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☆ Basketball teams were ordered to replay final 0.3 seconds of controversial quarterfinal. The losing side has refused
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —An Irish basketball team says it won’t replay the final 0.3 seconds of a playoff quarterfinal after it ended in controversial fashion, despite being instructed to do so by Basketball Ireland. However, Basketball Ireland said the NLC then overruled that decision and confirmed only the final 0.3 seconds will be replayed at some point this week. “Basketball Ireland will be in liaison with the clubs to determine when,” a statement from the governing body said. “It would be in nobody’s interest and would be adherent to the values of the game of basketball,” the Panthers said. CNN has also reached out to Basketball Ireland and FIBA for comment.

Persons: ”, “ Organizations: CNN, Basketball Ireland, Limerick Sport Eagles, Portlaoise Panthers, Panthers, Limerick, The Panthers, National League Committee, NLC, National Appeals Committee, NAC, “ Basketball, Basketball Federation, FIBA, Moy Locations: Irish, Limerick

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian government workers on Tuesday continued working after last-minute efforts by authorities averted a nationwide strike to protest growing hardship that could have shut down government services in Africa's most populous country. The indefinite strike by Nigerian labor unions scheduled to start Tuesday is being suspended for 30 days, while meetings and talks with the government will be held over the coming days, said Joe Ajaero, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, or NLC, which is the umbrella body of the unions. Talks with the labor unions have stalled and a slow start to several intervention efforts resulted in last week’s announcement of the strike. One major source of concern has been intervention efforts, which the labor unions said have been slow. “But the adverse outcomes of the measures, the hardship, were much higher than what many of us expected.”

Persons: Joe Ajaero, Bola, ”, Muda Yusuf Organizations: Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Lagos Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Private Enterprise Locations: ABUJA, Nigeria, Africa's, Lagos

☆ Nigeria's labour unions suspend strike after meeting president
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Felix Onuah | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

ABUJA, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Nigeria's main labour federation has agreed to return to talks with the government following a meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, union leaders said, on a day when hundreds of Nigerians marched against the removal of a petrol subsidy. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) said the marches across major Nigerian cities were successful enough to force Tinubu to meet union leaders and vow to expedite an agreement on a new minimum wage among other promises. [1/2]Members of the Nigerian Labour Union, holding flags and placards, march during a protest against fuel price hikes and rising costs, in Abuja, Nigeria August 2, 2023. REUTERS/Abraham AchirgaLed by union leaders, protesters carrying placards marched in Lagos, the oil-producing state of Bayelsa and in the northern cities of Kano and Kaduna. In the capital Abuja, marchers broke down a gate to the National Assembly, expecting to be addressed by the Senate president, witnesses said.

Persons: Bola Tinubu, Tinubu, Tinubu's, Dele Alake, Abraham Achirga Led, Elisha Bala, MacDonald Dzirutwe, Tife, Hamza Ibrahim, Garba Muhammad, Tomasz Janowski, Giles Elgood, Sandra Maler Organizations: Nigeria Labour Congress, Nigerian Labour Union, REUTERS, NLC, National Assembly, Thomson Locations: ABUJA, Nigeria, Abuja, Lagos, Bayelsa, Kano, Kaduna, Gbogbo, Yenagoa

ABUJA, June 2 (Reuters) - Nigeria's main labour union said on Friday it plans to go on strike from Wednesday to protest against a tripling of fuel prices in what would be the first big test for new President Bola Tinubu after he scrapped a costly fuel subsidy. The price increase has led to a sharp rise in transport fares and Estonian ride-hailing and food delivery startup Bolt said it had hiked its prices in Nigeria, citing increased operating costs due to higher fuel prices. Nigeria's fuel subsidy cost the government billions of dollars annually but was popular as it helped keep prices low in Africa's biggest oil producer, which is still grappling with high poverty rates among residents. But Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) president Joe Ajaero, after an emergency meeting of the union's executive council in Abuja, said the state oil company NNPC should reverse the price hike. On Friday, the president said Nigeria needs to review its minimum wage of 30,000 naira ($65).

Persons: Bola Tinubu, Bolt, Joe Ajaero, Ajaero, MacDonald Dzirutwe, Kirsten Donovan, Angus MacSwan, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Nigerian Bureau, Statistics, World Bank, Labour Congress, Nigeria Labour Congress, Wednesday, Thomson Locations: ABUJA, Nigeria, Abuja

☆ Nigeria: Fuel prices triple as new leader Tinubu ends subsidy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Nimi Princewill | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

In a seemingly off-the-cuff remark during his inaugural speech Monday, Tinubu declared, “the fuel subsidy is gone,” adding that it was unsustainable. The last time the government tried to remove fuel subsidies in 2012, it sparked nationwide protests. Fuel subsidies are a drain on public finances and many argue that they have led to widespread abuse and corruption. Previous governments have tried unsuccessfully to remove the fuel subsidy, which has kept gas prices artificially low, although they have steadily climbed through the years. Fuel subsidies were not sustainable, but ending them “abruptly” without provision for economic and social consequences was “reckless,” he added.

Persons: Bola Tinubu, Tinubu, “, Joe Ajaero, Goodluck Jonathan, Sam Amadi, ” Amadi, NNPC Organizations: Nigeria CNN —, CNN, National Petroleum Corporation, Nigeria’s Labour Congress, Occupy, Abuja School of Social, ” Locations: Abuja, Nigeria, Africa’s, State, Occupy Nigeria

☆ Vot final pentru compensațiile la lumină pentru lunile aprilie și mai
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-23 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +1 min

Vot final pentru compensațiile la lumină pentru lunile aprilie și maiParlamentul a votat în lectură finală proiectul care prevede acordarea de către stat, pentru consumatorii casnici, a compensației în valoare de 428 de lei pentru consumul de energie electrică pentru lunile aprilie și mai. Autorii proiectului, care sunt deputații din Partidul Socialiștilor, precizează că aceste calcule reies din consumul mediu de energie electrică în lunile februarie și martie. Compensația la energia electrică urmează să fie achitată în două tranșe egale – până pe 25 mai și până pe 25 iunie. Furnizorul de energie electrică urmează să atribuie la conturile personale (NLC – numărul locului de consum) ale consumatorilor gospodăriilor casnice (persoane fizice) tranșele mijloacelor financiare acordate de către MF. În sala Parlamentului nu erau prezenți deputații din Partidul Acțiune și Solidaritate și cei din Partidul Platforma Demnitate și Adevăr.

Persons: Aceștia Organizations: Partidul Socialiștilor, Ministerul Finanțelor, MF, Partidul, Constituțională Locations: Moldova

☆ Vot în primă lectură pentru compensația de 428 de lei la lumină pentru două luni
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-16 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +3 min

Vot în primă lectură pentru compensația de 428 de lei la lumină pentru două luniProiectul care prevede că statul va acorda fiecărui consumator casnic o compensație în valoare de 428 de lei pentru consumul de energie electrică pentru lunile aprilie și mai a fost votat în primă lectură. Compensația la energia electrică urmează să fie achitată în două tranșe egale – până pe 25 mai și până pe 25 iunie. Furnizorul de energie electrică urmează să atribuie la conturile personale (NLC – numărul locului de consum) ale consumatorilor gospodăriilor casnice (persoane fizice) tranșele mijloacelor financiare acordate de către MF. Drept răspuns, Petru Burduja a declarat că nu s-a procedat astfel pentru a nu îngreuna acest proces prin necesitatea de a prezenta diverse certificate confirmative etc. Autorul proiectului a dat exemplul solicitărilor pentru ajutor social și criteriile pentru a deveni beneficiar – „număratul televizorului, a frigiderului etc.”.

Persons: Petru Burduja, Alexandru, Pavel Filip, ” ., Dumitru Alaiba Organizations: Ministerul Finanțelor, Partidului, Partidului Democrat

☆ В Африке разгорелся скандал из-за лотереи
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-04 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Необычная комбинация, разыгрываемая в национальной лотерее Южно-Африканской Республики, вызвала много споров и обвинения в мошенничестве, передает Tengrinews.kz со ссылкой на Deutsche Welle. Сообщается, что 20 счастливчиков выиграли по 369 тысяч долларов (около 156 миллионов тенге), еще 79 человек получили около 407 долларов (172 тысячи тенге). Крайне скептически настроенные пользователи Twitter Южной Африки обвинили лотерею в нечестной игре, не приведя дополнительных доказательств. После чего представитель национальной лотерейной комиссии Южной Африки (NLC) отстаивал случайность выигрышной комбинации перед комментаторами. Организаторы напомнили игрокам в лотерею, что вероятность выбора выигрышной комбинации для игры составляет около 1 к 42 миллионам.

Organizations: Deutsche Welle, Twitter Locations: ЮжноАфриканской Республика, Южная Африка

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