Toxic skin bleaching creams still rife in local cosmetics market, UK councils warn

The illegal, cancer-linked creams – which contain banned ingredients such as mercury and bleaching agent hydroquinone – are flooding the market, putting unwitting mostly black and dark skinned consumers at risk of permanently ruining their looks and or damaging their health. The Local Government Association, which represents 370 councils in England and Wales, has issued …

US deports Nigerian man and revokes his citizenship for lying on his application for naturalisation.

A Nigerian man was deported on Thursday after his U.S. citizenship was revoked in April following a review his application for naturalisation and his conviction for indecency with a 7-year-old girl, a felony offense which he committed before he was naturalised. In a press release by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Deportation officers with U.S. …

Government hikes fees to renounce British citizenship after Brexit foreign nationality surge by Jon Stone

Families must now pay more than £1,000 to Home Office The Home Office has hiked fees sharply for UK nationals to renounce their British nationality, following a Brexit surge in people adopting the citizenship of other European countries. Ministers were accused of “cashing in on Brexit” and giving Britons living on the continent a “last …

Inside America’s damning verdict on Murtala Muhammed, Obasanjo after 1975 coup by Ini Ekott

For nearly half a century after his stint as Nigeria’s military leader, Murtala Muhammed remained widely regarded as a dogged corruption fighter who took fearless steps against official graft. As head of state, the army general dismissed more than 10, 000 public officials, charged many to court for malpractices, and moved against fraudulent firms. Mr. …