Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. Members of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), would begin an indefinite nationwide strike, on Monday, March 6, 2017. Ayinde Obisesan, NUAHP National General-Secretary, made the announcement on Saturday in Ibadan, Oyo state. He directed them to commence an indefinite strike action with effect from 12: 01 am, Monday, 6 March, 2017, until otherwise directed.
2. Report says a train travelling to Kano from Lagos skidded off tracks in the early hours of Saturday. The incident occurred around Dagbolu in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. According to the report, the three cargo coaches attached to the end of the passenger train got detached and moved backwards until they got to the interchange at the terminus around Old Garage area in Osogbo where the wheels got off the track. No lie was, however lost.
3. An advocacy group, Concerned Nigerians, has given President Muhammadu Buhari a two-week ultimatum, to return to Nigeria and resume his office as the President. The group threatened that it will commence a peaceful protest across the country if he fails to return. This is contained in a statement signed by its convener, Prince Deji Adeyanju.
4. Nollywood actor and producer, Obi Madubogwu who is being treated of diabetic sore, at the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Meta Lagos, has narrated how his colleagues ignore his calls since he became ill. According to the actor, the same people he brought into Nollywood and helped shape their movie careers now avoid him due to his illness. He was speaking at a birthday bash initiated for him by the Anya Igbo Film Forum, where he said he now knows who are his true friends.
5. Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said the Peace Corps of Nigeria must be allowed to operate under the law. Falana while criticizing the recent arrest and parading of the Corps National Commandant, Dickson Akoh, by the police argued that the organization was not illegal. He described the invasion of their headquarters by the police and other security agencies, as illegal and unconstitutional.
6. Popular Abuja prophet, Joshua Iginla, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari, to take care of his health and “adhere to medical advice.” The cleric, in a statement said he saw the vision while in South Africa today (Saturday) and urged his congregants to pray for the President so he doesn’t rush home. He cautioned the president not to allow politicians mount pressure on him to return home as the throne will wait for him. He said if Buhari is made to return against doctor’s advice, he would be rushed back again.
7. Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has advised former President, Olusegun Obasanjo to emulate statesmen like former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, and stop seeing himself as a saint. According to him, statesmen like Abubakar are working assiduously for the stability of the country and still remain cool headed. Fayose stated this after a visit to Abubakar at his residence in Abuja.
8. The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, Saturday alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was working with the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to rig the 2019 general elections. Wike was speaking during a “thank you” visit to the people of Etche Local Government Area of the State, for their support to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during the Supplementary Elections in the area.
9. Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has declared support for the N50,000 minimum wage the organised labour is demanding as well as the abolition of security vote. Ekweremadu is also calling for the decentralisation of the federal anti-graft agencies, for states to also establish anti-corruption agencies.
10. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), has said that its leader, Henry Okah, is dying in a South African prison, describing his condition in prison as gory and unsavoury. The group also called on the National Assembly delegation going to South Africa to look into the prison conditions of many Nigerians.
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