In this piece we will provide guidance on how to avoid the main common mistakes companies make when dismissing employees Dismissal is a problem faced by many employers. When done incorrectly, it usually leads to an unforeseen financial burden. If you are conducting operations in Equatorial Guinea, you need to be aware that the laws are designed to favour the employee. Even in the event of theft, where the employer fails to follow the proper dismissal procedure, the employer will be obliged to pay the employee a penalty. In this piece we will provide guidance on how to avoid the…
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Next generation tools that provide essential financial services are becoming a powerful force for change by driving financial inclusion in developing economies With the World Economic Forum warning of a deepening digital divide that will ultimately exacerbate global inequality, the role of intuitive digital financial services platforms in bridging this divide is becoming more important than ever before. Indeed, next generation tools that provide essential financial services – savings accounts, global money transfers, loans, etc – to customers in an accessible way, are becoming a powerful force for change by driving financial inclusion in developing economies. The global health crisis and…
The African Energy Chamber’s Road to Recovery: How the African energy industry can reshape itself for a post-COVID comeback offers a common sense strategy for the public and the private sector from leading industry experts African Energy producers and the governments are facing an unprecedented economic crisis due to the Coronavirus, unemployment, recession, and energy poverty and energy transition concerns. The African Energy Chamber’s Road to Recovery: How the African energy industry can reshape itself for a post-COVID comeback offers a commonsense strategy for the public and the private sector from leading industry experts. It calls on all of us…
Sustainable access to gas is significant in Nigeria’s quest to make the manufacturing sector a key driver in job creation for the teeming youths. Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment made this known on Monday in Abuja. Adebayo stated this at the pre-summit virtual conference of the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit on Decade of Gas Mandate. A statement by Ifedayo Sayo, Special Assistant to the minister on media, said Adebayo stressed the need to harness the potential that gas presented for Nigeria’s industrialisation. The Minister who was represented by his Technical Adviser, Kamal Bakrin, said gas could…
Prof. Audee Giwa of the Kaduna State University (KASU) on Tuesday said, nothing can take the place of books in spite of the advancement in digital technology. Giwa, a Professor of Comparative Literature and Dean, Faculty of Arts, KASU, was reacting to concerns that the internet was taking the place of books. He said in Kaduna that although the internet provided access to many reading materials and other e-books at the same time, it could not take the place of books in human culture. The don noted that technology had changed the way people access books and other reading materials, adding that people…
More than 250 candidates from 68 countries have been nominated for this year’s Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, one of the world’s most prestigious prizes for literature aimed at children and young people. The annual award, worth five million kronor ($574,000), is due to be announced later on Tuesday. The 262 candidates included nominees ranging alphabetically from Sayyed Nader Musava, who promoted reading in Afghanistan, to Ken Wilson-Max, an illustrator from Zimbabwe. The Swedish Government created the award in 2002 to honour writers and illustrators of literature for children and young people. It is also to honour those who promote reading in the spirit…
Twenty-five world leaders have thrown their weight behind a proposal from European Council President Charles Michel to draw up a new international treaty on pandemic preparedness in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Leaders including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha signed an opinion piece along with Michel and World Health Organisation Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. “There will be other pandemics and other major health emergencies. No single government or multilateral agency can address this threat alone,’’ the piece, published on Tuesday in newspapers worldwide, read. The article made the case for a…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with Senate President Ahmad Lawan and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the State House, Abuja. Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, the senate president said they deliberated on crucial national issues including the issue of supplementary budget meant to provide for the funding of the COVID-19 vaccination. He said the supplementary budget would also cater for the logistics and welfare needs of the nation’s security agencies to enable them effectively tackle the challenges of insecurity across the country. “We have come to meet…
President Muhammadu Buhari will be proceeding to London, the United Kingdom, on Tuesday for a routine medical check-up. The president’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Monday. According to the presidential aide, the President will meet with Security Chiefs first in the morning, after which he will embark on the journey. ”He is due back in the country during the second week of April, 2021,” he added. NAN
A coalition of women organisations, STAGE for Women Development, on Monday staged peaceful protest against the perceived delay of electoral process for the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra. The protest was held at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s office in Awka, Anambra. They decried the INEC’s delay in rolling out machinery and programmes that would ensure credibility of the forthcoming Anambra governorship election scheduled to hold on Nov. 6. Members of the group displayed placards with different inscriptions. Some of the inscriptions were: “INEC, why the Delay in voter registration?; “INEC, early planning ensures free and fair election. “INEC…