BREAKING NEWS: Nigerian Doctors Strike for Better Benefits During Coronavirus Crisis

ABUJA  – Resident doctors in Nigerian public hospitals went on strike on Monday to demand better benefits, including the provision of more protective equipment, as they battle the coronavirus, the union said. Those treating COVID-19 patients will stay on the job but their union, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), gave the government two weeks to meet the demands or else they would also walk out. Resident doctors are those who have graduated from...

OPINION: The Church Must Make Reparation for its Role in Slavery, Segregation

The ever-expanding protests over the epidemic of police violence and systemic racism in the United States, manifested most recently in the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, have brought our society to another monumental crossroad. At the intersection of these enduring crimes against humanity and protesters of varying hues and creeds screaming, “Enough is enough,” is a global system of anti-Blackness and violence that has strangled Black communities in the United States...

BREAKING NEWS: Oyo to Re-Open Schools in 2 Weeks, Orders Civil Servants to Resume Next Week

The Oyo State Government has given green lights for schools to resume across the state on 29 June, civil servants to resume work beginning from 22 June and ordered churches and mosques to operate at 25 per cent capacity. In a statement on Monday Evening, the Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force, following almost a 3-hours meeting, presided by Governor Seyi Makinde, announced that the curfew imposed on the state had been relaxed, adding that curfew...

Police Say Some Are Raped for Ritual, Recorded 717 Cases in 5 Months

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has said it recorded 717 rape incidents in 5-months. IGP Adamu disclosed this after a meeting with President Buhari on Monday on issues of rape and gender-based violence. According to the Nation, he was accompanied by Minister of Women Development, Dame Pauline Tallen and the Minister for Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. “It has come to the public knowledge now that because of the COVID-19 restrictions, we...

CULTURAL CHANGE:ABC Names Matt James as its First Black ‘Bachelor’

NEW YORK (AP) — ABC has named Matt James, its first black “Bachelor” to lead the network’s long-running dating competition show, a move long sought by critics of the series’ lack of diversity among its leading men. The casting was announced Friday on “Good Morning America.” James, a 28-year-old from North Carolina, was originally chosen to compete for Clare Crawley’s affection on “The Bachelorette,” but filming was scrapped in March due to the coronavirus pandemic....

Travel Resumes Across Europe Amid Hopes of Economic Recovery

France, Germany and Switzerland on Monday allowed travel to resume three months after unprecedented restrictions were imposed in a bid to curb the coronavirus pandemic. France reopened its borders with all EU countries except Spain, where restrictions would remain in place until June 21 in line with a similar decision on the Spanish side. Passengers arriving from Britain would also be asked to self-isolate for 14 days, in line with British restrictions on individuals arriving...

CAN Appeals to Govts to Tackle Insecurity

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State Chapter has appealed to government at all levels to tackle the security challenges facing the country. Rev. John Hayab, the Chairman of CAN made the appeal in a statement on Monday. Hayab said that the chapter was sad and upset with the killings and increasing insecurity in the north, especially in Kaduna, Katsina, Sokoto and Borno States. “Our governments must therefore live up to their responsibility by...

Shares in Asia Pacific Tumble on Fears of Second Virus Wave

Stocks in the Asia Pacific region on Monday plummeted amid fears of a resurgence of COVID-19, as more countries gradually lifted restrictions. The Japanese yen rise also contributed to a 3.4 per cent plunge in the benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average. The Nikkei lost 774.53 points, or 3.47 per cent, to close at 21,530.95, ending below the 22,000 mark for the first time since late May. Earlier, Tokyo Ministry of Health announced 48 new cases...

UPDATE: Nigeria Records 403 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 16,085

Nigeria recorded 403 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, bringing the total confirmed cases to 16085. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on its official Twitter handle. The centre said 13 deaths were also recorded. It added that no new state had reported a case in the last 24 hours. The NCDC said that Gombe State recorded 73 cases which was the highest number of infections for the day recorded. The health agency said that...

APC Governors Set to Meet Buhari Over Obaseki

The governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress are preparing to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari over the party’s governorship primary crisis in Edo State. It is gathered that the governors would seek for Buhari’s intervention in the crisis, which led to the disqualification of the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, from the State APC primary scheduled for June 22. The West African Pilot had earlier reported that Obaseki on Sunday...

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