The Federal Government will not hesitate to impose stringent measures to protect Nigerians against the spread of Coronavirus infections, the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 warned yesterday. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the PSC Boss Mustapha, who dropped the hint at his committee’s national briefing in Abuja, said […]
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Yoruba Nation agitator awaiting action on asylum application – Lawyer The Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday produced before a Federal High Court in Abuja eight of the 12 detained associates of the Yourba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo (Igboho). Those brought to court are: Amudat Babatunde (aka Lady K), Tajudeen Erinoye, Diekola Ademola Jubril, […]
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu is “firm and stable” in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), his lead counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has confirmed. Ejiofor however said that Kanu needs “advanced medical care” to enable him to quickly overcome “solitary confinement and concomitant mental torture.” Ejiofor, in a statement […]
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Trainee doctors, nurses, consultants take over The nationwide strike by resident doctors went ahead on Monday as planned with a warning from the National Association of Resident Doctors that the industrial action would be total. Activities in most hospitals across the country were paralysed, just as NARD vowed that it would not call off the […]
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Some patients unattended to at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, … as the strike kicked off yesterday The Federal Government and the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) have disagreed on steps being taken to urgently end the indefinite strike commenced yesterday by NARD members. While the government said yesterday it had started […]
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Some patients at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, Lagos…yesterday The industrial action embarked on by the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) took a toll on patients yesterday. Many patients were ejected from hospitals across the country as the doctors stayed away. NARD began the indefinite strike yesterday. The National President, Dr […]
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Subscribers decry increase in drop calls, slow data operations Lack of FX, insecurity cut operators expansion, upgrade plans Govt failed operators on power generation, says ALTON NCC plans sanctions as country’s access gaps drop Twenty years after the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) licensed the first two Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) that birthed the revolution of […]
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Foremost media training and consultancy organisation, The Journalism Clinic, has gone live with a pictorial storytelling site named MyTori. The idea, according to the clinic’s founder/director, Taiwo Obe, was inspired when a third-year Mass Communication student of Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, was sent by one of his lecturers to be considered for internship at […]
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Lagos records six deaths daily Govt places Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Oyo, Rivers, Kano, Plateau, FCT as high-risk states Directs Federal, State hospitals to ensure service delivery is not disrupted Don’t mix AstraZeneca with Modena vaccine, Sanwo-Olu warns Lagos State has recorded about 30 deaths since the COVID-19 third wave hit Nigeria last month. This dreadful […]
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Blessing Oborududu of Nigeria celebrates after winning Photo: Reuters / Leah Millis Aminat Adeniyi begins her quest for glory in 62kg class Nigeria’s long wait for an Olympics medal came to an end yesterday on the mats of Makuhari Messe Hall, Tokyo, where wrestler, Blessing Oborodudu, ensured that the country would end the games with […]
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