NLC Calls Off Strike As FG Agrees To Pay N30,000 Minimum Wage
Mr Ayuba Wabba, President, Nigeria Labour Congress says a new minimum wage has been agreed. The organised labour unions have called off the planned nationwide industrial action initially scheduled to commence today to press home workers’ demand for a new national minimum wage. The National Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, announced […]
The Story Corner : Fla Fla Flow… Flow Flow Fla
{opens the door, grabs her drink} Hello my people, ahaha! I have come with my gist and wait, don’t tell me you are trying to fasten your seat belt? Well, it is important you do so. This story telling life won’t kill me though, excuse me, I am no gossiper okay? I am just keeping […]
Women’s Climate Leadership Is Paramount To The Urgency Of Climate Change Report
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which arrived thunderously in October, concludes that we have only 12 years remaining to transform our energy systems and ways of living to limit the worst effects of climate change. The IPCC report stands as the loudest clarion call yet from global climate scientists, stating that […]
It’s Not A Competition But An All -Female Board Must Blaze Up The Male One
HBO’s hit sitcom Silicon Valley is full of tech-culture parody and hilariously disastrous business decisions. The fictional, comical startup Pied Piper has a frat house aesthetic that demonstrates a very real, yet very serious problem: like 83 percent of venture-backed companies, it lacks even a single female founder. It has been proven through compelling and meticulous research that companies are more profitable and […]
Stacey Abrams Slams Brian Kemp’s ‘Desperate’ Hacking Claim
Stacey Abrams, Georgia’s Democratic nominee for governor, lashed out against Republican challenger Brian Kemp on Sunday over his office’s 11th-hour claim that Democrats had attempted to hack into the state’s voter registration system. The office of Georgia’s secretary of state announced Sunday ― just two days before the midterm elections ― that it had opened […]
South Sudan Is Out Of Cash
Several times a week, the 45-year-old accountant lines up at one of the few ATMs in Khartoum still dispensing banknotes, waiting hours to withdraw the daily maximum of 2,000 Sudanese pounds ($42). That sum’s being spread increasingly thinly to feed his family, as inflation in the North African nation hits its highest in two decades, […]
Nigerian Women Are Using Whatsapp To Chat, Learn And Earn
Mobile phones have become widespread all over the world, including in rural and low-income communities. As research shows, these devices have the potential to bring about significant societal change – a fact acknowledged in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. But while the promising role that mobile phones and other Information and Communication Technologies could […]
41-Year Old Woman Raped And Strangled In Namibia
A 41-year-old woman was on Monday allegedly raped and strangled by a 29-year-old man at Wini village south of Nkurenkuru in Kavango West Region. The incident that shocked villagers at Wini village happened between 00h40 to 06h00 on Monday morning. The deceased has been identified as Esther Mpepo. “We arrested the suspect on Monday,” said […]
Uganda To Deploy Ebola Vaccine To Border Points
Uganda has announced that it will deploy an Ebola vaccine even though there is no outbreak of the disease in the country. Minister for Health Jane Ruth Aceng announced a plan to start vaccinating frontline health workers from November 5, due to fears that the outbreak currently affecting the Democratic Republic of Congo could soon […]
World’s Largest Silk Producer To Set Up Base In Kenya
The world’s largest producer of silk, Guangdong Silk-Tex Group, has announced its plans to set up shop in Kenya. Top officials of the government owned company met President Uhuru Kenyatta in Shanghai, China, today during which they confirmed plans to set up business in Nairobi. Officials of the company were led by their Chairman Ke […]
The Story Corner : The Things We Hear…
knock, Knock, who is home? The girl is back! I have been hearing things but this particular thing is a little funny but it is true though. Somebody posted something online that they saw one instagram celebrity at one airport and as she was about to check in, they told her to pull off all […]
48 Young Women Complete Professional IT Programme
Forty-eight women have successfully finished the WeCode Quality Assurance Software Testing training programme. They were awarded with certificates of excellence on Friday. According to Yvette Uwineza, the Programme Manager of WeCode, a programming school and IT agency, it aims at nurturing young women into future leaders in the tech sector. The programme was designed to […]
Women Are Raped By Uniformed Police Officers In South Africa
Four in ten sex workers in Swaziland / Eswatini say they have been raped by uniformed police officers. They were also raped by soldiers and security officers, the Sex Workers National Indaba was told on Tuesday (30 October 2018). National Key Populations and Vulnerable Groups Officer Khanyisile Lukhele from the Swaziland National AIDS Programme (SNAP) […]
Nuns Launch Campaign Against Domestic Violence
In a bid to end domestic violence in Kabarole District, nuns of the Holy Cross Sisters family Virika have initiated community debates to increase awareness about the vice. The move has been prompted by the increasing cases of domestic violence in Karangura Sub-county, a challenge they say is hindering development in the area. Rev sister […]
Ethiopia Is Slaying It All – Meet Meaza Ashenafi The First Female Federal Supreme Court President
Ethiopia is certainly leading the way in terms of gender parity and inclusivity. The dust has hardly settled since the recent appointment of a new Cabinet that is half female and the first female president. Ethiopia has followed that up with the unanimous endorsement by parliament of prominent women rights defender, Meaza Ashenafi as the […]