The Kwara state government has reversed its directive issued on June 5, reducing working days from five days to three days for civil servants in the state over the removal of fuel subsidy by the federal government. As part of measures to cushion the effect of the economic …
Read More »Road Safety Week: African nations steer towards reducing deaths
Increasingly grim accident statistics provided the impetus for action, including two bus crashes in Senegal that claimed 62 lives in January. In nearby Côte d’Ivoire, the daily number of fatal road accidents has risen to 46, from just 12 in 2012. In the world’s region most affected by road crashes, …
Read More »I couldn’t cheat nature after reducing my football age to 21 – Bobby Short
He explained that Nii Lante Bannerman helped him secure a club in the North African country but he reduced his age to 21 and nobody detected it due to his diminutive nature. The midfielder narrated that his coaches thought he was still very young and, therefore, subjected him to rigorous …
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