Hungary has been ordered by the European Court of Justice to pay a fine of 200 million euros (216 million dollars) and a further one million euros per day for failing to comply with the bloc’s asylum rules. The ruling followed a previous court judgement in December 2020 concerning procedures for granting international protection and […]
The Professional Footballers’ Association has joined a legal action against FIFA to protect players’ rights to guaranteed and protected breaks. The English players’ union will be a co-claimant in a case to be heard in the Belgian courts, alongside its French counterpart UNFP and the European division of world players’ union FIFPRO. The news comes […]
Hungary has been ordered by the European Court of Justice to pay a fine of 200 million euros (216 million dollars) and a further one million euros per day for failing to comply with the bloc’s asylum rules. The ruling followed a previous court judgement in December 2020 concerning procedures for granting international protection and […]
Marking 1,000 days since girls in Afghanistan were banned from secondary school, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF has urged the Taliban to allow girls to go back to school. “For 1.5 million girls, this systematic exclusion is not only a blatant violation of their right to education, but also results in dwindling opportunities and […]
By Esenvosa Izah Stakeholders in the labour sector have observed that the nation’s ailing economy is caused by over-reliance on revenues from the exploitation of oil and lack of pragmatic reforms for decades. In separate reactions to President Bola Tinubu’s Democracy Day speech, they noted the speech failed to address current economic realities facing the […]
By Olatunde Ajayi As this year’s Eid-el Kabir festival draws nearer, ram sellers in Ibadan metropolis have attributed high prices of rams to insecurity and high cost of transportation. The traders, while with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Wednesday, said insecurity in some parts of the country had restricted their movements […]
By Okon Okon/Sumaila Ogbaje Some Nigerians on Wednesday expressed gratitude to God for the sustainable democracy in the country, being uninterrupted for 25 consecutive years. They spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the way forward at the Eagle Square in Abuja, the venue of the anniversary 2024 Democracy Day. They urged the […]
By Lucy Ogalue The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has inaugurated a series of training programmes to support 22 Transitional or fragile African states in managing their debt more effectively. This is contained in a statement issued by the bank on Wednesday in Abuja. The bank said the Public Finance Management Academy for Africa […]
By Taiye Agbaje The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has filed contempt charge against the Director General, Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, over his alleged refusal to obey court orders. Kanu, through his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, on Monday filed Form 49 titled: “Notice to Show Cause […]
By Kadiri Abdulrahman Abuja, June 10, 2024 (NAN) The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has again reassured the banking public of the safety of their deposits and the banking system’s resilience. The apex bank’s Acting Director of Corporate Communications Department, Mrs Hakama Sidi-Ali, gave the assurance in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Sidi-Ali’s statement […]