Mum and daughter killed themselves after family caught up in twisted fraud plot

Linsey Cotton at Paisley Sheriff Court (Picture: Mike Gibbons)

A mother and daughter committed suicide in a hotel room after a twisted fraudster convinced them they would be jailed for 20 years.

Assets Declaration: Code of Conduct Tribunal orders Saraki, Nigerian President of the Senate's arrest

Senate President, Bukola Saraki

The Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja has ordered the arrest of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, for failing to appear on Friday as the tribunal commenced hearing of a 13-count charge of alleged corruption against him.

Daring! Someone built a gay bar on Putin’s holiday island

Putin wasn’t too pleased (Picture: Getty/Escape to Suomi on Twitter)

What would be the best possible way to troll Vladimir Putin?

Breaking News: FG seeks warrant to arrest Saraki - VANGUARD

Saraki, Nigerian Senate President

The Federal Ministry of Justice has asked the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja to issue bench warrant for the arrest of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.

Ekiti, Oyo, Ogun get N56bn bailout

Ogun State Governor, Sen. Amosun 

Workers in the Southwest states of Ogun, Oyo and Ekiti will start receiving their outstanding salaries in a couple of days following the disbursement of their states’ share of the N338bn bailout fund, amounting to N56.2bn.

Nigeria: Omobola Johnson Condemns Buhari Over 'Ministers are Noisemakers' Comment

According to former minister of communications technology, Omobola Johnson, President Muhammadu Buhari is not treating the Nigerian civil service in the right manner.



Reacting to a comment the president made in France, Omobola Johnson said Buhari is unfair to ministers who worked hard, but didn’t make much noise about it.

Assets Declaration: Saraki fails to stop trial

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Senate President Bukola Saraki failed yesterday to stop his arraignment today before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in Abuja

A Federal High Court in Abuja refused his prayer for an ex-parte order restraining the CCT, the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) from proceeding with his planned arraignment on a 13-count charge brought against him by the Office of the AGF.

U.K.: Corbyn's Labour is a party without a point, led by a rebel with a cause

What Jeremy Corbyn needs, beyond a spin-doctor and a mini-break, is to surround himself with thinkers; being ‘against the cuts’ is not an idea

 

Jeremy Corbyn, the new leader of Britain’s opposition Labour party. Photograph: Reuters/Reuters

A woman was so desperate to hide her affair she abandoned her baby on a doorstep

Leigh-Anne Varley, who abandoned her newborn on a doorstep (Picture: North News)

A married woman who fell pregnant after having an affair was so scared she’d be found out that she abandoned her newborn son on a doorstep.

Africa: Remember They Said Zimbabwe Was The Poorest Country, Turns Out That’s A Lie

Thatcher and Mugabe

It was British abandonment of their legal responsibilities that led to the land crisis in Zimbabwe

AFRICANGLOBE – News media reported recently that Zimbabwe is the poorest country in the world after the Democratic Republic of Congo. But Africa Check discovered the ranking is flawed.

Is Zimbabwe really the “second poorest country on earth”?