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Women in the health and care sector face a larger gender pay gap than in other economic sectors, earning on average of 24 per cent less than peers who are men, according to a joint report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Credit: ILOGENEVA …

The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) has urged the government to retain retired consultants to tackle the brain drain in the health sector.   The professional group gave the advice while expressing concern over the massive brain drain in the nation’s health sector. It said many consultants …

Food Traditional Romanian food is dishes like sarmale (cabbage or vine leaves stuffed with meat, rice and vegetables), polenta, ciorbă (sour soup) and Transylvanian goulash, which simmers for eight hours in a wood-fired oven. Two restaurants in the historic centre are good for these: Lacrimi și Sfinti and Hanu’ lui …

As we head towards the new year, striking workers are squaring up for a long battle with the government. Increasingly under the spotlight in these disputes are the nine independent review bodies that make recommendations on how much to pay 2.5 million staff across the public sector, from prison officers …

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration has created more than 13 million direct and indirect jobs in the past seven and a half years.   Buhari disclosed this at an interactive session co-hosted by the United State Institute of Peace (USIP), the International Republican Institute, the National Endowment for Democracy, …

Rodrigo Reyes, 18, was forced to drop out of school in 2020, because his family could not afford to pay for the internet or electronic devices that would allow him to attend class online, just when he was about to finish high school and was thinking of studying mechanics, his …

By Patrice Onwuka for RealClearPolicy Inflation accelerated once again last month to a 40-year high as the Consumer Price Index rose 9.1% from one year ago, forcing poor, elderly and middle-class Americans to confront harsh realities to pay for necessities. Today, it costs 12.2% more to put food on the table at home, about 60% …

Nigerian singer Paul Okoye of Psquare has disclosed that the only sector making progress in Nigeria at the moment is the entertainment industry. The music star made this known via his Twitter page on Tuesday, July 5, 2022.