A Federal High Court in Abuja has affirmed the powers of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to declare one Mr Mbuotidem Edike wanted. Mr Folu Olamiti, the spokesman of the ICPC, said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday.

`The South African Government must know that xenophobic behaviour of its people is not acceptable to Nigerians. “It will have the gravest consequences for Nigerian-South African relations; unless they stop their inexcusable behaviour,‘’

A Hihg Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday rejected a motion to have murder charges against a child bride accused of killing her husband dismissed, saying there was enough evidence for the case to proceed. Wasila Tasi’u was 14 when she married Umar Sani, 35, in Nigeria’s deeply conservative, mainly Muslim north last year, and could face the death penalty if convicted of using rat poison to kill him.

U.S Vice-President Joe Biden on Tuesday commended President Goodluck Jonathan’s acceptance of the elections results and show of statesmanship by congratulating the President-elect, retired Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari. A statement issued by the U.S Diplomatic Mission in Nigeria stated that Biden spoke with Jonathan in a telephone conversation from Washington D.C.

Angry Nigerians, Monday, stormed the South African High Commission in Abuja, threatening to shut down South African companies in Nigeria over xenophobic attacks against foreigners in South Africa, including Nigerians.