Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann tendered his resignation on Monday following loss of the support of his Social Democratic party colleagues. He joined the list of prominent casualties of the political upheaval sweeping Europe amid the migration crisis. Mr. Faymann, 56, a center-left politician who has been chancellor since 2008, said he was giving up his… Read More Austrian Chancellor, Werner Faymann resigns
France and Japanese Government have earmarked the sum of $1 billion (equivalent of N197 billion) for the construction of mono rail project in Lagos State, aimed at boosting the state government’s effort in sustenance of its mega city status. Meantime, the state government generated N101.69 billion revenues in the first quarter of year 2016 appropriation… Read More Japan, France to invest $1billion in Lagos mono rail project
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North Korea expelled a BBC journalist on Monday over his reporting, the broadcaster and a North Korean official said, as a large group of foreign media members visited the isolated country to cover a rare ruling party congress. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes was detained on Friday as he was about to leave the country and taken away… Read More North Korea expels BBC reporting team
Some officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) were during the weekend, attacked by alleged miscreants during a raid on illegal abattoirs/slabs at Oshodi and Idi-Araba area of Lagos State. The officials were said to have been stabbed with cutlasses and broken bottles while two Toyota Hilux vans and… Read More Butchers attack taskforce officials over crackdown on illegal abattoirs
Pakistani human rights activist, Khurram Zaki was gunned down at a restaurant in Karachi on Saturday night, fellow activist and lawyer Jibran Nasir said. The Hakimullah faction of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for Zaki’s death. “Our four friends in Karachi riding on two motorcycles targeted Khurram Zaki successfully,” faction spokesman Qari Saifullah said. Zaki,… Read More Anti-extremist activist killed in Pakistan
Six Taliban prisoners were recently hung in Afghanistan. This is the first executions since Ashraf Ghani became president in 2014. President Ghani has pledged a tougher response to the Taliban after an attack in Kabul last month left 64 dead. Meanwhile Taliban fighters have attacked police checkpoints on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, the main… Read More Six Taliban prisoners hung in Afghanistan
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