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Nigerian Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, has said the organised private sector is not part of strike action by the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Unions Congress, TUC. Director-General of NECA, Timothy Olawale, made this known in a letter to all members of the association, which was sighted by DAILY POST in Abuja late Wednesday. He said the leadership of national labour unions had assured NECA that the private sector was not the target…

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South African actress Shoki Mokgapa is dead. According TshisaLIVE, the 34-year-old Intersexions star passed away on Tuesday night from a yet to be confirmed cause. Following her shocking death, South Africans have taken to social media to mourn the vibrant actress who won a SAFTA award in 2017 for Best Actress in a Feature Film. View image on Twitter Clive Morris Productions@CMPTVee We are extremely sad to hear about the passing of Shoki Mokgapa. Everyone here at CMP loved working with her…

President Donald Trump claimed on Wednesday that China is working to interfere in November’s midterm elections with the aim of damaging him politically. “Regrettably, we found that China has been attempting to interfere in our upcoming 2018 election coming up in November against my administration,” Trump said during remarks at the UN Security Council. The President offered scant details or evidence, which came during a session meant to focus on issues of nonproliferation. He suggested the meddling…

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has sacked Susan Kolimba from her post as the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation. A statement by the Directorate of Presidential Communication confirmed that Dr Damas Ndumbalo took over from Wednesday. “NO BAD FEELINGS” Dr Kolimba said she does not have bad feelings following the president’s decision. Speaking to The Citizen on Wednesday, she described the decision as a “marathon relay”, which demands a leader’s readiness to hand over…

Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Addo has underlined Ghana’s new found interest in China as a glorious path to growth and development rather than a new pact for recolonization by a superpower. Addressing the 73rdUN Assembly in the US, the West African leader was unequivocal in stating the development trajectory Ghana and other African countries have practised over the years has not yielded the desired rate of development. “We are trying a different one,” he assured, one…

President Nana Akufo-Addo has addressed the 73rd UN General Assembly at New York. His address touched on the anxieties concerning China’s forays into the developing world, the need for UN Reform, the wider vision of an Africa Beyond Aid, and the recent passing of former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan. Find the full speech below Ghana salutes the historical significance of your election to preside over this 73rd session of the General Assembly as the…

Singer Davido has been on the positive mode as he shows support for his uncle Sen. Adeleke in the Osun elections and so many Nigerians are loving it. After recieving some kudos from top celebrities and friends for his efforts, the singer was approached by a troll on twitter who tried to warn him to back off from supporting his uncle to avoid being mocked and ridiculed by Nigerians if the results prove negative. Well…

The undeclared winner of last Saturday’s Osun governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has written to diplomatic missions in Nigeria, raising alarm over threats to his life and a clampdown on his supporters, ahead of Thursday supplementary polls. In the letter already depatched to diplomatic missions and made available to DAILY POST, Adeleke catalogued the many infractions in the last Saturday polls. They included the refusal of INEC to declare him the winner in line with…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday drew the attention of world leaders to conflicts around the world and their devastating effects. The President called on leaders to take urgent action to bring the conflicts to an end, warning that the situation has become worse than it was last year. He made the call while addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Beyond the conflicts, especially in the Middle East, and the Rohingya crisis, President…