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Resident doctors’ strike paralyses activities in government hospitals

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The ongoing strike by resident doctors in the country may have paralysed activities in 98 per cent of government hospitals nationwide, as doctors refused to admit patients, while most of those on admission are not getting adequate attention. While patients and their relatives were groaning in despair due to neglect, most of the hospitals had started discharging patients, with the alternative to seek medical attention from private hospitals. Resident doctors in most of the hospitals complied fully with the strike directive from their parent body. Only medical consultants and nurses…

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Covid-19: NCDC records 106 new infections, total now 162,997

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 106 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 162,997. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Thursday. The country’s daily new cases continue to follow a downward trajectory, from an all-time high of 2,314 on Jan. 22, the country’s daily new positive cases came down to 48, as at March 29. The agency stated that the country have tested 1,767,694 people since the first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic…

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Traders protest seizure of rice worth millions of naira at Bodija market

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Hundreds of traders at the Bodija market in Ibadan, yesterday protested the seizure of bags of rice worth millions of Naira by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The traders took to the streets of Ibadan to protest against what they called invasion of their shops by men of the Custom service who they alleged broke into shops at midnight to seize the bags of rice. The rice traders; both men and women, who were seen carrying placards with various inscriptions, called on the customs authority to return all…

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Corruption pervasive in Nigeria government including judiciary – US

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The Nigerian government has been accused by the United States of massive corruption and stifling of free speech in 2020. The US stated this in the ‘2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices,’ released on Tuesday. In their separate reactions on Wednesday, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and a former President of the  Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, Malachy Ugwumadu, berated the regime of Muhammadu Buhari. Expressing concern about corruption in Nigeria, the US, in the report, stated that it was widespread and pervasive at all levels of…

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Soludo whereabouts unknown as Gunmen attack summit, kill three policemen

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Former Central Bank Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo was attacked by gunmen on Wednesday, killing three police orderlies attached to him. The incident reportedly happened in the professor’s home town, Isiofia, in the Aguata Local Government Area of  Anambra State. An eyetwitnes said, “A couple of minutes ago, some gunmen disrupted an interactive session between Isuofia youths and a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo at the town’s civic centre. “Three policemen were shot dead in meeting” A media aide to Soludo, who pleaded anonymity said.…

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Why President did not transmit power to Osibajo before travelling -Shehu Garba

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Reacting to criticisms on social media, on why President Muhammadu Buhari did not transmit power to Vice President Yemi Osibajo before travelling to London for medical check-up, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, has explained the reason why the president acted that way. Speaking on a Channels Television’s programme, Politics Today, Shehu said the president did not hand over to Osinbajo because he would be away for a few days. He said the president will carry on with his duties from where…

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CAN rejects use of hijab in Kwara Christian schools

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Chairman of the Kwara State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Most Rev. Paul Olawoore of the Catholic Church, Ilorin Diocese, has condemned the use of force to take control of mission schools by Kwara State government. He said the diocese was not in agreement with the government over the use of hijab in mission schools, and also said he is not in support of violence in any form. In his words, he said “I don’t want any confrontation that will inflict pain or any kind of injury…

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Lord’s Chosen pastor’s wife murdered in Benue

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Mrs. Eunice Omaye Odoba, a 55-year-old woman, and wife of a pastor of the Lord’s Chosen Church but is on faith mission to Equatorial Guinea, was said to have been stabbed in the chest in Otukpo, Benue State. She was a mother of three children and a proprietress of Verda International School, Otukpo, Benue State. Her absence from church, led to the discovery, as members decided to visit her at home, only to see her corpse. A source who is her relative explained that: “When we finished a family meeting…

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Buhari leaves again for medical check-up in UK

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President Muhammadu Buhari will today leave for London, United Kingdom, for a routine medical check-up. This was announced in a statement issued, yesterday, by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. Before departing the country for the UK, President Buhari would meet with security chiefs in the morning. He is expected back in the country in the second week of April 2021. Buhari had embarked on several medical trips between 2015 and 2019. During one of his trips in 2017, he spent 103 days in…

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N2b worth of illicit drugs intercepted at Lagos airport

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Drugs worth over N2 billion was intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos and three suspected traffickers were arrested. One of the suspects, Aniede Chimezie Bright, was arrested on Sunday, 28th March, during the outward clearance of passengers on Air Marroc, with 7.1kg of methamphetamine carefully concealed in food spices and packed in a Swiss polo suitcase. The illicit substance was bound for Spain with street value of over N2 billion. According to the commander, MMIA Command…

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