleaded guilty to a one-count of trafficking about 6.200 grams of Cannabis Sativa, alias indian hemp. She was arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. Justice Aneke ordered the accused to remain in custody until October 24, when the facts of the case will be reviewed, and her sentenced pronounced. Earlier, the prosecutor, Mr Ernest Agwu had told the court that the accused was arrested on July 21 at the Murtala Murtala Airport. He said that about 6.200 grams of the narcotic was recovered from the accused, during the outward clearance of passengers onboard a flight to China. According to the prosecutor, the substance was concealed in a large envelop, carefully tucked in the luggage of the accused. H

(Nigeria)The Court of Appeal Lagos, on Monday, reserved judgments in two separate appeals filed by a Lagos socialite, Fred Ajudua against the ruling of a Lagos High Court in Ikeja, which refused his bail application. It will be recalled that Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the lower court, had refused Ajudua’s application, in a suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission--EFCC, over alleged fraud. Ajudua was alleged to have defrauded former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi (rtd.) of about $8.4 million. In refusing his bail application, Ipaye had made reference to Ajudua’s antecedents in criminal matters before another Lagos State High Court, where he not only jumped bail, but also allegedly interfered with the court process. On that premise, the judge refused the appellant bail. Dissatisfied with the ruling of the court, Ajudua had filed an appeal before the appellate court, urging it to set aside the lower court's decision. The appellate court presided

About 200 military conscripts from the Ukrainian National Guard are picketing the building of the Ukrainian president’s administration, demanding their immediate demobilization, reports Tass. The military said the soldiers will not leave untill the authorities say when they will be able to go home. Officers from President Petro Poroshenko’s administration, for their part, demand that the military get back to their unit, saying the president will be informed about their demand. On a working trip to the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv last Saturday, President Poroshenko said demobilization of Ukrainian military was impossible in conditions of the de-facto military operation. He said this opportunity would appear only amid a permanent ceasefire, as soon as the defense line was built. Ukrainian media reports on Monday said that at a National Guard base in Novye Petrovtsy outside Kiev, 500 military has been demanding their overdue military pay for four days. Soldiers rally in e

F ederal health officials on Monday urged the nation's hospitals to "think Ebola" and keep vigilant watch for symptoms of the disease in any patients who have traveled from the three West African nations that have seen the greatest number of infections, reports AP. Health authorities also intensified their monitoring of Dallas hospital workers who cared for a man who died of Ebola. Their stepped-up efforts came a day after a nurse was tested positive for the virus. The nurse, who was wearing protective gear when she took care of Thomas Eric Duncan, became the first person to contract the disease within the United States. Duncan, who traveled from Liberia to visit family, did not get sick until he arrived here. He died Wednesday. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden said he would not be surprised if another hospital worker who cared for Duncan becomes ill because Ebola patients become more contagious as the disease progresses. He said the CDC