Rwanda’s intelligence chief Karenzi Karake, who is wanted in Spain for war crimes, has been arrested in London, BBC Newsnight has learned. …read more      

Bodies pile up in Pakistani morgue as a heat wave sears the city of Karachi. Sean Carberry reports.

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Mexican shop makes Donald Trump pinatas so Mexicans can take out their anger on the real estate mogul who accused their country of sending criminals to live in the U.S. Roselle Chen reports.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a United Nations report that says both Israel and Palestinian groups may have committed war crimes in last year’s Gaza war. Jillian Kitchener reports.

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The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has attributed its failure to facilitate transmission switch over from analogue to digital broadcast transmission in Nigeria to insufficient funding.

The International Telecommunications Union (ITU), which is the global telecoms regulatory body had set June 17, 2015 as the deadline for the switchover from analogue to digital broadcast transmission, but the NBC failed to meet the deadline.

There is no date set yet, for the migration from analogue to digital broadcast transmission in Nigeria.

Nigerians had anticipated the switch over which obviously comes with its many advantages, which include clarity of programmes, quality of signals and contents, as well as spectrum efficiency.

In an interview with Channels Television, the former Director General of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Peter Igho, revealed that the successful migration from analogue to digital transmission in the industry was in dire need of funding by the government and political will.

In the same vein, Chairman of Digiteam Nigeria, Edward Amana, noted that quality content development goes beyond technology.

Digitisation is the direction for broadcast industry globally, and according to experts, the earlier Nigeria moves to make it a reality, the better, otherwise the nation may be left behind in the technological broadcast advancement.

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The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has fixed tomorrow, Tuesday, June 23, to rule on the contempt proceedings filed by Senator Buruji Kashamu against the Federal Government for allegedly disobeying an order of the court.

The trial judge, Justice Ibrahim Buba, fixed the date after rejecting an application by the NDLEA asking for the vacation of the order which restrained security agencies in Nigeria from arresting or extraditing Senator Kashamu on allegations of drug trafficking.

The NDLEA’s Director of Prosecution, Mr James Sunday, had told Justice Buba that the court was misled by Kashamu’s lawyer to grant the ex-parte order.

Justice Buba also rejected another application for a stay of the proceedings filed by Mr Emeka Ngige, the counsel representing the office of the Attorney General of the Federation.

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria had urged the court to stay the proceedings pending the hearing and determination of an appeal filed before the Court of Appeal.

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The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company (NLNG) is sponsoring the construction of the first major ship yard in Nigeria at the cost of $1.5 billion, in its attempt to turn the country into a hub for maritime operations on the continent.

Nigeria does not have a drydock for maintaining and repairing large crude vessels, a major drawback for carriers sailing to the country, NLNG spokesman Tony Okonedo told Reuters.

Only South Africa had such a facility on the continent, Okonedo said, meaning that ships travelled a long distance for repairs. Nigeria has two facilities that can only accommodate small vessels, he said.

Okonedo said Samsung Heavy Industries and Hyundai Heavy Industries have both agreed a $30 million commitment towards the construction of the facility, which would be located in Badagry, near Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos.

“It could potentially be used to transport the 2.5 million barrel a day crude business in Nigeria,” Okonedo said on the sidelines of a media briefing.

Okonedo said the NLNG organised a roadshow earlier this year to market the dry dock project to investors, which included multinational oil companies in Nigeria, with large exploration and upstream activities.

He said NLNG, which is owned by Nigeria’s state-oil company NNPC, Royal Dutch Shell, French oil company Total and Italy’s Eni was in discussions with a strategic investor for the project.

It appointed France’s BNP Paribas and Guaranty Trust Bank to help raise around $1.6 billion two years ago to build six new LNG carrier ships, expanding its fleet to 30.

The construction of the dry dock, with a size that can accommodate 185 football fields, will take up to 48 months to complete and would commence once all the funding was in place, he said.

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Thousands of Syrians have streamed back across the border from Turkey to their hometown, now liberated from Islamic State. Sean Carberry reports.

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The management of the American International Insurance Company (AIICO) has assured its esteemed shareholders of better years ahead.

The company made the declaration during its 54th Annual General Meeting held in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, south-west Nigeria, AIICO reviewed its 2014 Fiscal Annual Report and Financial Statements, where effort were intensified towards ensuring quick service delivery and profit on investment for its shareholders..

The General Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of AIICO, Edwin Igbiti, explained that no dividend was declared by the company for the 2014 financial year.

He stressed further that AIICO was able to grow shareholders’ funds by 11% from 10.3 billion Naira in 2013 to 11.5 billion Naira in 2014, retaining earnings of 275 million Naira from negative retained earnings of One billion Naira in 2013.

Some of the shareholders, Sunny Nwosu, and Okesia Boniface, shared their expectations for the insurance company.

They noted that it had become the indisputable leader in all markets in its key business lines in life assurance and annuity, general insurance and special risks, pension management, asset management amongst other services.

The shareholders also commended the management of the insurance company for improving the financial strength despite the challenges in the operating environment in the 2014 financial year.

The Chairman of AIICO, Oladele Fajemirokun, however, promised that the company would sustain the momentum for profits and market leadership, by becoming a truly world class financial services group and economic powerhouse.

The meeting also adopted the re-election of directors and the reappointment of three members of the audit committee.

The event was rounded off with a birthday song for the Chairman of the company who clocked 65 years.

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In reaction to a statement by Taylor Swift saying she was refusing to allow the company to stream her album 1989, Apple Music has reversed its payment policy.

In an open letter to Apple, Swift said she was withholding the record as she was unhappy with the three-month free trial offered to subscribers.

On Twitter, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services, Eddy Cue, said Apple Music will pay artist for streaming, even during customer’s free trial period.

Swift had said the plan was “unfair”, arguing Apple had the money to cover the cost.

”I find it to be shocking, disappointing, and completely unlike this historically progressive and generous company,” the 25-year-old said, describing Apple as one of her “best partners in selling music”.

”Three months is a long time to go unpaid, and it is unfair to ask anyone to work for nothing.

”We don’t ask you for free iPhones. Please don’t ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation.”

Apple Music launches on 30 June. It will cost $9.99 (£6.30) per month in the US for one person or $14.99 for families.

After hearing news of the company’s decision on Sunday night, Swift tweeted:

Meanwhile, Mr Cue said he did not know if the ‘Shake It Off’ singer would now make her album available on Apple Music, but he praised her for taking a stand.

“When I woke up this morning and I saw Taylor’s note that she had written, it really solidified that we needed to make a change,” he said.

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