Month: August 2020
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Fight against trafficking: Reps C’ttee seeks involvement of wives of governors
The House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Affairs on Thursday said that effective partnership of all tiers of governments would be instrumental to defeating human tracking in Nigeria. The Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe (APC-Oyo) in a statement in Thursday in Abuja, urged wives of state governors to join and enhance Nigeria’s fight…
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Minimum wage: Ekiti workers begin 3-day warning strike Monday
The organised labour in Ekiti state, on Friday, said that there was no going back on its planned commencement of a three-day warning strike from Aug. 3. The strike, according to the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Joint Negotiating Council (JNC), is to compel the state government to pay the…
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More Nigerians will benefit from rail stations naming -Amaechi
Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi says more prominent Nigerians will still benefit from the Federal Government’s naming of railway stations across the country. Amaechi, in a statement by his Media Assistant, Mrs Taiye Elebiyo-Edeni, said the late Alhaji Waziri Mohammed would, however, be named after a bigger railway station. The Minister was reacting to the…
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Nigeria records 462 new cases of COVID-19, total now 43,151
Nigeria has recorded 462 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed that the cases were spread across 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Friday night. The health agency noted that one more person…
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Sri Lanka’s president seeks to expand power in parliamentary election
Sri Lankans are scheduled to vote in a crucial parliamentary election on Wednesday, as the country’s president looks to consolidate his power with a majority for his party. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is urging voters to give his party, the Sri Lanka People’s Front (SLPP), a two-thirds majority in the 225-seat parliament. “I need a strong…