Like at the beginning of every month, new legal changes enter into effect in May 2021. Among these are a one-time supplement to the child benefit, more protection for minors online, increased wages for painters, new labelling rules for tyres and new terms and conditions for WhatsApp users. Femi Awoniyi reports ——— 150-euro extra child bonus The disruptions of normal …
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Airtel Africa appoints Nigerian as its new Chief Executive
Airtel Africa has appointed Segun Ogunsanya as its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The development follows the retirement of Raghunath Mandava as the company’s MD and CEO. “Segun has more than 25 years business management experience in banking, consumer goods, and telecoms,” the telecom firm noted in a statement on Thursday. An electronics engineer, and a chartered account, Ogunsanya will …
Read More »Chancellor Merkel receives European Civil Rights Prize for supporting Sinti and Roma
Chancellor Angela Merkel has been awarded the European Civil Rights Prize of the Sinti and Roma for her advocacy against antiziganism. “We must outlaw antiziganism just as we outlaw anti-Semitism,” Romani Rose, chairman of the Central Council of German Sinti and Roma, said in his address at a ceremony which took place in Mannheim on Wednesday. He pointed to the …
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