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| Sports › Mourinho Taunts Crowd As Man United Beats Juventus by Vardy(op): 3:43am On Nov 08, 2018 |
TURIN, Italy — After listening to taunts from the Juventus crowd for 90 minutes, Jose Mourinho couldn’t help but pay them back in kind.https://www.google.com.ng/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/sports/dcunited/man-united-score-2-late-goals-to-win-2-1-at-juventus/2018/11/07/31b3369c-e2da-11e8-ba30-a7ded04d8fac_story.html 25 Likes 3 Shares
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| Politics › Buhari To Take Decision On Minimum Wage Soon— Lai by Vardy(op): 3:27am On Nov 08, 2018 |
ABUJA— Federal Government said, yesterday, that President Muhammadu Buhari will soon review the report of the Minimum Wage Tripartite Committee submitted to him on Tuesday, and make his decision known to the committee. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this after Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Ama Pepple-led Tripartite Committee had, in the report submitted to the President, recommended N30,000 as the new minimum wage to match the demand of organised labour. : Minister for Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed President Buhari, while receiving the report, promised to send an executive bill to the National Assembly on the recommendation as soon as possible, for consideration and approval but was silent on whether he endorsed the N30,000 new wage.
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| Politics › Buhari Has Not Endorsed N30,000 Minimum Wage – Presidency by Vardy(op): 7:06am On Nov 07, 2018 |
The Presidency has frowned at the misinterpretation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s remarks when he received the report of the Tripartite Committee on the Review of National Minimum Wage from the committee’s chairman, Ama Pepple, on Tuesday. A presidential source, who preferred not to be named, said the president did not endorse N30,000 as proposed by committee as being reported by some sections of the media. He, however, stated that President Buhari had expressed his commitment to ensuring the implementation of a new National Minimum Wage. “But the president’s speech at the event was immediately made available to the media and nowhere indicated that the president endorsed N30,000 Minimum wage. “It is not the duty of the president only to endorse a new national minimum wage. The process involves the Federal Executive Council (FEC), the National Economic Council (NEC) and the National Assembly. “It is imperative for us to always avoid misinterpreting a written speech,’’ he added. At the submission of the report of the Tripartite Committee that negotiated a new minimum wage with labour and other stakeholders, President Buhari pledged that the Federal Government would soon transmit an Executive bill (on National Minimum Wage) to the National Assembly for its passage within the shortest possible time. He said: “Our plan is to transmit the Executive bill to the National Assembly for its passage within the shortest possible time. Suspension Of Strike: We Still Have Bridges To Cross-Labour “I am fully committed to having a new National Minimum Wage Act in the very near future.’’ Buhari also expressed delight that the committee had successfully completed its assignment in a peaceful and non-controversial manner. “Let me use this opportunity to recognise the leadership of the organised labour and private sector as well as representatives of State and Federal Governments for all your hard work. “The fact that we are here today, is a notable achievement. “As the Executive Arm commences its review of your submission, we will continue to engage you all in closing any open areas presented in this report. “I, therefore, would like to ask for your patience and understanding in the coming weeks.” The President, however, enjoined the leadership of the labour unions as well as the Nigerian workers to avoid being used as political weapons. “May I therefore, employ workers and their leaders not to allow themselves to be used as political weapons,’’ he said. In her remarks, Pepple explained that the recommendation made by the committee was predicated on the high cost of living, occasioned by the exchange rate as well as the rising inflation rate in the country. She said that the committee also considered micro-economic indicators including the revenue and expenditure profile of the government. Pepple expressed the hope that the implementation of the recommended minimum wage would boost the purchasing power of the working class, increase consumption expenditure, and stimulate economic growth 1 Share
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| Literature › Wrecking The People In The Name Of Burial by Vardy(op): 2:40pm On Oct 31, 2018 |
[b] When one dies, we believe that the debt the people he leaves behind owe him is to return him to mother earth. Returning him to mother earth in form of a burial is the last rite the people should perform for him, how they do that is another thing. There is one friend who has constantly said that his interest ceases to be meaningful when he breathes his last breath by giving the ghost. That he does not care a damn how he is buried. The last thing the people would do would be to leave his corpse unburied. Should they do that, the stench that will ooze out from his decaying body will provoke an epidemic. So at least, for fear of that, he must be buried by his people. This man only requires to be buried when he dies. Whether people who attend his burial drink coke or champagne is not his business. What's worrisome is the festivities that accompany burial ceremonies. The way people look at it seems as if burial ceremonies are desirable engagements they are looking up to. When somebody dies these days, the first thing that his relatives do is to take his corpse to the best hospital with the best mortuary services. It does not really matter however, if the person died consequent on the refusal or inability of the relatives to give him a reasonable medicare. Whether he starved to death is immaterial to them. As soon as the corpse is deposited in a good mortuary, arrangements swing into action. The first thing is to make sure there is a good house where the body will lie in state. It does not matter if the person died in a thatched house. If it takes six months to get a good house in place, it does not bother them. After getting the house ready, the next thing will be how to get burial posters proclaiming the death of a personage when the person in real life died a pauper. Depending on the financial disposition of the family, some people go to the extent of buying imported caskets. Others go to special places where designer caskets are made. On the burial day, the vehicle that carries the corpse must be a jeep brand of car and at least it must covered by 2 video cameramen so that even the ants on the ground will be picked. At the wake keeping ceremony, live bands are invited to entertain the wake keepers. The number of live bands determines the financial strength of the organisers of the burial. When the dead has been buried in perhaps a house that cost thousands of naira to erect. When the chips are down and all the sympathisers are gone, the immediate family now come back to count its loses and gains. It is only at this time that it dawns on the people that they have over spent because it is not possible to square up. The sympathizers who must have been expected to bring cash gifts only brought one or two goats and some cartoons of beer, crates of minerals - which the villagers in their insatiable appetite for drinks have consumed. If the dead person was a married man with children, it is at this time of settlement of debt unreasonably Incurred that the poor widow is brought into the fore. Remember that before this time, depending on her relationship with her relation's in- law, she may not have been directly involved in the burial arrangements. She will now be asked to suggest what should be done to settle the debt incurred from the burial of her husband. The woman in most cases will simply burst into tears. Of course expectedly, she must be made to realise that shading of tears at this time is out of place. The solution to the problem which they must Confront is monetary. If the dead man was a man of means and left one or two houses behind, selling them becomes a sure solution. The house will then go up for sale. That done, the debt is settled and the difference if any is given to the widow and her little ones. Nobody should misconstrue me, am not saying that the dead should not be given a befitting burial. Far from it, but the issue is that we should not transform burial ceremonies into festivals at the expense of yawning and immediate needs.[/b]
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| Literature › The Breaking by Vardy(op): 4:29pm On Mar 26, 2018 |
“Take off your clothes,” he commanded. Then he walked to the door, locked it and put the key in his pocket. He turned to me again and screamed, “I thought I asked you to take off your clothes!” I shivered terribly. What was I to do? I was only twelve years old. He came closer towards me. I moved backwards, until I hit the wall. He smiled an evil smile as he unbuckled his belt. I looked around swiftly,searching for a way to escape. I found none. He was done with his belt now. I clung to the curtain that hung down from the wall. He beckoned on me to lie on the bed; I moved my head slowly from left to right in disagreement. He beckoned on me again, this time with a frown on his face; I repeated the movement of my head. He approached me and I held unto the curtain tightly, hoping that I would disappear, or maybe become invincible at the least. When I didn’t disappear or become invincible, I started crying. The tear drops were warm and salty; I tasted a little as it got to my lips. He was right in front of me now; he placed his hand on my shoulder and I screamed. I knew no one would come to rescue me, as there wasn’t anyone else home, but I screamed. The slap to my cheek that followed was hard and swift, I almost cut my tongue in-between my teeth. He grabbed me and flung me onto the bed. The actions that followed were rapid. He got on top me and threatened that he’d kill me if I screamed again. I sobbed intensely but quietly as he ripped my shirt and tore my skirt. The tears were hotter now. I pleaded passionately but they fell on deaf ears.I felt something snap deep beneath as he pierced himself inside me. I screamed again, this time even louder. He punched me in the face and pierced me even harder. Each thrust was more painful than the previous. I tried to scream but I couldn’t, his hand was firmly pressed against my mouth. He continued piercing until my walls broke and my eyes almost popped out of their sockets. I thought I would die. I almost did. He ravaged me like a beast and I moaned deeply, out of horrifying pain. I bled as he tore me open. I was only twelve years old. Cursed be the womb that gave life to such a man. How will I tell the world that was raped by my own father? As he walked out of the room, along with my dignity and pride of purity, I knew his stench of shame remained to last forever. |
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