Though Nigeria has ratified the ILO Convention No. 190 (C190), which recognises the right of everyone to a world of work free from violence and harassment as well as ILO C87, which grants the protection and rights of workers, the conventions have failed to protect unionists in the country and elsewhere as they continued to […]
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Senate Majority Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele (left); Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Olamilekan Adeola; President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio; President Bola Tinubu; Speaker, House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abubakar Kabir Abubakar; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu […]
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. Anti-trade policies encourage diversion to neighbouring countries . Car clearance charges at port rise by 77% . Stakeholders seek reform to boost businesses, economic growth Nigeria’s alignment with the current economic reality, coupled with rising inflation, slow growth, floating of exchange rate and volatility in global oil prices, may have exposed the fragility of […]
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By Abdu Rafiu Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the French philosopher, (1712-1778), it was who said, “Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.” This profound thought borne out of knowledge which in turn was derived from experiencing, could not have been truer today than it was more than 300 years ago when he made his […]
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Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde Oyo State Mineral Development Agency has sealed some mining sites, operating without consent letters and community development agreement in the state. A statement by Prince Dotun Oyelade, the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, said the Director General (DG) of the Agency, Mr Abiodun Oni, disclosed this today November 8 […]
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Media personality Kikelomo Atanda-Owo has penned a touching note on social media in celebration of her husband Reuben Abati’s 58th birthday, assuring the broadcaster that he owns her. Atanda-Owo, who has been married to the Arise TV anchor for three years, chose Abati’s birthday to affirm that he owns her after revealing that she was […]
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By Kennedy Ikantu Peretei In the last few weeks, Ondo State has dominated front pages of national newspapers as well as discourse in broadcast media platforms for the wrong reason. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN proceeded on a three-month medical leave after which he returned to his private residence in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. What […]
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• Inflows into NAFEM dip by 6.2% as NGX listings hit N6.2tr Total inflows into the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM) declined by 6.2 per cent month-on-month (MoM) to $1.23 billion in October after it pivoted from a three-month high of $1.31 billion the preceding month. But on the positive side, Maira continues to hold […]
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INEC chairman Mahmood Yakubu The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to take a cue from the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and immediately redeploy the Imo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Sylvia Agu. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, gave the advice in a statement in Abuja […]
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Narges Mohammadi. Photo: Wikipedia Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi has begun a hunger strike in her Iranian prison in protest at limits on medical care for her and other inmates, as well as the obligation for women to wear the hijab in the Islamic republic, her family said on Monday. Veteran rights activist Mohammadi, […]
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