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Hu Mingdan, a civil servant in eastern China, prided herself on landing a job known as an “iron rice bowl” – the kind where you don’t worry about being laid off or chasing payment. That is until late last year when, for the first time in more than 10 years …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will be conducting fresh presidential and National Assembly elections today, February 27, in seven local government areas of Abia State.   INEC Administration Secretary in the state, Mr. Clement Oha, said the elections will be held by 8 a.m at various polling units in …

English football could see a major overhaul after the UK government published its plans to revamp how the sport functions behind the scenes – but they have outraged some in the football world. On Thursday, the government published its white paper – an official policy document that outlines a government’s …

The governments of Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara states have dragged the Federal government before the Supreme Court, seeking a restraining order to stop the full implementation of the policy surrounding the newly redesigned Naira notes.   The Central Bank of Nigeria in October 2022 announced plans to redesign the 200, …

The federal government has blamed the high poverty rate in the country on state governments.    Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba, who addressed State House Correspondents after the week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, said failure …

Video Duration 24 minutes 55 seconds 24:55 From: Inside Story Industrial unrest is spreading across large areas of the world. From truck drivers in Chile and South Korea to rail workers and nurses in the United Kingdom, a global cost of living crisis is pushing workers to go on strike. …

A former spokesman of the Nigerian army, Retired Brigadier General Sani Usman has blamed the local governments for not doing enough to checkmate insurgency and other security concerns in the country. In an interview with Channels’ Sunrise Daily on Thursday, October 6, Usman stated that the Federal and state governments have …

Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has reacted to the attack on Kuje custodial centre by suspected terrorists few days ago.    Describing the attack and others as a “fallout” of the Federal Government’s success against terrorism during a tour of correctional centres in Lagos on Tuesday July 12, Aregbesola insisted that insurgents have been decimated …

The Presidency has responded to Nigerians who have criticized President Buhari for leaving for Senegal hours after the terrorist attack on Kuje prison.   In a brief statement released on social media, the Presidency said governments do not stop working because nations face terrorist threats.  ”The Presidency wishes to use this …

Our voices must be heard and listened to – now and in the future, say child labour survivors and activists at the 5th Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour in Durban Badaku Marandi (India, survivor), Rajesh Jatav (India, survivor), Selimatha Dziedzorm Salifu (Ghana, survivor), Divin Ishimwe (Burundi activist), …