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Denmark announces visas for engineers, mechanics, welders, others Denmark announces visas for engineers, mechanics, welders, others Denmark has opened visa applications for skilled and unskilled foreign workers including teachers, welders, mechanics, and others. The Scandinavian country is currently dealing with a labour shortage in different sectors, with the authorities saying that the country needs foreign workers to fill job positions. According to Schengen Visa Info, the scheme was designed to help Denmark address the ongoing labour shortage, in a statement by the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI) on Wednesday. “According to SIRI, the new Positive List includes a total of 110 job openings, of which 72 are part of the Positive List for People with a Higher Education, and 38 are part of the Positive List For Skilled Work,” the report said. The visa applications have been effective from January 1, 2024, as updated by SIRI for t...

It no longer news that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and fuel marketers under the aegis of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, on Tuesday, clashed again over the removal of subsidy on petrol.   This came against the backdrop of the depreciation of the naira against the United States dollar at both the official Investors & Exporters Window and the parallel market. On Tuesday, the local currency closed at 998/dollar at the official market, while it traded at 1,225/dollar at the black market.   On the back of the falling naira rate, economists and oil marketers said PMS subsidy was increasing in recent times, but the NNPC quickly countered these positions and declared that it was recovering its full cost on the importation of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, countering the positions of The Chief Executive Officer, Financial Derivatives Company, Bismarck Rewane, had during a live television programme on Channels...

It was an Award/Special Recognition Ceremony in Okpuala Amakohia Ikeduru that later turned out to a carnival of encomiums and jubilation on Saturday 30th December, 2023 as all illustrious sons and daughters of Okpuala Amakohia Development Union and indeed all Amakohia sons and daughters at home and in the diaspora were specially recognized for their support in the development of Amakohia community. The highlight of the occasion was the award presentation and launching of development projects. The  Amakohia President General, Mr. Goddie O Ukwu, in his Wisdom read an address welcoming all sons and daughters of  Amakohia and thanked them for love and confidence they have reposed on him. That love explains why his administration has recorded progress in areas of development within this short period. Among the  awardees are Hon. Justice S.I Opara High Court of Justice Owerri Imo State, Mr. & Mrs. Ambrose Abiakam, Mr. & Mrs. Cajetan Ugwu, Mr. Lou...

It was an Award/Special Recognition Ceremony in Okpuala Amakohia Ikeduru that later turned out to a carnival of encomiums and jubilation as all illustrious sons and daughters of Okpuala Amakohia Development Union and indeed all Amakohia sons and daughters at home and in the diaspora were specially recognized for their support in the development of Amakohia community. The highlight of the occasion was the award presentation and launching of development projects. The  Amakohia President General, Mr. Goddie O Ukwu, in his Wisdom read an address welcoming all sons and daughters of  Amakohia and thanked them for love and confidence they have reposed on him. That love explains why his administration has recorded progress in areas of development within this short period. Among the  awardees are Hon. Justice S.I Opara High Court of Justice Owerri Imo State, Mr. & Mrs. Ambrose Abiakam, Mr. & Mrs. Cajetan Ugwu, Mr. Louis Ejiofor (Oku Na'agba Ozara1) ...

According to reports, it is a sad moment in Ondo state as the sitting governor  Akeredolu died in Lagos on Wednesday after a protracted illness. It was learnt that he was managed by State House doctors up to his death because they could not fly him abroad. “Akeredolu is dead; he died in Lagos,” a reliable source told our news source IkembaNews “They were looking for dialysis machines to be sent to his secret location in Lagos last week.” Background: Akeredolu experienced health issues after seeking medical treatment abroad in June. Although he returned to Nigeria in September, he remained in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. On Wednesday, December 13, he proceeded on another medical leave and wrote a notice formally transferring power to his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa who later assumed the responsibilities of the governor in full acting capacity. Following his return to Nigeria in September, Akeredolu stayed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital and tried to govern...

 •Military cannot interpret constitution, says  LP, tells DHQ to avoid politics The Defence Headquarters on Thursday described as unconstitutional calls for an interim government after the emergence of the president-elect. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Musa Danmadami, stated this in Abuja during the biweekly update with journalists on Armed Forces of Nigeria operations.  He condemned the clamour for an interim government by those unhappy with the outcome of the presidential election, stating that the ING  was illegal and unconstitutional. The Peoples Democratic Party,  the All Progressives Congress and the New Nigeria Peoples Party supported the military’s pledge to defend the constitution. Some candidates who lost the election and their supporters had been agitating for the interim government, hinging their demand on the reported malpractices recorded during the presidential election which was won by the APC standard bearer,  Asiw...

 Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that Nigeria is more divided than it has ever been after the 2023 general elections and called for national reconciliation to assuaged the aggrieved and the youths for national peace and cohesion. Ob asanjo who said he was too old to keep quiet on national issues, suggested three ideas to enrich the direction of the conversation at the event put together by Nextier, SPD, a public policy firm. He said: “One, given what we saw during the election, Nigeria is now even more divided and more corroded than we thought. This places a deep onus on any administration following the current one, to urgently facilitate the process of national moral rearmament and national reconciliation for the aggrieved and will lead us across Nigeria and to assuage the youth. “This must be done in sync with the imperative of national value orientation that Nigeria requires to build a collective sense of enduring and local values and national belonging. “Two, go...