Nigeria: ILO Welcomes G20 Position On Growth, Jobs
International Labour Organisation (ILO) Director-General, Juan Somavia, has welcomed the focus placed by the G20 Leaders Summit in Cannes on growth, jobs and social protection, in the context of...
View ArticleNigeria: Bauchi Govt Created 30,000 Job Opportunities in Four Years - Yuguda
No fewer than 30,000 youths were employed by the Bauchi State government in the past four years in its effort to reduce unemployment in the state. The state's governor, Malam Isa Yuguda gave the figure...
View ArticleNigeria: Delta Govt Spends N1.7 Billion Monthly On Teachers' Salaries
The Delta State government says no less than N1.7 billion is expended monthly on teachers' salaries in the state. The state's Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Professor Patrick...
View ArticleNigeria: Kwara Pensioners in SC Over N1.68 Billion Arrears
The legal battle between the Kwara State governor and 9,024 senior citizens of Kwara State whose pension arrears estimated at N1.68 billion are allegedly illegally being withheld by the governor of...
View ArticleNigeria: FG Vows to Jail Striking Medical Personnel
The minister of health, Professor Christian Onyebuchi Chukwu has vowed to jail any medical practitioners that allow patients to die in the hospitals because they are on strike.
View ArticleAngola: Germany Wants to Intensify Academic Relations With the Country
The ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, Jorg-Werner Marquardt, reaffirmed Monday in Luanda, the intention of his country to intensify academic relations with Angola, through the attribution...
View ArticleNigeria: Stakeholders Counsel Uduaghan Over Appointment of Rector
YOUTHS of Ogwashi-Uku in Delta state, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku chapter and other stakeholders of the institution have called on the governor of...
View ArticleZambia: Glass Slices Two Rekays Employees to Death
TWO employees of Rekays Building Supplies died on the spot after the sheets of glass they were offloading from a truck fell on them.
View ArticleWest Africa: Literacy - Expert Faults FG's Funding of Four Countries
Nigeria's plan to provide financial support to four countries in West Africa to boost literacy is a reflection of our faulty foreign policy, an expert has said.
View ArticleNigeria: Edo PDP Aspirant to Declare State of Emergency On Unemployment
A governorship aspirant under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] in Edo state, Major General Charles Airhiavbere (rtd) has said that he will declare a state of emergency on youth...
View ArticleNigeria: Monarch Tasks Parents On Girl-Child Education
THE Ona of Abaji and chairman of the FCT Council of traditional rulers, Alhaji Adamu Baba Yunusa, yesterday called on parents and stake-holders to always support girl-child education.
View ArticleAfrica: Multi-Sectoral Approach to Women's Rights in Africa
Even though many African governments have ratified international and regional human rights treaties and have made commitments to respect, promote and protect women's rights and to eliminate...
View ArticleZimbabwe: ZSE's Index Shrinks On Global Financial Crisis
THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange's mainstream index has lost 4,3 percent since the beginning of the year as foreign investors restructure their portfolios in the face of the global financial crisis.
View ArticleKenya: Analysts Predict Negative Growth in Safaricom's Revenue
Analysts expect Safaricom to announce reduced earning for six months results for the period ending September 30, citing rising costs of production, and a general decline in average revenue per user.
View ArticleCommonwealth Leaders Agree to a Charter to Strengthen the Organization
Commonwealth leaders have agreed to adopt the recommendation of the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) for a Charter of the Commonwealth.
View ArticleSouth Africa: Western Cape Government Urges Last-Minute Push for Table...
What's flat, 1 086 metres high and possibly the biggest compass on earth? Table Mountain, of course!
View ArticleNigeria: Assembly Passes Gender Violation Bill
The Ekiti State House of Assembly has passed the Violation Bill which provides protection from gender- based violence, particularly for women and children.
View ArticleRwanda: Nation Records Increase in African Tourists
African tourists dominated visits to Rwanda in the first semester of 2011, a phenomenon that indicates the country's increasing attractiveness to the region and the entire continent.
View ArticleCountry Pushes to Legalise Prostitution
For 15 years Thato Serite has made her living as a prostitute along Botswana's busiest highway, hired by truckers plying the main route to South Africa.
View ArticleNigeria: Total to Reward Shareholders With N679 Million Interim Dividend
Total Nigeria Plc has announced an interim dividend of N679.044 million for its shareholders, representing a dividend of N2 per share.
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