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Job: Nigeria, Britain partner to combat unemployment

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The Nigerian government has expressed its willingness to partner with the British Government in tackling unemployment and creating job opportunities for young persons in the country. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Dr Festus Keyamo, with the Political Counsellor, British High Commission, Mr Dominic Williams. PHOTO: NAN The Minister of State for  Labour  and Employment, Dr Festus Keyamo, stated this when the Political Counsellor, British High Commission, Mr Dominic Williams, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja. “We are ready to collaborate with our partners all over the world to open up avenues for job creation. We are open to all kinds of suggestions and levels of co-operation,” he said. He disclosed that the Government has opened up other sectors as part of efforts to diversify the economy from oil, which would, in turn, create room for employment. According to him, part of the efforts of Government to diversify the economy and boost job creation...
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Face Brexit, Russia Collusion, Nigerian group tells UK, US

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A foreign relations group in Nigeria has urged the United Kingdom and the United States to face their own democratic challenges rather than focusing on Nigeria election . Trump and May The Global Relations Policy Forum (GRPF) says it is completely ridiculous for the UK and US to tell Nigeria how to run its own election when they are both the laughing stock of the world. Sadiq Adamu, President of GRPF, said they should first remove the beam out of their own eyes, and then they can see clearly to remove the speck out of Nigeria’s eye. “The Russia Collusion has plagued the United States democracy since its 2016 election. Globally, the world is watching daily as allegations and evidences of collusion unravels in the ‘almighty’ United States. “The Special Counsel Robert Meuller has shown us that there was indeed collusion. So if the US cannot conduct a free and fair election, why should they be the model for any country across the world?” Adamu argued that the US has no lo...

Russia Detains More Jehovah’s Witnesses Amid Crackdown

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Russia Flag Russian authorities have detained Jehovah’s Witnesses in the central region of Mordovia, police said on Thursday, as part of a crackdown which the UN warned was setting a “dangerous precedent”. Russia brands the US evangelical Christian movement a totalitarian sect and in 2017 designated it as an extremist organisation, ordering its dissolution in the country. On Wednesday, a Russian court sentenced Dennis Christensen, a Danish Jehovah’s Witness, to six years in prison for “extremism” – the first adherent of the movement to be sent to prison in Russia. The same day, several Jehovah’s Witnesses were detained in Mordovia, police said. “The large-scale operation” was conducted by the FSB security service together with police and other law enforcement agencies, police said. “An investigation is underway,” police said in a statement. The sentencing of Christensen provoked an outcry, with rights groups comparing Moscow’s pressure on the group to the per...