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4 days ago | nigeriaworld.com | Johnbosco Agbakwuru

—Advocates enforcement of gender inclusive employment policies• Women ‘re forces behind industry transformation— Maryann MbanasoABUJA — PRESIDENT of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, Comrade Festus Osifo, on Monday, noted with dismay that his members in the oil and gas industry are facing gender discrimination.

4 days ago | nigeriaworld.com | Káyòdé Oyèró

The Lagos State Government has stated that its decision to remove structures erected on floodplains has been yielding the desired result. The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, said that the state averted what could have become a disaster by demolishing buildings on drainage paths. “Floodplains and wetlands are not places we can afford to live. Climate change is a real-life issue,” he said on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Tuesday.

4 days ago | nigeriaworld.com | Justina Otio

Former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, has advised President Bola Tinubu to sack some members of his cabinet. Kalu, while fielding questions on Channels TV’s Politics Today programme, lamented that lower-class Nigerians have not started feeling the benefits of Tinubu’s policies. He insisted that the president must be courageous enough to let go of some people in his cabinet.

5 days ago | nigeriaworld.com | Omeiza Ajayi

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) minister Nyesom Wike has hit back at his political critics, particularly those seeking his expulsion from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying he has not seen anyone who will nullify his membership. The minister made the declaration on Monday in Abuja during a media parley. He said, “I am still in PDP. I worked hard for the party. I have not seen anybody who will have the guts to tell me, Wike, you are not a member of the party. Who is that?

5 days ago | nigeriaworld.com | Ernest Victor

Brazilian football star Neymar Jr. endured a night to forget on Sunday as his controversial attempt to replicate Diego Maradona’s infamous ‘Hand of God’ goal earned him a red card potentially marking the end of his short-lived return to boyhood club Santos. With the Brazilian Serie A clash between Santos and Botafogo finely poised at 0-0 in the final quarter-hour, Neymar launched himself at a rebound inside the box and deliberately guided the ball into the net with his hand.