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A federal high court in Lagos has granted a Mareva injunction permitting the Nigerian government to freeze assets owned by two Nigerian businessmen Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore, and their company Atlantic Energy. The individuals are linked to former Nigerian oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke in a wide range shady business dealings that illegally transferred Nigerian oil assets to them and their companies.

American actress, filmmaker and humanitarian, Angelina Jolie is now a visiting professor at the prestigious  London School of Economics (LSE). Reports indicate that she will join former foreign secretary William Hague as a lecturer at the university’s Centre for Women, Peace and Security. She will be teaching students studying for masters degree. Reacting to the appointment, Angelina Jolie said: ‘I am very encouraged by the creation of this master’s programme. I hope other academic institutions will follow this example, as it is vital that we broaden the discussion on how to advance women’s rights and end impunity for crimes that disproportionately affect women, such as sexual violence in conflict. ‘I am looking forward to teaching and to learning from the students as well as to sharing my own experiences of working alongside governments and the United Nations’ Jolie has been a goodwill ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency and is currently one of its special envoys. She h

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, on Wednesday, May 25, described the last one year of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration as “a colossal waste”, predicting that the hardship being experienced by Nigerians will continue till 2019. According to him, Nigerians are suffering because they refused his warnings. Fayose said this in his assessment of the first anniversary of Buhari. “Nigerians should be reminded that the manner of hardship being faced now was also faced during Buhari’s first coming as a military dictator when people had to queue for essential commodities. Now, Nigerians can’t even afford common tomato to prepare soup,” he said in a statement he personally signed. “So Nigerians you have heard the truth: under Buhari/APC, it is almost certain that our suffering will continue till 2019. “Nigerians, remember I warned you before Buhari was elected; I have been warning you since Buhari became president and I am warning now that if nothing is done urgentl