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Argentine President, Javier Milei has fired his labour secretary for overseeing a 48 percent presidential pay increase last month amid the country’s economic strain.   At the weekend, members of the left-leaning Peronist opposition shared details of a decree mandating the increase that bears the president’s signature.   During a …

When Benny Gantz, a member of Israel’s war cabinet, met David Cameron, Britain’s foreign secretary, in London on Wednesday, he got a sharp message that Israel must do more to allow humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza. It was the kind of minister-level meeting that would normally draw modest attention …

Former Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has said that the people around former President Muhammadu Buhari did not allow ministers to see him while he was in office.   Dalung, appeared on the Channels Television programme, Sunrise Daily, on Wednesday, Jan. 17.   During the TV interview, he said that …

Councils pursuing a four-day working week are being threatened with financial penalties by the government amid an increasingly bitter row between ministers and town halls over post-pandemic working practices. After announcing a £4bn cash injection to support councils in England amid a worsening crisis for local authorities, the government said …

Keithlin Caroo speaks to young Saint Lucian on International Rural Women’s Day. Education is an important part of advocacy on behalf of women and girls. Credit: Alison Kentish/IPS by Alison Kentish (saint lucia) Friday, November 03, 2023 Inter Press Service SAINT LUCIA, Nov 03 (IPS) – Amid fears that global shocks …

Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni’s ex-partner, Andrea Giambruno, has been removed as the host of a national TV show after sexist off-air comments were leaked.   The recording of Giambruno talking to female colleagues about an affair and making inappropriate advances was broadcast on the satirical TV show, Striscia La …

Chairman of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Mohammed Shehu, has called for the suspension of pensions to former governors who either became senators or ministers.   Speaking in an interview with Sunday Vanguard in Abuja, the RMAFC boss stated that it is a disservice to states for …

Obasanjo challenged a former Minister of Power and Steel to state where he got the authority to award a $6 billion contract to a company. A former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, …

Here is the full list of new Ministers and their portfolios…   Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani Minister of State, Environment and Ecological Management, Ishak Salaco Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Wale Edun Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Bunmi Tunji Minister …

Tinubu sent names of his ministerial nominees to the Senate for confirmation. President Bola Tinubu has finally announced his ministerial list, ending weeks of speculation and heightened anticipation.