According to Amnesty International, death sentences in sub-Saharan Africa “rose from 443 in 2015 to at least 1,086 in 2016, mainly due to an increase in Nigeria which handed down more death sentences this year than any other country except China.”
The Ambassador of the Peoples Republic of China to Nigeria, Zhou Pingjian has asked Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to lend its backing to Nigeria’s full compliance to the ‘One China Policy’ between both countries.
The House of Representatives is investigating allegations that Chinese nationals are causing deforestation by engaging in tree-cutting and illegally exporting woods out of the country.
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has been summoned by the Senate to explain the details of the deals which the minister claimed was entered into between Nigerian and Chinese governments on the one hand, and the Indian government on the other.
Budget and National Planning Minister, Udoma Udo Udoma, at the weekend, in Beijing, made a strong case why the Chinese government should assist Nigeria financially in funding critical major infrastructure projects in the country.
