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Nigerian doctors embarked on an indefinite strike on 1 April 2021. The ongoing strike has paralyzed medical services at public hospitals, leaving hundreds of patients unattended. The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), an association of Nigerian resident medics, last week gave the Federal Government an ultimatum to improve the wages and allowances of doctors…
The recent face-off between Nigerian Banks and Telecommunication Companies on the use of the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) is a pointer that regulators on both financial and telecom sectors have a lot of work to do. The face-off which lasted for almost three days was a great setback to the quest to achieve the…
Recently, some unidentified gunmen invaded the venue of an interactive session between former governor of CBN, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, and youths of his community in Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State. They disrupted the session with sporadic gunshots. Three policemen were said to have died from the shots who themselves were aides of…
It was with a blend of disbelief and apprehension that Nigerians received the news of the death of Yinka Odumakin, the National Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere. As Mike Ozekhome said and as others reasoned, Odumakin’s death had to be an April Fool Day prank. The jolting nature of the news is better…
The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Umar Danladi, was recently caught on camera physically assaulting a security guard at Banex Plaza in Wuse, Abuja. In a five-minute video that has gone viral online, Mr Danlandi was seen slapping and kicking a yet-to-be-identified security guard, while police officers suspected to be attached to…
When Former President Obasanjo and Sheik Gumi held a closed-door dialogue in Abeokuta last Sunday, it attracted a lot of curiosity among the citizens. As the duo emerged from their closed-door meeting after some hours, their joint statement called for special courts to prosecute bandits and kidnappers across the country. They made this known through…
Political activism has always been a noble cause. The likes of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, among others, will forever be remembered in history for the decorous ways they went about advocating the rights of the people. Many who are today activists and human rights advocates were inspired by these lots. In recent…
Ibrahim Maigari is the MD/CEO of Rice Afrika, a top food brand in Nigeria. He is also a Tech Expert. He strongly believes in the use of technology to transform livestock management, a feat he has achieved with Livestock24/7. At a time, he proposed to the Federal Government the idea of establishing a livestock identification…
Senate president, Ahmed Lawan, decried the rejection of some bills proposed by the National Assembly. He blamed the president’s cabinet for misadvising the president, most of whom were not always present at public hearings. Lawan made this disclosure on 31 March 2021 at a public hearing organised in Abuja by the Senate Committee on Health…
It seems quite unbelievable that Femi Fani-Kayode, former minister of aviation, recently had his first AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine jab. This is after he had, on different social media posts, condemned and warned against the vaccine, even tagging it “Gates’ killer vaccine” and “EVIL”. Fani-Kayode has vociferously been claiming that the vaccine’s purpose was part of…
