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Nigerian Doctors Begin Nationwide Strike Amid COVID-19 Surge

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Members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, have unanimously agreed to embark on an indefinite strike from Monday. According to Daily Post, the doctors reached the decision following their National Executive Council (NEC) meeting by over 50 members across the country. File photo Google NARD noted the Federal Government has failed to honour and implement the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) it signed with them after over 100 days. Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, President of the NARD, who made this known in a statement at the weekend, demanded immediate withdrawal of the circular removing House Officers from the scheme of service, which was not implemented. The statement read in part, “We are embarking on a total and indefinite strike on August 2, 2021 [Monday]. You can recall we had a memorandum of action on March 31, 2021, and had an addendum to it on April 9, and since then, we still have had irregularities in the payment of salaries to the house officers. “We had issues

Hushpuppi Scandal: Abba Kyari Assembles Team Of lawyers, Threatens To Expose Other Police Officers If Extradited

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Embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, on Friday assembled a team of lawyers to fight off his looming arrest and extradition by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States, which appears to be hell bent in returning with the alleged fraudulent officer. SaharaReporters learnt that Kyari is also lobbying the Nigeria Police Force starting with the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, and threatening to expose other top police officers who have benefitted from his largesse, should he be handed over to the FBI and extradited. SaharaReporters gathered that Kyari, whose links with serial internet fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, alias Hushpuppi, were becoming too evident to deny, warned that he would expose the “dirty jobs” he had done for past and present Inspector-Generals of Police as well as some political elites in the country, if they did nothing to stop his extradition. “There was a stormy meeting on Friday at the Inspector-General of Police’s office between th

Barr Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Commences Proceedings Today Against the DG, SSS

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  FORM 48 : NOTICE OF CONSEQUENCES OF DISOBEDIENCE TO COURT ORDER, FILED ON ACCOUNT OF THE REFUSAL OF THE STATE SECURITY SERVICES, TO ALLOW US ACCESS TO OUR CLIENT- MAZI NNAMDI KANU. A judicial process towards compelling the Director General of the State Security Services’ obedience to the positive Order of Court, has just been activated. There must be consequences for flouting a Court Order. It is our right as Lawyers, to visit our Client wherever he is kept, and that Constitutional Right has further been fortified by the Order made by His Lordship Hon. Justice Nyako, allowing us access to Our Client-Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. We shall and must certainly visit and see our Client-Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, otherwise, you let him off the hook and hand him over to us. We are law abiding Citizens and shall be seen at all times, to operate within the ambits/dictates of Law. This is why we are back to explore judicial remedies available to us in the circumstance of this gross violation of a subsisting Court

GOP Sens Urge SEC's Gensler to Investigate Chinese Companies

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Security and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Senate Republicans are urging Security and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler to investigate an alleged bait and switch by the Chinese Communist Party. Seven Republican Senators urged  in a letter Wednesday for Gensler to investigate concerns the CCP coffered money from American investors after ordering its Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) to investigate a Chinese company shortly after its IPO filing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The senators cited the stock price plunged after Beijing-based ride-hailing company Didi Global had its IPO. "Immediately following the IPO, the CCP's cyber arm, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), opened an investigation into Didi claiming that the company violated Chinese privacy and national security laws,"  the Senators' letter  reads. "Resulting from this CAC crackdown, Didi's stock price plummeted only two days

Texas Gov. Abbott Signs Order Blocking Mask, Vaccine Mandates

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a press conference at the Capitol on June 8, 2021, in Austin, Texas. (Montinique Monroe/Getty Images) Texas  Gov. Greg Abbott has issued an executive order blocking cities and government entities in the state from requiring masks or vaccines, according to multiple news outlets. Abbott, a Republican, issued a  statement  saying the executive order combines "several existing COVID-19 executive orders to promote statewide uniformity and certainty in the state’s COVID-19 response." The new executive order is aimed at counties, cities, school districts, and public health officials receiving government funding,  The Washington Post  reported. Newsweek  reported the order strengthens and expands statewide restrictions on mask and vaccine mandates. "Today’s executive order will provide clarity and uniformity in the Lone Star State’s continued fight against COVID-19," Abbott said in a statement. "The new executive order emphasizes th

House Freedom Caucus Calls For Cheney, Kinzinger Removal From GOP Conference

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Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., listen as Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., speaks during the House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 breach on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 27, 2021. (AP Photo/ Andrew Harnik, Pool) The conservative House Freedom Caucus wants Representatives Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) penalized for cozying up to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her January 6 commission. Members of the caucus gathered for a press conference Thursday to announce their effort to take the two lawmakers out of the House GOP conference. Congressman Bob Good (R-Va.) defended the removal by asserting they can no longer be trusted in private Republican meetings because they are not real Republicans. He said some have dubbed the two lawmakers as “Pelosi Republicans.” The congressman added, the GOP cannot work with elected officials who criticize their own party more than they do the Democrats. Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) echoe

Biden: Federal Employees Will Be Asked To Attest To Their Vaccination Status

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U.S. President Joe Biden walks to Marine One for a departure from the South Lawn of the White House on July 28, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) The Delta variant has caused a spike in COVID-19 cases across the U.S. In response, Joe Biden announced new initiatives on Thursday in an effort to get more Americans vaccinated. The Democrat has urged states to utilize pandemic funds to give $100 to anyone who receives the vaccine. He also controversially stated that federal employees would need to get vaccinated or face repeated COVID tests. “Every federal government employee will be asked to attest to their vaccination status,” said Biden. “Anyone who does not attest or is not vaccinated, will be required to wear a mask no matter where they work, test one or two times a week to see if they have acquired COVID, socially distance and generally will not be allowed to travel for work.” The Delta variant is different than what we’ve dealt with previously. It’s highly trans