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Varsity workers propose N350,000 minimum wage

The National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, on Wednesday, April 24, proposed N350,000 as the new living wage. This comes as the Tripartite Committee of the National Minimum Wage prepares to release the harmonised recommendation for the new minimum wage...

Man sentenced to physical castration and 50 years in prison for raping 14-year-old girl

A Louisiana man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison and will be physically castrated after pleading guilty to raping a 14-year-old girl, District Attorney Scott Perrilloux announced. On April 17, Glenn Sullivan Sr., 54, of Springfield, pleaded guilty...

Student killed and another arrested in Texas high school shooting

An 18-year-old student is dead and a 17-year-old student has been arrested after a shooting broke out at a Texas high school.  Cops responded to reports of the shooting at Arlington Bowie High School shortly before 3pm on Wednesday, April...

“Electricity production is too much” Tanzania shuts down five hydroelectric stations to reduce excess power supply

Prime Minister of Tanzania, Kassim Majaliwa, has announced the shutdown of five hydroelectric stations in the country, in order to reduce excess electricity supply in the national grid. Mr Majaliwa said the main plant alone, which is Mwalimu Nyerere Hydroelectric...

Motorists lament as long queues resurface in Abuja and other states due to an alleged shortage in the supply of PMS

Motorists in Abuja and five other states are lamenting as long queues resurface due to an alleged shortage in the supply of PMS to the nation’s capital and other states.  Several filling stations were closed in Abuja, Nasarawa, Niger, Gombe,...