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The Association of Resident Doctors, Lagos University Teaching Hospital Embarked on an Indefinite Strike Over Nonpayment of Outstanding Salaries and Allowances

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The association is also demanding for the payment of outstanding arrears owed house officers, resident doctors and residency training fees. Other issues they are seeking interventions include the lack of resident doctors and house officers across all units and better lighting in the dark portions within the hospital environment.     The resident doctors and house officers had staged a peaceful protest on May 22 followed with a two-day warning strike on the same issues. According to Dr Kayode Makinde, President, LUTH ARD, the hospital management had not called leaders of ARD for another meeting after the warning strike.  Makinde said ARD executives had no option than to embark on the indefinite strike, adding that members of the association would not resume work until all their demands were met. He 65 house officers were being owed between one and five months salaries.  “with the present numbers of house officers (177), it means one ...

The first storey building in Nigeria located in Badagry, Lagos State, recorded 13,609 visitors in 2018

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Mr Hodonu Daniel, the officer in charge of the building, told the  News Agency of Nigeria  on Wednesday. Daniel said that the number of tourists that visited the 172-year-old structure was higher than the 9,009 recorded in 2017. NAN  reports that the foundation of the building was laid in 1842 and was completed in 1845. “We recorded more tourists toward the end of the year when there were different festivals organised by peopleand the Local Government Authority attracted tourists to the site. “Around August, we celebrated Coconut festival and many tourists that came for the event visited the site. Also during Diaspora festival, many foreigners came to the site. “These were just the reasons why the site recorded a high number of tourists in 2018. “I’m sure that the patronage would be higher this year if the Federal Government will complete the reconstruction of the Lagos- Badagry Expressway which is discouraging tourists from visiting th...

Nnamdi Kanu: 'ISIS Will Attack Nigeria, Your Mothers Will Be Raped..'

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By O’star Eze Leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has predicted more terror attacks and deaths in Nigeria, warning that the dreaded Islamist State for Iraq and Syria (ISIS) would soon take their bloodlet­ting campaign to the country’s territory. The pro-Biafran agitator further warned that the target of the impending terror attacks would be the Southern Nigerian which has the largest concentration of natural resources, a development he said requires citizens to be ready to defend themselves. “You think I am joking. They are coming. Your mothers will be raped. Your sisters will be married off as slaves. Biafra land will be decimated unless we equip this army,” he said. Kanu who is currently on exile in Israel gave the damning warning in his latest controversial broadcast aired on Radio Biafra over the weekend. According to him, more Nigerians will be killed if leaders fail to carry out their responsibili­ties. ...

American singer, songwriter and actor Tyrese Gibson shared a photo of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg with some Nigerians at Tech hub Andela in Yaba

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He caption the picture with this expression: "Some people think we're human beings having a spiritual experience it's the other way around - were spiritual beings having a human experience - Mark Zuckerberg randomly popped up in Africa and he's there jogging hanging out and connected with our people - he looks so happy and I'm sure they're doing a lot for his spirit and life - Sometimes you just have to run away to far places and find your balance........... I've seen a few pics and I just love this so much...... Mark I felt the same the people of Africa are just amazing people and souls"