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Thursday, 31 August 2017 03:56

Fresh crisis looms in public hospitals as doctors begin strike on Monday

National Association of Resident DoFresh crisis looms in public hospitals as doctors begin strike on Monday ctors, NARDs, has issued a nationwide strike notice effective September 4. Dr Olusegun Olaopa, President of NARDs, University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, announced this on Wednesday in a statement made available in Ibadan. Olaopa said that resident doctors would commence an indefinite industrial action on Monday to press home their demands. According to him, the action is sequel a to statement signed by Drs John Onyebueze and Aneke Emmanuel, National President and Secretary of NARDs, respectively. The statement said that it was resolved at…

Thursday, 31 August 2017 03:54

UNILORIN, ABU are Nigeria’s most sought after universities

University of Ilorin, Kwara State, in Central Nigeria, has emerged the 2017 university of first choice among student-applicants as the foremost citadel of learning in the country.It is followed by 17 others from 148 officially recognised universities in Nigeria drawn from the federal, state and private institutions, the Economic Confidential reports. In a new report obtained and carefully computed and analysed report by Economic Intelligence magazine from Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on the preferred first university of choice in 2017, University of Ilorin has the highest applications with 104,038 student-applicants. The figure represents almost about 10 per cent…

Thursday, 31 August 2017 03:44

North Korea: Talking is not the answer, says Trump

US President Donald Trump has said that "talking is not the answer" in dealing with North Korea's military operations. "The US has been talking to North Korea, and paying them extortion money, for 25 years," he wrote on Twitter. But the US Defence Secretary, James Mattis, insisted on Wednesday that there was still room for diplomacy. North Korea has said its firing of a missile over Japan on Tuesday was "the first step" of military operations in the Pacific. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has told US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson by phone that any further strengthening of sanctions…

Thursday, 31 August 2017 03:40

104-year old woman, 1.7m other Muslims gather for start of hajj

In Saudi Arabia, more than 1.7 million pilgrims are marking the start of the hajj pilgrimage on Wednesday by circling the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca - Islam's holiest site - and performing a series of rites that trace the footsteps of Prophet Muhammad. Muslims believe the rites also trace the footsteps of prophets Ibrahim and Ismail - Abraham and Ishmael in the Bible. Kaaba represents the metaphorical house of God and the oneness of God in Islam. Observant Muslims around the world face toward the Kaaba during the five daily prayers. Hajj is required of all Muslims once in a…

Wednesday, 30 August 2017 03:45

FG decides on ASUU’s demands today as union shuns meeting

There are indications that Federal Executive Council will, at its meeting on Wednesday (today) decide on the demands of Academic Staff Union of Universities. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, who gave this indication in an interview with journalists on Tuesday, said the university lecturers had deliberated on the offers made to them by the government at a meeting on August 17. Also, the union, in a statement on Tuesday, said it would call off its strike after receiving a positive response to its demands from the Federal Government. The lecturers boycotted a meeting which was scheduled to…

Wednesday, 30 August 2017 03:43

Why sponsors of Igbo quit notice were not arrested – AGF

Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, on Tuesday, explained why the Federal Government did not arrest sponsors of the quit notice that was previously issued against Igbos residing in the northern part of the country. Malami said the government resisted pressure to go after leaders of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, after it gave due consideration to “security implications” of arresting them. However, AGF said the government would not hesitate to wield the big stick against anyone or group found to have engaged in any form of lawlessness in any part of the country. According…

Wednesday, 30 August 2017 03:41

South African minister blasts Buhari, Mugabe, others over 'health tourism'

A South African minister has criticised African leaders who seek medical treatment abroad. Aaron Motsoaledi condemned "health tourism" while speaking in Zimbabwe.President Robert Mugabe, who frequently receives treatment in Singapore, had left the meeting of health ministers when Dr Motsoaledi made the comments. Mr Mugabe's spokesman has said that the president's doctor "is not only Zimbabwean, he is actually black… He is very, very, very black".George Charamba made those comments to Zimbabwe's state-run Herald newspaper in May, insisting that President Mugabe was not turning his back on Zimbabwean medical help. Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari and Angola's José Eduardo dos Santos have…

Wednesday, 30 August 2017 03:37

NKorea leader urges more missile launches targeting Pacific

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for more weapons tests targeting the Pacific Ocean, Pyongyang announced Wednesday, a day after his nation for the first time flew a ballistic missile designed to carry a nuclear payload over Japan. Tuesday's aggressive missile launch - likely the longest ever from North Korea - over the territory of a close U.S. ally sends a clear message of defiance as Washington and Seoul conduct war games nearby. Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency said it was a Hwasong-12 intermediate range missile that the North first successfully tested in May and threatened to fire…

Wednesday, 30 August 2017 03:33

5 Nigerian pilgrims die, 1 gives birth in Saudi Arabia

Five Nigerian pilgrims have so far died in Saudi Arabia, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) said Tuesday. NAHCON’s head of the medical team, Dr Ibrahim Kana, who disclosed this at a pre-Arafat meeting with stakeholders, also said that a female pilgrim gave birth, while another had a miscarriage. “I don’t want to name the state but she was 38 weeks pregnant and she even had baby things in her bag during screening but she was allowed to travel,” he said. Checks by Daily Trust showed that the pilgrim was from Kogi State. Kana described the pre-Arafat deaths as the…

Tuesday, 29 August 2017 05:22

Olubadan to Ajimobi: You acted in vain, I remain the only king in Ibadanland

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan The mass coronation on Sunday of 21 new Obas in Ibadanland by Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, on Monday took another dimension, with the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, affirming indivisibly of Ibadan royal stool under his kingship. The monarch in a statement issued by his Director of Media, Mr. Adeola Oloko , told Ibadan indigenes and residents alike that he would not surrender his sovereignty to any other Oba in the land. The monarch urged the state government not to paint him with the tar brush of petty partisan politics, as he is a…

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Tuesday, 29 August 2017 05:21

FG declares Friday, Monday public holidays

The federal government has declared Friday, September 1 and Monday September 4, 2017 as public holidays to mark Eid-el-Kabir celebration. Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, who made the declaration on behalf of the federal government, congratulated Muslims and all Nigerians and urged them to use the occasion to pray for peace, unity, prosperity and the stability of the country’s democracy. Dambazau further urged all Nigerians to join hands with the government of President Muhammadu Buhari in its avowed determination to build a peaceful and harmonious country, where the rights of every citizen, are protected and guaranteed, as enshrined in the…

Tuesday, 29 August 2017 05:19

North Korea fires missile over Japan, sharply escalating tensions

North Korea fired a missile that flew over Japan and landed in waters off the northern region of Hokkaido early on Tuesday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, marking a sharp escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula. The test, which experts said appeared to have been a recently developed intermediate-range Hwasong-12 missile, came as U.S. and South Korean forces conduct annual military drills on the peninsula, against which North Korea strenuously objects. Earlier this month, North Korea threatened to fire four Hwasong-12 missiles into the sea near the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam after U.S. President Donald Trump warned…

Tuesday, 29 August 2017 05:17

Europe-Africa summit yields new approach to asylum claims

Leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Spain agreed Monday on a new policy to grant asylum to vulnerable migrants who apply for protection while in Africa instead of their destination countries. At a Europe-Africa summit in Paris aimed at finding long-elusive solutions to illegal migration, the European leaders also agreed to help the African countries through which Europe-bound migrants usually pass with border controls. French President Emmanuel Macron, the summit's host, called it the most effective and far-reaching migration meeting in months, though he didn't say how much the new measures would cost and many specifics remained unclear. In a…

Tuesday, 29 August 2017 05:16

Kenya bans plastic bags, may fine violators up to $38,000

A ban on plastic bags came into force Monday in Kenya and those found violating the new regulation could be receive maximum fines of $38,000 or a four-year jail term. The ban applies to the use, manufacture, and importation of plastic shopping bags and gives a minimum fine of about $19,000 or up to a year imprisonment, according to Kenyan government. Exemptions were made for those producing plastic bags for industrial purposes. Thin plastic shopping bags litter the streets of Kenya's capital, Nairobi, and contribute to towering piles at dump sites. The Kenyan government says the bags harm the environment,…

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