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Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has disclosed that the country will be seeking a return to the governing board of the International Labour Organisation during the forthcoming in 106th session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva. Speaking while inaugurating members of the various committees to articulate Nigeria’s position at the conference, the Minister said his Ministry’s ground work and diplomatic shuttle in this regards has yielded positive result as Nigeria candidacy into the ILO Governing Body has been approved by other African Countries. He said the country must “harness all resources as a country, hence my…

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has arrived Taormina, Italy to be part of the ongoing G7 summit in the country. Osinbajo was present in the summit to represent Nigeria at the 43rd G7 summit with other world leaders like Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel and others all in attendance. The summit which started on Friday, May 26 will end today, Saturday, May 27. The acting president is therefore expected back in the country later today.

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kogi State has called on Governor Yahaya Bello to resign for registering twice for permanent voter card. A Senator, Dino Melaye, made the call on behalf of the party at a news briefing in Abuja on Friday. The chairman of the APC in Kogi, Hadi Ametuo, agreed with Mr. Melaye, adding that it was the position of the party. Mr. Melaye said the people of Kogi State and the party were dissociating themselves from the act and called on Mr. Bello to resign immediately or risk impeachment. “This executive recklessness and impunity is…

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Saturday said his administration was determined to protect children from abuse or molestation in order to safeguard their future while preparing them for the challenges of life. Ambode, who was represented by his deputy, Dr Idiat Adebule, said this in Lagos at the 2017 Children’s Day Celebration organised by the Ministry of Education as part of activities to mark the Lagos at 50 anniversary. The theme of the Children’s Day celebration was “Children of Today, Our Keepers Tomorrow.” “We must protect these children today so that they can protect us tomorrow. ”It is…

Watford have appointed former Hull boss Marco Silva as their new manager on a two-year contract. Silva is the ninth Watford boss in five years and the eighth since the Italian Pozzo family took over in 2012. The 39-year-old Portuguese replaced Mike Phelan at Hull in January but was unable to prevent relegation to the Championship and resigned on Thursday. Chairman Scott Duxbury said Silva is “one of the most sought after head coaches in the Premier League”. He added: “His pedigree and promise speaks for itself with his achievements in top divisions elsewhere across Europe, as well as his…

Prof. Benjamin Ozumba, the Vice-Chancellor of University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), says the institution is on the threshold of being among the best 10 universities in the world. Ozumba, who assumed office in 2014 as the vice chancellor of the university, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka, Enugu State, on Saturday. The vice chancellor said he was happy that the institution was working according to the dream and vision of its founding father, late Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe. “His dream was for UNN to have the best professors, best library and best academic…

Forces loyal to Libya’s unity government said Saturday that 52 of its fighters were killed as they repelled rival militias in fierce clashes in the capital Tripoli. Apart from sporadic gunfire in southern Tripoli, calm returned to the city on Saturday, the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Among the 52 killed in Friday’s clashes which centred on the southern district of Abu Slim, said Hashem Bichr, a security official of the Government of National Accord, were 17 members of pro-GNA forces who had been “executed”. There was no immediate confirmation from medical or other independent sources…

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said that over 40 women from different Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Borno benefited from its one-week free cancer screening/treatment programme. Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adesanya, Director of Public Relations and Information, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. According to him, the exercise was held at the newly established NAF Cancer Screening Centre at 109 Composite Group in Maiduguri from May 16 to 20. He said that it was in fulfilment of the pledge earlier made by the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, to extend healthcare…

A suicide car bomber killed 18 people in the eastern Afghan city of Khost on Saturday, officials said, in the first major insurgent attack at the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the bombing, which provincial authorities said targeted Afghan security forces working with American troops in Khost province. The attack is the latest in a series of assaults on Western-backed forces as the Taliban step up their annual spring offensive and the insurgency expands more than 15 years after they were toppled from power in a US-led invasion. “A…

G7 nations risked unprecedented deadlock on Saturday as US President Donald Trump resisted pressure to sign up to joint positions on hot-button issues such as climate change, trade and migration. The Group of Seven leading democracies began the concluding day of their annual summit in discussions with leaders from Ethiopia, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, and Tunisia. The five African states are key players in the Mediterranean migration crisis, as countries of origin or transit for hundreds of thousands of migrants attempting to reach Europe via perilous crossings of the Mediterranean. The G7’s Italian presidency placed this year’s summit in Sicily to…