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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J • Court grants Usman leave to travel abroad Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja, resumed sitting yesterday as directed by the National Judicial Council (NJC), last weekend.The recalled judicial officers include Justice of Supreme Court, Justice John Inyang Okoro and Justice Uwani Abba Aji of the Court of Appeal. Others are Justices of Federal High Court, including Hydiazira A. Nganjiwa, Musa H. Kurya and Adeniyi Ademola, who has been discharged and acquitted by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory. There was also Justice Agbadu James Fishim of National Industrial Court of Nigeria. The affected officers resumed at their respective locations across the country yesterday. While Justice Okoro resumed duties in his chambers at the apex court, Justice Ademola made his entry into the courtroom at exactly 9:00am. Ademola announced to counsel and parties to various suits listed in the cause list and others in the courtroom, that he was g...

http://ift.tt/2rXekPy A Non-Governmental Organization, The Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative (NURHI), has raised the alarm over the increasing number of fake health workers going to markets and public places in Oyo State to administer family planning injections on unsuspecting women. Oyo State Team Leader of NURHI, Mrs. Stella Akinso who disclosed at the weekend urged the security agents to arrest the quacks because of the havoc they commit to the health of these women and its implication to family planning and child spacing. She disclosed that most of the complications associated with the family planning were caused by the quacks. She, however, advised women to always go to designated Primary Health Care (PHC) centers and government approved hospitals for family planning. Mrs Akinso who spoke at a Media Round Table on ‘Safe Motherhood’ organized by Development Communications (DevComs), Network in conjunction with NURHI said, “We were shocked to note that they have even...

http://ift.tt/2rXwWz1 British Prime Minister Theresa May / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Kirsty Wigglesworth The British are heading for the polls this morning in the quest of Prime Minister Theresa May to harvest a strong mandate to pull the United Kingdom out of the European Union alias EU. Mrs. May assumed office as Prime Minister nearly a year ago, indeed in July last year, after David Cameron stepped down. Mr. Cameron threw in the towel following the decision of Britain to break with the EU. His allies came mainly from Scotland. While the UK as a whole voted to pull out, Scotland voted overwhelmingly to remain—62 per cent to 38 per cent. Mr. Cameron saw his defeat as a vote of no confidence in his leadership. This is in line with British tradition of honour and decency. The snap election is to reaffirm Mrs. May as Prime Minister. She assumed office as an unelected Prime Minister; yes, she was elected by her party as its leader and the party leader automatically becomes the Prime Minister...

http://ift.tt/2rXk77D Auldon Toys, manufacturers of Unity Girl dolls, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Dufry Duty Free Limited, a global travel retailer to sell its dolls across its outlets in Nigeria airports and beyond. Besides, Dufry, which operates in 76 countries across the world, disclosed that plans are in place to phase out previous dolls in its shelf, mostly white ones for the Unity dolls. Speaking during a press conference to announce the partnership, the Managing Director of Dufry Nigeria, John Hines, said: “For some time, we have observed with keen interest, the soaring popularity of all Auldon’s products, particularly, the Unity Doll, Auldon’s flagship product, following the unprecedented success it made in all markets with its theme on unity, echoing beyond a product or service function, and carving a niche for itself as the symbol of positive values, and an icon of African culture. “We are no doubt thrilled to be partnering Auldon Toys, a Nigerian ...