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Global divestments from fossil fuel to cleaner energy sources have assumed an upbeat dimension with pledges in that regard crossing the $11 trillion mark. To celebrate the feat, the campaigners and sympathisers alike popularised the “$11T and Counting: New goals ...

The Coalition of Civil Society Groups has given the British and Irish governments 21 days to reverse the ruling of the United Kingdom Commercial Court awarding  $9.6 billion against Nigeria for an alleged botched gas processing contract with Irish firm, ...

In view of the security challenges confronting the country the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Extra Judicial Summary or Arbitrary Execution, Agnes Callamard, has said extra judicial killings, lack of accountability of security operatives and insincerity of the justice ...

Protesters who stormed the British and Irish high commissions yesterday for reversal of the judgment have vowed to occupy the buildings for one week. The decision followed their alleged snubbing by the authorities at the embassies. The about 5000 youths ...

Nigeria and the European Union (EU) has signed a €50 million (N19.65 billion) memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support the development of the insurgency-ravaged North East geo-political region. The latest pact, signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Geoffrey Onyeama, ...

The United Nations has faulted Nigeria’s education curriculum for lack of objective values, resulting in the continued production of what it described as clever thieves. National Executive Project Director, Free United Nations Human Rights Education and Advocacy Training Project, Nigeria, ...

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) and United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) have expressed concern over child mortality rate in the South East, describing it as alarming. They, however, argued that the situation could be reversed if mothers and caregivers ...

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has concluded plans to extend National Identification Number (NIN) enrollment to Nigerians resident in Austria and Germany. Director-General and Chief Executive Officer if NIMC, Aliyu A. Aziz disclosed this in Abuja yesterday. He explained ...

Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has sought Federal Government’s intervention to release Sulaimon Olufemi, who was sentenced to death in 2005 by a Saudi Arabian court for the alleged murder of a policeman in Jeddah in 2002. ...

Africa’s leading payment gateway brand, Innovate 1 Pay has announced the expansion of its operations and provision of financial technology services to African expatriates in Dubai, Middle East. With the move, Innovate 1 Pay is aiming to consolidate cooperation and ...