The World's Happiest (And Saddest) Countries, 2013

Everywhere you look in this world there are signs of instability, destruction, hopelessness. Syria is in civil war. Libya is in chaos. Egypt remains unsettled after its military coup. Iran is weeks away from weapons-grade uranium. Iraq is racked by chronic sectarian violence. Russia’s Vladimir Putin is cracking down on gay rights. Mozambique is slumping back into civil war. Kenya is reeling from the Nairobi terrorist massacre. China’s air pollution has become debilitating.

Warning issued on U.S. visa scam in Iraq

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is warning Iraqis who want to enter the annual visa lottery to be wary of a scam that instructs applicants to send money via Western Union to someone apparently at the U.S. Embassy in London.

UK Scraps Visa Bond Plan for Nigeria, Others

Britain is scrapping a plan to force visitors from six “high-risk” countries to pay a cash bond of £3,000, the country’s interior ministry said Sunday.

B’Haram attacks wedding convoy, kills groom, 29 others

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members have ambushed a convoy of vehicles conveying people returning from a wedding ceremony, killing scores of them, including the groom in Bulakuri village, Borno State.

Police disrupt rebel governors’ meeting in Abuja

Policemen drafted from the Asokoro Area Command in Abuja disrupted a meeting by five of the seven aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja on Sunday night.

Falana Insists On Prosecuting Oduah As He gives EFCC 13 grounds Of prosecution

Lagos lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission 13 grounds to prosecute the Minister of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah, and “her agents” for gross misconduct in the purchase of two armoured cars at N255m.