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..Summons Foreign Affairs Minister; says Nigeria must stand up for Africa, 350 Nigerians displaced By Emma Ovuakporie, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Joseph Erunke & Chris Ochayi The Senate, yesterday, urged President Goodluck Jonathan to recall Nigeria’s High Commissioner to South Africa, following the wave of xenophobic attacks against Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa. Continue...

The Federal government on Wednesday clarified that the dinner being organised for the president elect on May 28 is not meant to be for a formal handover to president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, noting that the May 29th hand-over date remains sacrosanct. Making the clarification Wednesday, Minister ‎of Information, Patricia Akwashiki, said the dinner would still be hosted by Jonathan for Buhari on May 28. She hinted that the president-elect may be honoured with an award during the dinner. ‎According to the minister, all hand over briefs being coordinated by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim would be ready by May 28. She assured contractors that there entitlements would be settled noting that if there had been any slowing down of projects by contractors, it could only be a result of non assent to the 2015 budget, and not because of fears of revocation. She assured contractors that there entitlements would be settled noting that if there had been any ...

Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has denied planning to flee the country to escape alleged corruption charges under the incoming Buhari government. Mrs. Alison-Madueke struck a defiant tone Wednesday, dismissing allegations that six countries had denied her requests for asylum. The minister said she had no plan to escape as she was not indicted for any offence. Following her recent meeting with former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, the minister said speculations have been rife that she is looking for a “soft landing” from the in-coming administration. “I have not sought such assistance because I am not aware that I have been indicted of any crime that I will need a soft landing,” Mrs. Alison-Madueke told journalists at the presidential villa in Abuja Wednesday. Continue...

A former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, is expected to appear before anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) today.   The ex-Governor has been summoned by  t he Commission and is expected to report at the agency’s Abuja head office to respond to questions bordering on allegations of “misappropriation, embezzlement of funds and abuse of office while he was governor”. Continue...

The CNN Multichoice African Journalist Awards 2015 is now open for the submission of entry. As part of the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the awards, the organisers have made the call for professional journalists who are’ working in the continent of Africa who have produced a story which has been made available as a printed publication or broadcast through an electronic medium (television; radio or digital platform) whose primary audience are based in Africa.’ Continue...

Nollywood filmmaker Charles Novia doesn’t believe that Hamisu Abubakar, the man who walked from Lagos to Abuja to celebrate Muhammadu Buhari’s victory, actually walked for the entire duration of his journey. Novia took to Twitter to express his disbelief:

The cast of the new Avengers film say pages of the script had to be shredded every day on set to stop details of the new movie leaking. Speaking at the Age of Ultron UK premiere, Elizabeth Olsen, who plays new character Scarlet Witch, said security was strict to prevent hacks. Paul Bettany, who evolves from voicing Jarvis to becoming The Vision, said the script was never emailed to him. Bettany told Newsbeat it was posted "with a security guard". He said it had "a name all over every page so I couldn't tweet it... it had to be delivered into my hands". BBC reports. Continue....

The home secretary must return an asylum seeker and her son to the UK just months after ordering their removal, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The 45-year-old woman and her son were flown back to Nigeria in January. Continue...