Category: Human Rights
Brexit: EU leaders sign UK withdrawal deal
The heads of the European Commission and Council – Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel – have signed the Withdrawal Agreement, ahead of the UK’s Read More…
Rolls-Royce plans mini nuclear reactors by 2029
Mini nuclear reactors could be generating power in the UK by the end of the decade. Manufacturer Rolls-Royce has told the BBC’s Today programme thRead More…
NCC says 123m Nigerians now have Internet access
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says the number of Nigerians with access to the internet has increased to 123.5 million in October. TRead More…
EFCC slams Transparency International over Nigeria’s rating on global corruption
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has condemned the 2019 Corruption Perception Index, CPI recently released by Transparency InternaRead More…
‘Hypocrisy’: 90% of UK-Africa summit’s energy deals were in fossil fuels
Almost £2bn went to oil and gas despite a UK pledge to support cleaner energy in African countries More than 90% of the £2bn in energy deals sRead More…
Will a clause against gender-based violence change Argentinian football?
Ricardo Centurión is toxic. But the winger’s raw skill — his game is full of stepovers and mazy runs – appears to blind fans to his repeated tRead More…
‘National shame’: MP sounds alarm over UK fast fashion factories
Concerns over the ongoing situation of up to 10,000 garment workers in Leicester, who are feared to be trapped in conditions of modern slavery and paRead More…
Growing alarm at desert locust swarms in East Africa
There’s growing alarm in East Africa about huge swarms of desert locusts which are spreading across the region. One swarm in Kenya was reported toRead More…
Tanzanian student released after exposing water problems
A Tanzanian university student who was arrested on Tuesday for posting a photo about water problems in his institution has been released, according tRead More…
Police arrest pensioners during protest in Abia
The Police in Abia State, on Thursday arrested two pensioners in Umuahia for allegedly organising a protest against state government’s alleged failRead More…