South Africa issues arrest warrant for Grace Mugabe

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 4, 2017 Zimbabwe President’s wife Grace Mugabe delivers a speech during the Zimbabwe ruling party Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front (Zanu PF) youth interface Rally in Bulawayo. – South African police said on December 19, 2018 an arrest warrant had been issued for Grace Mugabe, wife […]

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Comrade Oyekan Arije @ 80: Celebrating golden years of Nigeria’s labour activism

By Sola Lebile Last Saturday in Akure, there was a tantalizing party hosted to mark Comrade  Oyekan Arije’s 80 towering and fruitful years on this planet earth. The journey of eighty years is not a short one; more so when the life expectancy in the country hovers around 54. Relations, friends, family and well-wishers felicitated […]

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Embrace digital economy, Osinbajo urges Africa, Europe

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called Africa and Europe to work together to advance and harvest the economic benefits of digital economy. Such collaboration, he said, would at the same time prevent a counter-productive widening of the digital gap. He stated on Tuesday at the Africa-Europe High-Level Forum in Vienna, Austria, which had in attendance […]

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FG opens Lagos-Ibadan expressway

The Federal Government has opened the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to motorists to ensure smooth traffic and reduce gridlocks during the Yuletide, The government also inspected the progress of repair works on the Ikorodu/Sagamu road. Opening the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Adedamola Kuti, said the highway was “special and very dear […]

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Enugu 2019: Ugwuanyi, Eze battle for guber seat as parties step up activities

Activities for 2019 general elections are in top gear in Enugu State. In some public places, joints and eateries, residents talk about the exercise and what the outcome could be.The city is awash with campaign posters and billboards. The airwaves are not left out, as they are saturated with competing jingles of candidates and political […]

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Ekiti assembly alleges fraud, sacks LGs executives

Ekiti State House Assembly on Tuesday suspended indefinitely all the 16 local government Chairmen and their 177 Councillors over alleged misappropriation of funds. Ekiti state House of Assembly. Others also sent packing were other top political officials of the councils. The elected officials who were all members of the People Democratic Party were inaugurated into offices on December 19, […]

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Unionism must focus development – Obaseki

Former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Gaius Obaseki, has advised that unionisim in Nigeria must move away from using strike and protests as means of solving industry problems. He gave the advice at the First Triennial Delegate Conference of the NNPC Retail, a subsidiary of the NNPC in Abuja, […]

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Oyetola asks FG to intervene on Osun roads

Osun state Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, on Monday disclosed the need for intervention from the Federal Government on the completion of some major federal road projects in the state. Oyetola, on his visit to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, listed them as Iwo-Osogbo, Osogbo- Ilobu and Osogbo- Ilesa roads. The governor said […]

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