MORE THAN 100,000 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BY THE LATEST ESCALATION IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, UNICEF SAID ON SUNDAY, WARNING THE NUMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE AS VIOLENCE SPREADS.(PHOTO).

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 More than 100,000 children have been displaced by the latest escalation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UNICEF said on Sunday, warning the numbers are expected to rise as violence spreads. Since Dec. 1, intense fighting has uprooted more than 500,000 people, with children accounting for over 100,000 of those displaced in South Kivu alone, the UN agency said in a statement released Sunday. It said since Dec. 2, hundreds have been killed in the fighting, and children have been among the victims, with four students killed, six injured, and at least seven schools attacked or damaged. The rapid escalation has forced hundreds of thousands of children and families to flee within Congo and into neighboring Burundi and Rwanda, it added. Many people fleeing the violence have crossed into Burundi, with over 50,000 new arrivals reported between Dec. 6 and 11, nearly half of them children, UNICEF said, adding that the numbers are expected to rise as more displaced are identified. “Chi...

FHC ORDERED THE FORFEITURE OF PROPERTIES TRACED TO DIEZANI TODAY.{PHOTOS}

Image may contain: sky, skyscraper and outdoor             UPDATE:A Federal High Court, Lagos, presided over by Justice Abdulaziz Anka, today, August 22, 2017, granted an Order of Interim Forfeiture of another set of properties to the federal government. The properties worth $21.3 is allegedly traced to the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison Maduekwe.
Again, a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, today, August 22, 2017, ordered the forfeiture of properties traced to former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Maduekwe's.More details later.More photos below.
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