The Big 5: Labour raises minimum wage demand from N56,000, ICC prosecutor seeks justice for Rohingya and other top stories

These are the stories you should be monitoring today. The Organised Labour has presented a fresh demand for the new National Minimum Wage for workers to the tripartite committee, using current economic indices as its yardstick. It said the N56,000 earlier presented was no longer feasible. The NLC General Secretary, Peter Ozo-Eson said that the... Read More

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September 17, 2017

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Opinion: Myanmar’s Muslim massacres- A case for religious minority groups everywhere

by Albert Afeso Akanbi Some sad news filtered in from Myanmar on August 25, 2017. Again we saw proof of people’s willingness, both law enforcers and breakers, to sink into the lowest depth in terms of cruelty to fellow human beings. An attack of over 24 security sites by what Myanmar’s government called a terrorist... Read More

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September 5, 2017

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Burma genocide: Over 120,000 Rohingya people flee Myanmar violence

by Samuel Okike According to the United Nations, over 120,000 Rohingya people have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh in the last two weeks after a rise in violence against the Muslim ethnic minority. About 400,000 stateless Rohingya people have been estimated to be trapped in conflict zones in western Myanmar since more “clearance operations” by security... Read More

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