South African Govt Workers Embark On Strike Over Pay
Thousands of public workers in South Africa downed tools in a nationwide strike over wages after talks with the government hit a deadlock threatening to affect essential services. The wage stalemate b...
11 Nov 20221min
UNESCO Trains 50 Lecturers In Digital Education
The UNESCO International Center for Higher Education Innovation has trained 50 lecturers across five tertiary institutions in digital education. Malam Auwalu Umar, Director of Public Affairs Directora...
11 Nov 20221min
Nigerian Government Targets Over 6% Unemployment Rate, Economic Growth
The Federal Government is targeting a 6.3 percent rate, 7 percent economic growth, and a 0.3 percent poverty rate by 2050. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, says the Nigeria Age...
11 Nov 20221min
Nigerian Government To Spend Big To Tackle Climate Change
The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdulahi, says the Federal Government is spending nine percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product to address climate change in Nigeria.Nigeria’s GDP was wort...
11 Nov 20221min
Greece To Ban Sale Of Spyware Amid Phone-tapping Scandal
Greece’s government says it will introduce a bill to ban the sale of spyware following media reports of a state-sponsored phone-tapping scandal that targeted at least 30 people, including politicians ...
9 Nov 20221min
Hacker Threatens To Leak Australians’ Medical Data In 24 Hours
A cybercriminal or cybercrime organization has threatened to leak customer data from Australia’s largest health insurer within 24 hours after the company refused to cooperate with its extortion attemp...
9 Nov 20221min
Uganda And Zimbabwe Launch First Satellites Into Space
Two satellites built by Zimbabwean and Ugandan engineers respectively have been launched into space. Zimbabwe’s satellite, named ZimSat-1 was designed and assembled by three of the country’s scientist...
9 Nov 20221min
Africa's Push For Gas Divides Climate Change Summit
There is evidence of significant division between countries at the UN climate conference in Egypt about the future role of natural gas. Several African countries want to exploit the resource at a time...
9 Nov 20221min
