Ondo Government Reinstates Sacked Nurses Who Protested Non-payment Of Salaries

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Governor Rotimi Akeredolu The Ondo State Government has re-instated six nurses sacked recently at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital. The nurses were sacked in February for embarking on a protest to demand payment of their accumulated salary arrears.  Governor Rotimi Akeredolu A source at the Ministry of Health in the state said the sacked workers were asked to resume back after a meeting between the ministry, nursing leaders in the state and management of the hospital. ...

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Quotation of the Day: Pandemic Is Further Eroding France’s Trust in Central Government

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Maggie Haney, Elite Gymnastics Coach, Is Suspended for 8 Years

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A Strange Dinosaur May Have Swam the Rivers of Africa

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Harrison Ford Strayed Onto an Active Runway in His Plane

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Prisoner With Coronavirus Dies After Giving Birth While on Ventilator

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Irrfan Khan: Mira Nair Remembers Her ‘Namesake’ Star

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Corrections: April 30, 2020

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Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today

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Delivering Food Under Coronavirus

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The Trump Administration’s Legal Moves to Prevent a Meat Shortage, Explained

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Trump Seeks Push to Speed Vaccine, Despite Safety Concerns

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Verbal Autopsy Ongoing In Kano To Determine If Strange Deaths Are COVID-19-related —Presidency

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Verbal autopsies are currently being carried out to determine if the cause of the deaths recorded in Kano are from Coronavirus, the Presidency has said. Garba Shehu, Presidential spokesperson, on Wednesday said the result of the autopsies must be accepted by all and not be used to play politics. He said, "Nigeria is only weeks into our fight against the invisible COVID-19 that earlier this year was unknown to almost every nation in the world.  "Only earlier this month, Dr Mike Ryan,...

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I‘ll Quit If Jobs Assigned To Nigerians Are Hijacked By Politicians —Keyamo

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Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), has threatened to resign his appointment if the 774,000 jobs approved by President Muhammadu Buhari for the 'masses' was hijack by politicians. Keyamo disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja while answering questions from journalists during the inauguration of the Inter-ministerial Committee on Extended Special Public Works across the 774 local governments of the federation.  When asked if politicians won’t hijack the process,...

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COVID-19: Nigeria Labour Congress Warns Governors, Employers Against Salary Reduction

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File Photo The Nigeria Labour Congress has warned state governors and employers against any reduction in the salaries of workers in the country due to COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement issued by the President of the union, Ayuba Wabba, on Wednesday, the NLC said workers’ salaries were core elements of employment contracts and collective bargaining agreements.  He said the labour union had directed workers in the country to resist any form of salary deduction or stoppage by any employer...

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COVID-19: Fear Grips FCT Residents As Kano, Kaduna Returnees Flood Abuja

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Residents of the Federal Capital Territory are now living in fear as strange faces believed to be from neighbouring states including Kano and Kaduna have flooded the nation's capital. Minister of State for FCT, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, had last week raised an alarm over the influx of destitute into the territory from neighbouring states despite the current lockdown in Abuja. Findings by SaharaReporters showed that returnees from Kano and Kaduna states have migrated into the suburbs of...

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Nigerians Mourn Death Of Covenant Varsity Graduate Whose Surgery Abroad Was Delayed Due To Lockdown

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Judith Omonua An entrepreneur and graduate of Political Science from Covenant University, Judith Omonua, popularly known as Ghunu, has died after battling a heart condition for years. Omonua was 24 years old at the time of her death. She was supposed to undergo a heart surgery abroad but owing to the lockdown occasioned by the outbreak of Coronavirus she couldn't travel for the surgery. The young lady died on Monday after battling the ailment for three years.  Judith Omonua Omonua was...

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Group Raises Alarm Over Detention Of Akwa Ibom Journalist By DSS, Condemns Bail Conditions

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Kufre Carter Civil rights group, People's Alternative Fronts, has condemned the detention of a sports journalist based in Akwa Ibom, Mr Kufre Carter, in prison custody for allegedly defaming Commissioner for Health in the state, Dr Dominic Ukpong. The group condemned the bail conditions attached to the release of the journalist by Magistrate Winifred M. Umohandy of the Magistrate Court, Uyo, who presided over the case. In a statement by Secretary of PAF, Eze Aloysius, the group said, “On Wednesday,...

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Court To Hear Case Against Top Government Officials Who Violated Safety Precautions At Abba Kyari's Burial

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The criminal complaint against government officials, who violated safety precautions at the burial of the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, has been assigned to a magistrate for hearing. Magistrate Zubairu Mohammad of Court 1, Magistrate Court, Wuse 2 FCT, Abuja, is to hear and determine the complaint. Human rights lawyer and activist, Mr Tope Akinyode, who instituted the criminal proceeding, argued that a fiat of the Attorney-General was not needed to institute...

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COVID-19 Lockdown Could Lead To Seven Million Unintended Pregnancies –UN

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Pregnant women A new data by the United Nations has revealed that with the ongoing lockdowns and major disruptions to health services during the COVID-19 pandemic, there could be about seven million unintended pregnancies in the coming months. The data released on Tuesday by the UN Population Fund and partners estimated that the number of women unable to access family planning or facing unintended pregnancies, gender-based violence and other harmful practices, could “skyrocket” by millions. The...

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"He Speaks From Both Sides Of His Mouth", Virology Professor Tackles Cross River Governor Over Production Of Coronavirus Vaccine

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L-R: Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Professor Oyewale Tomori Nigerian professor of virology, Oyewale Tomori, has faulted claims by Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State on the usage of anti-bodies of survivors of COVID-19 to create a vaccine for the disease. Tomori posited that Ayade's solutions were contradictory. Ayade, in a trending video, had said that the government could use the serum of those, who had recovered from COVID-19 to produce the vaccine. No he's not. Ben Ayade...

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REVEALED: Policeman Who Threatened To Kill Activist Arrested In Kaduna For ‘Insulting Prophet Muhammad’ On Facebook Uses Social Media Pages To Promote Hatred For Christians, Shiites

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Abdulsamad Adamu Sergeant Abdulsamad Adamu takes selfie in uniform Adamu threatened kill Muneera in a Facebook post Zainab Naseer Ahmad Adamu's Facebook post on Bala Adamu is notorious for using a fake named – Datti Assalafiy – on Facebook to spread hatred and religious bigotry The identity of the policeman, who threatened to kill Mubarak Bala, President of the Humanist Association of Nigeria, for ‘insulting Prophet Muhammed’ on Facebook, has been revealed. Bala was arrested...

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