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FG Declares ASUU Strike Illegal As Meeting Ends In Deadlock

February 23, 2022 8:43 am

The conciliatory meeting which was conveyed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige to hold discussions on the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), ended early Wednesday morning in deadlock, with the Federal Government declaring the industrial action as illegal.

While the government has continued to maintain that the demands raised by the union were already being met, ASUU thinks otherwise.

Addressing stakeholders at the meeting, Ngige described the ongoing strike as a clear breach of the law, adding that the union did not go through the normal process before embarking on the industrial action.…

War: Iran, Pakistan Reaches Agreement On Monday

January 13, 2020 8:31 am

Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Zarif, and his visiting Pakistani counterpart, Shah Qureshi, on Monday urged closer cooperation between the two neighbours.

According to Iran’s state television, Zarif and Qureshi in a meeting in Iran, discussed bilateral ties as well as the latest regional and international developments.

They emphasised close cooperation of Tehran and Islamabad to de-escalate tensions in the Persian Gulf.

On Sunday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, expressed his country’s readiness to promote amicable ties with all regional countries.

Rouhani called for collective efforts to ensure peace and relieve tensions in the region.

US, Mexico, Canada To Sign Deal Finalizing Trade Agreement

December 10, 2019 3:35 pm

The United States, Mexico and Canada will sign an “initial deal” Tuesday finalizing the USMCA trade agreement, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said.

“There is an initial deal between the governments,” the leftist leader told his daily news conference, as negotiators from the three countries prepared to meet in Mexico City.

“Today it will be signed by… the three countries’ negotiators.”

Lopez Obrador was due to chair a meeting of top officials from the three countries at the presidential palace at 1800 GMT.

Initially signed in …

Ghana Gets $600m Loan Agreement To Boost Cocoa Production

November 12, 2019 3:43 pm

GHANA is moving fast at scaling up its cocoa value chain and President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Tuesday presented what he described as ‘Ghana Chocolate’ to more than 2000 delegates at the African Investment Forum (AIF) holding in South Africa’s city centre in Johannesburg.
He said that other African producers of cocoa, especially Nigeria and ivory Coast, could enjoy cocoa boom and enhanced value chain.

In the last three days, proud President Akufo-Addo has been all over the Sandton City Convention Center venue of the African Development Bank (AfDB)-organised conference clinching big-ticket infrastructure financing deals from global investors.

The Tuesday …

Labour: Agreement On Minimum Wage Increase Is A Hoax

October 17, 2019 7:04 am

The President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Dr. Ayuba Wabba, has described as mere speculation, reports of an agreement to a 20 percent and 13.5 percent consequential adjustments for workers on Grade Levels 7-14 and 15-17 respectively.

At the minimum wage meeting, Wabba said although organized labor and the government’s representatives have made concessions, they were both discussing to reach a definite agreement on the salary adjustments.

“We have made progress in many areas, the areas we are talking is that of implementation and the consequential adjustment, that is the only subject matter that is under consideration and that is …

U.S. joins diplomatic push to salvage agreement in Sudan

June 13, 2019 12:55 am

An Ethiopian envoy has said that the military and opposition groups have agreed to resume talks on the formation of a transitional council that collapsed after the violent dispersal of a protest sit-in on June 3.

Tibor Nagy, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for Africa, met on Wednesday with the main opposition coalition and held talks with Sudan’s acting Deputy Foreign Minister Ilham Ibrahim.

Before the meetings, the State Department said Nagy was going to urge the parties to work toward an environment conducive to the resumption of negotiations. The United States also on Wednesday named veteran diplomat Donald …

Senate votes on $8bn arms sale to Saudi Arabia by Trump

US lawmakers in a new agreement to prevent shutdown

February 12, 2019 3:13 am

U.S. lawmakers on Monday reached a tentative deal to try to avert another partial government shutdown on Saturday, but congressional aides said it did not contain the $5.7 billion President Donald Trump wants for a border wall.

“We reached an agreement in principle” on funding border security programs through Sept. 30, Republican Senator Richard Shelby told reporters.

“Our staffs are going to be working feverishly to put all the particulars together,” Shelby said. Neither he nor three other senior lawmakers flanking him provided any details of the tentative pact.