Eduardo Cunha ,President of Brazil’s Lower House, on Thursday said that the parliament was set to commence impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff. Cunha said Rosseff was suspected of falsification of state accounts, among other crimes.

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday remanded a 29-year-old man, Nurudeen Egeberongbe, for allegedly dealing in drugs. Egeberongbe is facing a two-count charge of drug dealing. Justice Mohammed Yunusa ordered the remand of the accused after the prosecution and defence counsel had argued for and against the bail applications of the accused.

A 39-year-old legal practitioner, Odunayo Oladayo, who allegedly defrauded a widow of N500,000 was on Thursday charged before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The accused who resides at No.15, Odunsi St. Meiran, Lagos, is facing a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, false pretence and stealing.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday said Turkey had proof Russia was involved in illegal oil trade with the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, countering “immoral” Russian allegations that his own family was importing oil from the jihadists. “We have the proof in our hands. We will reveal it to the world,” Erdogan said in a televised address in Ankara.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday vowed Turkey’s leadership would be made to regret the downing of one of Russia’s warplanes as Moscow announced a halt to talks on a major gas pipeline project. As Putin fired another salvo in his mounting war of words with NATO member Turkey his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared he had “proof” that Russia was involved in illegal oil trading with the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria.