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   Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki (middle) and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu (left) at the Federal High Court, Jabi, Abuja over alleged forgery of Senate Rules, yesterday. Photo: Gbemiga Olamikan The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has faulted the two-count forgery charge the Federal Government slammed against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu and two others. The high court, in a ruling by Justice Gabriel Kolawole, held that the charge which was endorsed by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, constituted a gross abuse of judicial process. FG had on June 27, docked Saraki and Ekweremadu before trial Justice Yusuf Halilu of an Abuja High Court at Jabi.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Acting Inspector General of Police have been asked to act swiftly and ensure that the declared Governor of Abia State is sworn in. The spokesman of Uche Ogah Campaign Organisation, Max Ozoaka made this appeal when speaking with journalists in Abuja.

An E.U. flag is flown near Big Ben in London as thousands of people gather to take part in a march through the center of the city to protest Britain's polarizing vote to leave the European Union. (Niklas Halle’n/AFP/Getty Images)  Thousands of demonstrators marched in the streets here Saturday to vent their frustration over Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, as the divided country struggles to define a new path forward.

The search and rescue team raised following attack by gunmen suspected to be militants at oilfield in Bayelsa has recovered remains of two of the three oil workers that died in the incident. The Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Bayelsa Command, Mr Desmond Agu, confirmed the development in Yenagoa on Saturday.

A reveler parades during the annual Gay Pride march in Paris, France, Saturday, July 2, 2016. Three weeks after the massacre at a Florida gay nightclub, people celebrate gay rights movement. (Thibault Camus/Associated Press) Thousands of people have marched in a gay pride parade in Paris amid tight police security, three weeks after the massacre at a Florida gay nightclub.

 Egyptian investigators said Saturday they would be able to access the cockpit voice recordings of the EgyptAir flight that crashed in May despite damage to the black box. “None of the memory chips of the electronic board were damaged,” the Egyptians participating in the examination of the device in France said in a statement, adding that only some connecting components had to be replaced.

 Islamic gunmen shouting "Allahu Akbar" attacked an upscale cafe in the Bangladeshi capital, killing 20 people inside, before police stormed the building on Saturday and rescued 13 hostages, officials said. The attack, claimed by Islamic State, marks a major escalation in a campaign by Islamic militants over the past 18 months that had targeted mostly individuals advocating a secular or liberal approach in mostly Muslim Bangladesh.

Former Zanu-PF activist Mr William Mutumanje also known as Acie Lumumba, who is wanted for questioning on charges of undermining the President as defined in Section 33 (2) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act after he insulted President Mugabe on Thursday, has gone into hiding.

Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionPrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy cast their ballots in Sydney The first polls have closed in Australia's federal election, which the governing right-wing Liberal Party is expected to narrowly win.

ImagecopyrightEPAImage captionTroops raided the cafe 12 hours after the siege began Bangladesh's government says 20 hostages were killed by suspected Islamists in a siege in cafe in the capital Dhaka.