Letter from Africa: Nigeria – a young country for old men BBC

AFP President Muhammudu Buhari (left), 75, will face his strongest challenge from Atiku Abubakar, 71 In our series of letters from African journalists, editor-in-chief of Nigeria's Daily Trust newspaper Mannir Dan Ali looks at why a country where more than half the population is under 35 looks set to get another septuagenarian president after next …

Ex-military Governor for Mid Western Region, David Ejoor, dies at 87

A former governor of the Mid-Western State and one time Chief of Army Staff, Major General David Ejoor has died at the age of 87. General Ejoor, who was also a former administrator of the now defunct Mid-Western Region, died in a hospital in Lagos state on the 10 February 2019. General Ejoor who had been ill …

New fitness for human habitation bill means landlords can be taken to court if they don’t complete necessary home repairs by Victoria Whitlock

Landlords, if you haven’t inspected your rental properties for a while because you’ve entrusted them to a managing agent, I would give them a once-over if I were you before a new Act comes into force in a couple of months, otherwise you could end up in court. From March 20, tenants will be given …

Official guidance on the good character citizenship test By John Vassiliou

The latest version of the Home Office’s Good character requirement guidance published on 14 January 2019 incorporates long-awaited new sections on children and refugees. There are also new sections on absolute and conditional discharges, detention and training orders, extremism, deportation orders, NHS debt, and failing to pay litigation costs. The document now weighs in at …