Day: January 24, 2023

The current global economic slowdown would force more workers to accept lower quality and poorly paid jobs, which lack job security and social protection, so accentuating inequalities exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis, International Labour Organisation has stated in its latest report. The ILO’s World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2023 report projected that global employment

Dangote Cement Plc has announced the appointment of Arvind Pathak as the company’s new Chief Executive and Managing Director. The company disclosed in a statement that the new CEO’s tenure begins on March 1, 2023. It stated that Pathak will replace Frenchman Michel Puchercos, who will exit from the firm at the end of February

Former Super Eagles forward Ikechukwu Uche is still relishing his Africa Cup of Nations, his only trophy the national team, The PUNCH reports. The ex-Villarreal and Getafe forward stated during an interview with La Liga Tv. Sunday Mba scored a magnificent winner as Nigeria won the AFCON for the third time in South Africa in

Fire has gutted the second floor of Ezenwa Plaza, opposite Eke Awka Market, Anambra State. It was gathered that the fire which occurred late Tuesday, emanated from one of the shops in the plaza as a result of suspected power surge. It was gathered that a shop was badly burnt because of combustible nature of

The Lagos Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, also known as Jandor on Tuesday decried incessant attacks on his campaign train by suspected political thugs. Adediran reiterated the concern at a meeting with council of Chief Imam at the Ketu Central Mosque in Kosofe Local Government Area during his campaign tour of the

The Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council has condemned the alleged attack on the campaign train of its candidate, Peter Obi, after a rally in Katsina on Monday. According to the campaign team, the said attack took place after Obi had met with women in a townhall and then held a rally at the Muhammad Dikko Stadium.

Nigerian feminists have urged the Federal Government, through the National Human Rights Commission, to probe the forced abortions report allegedly perpetuated by the military in the northeastern part of Nigeria. An international news agency, Reuters, had accused the Nigerian Army of running a programme where forceful abortions were carried out on female victims of Boko Haram/Islamic

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has struck out the case brought before it by the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Gombe State, Mohammed Barde, against Governor Muhammadu Yahaya, the Independent National Electoral Commission and two others. The court declined to nullify the candidacy of the governor. Ruling on Tuesday, Justice Binta Nyako dismissed the

A 62-year-old man, Bamuwa Umaru, has been nabbed by the Kano State Police Command for attempting to secure the release of a suspected kidnapper, Yusuf Ibrahim. The spokesperson for the Command, SP Abdullahi Haruna, on Tuesday, said Umaru was arrested after he offered a bribe of N1 million to a policeman for the release of

The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund has said 75 per cent of Nigerian children between the ages of seven and 14 years cannot read a simple sentence or even solve basic mathematics problem. UNICEF Nigeria representative, Cristian Munduate, said this in a statement on Tuesday to mark this year’s International Day of Education. Munduate