Due to unpaid pay, benefits, and other demands, the Association of Resident Doctors, Federal Capital Territory Administration (ARD FCTA) has started a three-day warning strike. Activities in Abuja’s government hospitals have been suspended due to the strike. This was revealed by Dr. George Ebong, President of ARD FCTA, during a press conference in Abuja on
READ MOREIn the face of mounting opposition from Yoruba sociocultural organizations, the Independent Shari’ah Arbitration Panel in Ekiti State convened its first public meeting last Thursday at the Oja Oba Central Mosque in Ado-Ekiti. Locals attested to the development, and Prof. Ishaq Akintola, Executive Director of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), hailed the action as a
READ MOREIn response to the extended 82-day power outage at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, University of Ibadan students peacefully demonstrated on Wednesday. The students’ anger at the lack of electricity at UCH, the university’s teaching hospital for medical students, sparked the early-morning protest. According to reports, the 2024 power outage was brought on by
READ MOREThe Chairman and CEO of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has revealed that as many as or more than 5,000 Nigerian women are stranded in Iraq. She made this known recently in Lagos at a seminar tagged “Sensitisation and Advocacy Program for Promoting Diaspora Investment Potentials in South-West Nigeria,” organized by NIDCOM in
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