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An active member of the US Air Force set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington on Sunday, officials said, as media reported he was protesting the war in Gaza. Emergency responders rushed to the scene just before 1:00 pm (1800 GMT) in response to a “call for person on fire outside the Israeli Embassy,” according to a message on X, formerly Twitter, by the capital’s fire department. They arrived to find that officers from the Secret Service the US law enforcement agency tasked with protecting US political leaders, visiting heads of state and others had already extinguished…

Some serving members of the National Youth Service Corps have urged President Bola Tinubu to consider an upward review of the allowances being paid to corp members serving in the 36 states of the federation. This is just as they lamented that the high cost of commodities occasioned by the high cost of living has forced them to resort to menial jobs to make ends meet. The corpers, in an open letter under the aegis of Concerned Corp Members, addressed to the President and obtained by PUNCH Online on Sunday, noted that the high cost of commodities and the rising…

….says you can’t threaten us with contempt The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has vowed to go ahead with its plan to hold rallies from Tuesday to Wednesday to register its displeasure over the rising cost of living the country. The labour union, in a letter it wrote to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, said it would not be dissauded by Federal Government’s threat to initiate contempt proceedings against it. The NLC, through its lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, maintained that contrary to FG’s claim, no court barred its members from exercising their…

AGAINST the backdrop of sustained pressure in the foreign exchange market and high cost of production, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN has indicated that inventory of unsold goods is escalating to levels now threatening the existence of companies operating in the production sector of the economy with attendant job losses. Financial Vanguard’s findings show that as of the weekend the foreign exchange market had recorded over 254 per cent plunge in the value of the naira since flotation of the currency by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in June 2023. Recall that the naira traded for N471 per…

..demand N5million compensation Nigerian Nurses have dragged the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, NMCN, to court over its recent circular for requesting verification of certificates for nurses and midwives to foreign nursing boards or councils. Also joined in the suit as 2nd defendant is the Registrar/Secretary General of NMCN, Dr. Faruk Umar Abubakar. The circular issued by Faruk on February 7, 2024, has been attracting mixed reactions from stakeholders. The controversial circular, among other things, provides that, “Eligible applicants must have a minimum of two (2) years post qualification experience from the date of issuance of the permanent practising…

Following the interception of two containers loaded with illicit hard drugs and cache of arms and ammunition imported from Durban, South Africa, at the Tin Can Seaport, in Lagos, operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have begun to unmask members of the organised criminal network responsible. Towards this end, operatives have arrested some members of the syndicate, including a clearing and notify party of the two containers, Falowo Kayode, a dock worker, Anjorin Idowu and Uzairu Iguda, who were in charge of the Five Star terminal at the port. Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, while confirming the…

As the wave of Japa continues to hit the health sector, causing acute manpower shortage in government health facilities, Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has approved a special employment procedure that allows immediate replacement of any health practitioner that leaves the service with another qualified personnel, without the government’s ratification. Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Tokunbo Talabi, according to a statement on Saturday, gave the hint when he received the newly elected executive members of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, Ogun State Chapter, in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta The statement quoted Talabi as saying that,…

The National Association of Nigerian Students have raised alarm over what they called ‘Mismanagement and Lack of Transparency and Accountability in Cement Technology Institute of NIGERIA, CTIN Funds Administration under billionaire Aliko Dangote’s leadership. In a petition addressed to President Tinubu which they presented through a Press Conference today, they expressed their ‘outrage regarding the mismanagement and lack of accountability within the Cement Technology Institute of Nigeria (CTIN), an organisation under Dangote’s Leadership as pioneer and self imposed life Chairman’. In their petition, they claimed that the ‘misuse, diversion and misappropriation of such strategic fund intended to provide training and…

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Ogun State Government has alerted members of the public to a fraudulent message circulating on social media platforms, falsely claiming that Governor Dapo Abiodun is offering N10,000 cash palliative per person across the state. The scam message also provides a link, urging individuals to apply for the said cash palliative and also share the information for others to benefit. The Special Adviser on Media and Communications to the Governor, Kayode Akinmade, however on Sunday, in a statement, categorically disclaimed the message in its entirety informing the public that it is an obvious scam and urged the people of the state…