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The Katsina State Judiciary Union, in solidarity with the ongoing nationwide strike, has suspended all court activities in the State until further notice.
The strike, which began yesterday, is premised on the failure of the federal and state executive arm to comply with a Federal High Court judgment that granted financial autonomy status to the Nigeria judiciary since 2014.
DAILY POST reports that the Katsina State High Court was locked and deserted yesterday to show compliance.
The Vice-Chairman, Katsina Judiciary workers, Comrade Yusuf Sani said “all the courts in the state will remain locked until further notice from the National Secretariat of JUSUN Abuja.”
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Oscar Onyema, the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Stock Exchange has completed his tenure.
Onyema, 52, assumed the position on April 4, 2011. He was formerly Senior Vice President of the American Stock Exchange.
In a statement on Tuesday, Olumide Orojimi, Head of Corporate Communications, said a closing ceremony was held to honour him.
Orojimi noted that the NSE experienced significant growth under the former CEO. He cited the recent completion of the demutualisation of The Exchange.
Onyema recalled he took over when the stock market was “in the doldrums, investors’ confidence low, mono product and the bourse under regulatory administration”.
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A heavy storm reported around the Benin airport forced his aircraft to make a detour.
Governor Godwin Obaseki confirmed the situation in his address at the ‘Edo 2020’ opening ceremony.
“His plane had to be diverted due to the bad weather”, NAN quoted him as saying.
Osinbajo was to stand in for President Muhammadu Buhari. The afternoon downpour delayed the commencement of the event.
Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youth and Sports delivered the President’s message.
Dare announced that the festival would showcase Nigeria’s best talents in over 32 different sports events.
“The NSF is the biggest sports fiesta in the country, where both professionals and home-based athletes converge to display their prowess”, he said.
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The Nigerian government has explained its directive to states to put COVID-19 vaccination on hold once they used half of the doses allocated to them.
Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, addressed the media at Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on Tuesday.
The official explained there was no confirmation yet on the timeframe for delivery of second batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
He said it was important that those who already received their first jab complete their vaccination.
“In a situation where we still cannot determine when the next batch of AstraZeneca vaccine will arrive, it is better for us to vaccinate people fully.”
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Amid the current hardship being endured by Nigerians, some major economic sectors in the country have decided to shut down over the inability of the Federal Government to meet their demands.
In less than a week, about three major sectors embarked on indefinite strike actions to register their grievances against the government.
This is happening few days after President Muhammadu Buhari departed Nigeria for the United Kingdom for medical check-up.
Following ‘unproductive’ efforts by the FG to stop the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) from embarking on its proposed strike, the association, on Thursday, April 1st commenced an industrial action, shutting down the medical sector indefinitely.