Year: 2024
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News
Domestic Investment Best Improvement Strategy for Nigeria’s Economy– Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment
Nigeria’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Jumoke Oduwole, has said that domestic investment is the best way to improve the country’s economy. She said this on Nov. 11, 2024, in an interview with ARISE…
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News
NLC to begin indefinite strike over N70,000 minimum wage
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared an indefinite strike scheduled to start on Dec. 1, 2024, if the Federal Government does not implement the new minimum wage of N70,000 promised in July 2024. This…
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foreign
Iraq to legalise child marriage, to reduce age of consent from 18 to 9
The Iraqi government is moving to amend the marriage law that allows men to marry young children as the government has reduced the age of consent from eighteen years to nine years. The proposed amendment…
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Female Supremacy
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to re-serve as Director-General of WTO, emerges as sole candidate
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has announced that Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the current Director-General, is the sole nominee to lead the organisation for a second four-year term. This confirmation came on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024, in…
