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REFUGEES United Nations has expressed growing concerns about the increasing number of people fleeing English-speaking areas of Cameroon for Nigeria, saying it is particularly worried over safety of women and children. Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, William Spindler, lamented over the precarious situation of women and children, which made […]
NIGERIA/ TURKEY Members of the Turkish Electro-Technology Exporters’ Association have expressed readiness to increase their electrical products in the Nigerian market. Speaking on behalf of the a professional body representing over seven thousand five hundred member companies, Vice Chairman of TET Board, Mr Mehmet Kavaklioglu said Nigeria was an expanding business destination. Kavaklioglu, who led […]
EU European Union is set to remove eight countries, including Panama, the United Arab Emirates and South Korea, from its seventeen country blacklist of international tax havens. The blacklist was drawn up in December amid broader EU efforts to double down on tax avoidance but, countries on the list have refused to cooperate with the […]
SAUDI ARABIA More winds of freedom to reach Saudi Arabian women as they would be allowed to attend football matches on Friday for the first time in the conservative kingdom. Female fans would enter major sports stadiums in the Kingdom for the first time to attend three football matches involving local sides as part of […]
NORTH KOREA North Korea has accepted an offer to attend high-level talks next week, South Korean officials have said. The meeting, on 9 January, will focus on finding a way for North Korean athletes to attend the Winter Olympic Games in South Korea in February. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said this week that sending […]
TRUMP Donald Trump says a book containing damaging allegations about his administration is “full of lies”. The book cites former top aide Steve Bannon as describing a meeting with a group of Russians at which Mr Trump’s son was present as “treasonous” and also portrays Mr Trump as being surprised by winning the presidency. Mr […]
ECOWAS The Federal Government has urged the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States not to accept a June 10, 2016 report of global human rights organisation, Amnesty International, tendered by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The ECOWAS Court’s three-man panel, led by Justice […]
#ICYMI The dynamics of governance in Liberia has changed with the election of George Weah as President -Elect of Liberia, but did you also know that there’s still a Taylor in the mix? Jewell Howard Taylor, Yes, Jewell, former wife of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, former First Lady, and Senior Senator in parliament was […]
George Weah has been voted in as Liberia’s President-elect. He tweets a thank you message to Liberians for the confidence they have In choosing him to lead them. “It is with deep emotion that I want to thank you, the Liberian people, for honoring me with your vote today. It is a great hope. #Liberia […]
#SportsNews #Russia2018 Roberto Prosinecki the Croatian football legend says his country does not see Nigeria and Iceland as rivals. This statement comes after Argentina, Croatia, Iceland and Nigeria were drawn in the same group for the 2018 World Cup. Prosinecki said “If we have a top class – and we have it unquestionably – then […]
