Feds Increases Hazard Allowance for Doctors, Other Healthcare Workers

HealthNewsNigeriaWellnessFeds Increases Hazard Allowance for Doctors, Other Healthcare Workers

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 26, 2021

It has been gathered that the Federal Government has increased the hazard allowance for medical doctors and other health workers in the country. It was also learnt that while the government increased the doctors’ allowance from N5,000 to between N32,000 and N40,000; other health workers like nurses, laboratory workers among others had theirs reviewed to between N15,000 and N34,000. This was according to a circular with reference number SWC/S/04/S.218/11/406 dated December 22, 2021 and signed...

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Corps Member Met Romantic Soldier Three Years Before NYSC Camp – Family

NewsNigeriaCorps Member Met Romantic Soldier Three Years Before NYSC Camp – Family

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 26, 2021

The family of the corps member simply identified as Remi, who proposed to a female soldier, Private Sofiyat Akinlabi, at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp in Yikpata, Kwara State, has disclosed that the duo’s relationship started three years ago in Abeokuta, Ogun State. According to the family member, Remi and Akinlabi’s friendship started in Abeokuta over three years ago before the latter joined the military. The Nigerian Army had detained Akinlabi on...

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Petrol Subsidy Rises, Hits N1.4 Trillion in 11 Months

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPetrol Subsidy Rises, Hits N1.4 Trillion in 11 Months

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 24, 2021

The amount spent on subsidizing Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, rose to N1.16tn between January and November this year, the latest data from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited show. The data also revealed that NNPC’s remittances to the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee in the 11-month period dropped by N1.78tn. In its report on funding performance between January and November 2021, which was obtained by our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday, the oil firm...

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Troops Eliminate 84 Terrorists and Bandits in Two Weeks – Official

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPoliticsTroops Eliminate 84 Terrorists and Bandits in Two Weeks – Official

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 24, 2021

The Defense Headquarters says the troops of Operation Hadin Kai and Hadarin Daji have eliminated no fewer than 84 terrorists and bandits in North East and North West in the last two weeks. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko said this while giving an update on military operations across the country between Dec. 9 and Dec. 23 on Thursday in Abuja. Under Operation Hadin Kai, Onyeuko said the troops carried out several...

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20 Victims of SARS Brutality Get Compensated By Human Rights Commission

Law & JusticeNewsNigeria20 Victims of SARS Brutality Get Compensated By Human Rights Commission

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 24, 2021

Twenty victims who suffered various violations of human rights in the hands of the officers and men of the now disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have been compensated by the Human Rights Commission. The Independent Investigative Panel on human rights violations had its inaugural sitting in November 2020 and received 297 petitions from across 29 states including the FCT. The cases received include illegal arrests, extrajudicial killings, torture, and unlawful prolonged detention, among others. According...

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WHO Lists Nine COVID-19 Vaccines That Can Be Used for Emergency

HealthNewsNigeriaWorldWHO Lists Nine COVID-19 Vaccines That Can Be Used for Emergency

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 20, 2021

On Friday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued an Emergency Use Listing (EUL) for NVX-CoV2373, expanding the basket of WHO-validated vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The vaccine, named CovovaxTM, is produced by the Serum Institute of India under license from Novavax and is part of the COVAX facility portfolio, giving a much-needed boost to ongoing efforts to vaccinate more people in lower-income countries. WHO’s EUL procedure assesses the quality, safety, and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines...

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Lagos to Re-arraign Evans, Others for Kidnapping 

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaLagos to Re-arraign Evans, Others for Kidnapping 

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 20, 2021

The Lagos State Government on Friday re-arraigned alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, and two others over the attempted kidnap of the Chairman of the Young Shall Grow Motors, Chief Vincent Obianodo. Evans was re-arraigned alongside Joseph Emeka, and Udeme Upong following the November 26 death of their co-defendant, Chiemeka Arinze, 45, while in the custody of the Correctional Services. The death certificate issued by the Ajeromi General Hospital, Ajegunle, Lagos State, indicated that...

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Buhari Confirms Nigeria and Turkey to Strengthen Security and Defense Ties

AfricaNewsNigeriaBuhari Confirms Nigeria and Turkey to Strengthen Security and Defense Ties

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 18, 2021

On Friday, President Muhammadu Buhari confirmed that Nigeria will partner with the Republic of Turkey in confronting the current security challenges the country is facing. According to the presidency, this is in furtherance of sustained efforts at keeping Nigerians safer. Speaking at a bilateral meeting with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his Turkish counterpart shortly before the official commencement of the 3rd Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit in Istanbul, President Buhari acknowledged that Turkey had garnered a lot of...

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Oyinlola Reacts to Akande’s Book, Expresses Surprise That He Attacks Obasanjo

BooksPoliticsOyinlola Reacts to Akande’s Book, Expresses Surprise That He Attacks Obasanjo

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 16, 2021

LAGOS — A former governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, says it is surprising that former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, attacked ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo despite the love he (Obasanjo) showered on him while he was President. Oyinlola stated this on Thursday in a statement in response to the allegation made against him by Akande in his 559-page autobiography, titled ‘My Participations’, launched in Lagos last week. Akande, in...

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NewsInsecurity May Hinder 2023 Elections – Jega

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 16, 2021

IBADAN — A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has warned that unless the insecurity challenges ravaging the country were adequately stopped, the 2023 general election may not hold. Jega said this on Thursday in Ibadan while delivering a keynote address at the fourth Abiola Ajimobi annual roundtable and the 72nd posthumous birthday of the former governor of Oyo State, held at the Institute for Peace and Strategic Studies, University...

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