UPDATED: Court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s N1bn suit against FG

UPDATED: Court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s N1bn suit against FG

Justice James Omotosho, of a Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, dismissed the Fundamental Human rights suit filed by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu against the Federal Government. Kanu, in the suit, is seeking N1 billion in damages from the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Department of State Services, for alleged right violation. Kanu, in the suit, marked: FHC/CS/1633/2023, claimed that the […]

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Nigerian In Diaspora, Dr. Francis I. Ayomoh Advocates Synergy To End Impacts Of Climate Change

By Toffa Momoh, Abuja The President, Oxford Global Health Society, a Nigerian in the diaspora, Dr. Francis Ayomoh, has called for collaborative efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change on global public health. The learned medical practitioner said the rapidly warming climate is the greatest threat to global public health, urging world leaders to cut heat-trapping emissions to avoid catastrophic harm to health that will be impossible to reverse. […]

June 26, 2024 31

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FG meets local refiners over pricing, faults Dangote

The Federal Government, on Tuesday, declared that there was no importation of dirty fuel into Nigeria, countering the recent position of an official of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. It declared this after meeting with oil marketers and local refiners of crude oil in Abuja, where parties at the meeting discussed issues about refined products’ pricing, issues of competition and the importation of products that are produced in Nigeria. Also at […]

June 26, 2024 35

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Minimum wage: Labour kicks as FEC steps down memo, demands consultation

Failure to discuss memo giving room for speculation, NLC tells govt The Organised Labour on Tuesday kicked against the Federal Executive Council’s decision to step down the memorandum on the report of the Tripartite Committee on New National Minimum Wage. The Head of Public Relations of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Benson Upah, who criticised the failure of FEC to consider the memo during Tuesday’s FEC meeting, said stepping down the […]

June 26, 2024 7

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Abia to pay salary arrears in tranches

The Abia State Government has said it would pay salary arrears owed workers in the state civil service, in tranches. The Commissioner for Finance, Mr Mike Akpara, made this known on Tuesday during a press conference in Umuahia. Akpara expressed the determination of the present administration to completely change the narrative of owing workers salaries because “a worker deserves his wages”. According to him, the present administration inherited a debt […]

June 26, 2024 25

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1.8bn adults risk heart attacks, diabetes for not exercising – Study

New findings showed that nearly 1.8 billion people did not meet the recommended physical activity levels in 2022. The study was undertaken by researchers from the World Health Organisation and academic colleagues and published in The Lancet Global Health journal. The findings released on Wednesday point to a worrying trend of physical inactivity among adults, which has increased by about five per cent between 2010 and 2022. The researchers warn […]

June 26, 2024 14

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FCTA to relocate traders, others from Apo mechanic village

After 15 years of conflict, the Apo Mechanic Village crisis has finally been resolved. The Coordinator of Abuja Municipal Management Council, Felix Obuah, disclosed this to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday. Also, the AMMC, Federal Capital Territory Administration, said it would commence relocation of mechanics and traders operating on road corridors and buffer zones to Wassa. In a meeting with 17 recognised unions and 16 others, Obuah announced to the […]

June 26, 2024 24

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JUST IN: Suspect in Port Harcourt blast arrested

The Rivers State Government said it has found the suspect who detonated an explosive device near the state-owned Presidential Hotel during a pro-police protest in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. This came less than 24 hours after the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Adaeze Oreh, alerted management of both public and private medical facilities in the state on the identity of the suspect, injury signs and the need to detain him […]

June 26, 2024 13

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Cholera: NCDC may declare emergency, Lagos issues safety guidelines

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said, on Wednesday, it might declare an emergency on the outbreak of cholera in the country. The NCDC Director General, Dr Jide Idris, who spoke in Lagos, said the centre was monitoring the situation and might declare an emergency if data showed that the outbreak had gone beyond a manageable threshold. Olajide spoke at the Adetokunbo Alakija Memorial Travel Medicine Lecture held […]

June 20, 2024 7

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