KENYAN President William Ruto announced on Wednesday the withdrawal of proposed tax hikes after facing intense pressure from youth-led protests that resulted in deadly clashes and widespread demonstrations. This marks a significant victory for the protest movement, which has been…
ONLY a few months ago, the military, apparently feeling left out in the allocation of values processes in some African countries, ousted those countries’ civilian leaders. Many people celebrated this. Unknown to them, or forgetting that it was the…
JUAN Orlando Hernández, the ex-president of Honduras, who was convicted of drug crimes in a US court, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison. Hernández was found guilty in March of conspiring to import cocaine into the US, and…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu will discuss the new national minimum wage with state governors at the 142nd meeting of the National Economic Council at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. The President’s Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, said plans…
IN a world filled with peculiarities and anomalies, the story of Monday Okpebholo stands out as a captivating enigma. According to the information documented on Wikipedia, Google and submitted in his INEC documention, Mr. Okpebholo purportedly claims his date of…
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says members ailing over work-related stress urges renegotiation of 2009 agreement, others THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, Federal University of Kashere, on Tuesday said its members were ailing over work-related stress urging the Federal Government to prioritise members’ welfare…
THE Lagos State House of Assembly has called for the activation of some sections of the State health law to curtail the spread of Cholera in the state. The lawmakers urged relevant offices of the government to embark on massive enlightenment of the…
NIGERIAN Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) says it plans to replace foreign seafarers operating within Nigeria’s cabotage waters with indigenous seafarers. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr Dayo Mobereola, made this disclosure on Tuesday during the 2024 Seafarers Day…
THE organised labour, made up of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, has called for an emergency meeting. This follows the decision of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, to step down the memo on the minimum…
