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Says Workers Will Commence Strike, Mass Action if FG Hikes Petrol Price
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to activate its resolution to embark on a nationwide strike if the Kaduna State Government (KDSG) breaches the terms of...
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Editorial
Insightful, Compelling Book on Sickle Cell Disorder for Launch Tomorrow in...
A book detailing the personal experience of a sickle cell patient is set for launch and public presentation tomorrow, Saturday June...
How Does One Atone For Genocide?
By Freya Grünhagen
Germany is admitting its responsibility, as a colonial power, for the Herero and Nama genocide. In Namibia, however, the...
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Workers World
NLC Threatens to Embark on Nationwide Strike Over Breach of MOU By KDSG
Says Workers Will Commence Strike, Mass Action if FG Hikes Petrol Price
THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)...
Minimum Wage: Nasarawa Workers Continue Strike as Labour, Govt Disagree
THE expectation that the ongoing strike by organised labour in Nasarawa State would be suspended this week...
IMF Asks Nigerian Govt to Increase Fuel Price; Says ‘Resurfacing’ of Fuel Subsidies in Nigeria ‘Concerning’
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has stated that it is ‘concerning” that fuel subsidies have resurfaced in...
June 12: The Pulverisation of its Potency by the Ruling Class, By Salisu Muhammad
JUNE 12, is no longer an ordinary day in our troubled nation’s crowded calendar. Against all odds,...
President Biden, Pope Francis, Others to Address ILO’s World of Work Summit
WORLD leaders and representatives from governments, workers’ and employers’ organisations are billed to address the virtual International...
Columnists
Aviation Hardly Gives Passengers a Second Chance to Survive; By Owei Lakemfa
NIGERIA is leadership-challenged at all levels, including an inability to regulate basic sectors. While the effects will...
Many Faces of House Helps; By Safiya I. Dantiye
THE general assumption is that house helps, especially house girls, are always the victims of maltreatment from...
Chinese Communist Party Centenary: Remoulding the World in its Image; By Owei Lakemfa
IT was Monday, November 5, 2018. I was engaged in my favourite past time whenever I visit...
Common-Sense Questions Begging for Answers; By Onah Iduh
TO say that the predominant mood in Nigeria at the moment is pretty discordant and depressingly traumatic...
Exorcising Twitter and Other Witches; By Owei Lakemfa
To taunt Twitter, the Buhari government had gone on Twitter to announce its immediate ban; it is...
News
House of Reps Invites Lai Mohammed Over Twitter Ban
THE House of Representatives at its plenary session on Tuesday invited Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, to appear...
UPDATE on Killing of Catholic Priest in Sankera: Ortom Vows to...
BENUE State governor, Samuel Ortom, has assured that the killers of Rev. Fr. Ferdinand Ngugban would be arrested and prosecuted. Ortom...
Massacred Borno Farmers: SPN Says Buhari Has Failed Woefully on Insecurity
Presidency Reportedly Claims Massacred Farmers Failed to Get Military Clearance
THE Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) has stated that the...
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Civil Society/Human Rights
Act Now: End Child Labour! – African Workers Stand Up to be Counted
By Kwasi Adu-Amankwah
THE African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org) commemorates this year's...
How Does One Atone For Genocide?
By Freya Grünhagen
Germany is admitting its responsibility, as a colonial power, for the Herero and Nama genocide....
CORE Condemns Police Brutality On Sowore, Demands Justice, as Police Deny Allegation
COALITION for Revolution (CORE) has condemned police brutality against Mr Omoyele Sowore, National Chairman of the African...
ASCAB, TPAP-M, JAF, CNG, Labour, Others Hold National Day of Action Against Insecurity, Governance Failure Monday
A coalition of civil society organisations has concluded arrangements to hold a National Day of Action Against...
Actionaid Nigeria Commences N89M Intervention For Shangev-Tiev IDPs
By Amos Aar
ACTIONAID Nigeria Tuesday commenced the disbursement of fourteen thousand, five hundred naira (N14,500) each to...
Opinion
June 12: The Pulverisation of its Potency by the Ruling Class, By Salisu Muhammad
JUNE 12, is no longer an ordinary day in our troubled nation’s crowded calendar. Against all odds,...
Ethnicity or Federalism: Quest for Social Integration Part II; By Abiodun Olamosu
Continued from last week; read part I here.
Concluding two paragraphs from part I:
The determining factor in identifying...
VIEW FROM ABROAD – Based Nigeria: African Country Teaches US Lesson in How To Handle Big Tech Tyranny
On Sunday evening, June 6, 2021, Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, twitted an opinion which justified...
The Story of Triumph Over Sickle Cell Pains
This is merely an appetiser to the full story in a book to be launched in Abuja...
Ethnicity or Federalism: Quest for Social Integration Part I; By Biodun Olamosu
THE struggle for the right of nations to self-determination is not new to Africans. This could be...
Business & Finance
Telecommunication Licensing Review: CITAD Calls on NCC to Mainstream Network Licenses
THE Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has called on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to consider mainstreaming community networks...
FG Sets Up Powerful C’ttee to Negotiate With Twitter
THE federal government has announced the setting up of a powerful committee made up of five cabinet ministers to negotiate with...
Sports & Entertainment
FG to Spend N21 Billion Renovating National Theatre
THE Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved an agreement that will lead to the renovation of the National Theatre in...
Entertainment: Why I Chose Music – Slikish
By Amos Aar
EMBERGA Aondohemba Peter, popularly known as Slikish, is an Afro-pop singer who is at the moment making waves in...
Agriculture
Dangote Denies Involvement in Price Manipulation
DANGOTE Sugar Refinery PLC (DSR), a subsidiary of Dangote Group, has denied engaging in price-fixing or engaging in any Backward Integration...
First Rain: NIMET, AFAN Caution Farmers on Early Planting
THE Nigeria Metrological Agency (NIMET) and All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) have cautioned farmers against early planting due to the...
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