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Nigerian Labour Congress and Fight for Minimum Wage – Analysis

Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) President Ayuba Wabba, who led a recent protest in the Nigeria's Federal Capital Abuja, decried how little and insufficient the...

Reactions trail flurry of new US Federal spending, UK extends over £50bn Government Spending

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 is a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package proposed by President Joe Biden to speed up the United...

Nigeria Records N7.38 Trillion Trade Deficit For 2020

National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) foreign trade data released on tuesday shows Nigeria’s external imbalance continues to widen as the trade deficit for 2020...

South Africa GDP Shrinks 12-Year Record Low In 2020 – Official Data

South Africa’s economy recorded its first annual contraction in 12 years in 2020 due to the pandemic but it extended its rebound in the...

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Djibouti-Yemen Boat Capsizes: At Least 139 Migrants Dead, 84 Missing

The IOM says a vessel carrying 305 people, mostly Ethiopians, sank near Guhere north of Obock on the night of Oct. 8–9. Only 82 survived. It is among the deadliest maritime disasters yet on the Eastern Route to the Gulf — a crossing made more desperate by...

Gunmen Kill 20 Travellers Under Military Escort

Armed bandits overran a trader convoy bound for Nasarawa market in Bukkuyum district, killing four soldiers, three policemen, a civil defence officer and 12 civilians, and wounding 19 — the latest strike paralysing commerce across northwestern Nigeria.  At least 20 people were killed on Saturday when gunmen ambushed...

Makinde Appoints New Chief of Staff After Resignation

Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde names Akinwale Akinwole as Chief of Staff following Segun Ogunwuyi’s resignation amid political developments ahead of 2027. Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has appointed a new Chief of Staff, Bashorun Akinwale Akinwole, popularly known as Wolekanle, following the resignation of his former Chief...