President Bola Tinubu has approved N35,000 as provisional wage award for all treasury-paid federal government workers for a period of six months.Malam Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation, announced this in a statement on S…
Day: October 1, 2023
Protecting the dignity and human rights of older persons, and addressing the challenges they face in society will ultimately benefit all of humanity, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said.The global community is observing the UN International…
Speaker of the House of Peoples’ Representatives, Tagese Chafo underscored that the development activities being carried out on natural resources by linking them with human power would lay foundation to realizing Ethiopia’s prosperity.Prime Minister A…
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed laid a foundation stone for the development of Denbi Lake Lodge as part of the “Dine For Generations” initiative.Recalled Prime Minister Abiy announced last March this year that 8 tourism sites would be launched under the “Di…
A new global framework to reduce environmental risks from chemicals and waste was adopted at a UN conference on Saturday, with countries committing to phase out the most harmful ones.Agreed at the fifth International Conference on Chemicals Management…
Etoile Sportive du Sahel qualified for the group stage of the CAF Champions League after a 2-1 win Saturday over Morocco’s AS FAR in a second qualifying round second-leg game in Marrakech. ESS goals were scored by Ghofrane Nawali (20′) and Raki Aouani…
Tunisia suffered their second defeat in a row at the Volleyball Olympic Qualifying Tournament (September 30-October 8) in Tokyo, Japan, after losing Sunday to Serbia 0-3 (25-21, 25-16, 25-21) at a Group B day-2 game. The national team conceded defeat …
Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur (world No.7) will face world No. 137 Ashlyn Krueger (USA) Monday in the first round of the China Open. Jabeur cruised Saturday past world No. 85 Russian Diana Shnaider (6-2, 6-1) to the Ningbo Open title. This is her fifth career …
Premier Ahmed Hachani met Sunday in La Kasbah with Arab social Affairs ministers, representatives of Arab and regional organisations and UN agencies and heads of delegations participating in the high-level forum on the Second Arab Decade of Disabled P…
The Workers’ Party decided to boycott local elections which, it said, are produced by “a coup regime,” said party leader Ammar Amroussia. These elections are “a step forward in putting in place a hybrid political system.” This is an unprecedented “ele…
An art performance was given on Saturday evening in Houmt Essouk, Djerba, to celebrate the island’s inscription on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) World Heritage List. The event, organised by the Ministry …
Tunisia forcefully condemned Sunday’s terrorist attack in Ankara, Turkey, which targeted the General Directorate of Security. Tunisia stands “in full solidarity with Turkey,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad said, and vo…
Tunisia complies with its international commitments and pledges to implement its national elderly protection policies, said the Ministry of Women, Family, Children and the Elderly. This is possible through a specific social policy aimed to protect sen…
Turkey’s interior minister said on Sunday that two “terrorists” carried out a bomb attack in front of the ministry buildings in Ankara, adding one of them died in the explosion and the other was “neutralised” by authorities there. Turkish media earlie…
Russia said on Sunday that air defences had shot down five Ukrainian drones over the western Smolensk region and one over the southern Krasnodar region. Air defences shot down a Ukrainian drone in the Krasnodar region at around 0500 GMT, Russia’s defe…