Ogun nurses protest alleged assault of colleague by doctor
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Ogun nurses protest alleged assault of colleague by doctor

Top Stories Tamfitronics ABEOKUTA (SUNDIATA  POST)- Nurses at the State Hospital, Ijaye, Abeokuta, on Thursday, staged a protest over an alleged assault of a student-nurse by a consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the hospital.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protesting nurses were led by the Chairman of National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Ogun chapter, Adejoke Bello.NAN also reports that medical doctor was said to have slapped the student-nurse at the theatre suit on Sept. 24.The nurses said that all efforts between the time of the incident and now to seek redress from the state government had yielded no result.NAN reports that the angry nurses were chanting various songs to drive home their grievances, while also armed with placards bearing messages condemning the alleged act.Some of the messages read: “End bullying...
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October 1 Protest: Lagos Police CP Passes Important Directive To Officers To Be Deployed For Exercise
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October 1 Protest: Lagos Police CP Passes Important Directive To Officers To Be Deployed For Exercise

Politics tamfitronics The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Olanrewaju Ishola has issued a directive to officers to be deployed for the #FearlessInOctober protest scheduled for October 1, 2024.A statement issued by the command’s Spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said he gave the order when he met with the protest organizers in his office at the State Headquarters, Ikeja.According to the statement, the CP charged the deployed officers to be professional and civil but firm.This was after he ordered the pp and optimal deployment of human and operational resources across strategic locations in the state.“In the same vein, he has charged the deployed officers to be professional, civil but firm,” the statement reads.The statement further disclosed that the police boss assured the organizers that arrangements had been perfected with sister security agencies to provide maximum security...
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Hunger protest a wake-up call for Northern governors – Gov Sule
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Hunger protest a wake-up call for Northern governors – Gov Sule

Politics tamfitronics Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has said that the recent hunger protest in the north is a wake-up call for governors in the region.Sule stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today.He said that the majority of protesters in Nasarawa were almajiris who did not even know the meaning of the protest.He added that the governors must address the issue of out-of-school children to get it right.Ghana opens new gold refineryWomen affairs’ minister disrupts Abuja event, says Tinubu unhappy with itThe governor said, “The protest in the north is a wake-up call for us as leaders. Our region is good in agriculture. Everyone of us should go back to the field. For me the background is there. I managed the Savannah Sugar company. I was the chairman of all the companies...
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Protest: Police operatives raid homes of protesters in Yobe, arrest 11
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Protest: Police operatives raid homes of protesters in Yobe, arrest 11

Politics tamfitronics At least 11 youths in Yobe were arrested on Saturday morning as Nigerian police raided the homes of #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters in the northeast state.The arrests occurred in the towns of Damaturu, Potiskum, and Gashua, where the individuals were forcefully ejected from their homes.Reports indicate that the arrests targeted those who were vocal and active in the ongoing nationwide protests.“A number of youths were also arrested in Damaturu and Potiskum in what appears to be an attempt to punish those who were outspoken about the ongoing economic hardship,” a source told the Daily Post.The source confirmed that the detained individuals, particularly the 11 youths from Gashua, were taken to the state police CID in Damaturu.The arrests have sparked concern and tension among residents, who fear that the authorities may expand their actions to target...
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