Tag Archives: Labor
Oyo State civil servants have been urged to use dialogue instead of confrontation to persuade the government for enhanced pay. They were hailed for suspending the strike by the state’s Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over the disagreement with the government … read more »
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Tagged Abiola Ajimobi, Africa news, African news, Civil service, IndepthAfrica, Labor, Labour, Minimum wage, nation, Oyo State, Wage
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Nigeria’s main labour unions Thursday gave the government a two-week ultimatum to pay workers a minimum wage agreed to a year ago, or face a nationwide strike, including in the key oil sector. “Organised labour under the auspices of Nigeria … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Authorities says Botswana public workers have ended their 8-week strike and will be back on the job as early as Monday. The French Press Agency quotes a union spokesman as saying 90,000 workers have agreed to accept the government’s 3-percent … read more »
Posted in Botswana, News, Southern Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, Botswana, Botswana National Front, breaking news, Civil service, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Labor, Laborer, North Africa, Pan African News, percentage, Southern Africa, Strike action, West Africa
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December 28, 2010 by benim
Egypt will hold its presidential election in September next year and the ruling party will meet by July to choose its candidate, the party’s policy chief — the president’s son Gamal Mubarak — said on Monday. The approach of the … read more »
Posted in Egypt, Election, News, North Africa, Politics
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Alaa Mubarak, breaking news, Cairo, Egypt, Egyptian constitutional referendum, Egyptian presidential election, Elections in Egypt, Gamal Mubarak, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kefaya, Labor, National Democratic Party, News local news, newspapers, political-news, Social Issues, World news
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December 12, 2010 by benim
Pfizer hired investigators to dig up dirt on Nigeria’s then-attorney general early last year in an effort to pressure him to drop a $6 billion lawsuit against the company, according to a classified U.S. diplomatic cable. The high-profile litigation, which … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa, Wikileaks
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Tagged Abuja, Africa news, African news, breaking news, clinical trial, Espionage, Health Medical Pharma, IndepthAfrica, International relations, internet censorship, Labor, Michael Aondoakaa, national security, News local news, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Pfizer, political-news, Politics of Nigeria, security, Submarine communications cable, Trovafloxacin, Web 2.0, Whistleblowing, wikileak, Wikileaks, World news, World Wide Web
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November 19, 2010 by benim
Six employees from the Unity state’s ministry of Education, Science and Technology were killed during an ambush by armed men on their way back from Koch County on Tuesday. Lumba Mut Guong, an accountant who was injured during the attack, … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, News, North Africa, Sudan
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Tagged Africa news, Bentiu, crime, Death, disasters-news, geography, gun men, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Khartoum, Labor, Leer, Lumba Mut Guong, Southern Sudan, Sudan, tregedy, Umm Durmān, Unity, Unity (state), War Conflict
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November 16, 2010 by benim
A male scientist says he’s discovered what makes women happy. It’s a hormone called oxytocin, says Paul Zak, a researcher at Claremont Graduate University. Zak presented evidence to back his case today at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San … read more »
Posted in Health, Women
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Tagged biology, breastfeeding, Claremont Graduate University, Contraction, Education, Empathy, health-news, Labor, Lactation, Medicine, Mental Health, Neuropeptides, neuroscience, Neurotransmitters, Obstetrics, oxytocin, Paul J. Zak, Paul Zak, People, reproductive system, San Diego, Society for Neuroscience, What Do Women Really Want, women health
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November 8, 2010 by benim
Nigeria’s two main labour unions called a three-day nationwide strike from Wednesday and threatened an indefinite stoppage over what they say is the government’s failure to adopt a $120 monthly minimum wage. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Africa news, Business Finance, business-news, economics, Economy of Nigeria, Employment compensation, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Trade Union Confederation, Labor, Labour Party, labour relations, Minimum wage, Nigeria, Nigeria Labour Congress, political-news, President of the United States, Strike action, trade union, Trade Union Congress, union called
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November 4, 2010 by benim
Nigeria have named Samson Siasia as their new manager subject to a contract being formalised in the next 48 hours. The 43-year-old former Super Eagles striker was chosen ahead of Stephen Keshi by the Nigeria Football Federation’s technical committee. Siasia, … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Soccer, Sports, West Africa
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Tagged 2010 FIFA World Cup, Africa news, Augustine Eguavoen, Chris Green, football, Football in Nigeria, Henry Nwosu, IndepthAfrica, Labor, Lagos, Lars Lagerback, Nigeria, Nigeria national football team, Nigerian, Samson Siasia, Shaibu Amodu, Soccer, Sport in Africa, sports-news, Stephen Keshi, team coach, World cup
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