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Nigerian Students Spend N3b On UK Visa In Three Years

The Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) is to step down at the beginning of 2008. Frangialli made this known while addressing the Executive Council of the UNWTO in Jeju Island, Korea and noted that his stepping aside will allow for a smooth transition before the normal end of his final term of office. Francesco Frangialli is Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization.

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L-R: Okoria Uguru, The Nation Newspaper, Nigeria, Rok Klancnik, Former UNWTO Director of Communications Department, Nse Obong Okon Ekong of Thisday Newspaper and Gabriel Odu of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) both Nigerian journalists during Africa TourCom in Mali 2006

Francisco Frangialli, Secretary General, UNWTO.

 

UNWTO Secretary General To Step Down Next Year

The Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) is to step down at the beginning of 2008. Frangialli made this known while addressing the Executive Council of the UNWTO in Jeju Island, Korea and noted that his stepping aside will allow for a smooth transition before the normal end of his final term of office. Francesco Frangialli is Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization. He served as Deputy Secretary-General from January 1990 to September 1996, when he assumed the post of Secretary-General ad interim.

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The Plight of Nigerians Abroad

The report that about 20,000 Nigerians are currently languishing in foreign jails worldwide is disturbing. The breakdown of this figure shows that Libya has the highest number with 1,500 Nigerians in its jails. It is followed by United Kingdom which has 1491. Others are India, 391; Nepal, 15; Japan, 14; Canada, 13; Togo, 15 and Niger, 40. In Morocco over 5,000 Nigerians disppeared in 2006 and another 3,000 unaccounted for according to the Nigerian Embassy in Rabat.

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