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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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No Extradition Request For Assange, Says Ecuador

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Ecuador said Wednesday it has received no extradition request for Julian Assange, which his lawyers have long cited as the reason the WikiLeaks founder has refused to leave its London embassy. “We have told Mr Assange: ‘Up to now, as far as we know, there is no extradition request from any country,'” Foreign Minister Jose Valencia told state-owned Radio Public. The 47-year-old Australian has been holed up at Ecuador’s embassy since 2012, but Ecuador has shown increasing signs in recent months that it is preparing to terminate his six-year stay. Valencia said the cost of hosting Assange so far had come to around six million dollars. Assange fears being extradited to the United States to face charges over the WikiLeaks website’s release of troves of sensitive US government files. He found refuge in the embassy in London after a British judge ruled he should be extradited to face allegations of sexual assault in Sweden. That case has since been dropped, but Britain s...