We've Put in Place Functional Social Insurance Scheme for Workers -...
Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, is supposed to provide social security coverage for Nigerians. This this is the basic duty of our organization. In doing that, we have a number of ...
View ArticleIPAR's Pointers for Retreat
Two days ahead of the Ninth Annual Leadership Retreat, the Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR), yesterday came up with possible areas of focus during deliberations. IPAR says areas of ...
View ArticleVC Converts 200 Casual Workers to Permanent Staff After 18 Yrs
Umuahia - The new Vice -Chancellor of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), Professor Hilary Edoga, has announced the conversion of 200 casual workers of the institution ...
View ArticleMobile Phone Cash Transfer Assists Rebuild Haiti
Mobile phone money transfer which East Africans take for granted is being used to assist survivors of the 2010 devastating earthquake in Haiti. They started receiving cash subsidies through the ...
View ArticleSADC Council of Ministers Approves 2012/2013 Budget and Plan
Luanda - The Council of Ministers of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) approved last Friday in Luanda its 2012/2013 plan and budget, estimated at USD 78.4 million. This was said on ...
View ArticleProvince Capitals Connected Via Fibre Optic Cable
Saurimo - The minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology, Jose Rocha de Carvalho, announced Tuesday that the capital city of Angola's 18 provinces will be connected through fibre ...
View ArticleArik Air Suspends Services to Johannesburg
Arik Air said it was temporarily suspending all flight operations between Lagos, Nigeria and Johannesburg, South Africa with immediate effect. The decision to suspend the daily B737-800 service ...
View ArticleChurch Condemns Satanic Bomb Attacks
The Presbyterian Church of Nigeria has roundly condemned the satanic suicide-bomb attack by the Boko Haram Terrorist Islamic sect on the Church of Christ in Nigeria (COCIN), Jos, leaving in its ...
View ArticleBoko Haram - Three Members Killed in Bomb Factory Explosion
Three Boko Haram members yesterday lost their lives when a bomb exploded at a compound suspected to be used as a bomb-making factory in Kaleri Ward, London Chiki Area of Maiduguri Metropolitan ...
View ArticleBayelsa Killings - JTF Deploys Local Divers to Recover Corpses of Four Soldiers
Yenagoa - The Joint Military Task Force, JTF code named Operation Pulo Shield, Bayelsa state has declared missing the four soldiers shot dead by unknown gunmen along the Brass-Ogbia waterways of ...
View ArticleBaby Breast-Fed to Death
Asaba - The reported tragic death at midnight of a four-month-old child is now causing ripples at Emebiren street Okumagba layout Warri, Delta State. The victim, Kenneth Ogbetuo was said to have ...
View ArticleBritish War Graves Desecrated In Libya
Evidence has emerged showing the desecration by Muslim militants of British war graves in a military cemetery in Libya. Filmed by the perpetrators and posted on the internet, the attack is ...
View ArticleNigeria music icon making a comeback - at 85
Nigeria: An 85-year-old music legend in Nigeria, known for the "highlife" dance music that once dominated West Africa, Fatai Rolling Dollar has mounted a surprising comeback five decades ...
View ArticleExplosions reported in Republic of Congo capital
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo -; Blasts rocked the capital of the Republic of Congo Sunday morning, shaking houses in Brazzaville and echoing across the Congo River to the capital of the ...
View ArticleBlack market dirties Zimbabwe diamond fields
Just weeks before a global ban was lifted on Marange diamonds in Zimbabwe, an outpouring of mourners clogged the usually sleepy streets of Mutare in the eastern mining ...
View ArticleTyphoid cases soar in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Some 3,000 cases of typhoid have been reported in Zimbabwe's capital of Harare since the first case was detected in a working-class suburb in January, state media reported on ...
View ArticleeServGlobal wins project with ASGSM.MOBI to bring mobile money to Somalia
eServGlobal will work with Dubai based mobile network operator, ASGSM.MOBI, to bring mobile money services to ASGSM.MOBI subscribers both in Somalia and abroad. ASGSM.MOBI holds a GSM and 3G license ...
View ArticleZimbabwe charities report new state onslaught
HARARE, Zimbabwe -; Civic organizations say authorities loyal to Zimbabwe's president have launched a new onslaught against humanitarian agencies by demanding illegal levies and putting them ...
View Article3 Chinese killed in Congo explosions
BRAZZAVILLE, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Three Chinese workers were killed on Sunday and dozens of others injured, some in serious condition, in explosions in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of ...
View ArticleDar es Salaam Youngster Land Soccer Scholarship in Senegal
TANZANIAN youngster, Sifael Orgenes Mollel (14) has landed the opportunity to train at the centre of excellence in Dakar, Senegal under the Aspire Football Dream programme. Tanzania Football ...
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