Organised labour suspends nationwide strike
Organised labour has agreed to postpone the nationwide strike for the next five days. According to Vanguard, this will allow uninterrupted meetings with a government committee about raising the minimum wage. According to a labour source, the decision came after a productive meeting between union leaders and government officials, including the head of the civil […]
Woman accused of false testimony meets pastor, says no grudge against megachurch
The woman who was accused of giving false testimony at the Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Abuja, Anyim Vera, has said she has no grudge against the church. A video that went viral on Sunday showed the church’s Senior Pastor, Paul Enenche, questioning the credibility of the woman’s testimony at his church in Abuja. The woman, who […]
Bassirou Faye Sworn in as Senegal’s Youngest President
Bassirou Diomaye Faye, was sworn in yesterday as Senegal’s youngest president after sweeping to a first-round victory, 10 days after being released from prison. The 44-year-old has never before held an elected office, but several African leaders attended the ceremony in the new town of Diam-nia-dio, near the capital Dakar. Taking his oath, Faye also […]
South African Ntobeka Mafu is Helping Small-Scale Farmers Succeed
“Being busy doesn’t mean you are making money, I’ve been busy for three years, I’ve only started making money in the fourth year,” 23-year-old entrepreneur Ntobeko Mafu told her class on a rainy day in February in Nhlazatshe, a rural area in the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. Mafu was standing in her garden presenting to 30 […]
