CHINESE President Xi Jinping is set to arrive in Europe on Sunday, on a trip that will take him to France, Hungary and Serbia. French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal will receive Xi on Sunday afternoon in Paris. Talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission President Ursula von der …
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Diesel Shortage In Europe Threatens To Slow Economic Growth
European economies face the risk of a shortage of diesel, the preferred fuel for heavy industry, as sanctions on Russian energy threaten to disrupt imports while supply from elsewhere remains limited. Russia is Europe’s largest supplier of diesel and related fuels, sending over three quarters of a million barrels per …
Read More »Germany to deport 12,000 Nigerian asylum seekers
The German government plans to repatriate 12,000 Nigerians who are seeking asylum in the country. The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Diaspora Affairs, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this on Tuesday at the public presentation of two books “From Libya with Tears’’ and “Practical News and Feature Writing’’ …
Read More »80% Nigerian women, girls in Italy are sex trafficking victims,says VATICAN
About 80 percent of Nigerian women and girls, who arrive Italy, are sex trafficking victims, according to Vatican news agency, Agenzia Fides. “Hundreds of thousands of people fall victim to human trafficking every year in Africa alone,” said Monsignor Ignatius Ayau Kaigama at an international conference against human trafficking organised …
Read More »NAPTIP jails 269 human traffickers
The Federal Government has secured the imprisonments of 269 persons who trafficked humans in Nigeria since 2003, the acting Director-General of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Abdulrasak Dangiri, said on Monday. He also hinted that cases of human trafficking from Nigeria across overseas, especially Europe have …
Read More »Johnson says Britain not abandoning ‘leading role’ in Europe
New British foreign minister and top Brexit backer Boris Johnson pledged Monday Britain would continue to play a leading role in Europe as he met his European Union peers for the first time. “We have to give effect to the will of the people and leave the European Union but… …
Read More »Voices in the Web – Creating E-Platforms for Socioeconomic Discourse
By Dotun Olutoke When I was younger, the riddles and jokes section of Kiddies magazine oozed out an aroma that satisfied my reading pleasure. Of all the riddles I read as a kid, one remains memorable to me. It goes thus: I am something. I am a good servant but a …
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