“Silence does not earn you any respect – none,” UN human rights chief Zeid Al-Hussein said, defending his reputation for frank criticism in his role weeks before he is due to depart. Jordanian prince and diplomat Al-Hussein, who has provoked outrage from world leaders for comments including saying Philippine presidentContinue Reading
China has asked Sweden to extradite a man who is being held near Stockholm on suspicion of gross fraud and embezzlement, the Swedish Prosecution Authority said on Friday. The authority’s spokeswoman Karin Rosander declined to name the man sought by China but said police arrested him on June 25 andContinue Reading
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday said no fewer than 643 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya in the last five weeks. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Director General of NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Maihajja, made the disclosure while receiving a new batch of 166 returneesContinue Reading
A 41-year-old businessman, Amos Abraham, was on Friday brought before an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State over an alleged N400, 000 fraud. Abraham, who resides at No. 8, Isagamu Road in Ikorodu, is facing a charge of fraud before Magistrate E.O. Ogunkanmi. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.Continue Reading
Miss Adetola Agbeniyi, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Princesstol Creative World, maker of leather goods and accessories, was one of the outstanding entrepreneurs at the maiden edition of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Award. Agbeniyi won the SMEDAN Excellence Awards on Leather Works at the dinner event held atContinue Reading
No fewer than 1,500 refugees and migrants have lost their lives attempting to cross the Mediterranean in the first seven months of 2018, the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said. The refugee agency said the bleak milestone was confirmed after more than 850 lives were lost in June andContinue Reading
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday expressed optimism that the North Korea’s nuclear programme though it might take time but would soon end. It assured that programme would be achieved within a timeline set by the leaders of the two countries. It was important to maintain diplomatic andContinue Reading
The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said it was shocked to learn of the tragic death of six Nigerian asylum-seekers, among them three children, who were killed in a blast in the far north of Cameroon. The UN refugee agency, said it had learnt that on July 29, 12Continue Reading
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Friday attributed the massive development going on in the state to the harmonious relationship between the state executive and legislature. Ambode said this when he received the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja. The NewsContinue Reading
