The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has ordered doctors at the Covid-19 isolation centers to join the ongoing nationwide strike.
NARD threatened that failure to do so will attract a fine of N5m.
The body also warned that any branches ignoring the ongoing strike, which started on April 1, would not be able to hold any national position for the next two years.
The threat to impose a N5m fine on errant branches was contained in an internal memo sent out to members by the National Executive Council of the association, the Punch newspaper reported.
The internal memo read in part, “NARD affirms her commitment to the welfare of all members. All members of NARD will be levied the sum of N2, 500 as a strike levy for the smooth prosecution of the industrial action.
“Penalty for any centre that sabotages the industrial action will be payment of a fine of N5m and suspension from holding any NARD national officers committee positions for two years.”
NARD, an association of doctors undergoing residency training, had on April 1 begun a nationwide strike over the government’s failure to pay salaries of house officers and review the N5,000 hazard allowance of doctors.
Last-minute efforts on March 31 by the Federal Government to prevent the strike failed as the doctors shunned an agreement they signed with the government on the grounds that the proposals contained in it were not new.
Popular Yoruba actress Bimbo Afolayan has taken to social media to show appreciation to her husband, actor Okiki Afolayan for being a solid backbone behind the success she has achieved in her career.
Taking to her Instagram page, she shared a loved-up photo of herself and her husband and appreciated her husband for always being there for her and pushing her to do more in life.
She described her husband as the sweetest thing she has ever known as she compared him with Chinese mayonnaise spring roll.
She captioned her post as:
''Thank you for your support my husband 🙏 @okikiafo2 with you my wings keep growing positively 🙏
I swear you are sweeter than Chinese mayonnaise spring roll walahi😄''
Tragedy struck in Ifira Akoko community in the Akoko South East Local Government Area of Ondo State on Easter Sunday as the lifeless body of a man, Fredrick Aramuwa, was found beside the road.
It was gathered that Aramuwa, who was a pastor in Lagos State, was earlier abducted by hoodlums on the Idoani-Ifira Road and was taken to an unknown destination.
According to a source in the community, the pastor was going to Ifira Akoko from Lagos, with his driver and was not seen since March 31. It was later discovered that the deceased pastor was abducted a few kilometres to Ifira, his home town.
The source said, “Contacts were made with Lagos and his departure was confirmed. The community started searching for him after reporting his disappearance at the Divisional Police Office in Isua Akoko. It was later discovered that he had been kidnapped.
“The abductors agreed to collect N10m initially, but the ransom was later reduced to N2m. Despite that the ransom of N2m was paid to them, they failed to release the victim. Later the lifeless body of the pastor was discovered.”
The source, however, said it could not be ascertained if the deceased was tortured or strangled to death, but his remains had been deposited in the morgue of the General Hospital, Ipe Akoko.
The Asiwaju of Ifira Akoko, Chief Boboye Ojomo, who described the incident as very sorrowful and tragic, appealed to the government to intensify efforts to rehabilitate the Ipele-Idoani-Ifira Road, because the bad condition of the road was a major factor aiding incessant kidnapping and robberies in the area.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Tee-Leo Ikoro, who confirmed the killing of the pastor, said investigation had commenced into the incident, adding that police operatives had been searching for him before his corpse was found.
A Nigerian lady, Blessing Nyityo has allegedly died from a head injury she sustained after a fall.
According to her brother, Blessing who is fondly called Viju, went into coma after she slumped and hit her head on a surface on Easter Sunday, April 4th.
She was rushed to the hospital where she later died
Benue activist, Ukan Kurugh, who confirmed the sad news on Monday, April 5, said he called her sister after the incident and she assured her that Blessing will come out of coma.
"The news of your death wrecked my birthday yesterday blessing, haba !!! I spoke to your elder sister and assured her you will come out of the coma but God said come home my daughter. You have been a very strong lady, hardworking and lively. It's difficult to say goodnight. May God console the Nyityo family & friends." he wrote.
A 46-year-old man has been hacked to death by his secret lover, Makueni County Police Commander Joseph Ole Napeiyan has confirmed.
Police said that the deceased, Justus Manthi Kyengo, visited his secret lover, Christine Wanza Mutie, also aged 46, at her matrimonial home on Sunday, April 4, at about 11 pm.
“They are said to have disagreed over unknown issues resulting to her attacking the deceased with a panga [machete] assisted by her son, namely Nicholas Mutinda Mutie aged 20 years,” the police report read.
The man’s body was found in the compound of his secret lover near their homes’ gate by the police.
Police said the man sustained deep cuts on the neck, head and left hand.
The weapon suspected to have been used during the attack, a blood-stained machete, was recovered inside the woman’s house.
The incident occurred at Mukimwani village in Kalimoni Location, Makueni County.
According to the locals, the husband of the suspected killer lives in Nairobi while the deceased’s wife also works in the capital city.
Residents claim their love affair was publicly known and the altercation between the two wasn’t the first.
Davido has reacted to his song -- FALL -- hitting 200 million views on youtube.
He tagged Kiddominnat saying he remembers they made the record as a joke.
Davido sharing the news with fans on his InstaStory and Twitter page thanked God and his fans for making it possible.
He wrote, …. I remember me and @kiddominant making this record as a joke … well this ain’t nothing to laugh at! @flexgoddaps. God is good and thanks to all of you for supporting me ever since m the start… I appreciate every single one of you''.
Nollywood actress, Nkechi Blessing Sunday has replied fans who have implied that she and her politician boyfriend have gone their separate ways because she deleted his pictures from her Instagram page.
Slamming them, the actress said her relationship this time is a serious one and she doesn't do Instagram relationships. Saying she does not do Instagram love is actually a lie, as she and her former boyfriend -- the American based actor flaunted each other openly on Instagram. It's the reason people quickly knew all was not well, when they stopped celebrating their love.
Anyway, she says this won't go that way and even shaded a certain celebrity who flaunts her love on IG. What she said;
“Deleting pictures means break up. We don’t even follow each other..But I sleep and wake up in his Arms”
“I don’t do Instagram relationship, this one no be child’s play… so I don’t need to follow him on Instagram or even like his pictures, I show him love off the gram… It’s my relationship, not our relationship… the earlier you jobless monitoring spirit realizes that, the better… Go to the oda celebrity page and enjoy the couple goals you seek… this one is real-life Goals and not for entertainment #GROWN!!”
Nigerian crossdresser, Idris Okuneye widely known as Bobrisky has introduced his adopted daughter to his fans.
He made the introduction on his Instagram page saying he flew her into the country just so he could help her.
Bob called Oye his adopted daughter and says he wants people to know that he does not only help Nigerians but help people from all over the world.
Oye is also from another African country.
“My daughter. I don’t know her from nowhere but I flew her down to Nigeria @oye.kyme to change her life . So don’t think I only help Nigerians. I help across d world”, he wrote.
The Acting Controller-General, Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Mr John Mrabure, has confirmed the return of 6 out of 1,844 inmates released after the attack on Owerri Custodial Centre in the early hours of Monday, April 5, 2021.
The latest development means that 1876 inmates are yet-to-be-captured by security operatives.
However, Mrabure also noted that 35 inmates refused to escape during the attack.
He said: “As at the last count, six inmates have so far voluntarily returned to the facility while 35 inmates refused to escape from custody during the attack.”
Mrabure added that he has ordered a comprehensive investigation into the incident.
Mrabure said the investigation commenced with a Search and Recover Operations to recapture the fleeing inmates.
Owerri Custodial Centre in Imo had been attacked by unknown gunmen who forcefully released a total of 1,844 inmates in custody.
The attackers, who stormed the facility at about 02:15hrs on Monday 5th April 2021, gained entrance into the premises by using explosives to blast the administrative block.
They were said to have arrived at the centre in their large number in several Hilux Pick-Up vans and Sienna buses armed with sophisticated weapons and immediately engaged the security personnel on duty in a fierce gun battle.
Mrabure, however, appealed to the good citizens of Imo and indeed Nigerians to volunteer useful information that would facilitate the recapture of the fleeing inmates.
He assured Nigerians that the security of custodial centres across the country remained sacrosanct.
He equally directed all officers attached to custodial facilities to remain vigilant at this trying period for the NCoS.
A woman attending a wedding in China on Wednesday identified the bride of her son as her long-lost daughter from the birthmark on her hand.
At a wedding in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province on March 31, the mother-in-law found noticed a birthmark on her new daughter-in-law's hand, which similar to her lost daughter.
According to Chinese media reports, the woman approached the bride's parents to ask if they adopted their daughter over 20 years ago.
The family were shocked by the question as it had been a secret for so many years but revealed they had found a baby girl by the roadside a long time ago and she had been with them ever since.
At hearing the news, the overwhelmed bride burst into tears.
She had been so desperate to know her biological family that she described the moment as being "happier than the wedding day itself".
However, the story took another twist when it was revealed that there would be no objection to the marriage as the groom was also adopted.
According to Oriental Daily, the woman had adopted a boy after giving up hope on a search for her missing daughter.
She had searched for years to no avail.
Her daughter-in-law had been concerned about marrying her elder brother but her long-lost mum said she had no objections to the marriage as they aren't biological siblings.
The bride was relieved and went through with the ceremony.
All of the guests who came to the wedding heard about the doubly joyous event and sent their best wishes to the couple and the mother and daughter.
The Ogun State Government says it took its diligence to discover an alleged hidden additional N50bn domestic debt left behind by the immediate-past administration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun.
Abiodun said the figures given to it by Amosun’s administration did not capture the entire liabilities it left behind when the former governor left office in 2019.
In a statement signed by Kunle Somorin, chief press secretary to the governor, the administration claimed that not less than N50bn in financial liabilities were not accounted for in the financial report handed over to him in May 2019.
The governor's statement was a reaction to the report by the Debt Management Office which stated that the government incurred N58bn domestic debt within the period of his administration.
The DMO in the report revealed that the Dapo Abiodun-led administration borrowed N58bn as domestic debt in 18 months.
The DMO report which was published on March 15 signified that from June 30, 2019 to December 30, 2020, the Ogun State Government had acquired a total of N58,316,493,347 local debts.
According to the government, the recent report by the DMO showed that the omitted figures by the immediate past administration in the state on the domestic debt had an impact on the DMO report.
Jennifer Arcuri for the first time has told how she fell in love with Boris Johnson during an affair she says lasted four years.
The businesswoman, who is 21 years younger, says they slept together at the flat where she had a pole dancer’s pole.
She says they met up once a week at the height of the affair, she sent arty topless pictures and admits: “I loved him. I adored him.”
Jennifer reveals a mutual “physical and intellectual attraction”. They shared a love of Shakespeare, she codenamed him Alexander the Great, and she says he loved her body and mind and “couldn’t keep his hands off me” on their first tryst.
But ultimately, she says, he was a “cowardly wet noodle” for not standing by her in the row over her presence on foreign trade trips.
Jennifer says her romance with PM Boris – who was Mayor of London at the time – lasted from 2012 to 2016.
It was his second term of office and he was married to now ex-wife Marina, mother of their four children.
Questions first surfaced two years ago when it was revealed Jennifer, 35, was allowed on three taxpayer-funded trade missions led by Boris, 56.
It was clear they were close but she has never confirmed they were lovers – until now.
Talking about s3x, Jennifer says: “We were in an intimate relationship for four years. I loved him, and with good cause. But the man I thought I knew doesn’t exist any more.”
Lifting the lid on the affair she says:
Boris wined and dined her openly at a London restaurant, telling her: “I want to date you, you’re the only American I’ve ever fancied.”
They first had s3x in her Shoreditch flat hours before he sat between Marina and Princess Anne at the opening of the 2012 London Paralympics.
Before he dashed off to the ceremony she had to hunt for a sock he lost in the throes of passion.
He requested racy images of her and said one raunchy picture was “enough to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window”.
They exchanged s3xual messages, sometimes while he was on mayoral duty.
He had to borrow £3.10 on their first date and later shrugged off concerns about kissing in public, saying: “This is my city, I don’t care.”
Jennifer reveals her astonishing story in an interview with the Sunday Mirror in her native America.
Her revelations are hugely significant, raising questions over public cash and whether Boris breached a code of conduct.
The Greater London Authority probe will examine whether he breached the Nolan Principles of Public Life.
It will examine whether he behaved with “honesty and integrity”, whether Jennifer was given “preferential treatment” and if there was any conflict of interest which should have been declared.
Boris spoke at a series of technology events organised by Jennifer, who went on to receive £126,000 of taxpayer money in event sponsorships and grants. The bulk, £100,000, came in a government grant in 2019.
Harvey Weinstein's legal team have filed an appeal on his r3pe and s3x crimes conviction, saying that the film producer had an unfair trial.
The 69-year-old disgraced movie mogul's legal representative reportedly submitted a 166-page appeal on Monday.
The documents filed in Manhattan claim that the judge who was in charge of the 2020 trial allowed too much testimony about the disgraced personalities reputation and character, The Wall Street Journal reports.
They are claiming that it was unfair and that is what led the jury to convict the Hollywood name - rather than the facts of the case.
According to the outlet, they claim that witnesses were used to “merely [depict] Weinstein as loathsome” during the proceedings.
It is no surprise that his legal team are appealing the conviction as they told that they were planning to do so shortly after the verdict came in following the trial in February, last year.
DMX's family have broken their silence to ask fans and followers for their prayers and support.
The 50-year-old rapper - real name Earl Simmons - went into cardiac arrest and was admitted to White Plains Hospital, north of New York City, according to his lawyer.
Lawyer Murray Richman was unable to confirm reports that DMX had suffered a drug overdose, and said he didn't know what exactly had caused the heart attack.
He added that DMX is breathing on his own, and has been taken off a life support system.
Nakia Walker, DMX's former manager, has since told that he is in a "vegetative state", with "lung and brain failure."
Now his family has shared a statement via People reading: "On Friday night … our brother, son, father, and colleague DMX, birth name of Earl Simmons, was admitted to White Plains hospital, facing serious health issues.
"We ask that you please keep Earl/DMX and us in your thoughts, wishes, and prayers as well as respect our privacy as we face these challenges."
Due to Covid restrictions, the vigil was planned for this evening outside the hospital where DMX is being treated.
The mum of a missing teenager has been tragically told the description of a body found by police "matches" her son.
Evidence Joel said investigators gave her the heartbreaking news last night, weeks after searches for London student Richard Okorogheye began.
It comes after the Metropolitan Police announced in a statement a body had been found in a pond in Epping Forest, Essex, where the 19-year-old was last seen heading on CCTV last month.
“Oh God, they said the description matches his, but we’ll go in tomorrow to find out," Ms Joel told My London in a highly emotional call.
No formal identification of the body has yet been carried out.
The Met said investigators are working to identify the remains.
Richard's family are being supported by specially trained officers, after being informed of today's developments.
Richard left his family home in Ladbroke Grove, Kensington, on March 22 and has not been in contact since.
Police believe the Oxford Brookes university student got on a bus in West London and then took a taxi to Loughton, in Essex.
CCTV captured him walking towards Epping Forest in the early hours of March 23.
Prince Harry wants an apology from the Royal Family over the treatment of his wife Meghan Markle, according to a source.
The Duke of Sussex says he was outraged when a member of 'The Firm' allegedly asked how dark Archie's skin would be before he was born.
It was later clarified that neither the Queen nor Prince Philip asked this question.
Meghan also claimed Kate Middleton made her cry during a wedding dress fitting in her bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey - and not the other way around.
The Duchess, who suffered suicidal thoughts when she was pregnant, also alleged that the Palace refused to provide her with mental health support.
A source has now told US Weekly magazine that Prince Harry wants an apology from his family, the Daily Star reports.
The source claimed: “The problem with Harry is that he’s hooked on being right and regardless of saying he wants to move on from this.
"He won’t back down until he gets some form of apology from his family."
Currently, there has been one official statement from Buckingham Palace concerning the Oprah Winfrey interview, where it was communicated that the Royal Family will look at the concerns expressed by Meghan and Harry.
They said they would be “taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately.”
The official statement added: “The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan.
"The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning.
“Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much loved family members.”
Oprah's friend and fellow host Gayle King revealed that Harry spoke to Prince William and Prince Charles days after the controversial interview, but claimed the conversation was "not productive".
Police in Kisumu County, Kenya are holding a man who allegedly chopped off his grandmother’s head and took it to Kisumu Central Police Station to report himself.
The man is said to have put the head in a bucket and took it to the police station where he sought to record a statement on Monday, April 5.
Police later accompanied him to Nyalenda estate where he allegedly committed the crime.
Shoprite Holdings Limited, the parent company of Shoprite stores in Nigeria and other African countries, has again classified the Nigeria subsidiary as discontinued operations as it marks it for sale.
The company had in August, in its half year 2020 financial report, announced that it would gradually end its operation in Nigeria.
It said the board decided to formally exit its operations in Nigeria over unfavourable market conditions.
Shoprite Holding in the latest publication of its financial report for December 2020 operations, under its non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations, maintained that in the short-term, “Strategic shifts made with the Nigeria sale and Kenya closures.
“Classify, the group’s Nigeria subsidiary as discontinued operations,” it said in the report.
In the comparative result obtained from its website, yesterday, Shoprite Holdings said the business was profitable but still marked for sale since 2019.
“Assets and liabilities relating to the Nigeria operations disclosed as held for sale.”
For the 2020 operational year, the company still found the business profitable but still held onto discontinuing the operations.
“Statement of comprehensive income reflects profit from discontinued operations separately; assets and liabilities relating to the Nigeria operations disclosed as held for sale,” it stated.
Still providing the transaction update, the company said the “Nigeria sale near completion” just as the Kenya closure will be complete by year end and would be reported as discontinued operation in June 2021, a process towards winding up its outlets in Kenya.
The company will continue its operations in Angola, Zambia and Mozambique. It reported an appearance exchange rate crisis in Nigeria between the US dollar and the Naira, causing a loss of -7.9 percent as of 2020 when considered to the exchange rate in 2019.
The company hopes to ‘de-dollarise costs where possible’ while ‘increasing local procurement’ across its retail outlets.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law that could keep him in office in the Kremlin until 2036, when he will be almost 84 years old.
The legislation allows him to run for two more six-year terms once his current stint ends in May 2024. It follows changes to the constitution last year.
Those changes were backed in a public vote last summer.
Putin was born 7 October 1952. He is at present 68 years old.
He is currently serving his second consecutive term as president and his fourth in total.
The reform, which critics cast as a constitutional coup, was packaged with an array of other amendments that were expected to garner popular support, such as one bolstering pension protections.
The law signed by Putin limits any future president to two terms in office, but resets his term count.
It prevents anyone who has held foreign citizenship from running for the Kremlin.
The legislation was passed in the lower and upper houses of parliament last month.
