Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is questioning the effectiveness of the European Union’s current asylum system amid the country’s ongoing migration policy debate. CDU lawmaker Thorsten Frei criticised the EU-wide agreement known as the Dublin Regulation, which stipulates that in general the country the refugee first enters is responsible for processing their application for…
The crisis in the Middle East will top the agenda on Tuesday when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu becomes the first foreign leader to meet U.S. President Donald Trump. The meeting taking place after Trump took over the White House for a second term. Netanyahu arrived in Washington on Sunday for the visit. “This is…
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has confirmed the death of four people in a road accident on the Agaie-Lapai Road on Sunday. Alh. Abdullah Baba-Arah, Director-General of NSEMA, confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday in Minna. He said the crash involved three trailer trucks. One of the trucks was transporting cattle…
Mr Charles Aniagwu, Delta Commissioner for Works (Rural Roads) and Public Information, has said that the sterling performance of Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori stood him out for the ThisDay and Arise Television award. Aniagwu stated this on Monday in Asaba at a press conference while reacting to a statement credited to former Deputy Senate President, Sen….
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, tendered into evidence more documents against the social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha charged with six billion naira money laundering. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the case is before an Ikeja Special Offences Court. Mustapha, still at large, is standing…
The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the Nigeria Police Force recovered 115 stolen vehicles and rescued 387 kidnap victims nationwide in one month. Adejobi said at a news conference on Monday in Abuja that the successes were recorded during several operations nationwide in January. The police spokesman said 960 suspects were arrested…
A former member of the House of Representatives from Sokoto State, Dr Balarabe Shehu-Kakale, says the Federal Government is fully committed to the reduction of the high number of out-of-school children in Nigeria. Shehu-Kakale in a statement on Monday in Kaduna, said there were approximately 10.5 million children in Nigeria who are not in school,…
South Africa defended itself on Monday against attacks on its land confiscation policy by Donald Trump and Elon Musk after the U.S. president said he would cut off funding to the country over the issue. Trump said on Sunday, without citing evidence, that “South Africa is confiscating land” and “certain classes of people” were being…
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command, says it has arrested four suspects, for alleged economic sabotage and heinous crimes in the state. The State Commandant of the corps, Mr Adedoyin Keshinro, disclosed this, on Monady in Lagos, while briefing news men. Keshinro said that the arrest of the suspects was…
The troops of 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army and Sector 3, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have successfully cracked down on a notorious bandit camp in Taraba. This is contain in a statement by Capt. Olubodunde Oni, Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, and made available to newsmen in Jalingo on Monday. Oni said that the troops…
