The number of asylum applications in the European Union, Norway and Switzerland fell by around 12% last year, according to the Malta-based European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA). The agency registered a total of just over a million people filed initial applications in the 27 EU member states as well as in Norway and Switzerland,…
Berlin, Germany – The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is narrowing the gap with Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU bloc in voter support ahead of the February 23 election, according to a new poll released on Saturday. Early nationwide elections were called following the collapse of centre-left German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition in November. The…
Lafia, Nigeria – The disciplinary action was prompted by a petition from Nigerian human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, submitted in August 2024 to the Honourable Chief Judge of Nasarawa State. The Nasarawa State Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has approved the demotion and dismissal of Chief Magistrate Emmanuel A. Jatau, who previously served in Masaka, Nasarawa…
Abuja, Nigeria – The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has refuted reports suggesting a nationwide power grid collapse on Saturday, describing the incident as a case of transmission line tripping. In a statement issued by TCN’s General Manager of Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, the company clarified that the grid remained stable despite the tripping of…
A woman has been arrested for stripping and dancing naked at a Family Dollar store. Converseer reports that the incident happened on Saturday while families were shopping in the store. According to Dom Lucre, known for sharing viral content on X, the woman did it in a clearance aisle. “This woman was arrested for stripping…
