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The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors has vowed to continue its ongoing strike until the federal and state governments concede to its demands. NARD made its position known in a communiqué issued at the end of a virtual extraordinary National Executive Council, meeting, signed by Dr Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, its President, on Thursday in Abuja. The association said that the NEC had unanimously voted that the ongoing strike that started on April 1, would continue. “The strike will last until the federal and state governments meet our demands. “We want to use this medium to reiterate our commitment to the smooth…

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), says he is currently taking “a short rest” in London, United Kingdom. According to a statement on Thursday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President disclosed this in a letter he wrote to the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, King Abdullah ll Bin Al-Hussein, following the resolution of a recent rift in the royal family. The statement was titled, ‘President Buhari writes Jordan’s King Abdullah, conveys good wishes and solidarity’. Recall that the Presidency had earlier issued a statement that Buhari will be undergoing what…

*Says ex-VP’s Nigerian roots not in doubt Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has flayed the comments of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, on the nationality of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Frank, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, urged the Attorney-General to focus on more crucial issues bedevelling the country rather than taking Atiku to court over baseless claims of not being a full-blooded Nigerian. The political activist said: “Atiku Abubakar is a true Nigerian who has sacrificed a lot to stabilise…

Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN on Wednesday said he did not institute “legal action on the citizenship or otherwise” of the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Media reports particularly online publications had linked Malami to a suit claiming that the former Vice President is not qualified to contest the office of the President of Nigeria on the grounds that he is not a Nigerian citizen. Reacting to the media reports however the minister in a statement by his media aide Dr. Umar Gwandu, denied ever instituting any legal action on the citizenship…

Under-30s in the UK are to be offered an alternative Covid vaccine to the AstraZeneca jab due to the evidence linking it to rare blood clots. According to BBC, the recommendation comes after a review by the UK drugs regulator found that by the end of March 79 people had suffered rare blood clots after vaccination – 19 of whom had died. The regulator said this was not proof the jab had caused the clots. But it said the link was getting firmer. The review by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) found: the 79 cases and 19…

Jurgen Klopp says it will be tough for Liverpool to turn around their Champions League fortunes against Real Madrid at an empty Anfield despite their reputation as “comeback kings”. A chastening 3-1 defeat in the first leg of their quarter-final in Spain on Tuesday has given the Premier League side a mountain to climb if they are to reach the last four. Goals from Vinicius Junior and Marco Asensio gave the home side a 2-0 lead before Mohamed Salah pulled one back but Vinicius found the net again to put Real firmly in the driving seat. Liverpool famously overturned a…

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has welcomed the “healthy competition” for the Manchester United goalkeeping jersey between David de Gea and Dean Henderson. Speculation has grown over the future of the 30-year-old De Gea, who has not started a match since the 0-0 draw with Chelsea on February 28. The former Atletico Madrid star, previously the undisputed number one at Old Trafford and capped 45 times by Spain, has been linked with a move to Atletico, Real Madrid or Paris Saint-Germain. United manager Solskjaer, speaking on the eve of his side’s Europa League quarter-final first leg against Spanish side Granada, talked up…

Vinicius Junior scored twice as Real Madrid made Liverpool pay for more defensive errors on Tuesday, a 3-1 victory putting them in sight of the Champions League semi-finals. Vinicius and Marco Asensio both profited in the first half after darting behind Liverpool’s makeshift back-line before a simple move from a throw-in gave Vinicius a simple finish in the second. Mohamed Salah’s strike shortly after the interval briefly made it a contest at Valdebebas, with an away goal certainly a significant consolation for Liverpool to take into the second leg at Anfield next week. But without fans and with a miserable…

Borussia Dortmund believes they can still knock Manchester City out of the Champions League after their narrow away defeat in the first leg means there is all to play for in next Wednesday’s quarter-final return leg. Dortmund brushed off poor Bundesliga form to come within a whisker of a draw at the Etihad Stadium until Phil Foden’s last-gasp goal sealed a 2-1 first-leg win for Pep Guardiola’s City. “It is brutally annoying that we conceded a goal like that right at the end, now we have to win the second leg,” said Dortmund captain Marco Reus, who had equalised six…

Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Wednesday said Nigeria would overcome the ongoing security challenges if it decentralizes the current centralised policing. While acknowledging the intervention of community policing, the governor noted that the intervention was inadequate as it is still being controlled from the centre. He added that the constitutional provision that assigned the role of Chief Security Officer to governors ought to have given them more powers to perform their responsibilities effectively. Oyetola, who spoke at the 2nd Annual Colloquium of the Sultan Maccido Institute for Peace, Leadership and Development Studies, at the University of Abuja identified poverty…