Nigeria's University of Lagos closes over fuel crisis

Nigeria's University of Lagos has been shut over student protests and the inability of people to reach the campus because of the ongoing fuel shortage.

A notice from the university gave students living on campus until 1000 local time (0900 GMT) to leave.

It blamed the decision on the "agitation" over poor water and power supply and the "fuel crisis" meaning that people cannot get to class.

Nigeria's current fuel shortage has led to long queues at filling stations. 

The country's junior oil minister Emmanuel Kachikwu warned this week that if the problem is not solved then mayhem could follow.

The University of Lagos authorities said it took the move "to forestall a further breakdown of law and order on campus".

But the BBC's Umar Shehu Elleman reports from Lagos that hundreds of angry students refused to leave the campus, and instead called for the vice-chancellor to resign.

The university has not said when the campus would reopen.

Nigeria's University of Lagos closes over fuel crisis

Nigeria's University of Lagos has been shut over student protests and the inability of people to reach the campus because of the ongoing fuel shortage.

A notice from the university gave students living on campus until 1000 local time (0900 GMT) to leave.

It blamed the decision on the "agitation" over poor water and power supply and the "fuel crisis" meaning that people cannot get to class.

Nigeria's current fuel shortage has led to long queues at filling stations. 

The country's junior oil minister Emmanuel Kachikwu warned this week that if the problem is not solved then mayhem could follow.

The University of Lagos authorities said it took the move "to forestall a further breakdown of law and order on campus".

But the BBC's Umar Shehu Elleman reports from Lagos that hundreds of angry students refused to leave the campus, and instead called for the vice-chancellor to resign.

The university has not said when the campus would reopen.

Nigeria's University of Lagos closes over fuel crisis

Nigeria's University of Lagos has been shut over student protests and the inability of people to reach the campus because of the ongoing fuel shortage.

A notice from the university gave students living on campus until 1000 local time (0900 GMT) to leave.

It blamed the decision on the "agitation" over poor water and power supply and the "fuel crisis" meaning that people cannot get to class.

Nigeria's current fuel shortage has led to long queues at filling stations. 

The country's junior oil minister Emmanuel Kachikwu warned this week that if the problem is not solved then mayhem could follow.

The University of Lagos authorities said it took the move "to forestall a further breakdown of law and order on campus".

But the BBC's Umar Shehu Elleman reports from Lagos that hundreds of angry students refused to leave the campus, and instead called for the vice-chancellor to resign.

The university has not said when the campus would reopen.

Europe's 'Most Wanted' Terror Suspect Arrested

The last suspect still at large following the Paris terror attacks in which 130 people were killed has been arrested.

Mohamed Abrini, who was one of Europe's most wanted men, was detained in Belgium.

His arrest came as Belgian authorities held several people in connection with last month's Brussels suicide bombings at an airport and metro station which killed 32 people.

There are claims in the country's media that Abrini could be the 'man in the hat' who was pictured alongside two bombers at Zaventem airport shortly before they blew themselves up.

Abrini and Salah Abdeslam pictured at a petrol station

If confirmed, it would mean Abrini played a key role in both attacks carried out by an Islamic State cell.

The 30-year-old suspect, who is a Belgian of Moroccan origin, was reportedly arrested in the Anderlecht district of Brussels.

The area was home to several other suspects linked to both attacks.

His detention comes a day after authorities released new CCTV video footage of the 'man in the hat', appealing for the public to help find him.

Abrini's DNA was believed to have been found in a flat in the Schaarbeek area of the city where airport bombers Ibrahim El Bakraoui and Najim Laachraoui left from before they detonated their explosives.

Abrini was pictured at a petrol station two days before the Paris attacks

A suspect who was detained with Abrini is Osama Krayem, it is thought.

He was apparently filmed on CCTV at a shopping centre buying the suitcases that were used in the airport blasts.

Abrini was a key suspect wanted in connection with the Paris attacks on 13 November.

Europol said he was filmed two days before the atrocities at a petrol station with another suspect Salah Abdeslam in Ressons, northern France, on the road to the French capital.

Europe's law enforcement agency said Abrini was driving a Renault Clio which was used in the Paris massacre.

He later disappeared and was described by Europol as armed and dangerous.

Abdeslam was detained last month in the Molenbeek district of Brussels a few days before the airport attacks.

His lawyer said he intended to blow himself up in Paris but backed out at the last minute, fleeing instead back to Brussels.

He was arrested in Brussels on 18 March following a four-month manhunt and is being held in a high-security prison in Bruges while awaiting his extradition to France.

Europe's 'Most Wanted' Terror Suspect Arrested

The last suspect still at large following the Paris terror attacks in which 130 people were killed has been arrested.

Mohamed Abrini, who was one of Europe's most wanted men, was detained in Belgium.

His arrest came as Belgian authorities held several people in connection with last month's Brussels suicide bombings at an airport and metro station which killed 32 people.

There are claims in the country's media that Abrini could be the 'man in the hat' who was pictured alongside two bombers at Zaventem airport shortly before they blew themselves up.

Abrini and Salah Abdeslam pictured at a petrol station

If confirmed, it would mean Abrini played a key role in both attacks carried out by an Islamic State cell.

The 30-year-old suspect, who is a Belgian of Moroccan origin, was reportedly arrested in the Anderlecht district of Brussels.

The area was home to several other suspects linked to both attacks.

His detention comes a day after authorities released new CCTV video footage of the 'man in the hat', appealing for the public to help find him.

Abrini's DNA was believed to have been found in a flat in the Schaarbeek area of the city where airport bombers Ibrahim El Bakraoui and Najim Laachraoui left from before they detonated their explosives.

Abrini was pictured at a petrol station two days before the Paris attacks

A suspect who was detained with Abrini is Osama Krayem, it is thought.

He was apparently filmed on CCTV at a shopping centre buying the suitcases that were used in the airport blasts.

Abrini was a key suspect wanted in connection with the Paris attacks on 13 November.

Europol said he was filmed two days before the atrocities at a petrol station with another suspect Salah Abdeslam in Ressons, northern France, on the road to the French capital.

Europe's law enforcement agency said Abrini was driving a Renault Clio which was used in the Paris massacre.

He later disappeared and was described by Europol as armed and dangerous.

Abdeslam was detained last month in the Molenbeek district of Brussels a few days before the airport attacks.

His lawyer said he intended to blow himself up in Paris but backed out at the last minute, fleeing instead back to Brussels.

He was arrested in Brussels on 18 March following a four-month manhunt and is being held in a high-security prison in Bruges while awaiting his extradition to France.

Two Dead In Texas Air Force Base Shooting

Police say two people have died in an apparent murder-suicide at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.

Bexar County sheriff's spokesman James Keith said the shooting unfolded on Friday morning at the facility, which is the home of Air Force basic training.

The commanding officer of the 331st K-9 Training Squadron at the base was shot by an airman, according to initial internal Pentagon communications cited by the Air Force Times. 

The sprawling base has a population of around 10,000 people

Shortly before news broke of the shooting, Lackland said in a tweet it had a basic military training graduation event scheduled for Friday.

The sheriff's office said the attack happened at building 147 in the Medina Annex on base.

Authorities posted a warning on the Joint Base San Antonio Facebook page at 9:30am which said: "There is a real world active shooter situation at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Medina Annex and base and local authorities are on the scene at this time.

JBSA-Lackland is currently on lockdown."

The sprawling base has a population of around 10,000 people including a couple of schools. 

Fort Hood in Texas was the site of the deadliest shooting at a US military base, when 13 people killed and 31 injured in 2009.

Cameron's History Of Tough-Talking On Tax

The PM has faced accusations of hypocrisy over his admission that he profited from an offshore fund because of his hard-hitting criticism of tax avoidance.

Here are some of his previous tough-talking statements:

February 2010 - "Sunlight is the best disinfectant."

:: PM Admits Owning Shares In Dad's Offshore Fund

January 2012 - "With the large companies, that have the fancy corporate lawyers and the rest of it, I think we need a tougher approach.

"After years of abuse, people across the planet are rightly calling for more action and, most importantly, there is gathering political will to actually do something about it."

:: PM Evaded Question But Has Not Avoided Damage

June 2013 - "Those who want to evade taxes have nowhere to hide."

October 2013 -  "For too long a small minority have hidden their business dealings behind a complicated web of shell companies - and this cloak of secrecy has fuelled all manner of questionable practices and downright illegality.

"Not only is this hugely unfair to the millions of hard-working people in Britain who pay their tax, but it's also bad for business.

"So that's why we need to shine a spotlight on who owns what and where money is really flowing."

May 2014 - "I think we should be very clear - tax evasion is illegal, and for that you can be prosecuted, you can go to prison.

"These very aggressive tax avoidance schemes, they are wrong and we should really persuade people not to do them."

February 2015 - "No government has done more than this one to crackdown on tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance."

April 2015 - Tory election manifesto: "Tackling tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance and tax planning is an important part of our long-term economic plan."