The UN General Assembly on Tuesday elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council, with Peru and Russia failing to secure a seat.
The number of known executions worldwide in 2022 rose by 53 per cent on the figure recorded for 2021, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
Recorded executions in 2022 reached the highest figure in five years.
Costa Rica defeated Nigeria’s Super Eagles 2-0 in a tune-up game for the Qatar tournament.
The OPEC report showed that crude oil output increased in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Angola, Algeria, and Congo.
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry has announced the return of its ambassador to Lebanon in a positive sign of a thaw in their tense ties.
Peoples Gazette reported that Chief Justice of Nigeria Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad was enduring a torrid battle with dementia and heart disease complications.
The three men, whose names were removed from the report, “participated in… the death of Jamal Khashoggi.’’
Nigeria has recorded over 105,000 cases and over 1,400 coronavirus deaths.
The UN had earlier warned against “vaccine nationalism” by the wealthy countries.
