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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The National Industrial Court, Abuja has fixed July 11, for ruling in a case of alleged dismissal instituted by Euphemia Agu against the Federal Civil Service Commission. Agu, a Secretary attached to the Ministry of Defence, was allegedly dismissed from the Commission on June 24, 1997 over alleged absenteeism from work. The claimant is asking the court to either reinstate her or convert her purported dismissal to retirement by backdating it to the dismissal date of June 24, 1997. The claimant joined the Minister of Defence as co- respondent in the suit. The Presiding Judge, Justice Ebeye Isele, fixed the date after listening to submissions of parties in the suit. The respondent’s Counsel, Mr Chindo Usman, in his preliminary objection had argued that the claimant’s prayer had been overtaken by events, adding that the suit should not be entertained. The court would also determine the issue of statute of limitation on whether the suit was filed within time. Co...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday confirmed that another Chibok schoolgirl had been found, barely 12 days after the release of the 82 abducted girls by their captors. Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, who made this known to State House correspondents in Abuja, said the recovery of the girl was announced by the acting president during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday. According to her, the affected girl has been brought to Abuja to join her colleagues who were rescued from captivity. Cue in audio – Adesina “Yes, at the Federal Executive Council’s meeting, the Vice-President broke the cheering news to members of the cabinet and after that I have also spoken to defence people who confirmed it. “The details are yet to fully unravel . But in terms of is it true- yes, it is true. I learnt she is already being brought to Abuja, but I have not seen her Cue out audio – Adesina The presiden...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A Turkish journalist was sentenced to 18 months in jail after being convicted of spreading terrorist propaganda during a stint as guest editor of a pro-Kurdish newspaper, a report said on Tuesday. Ekrem Celikkan sat in as Editor-In-Chief of Ozgur Gundem for one day and also wrote several articles for the paper. Celikkan was part of a group of people who took the top job in rotation as an act of solidarity with the media outlet, which was eventually shuttered in 2016 by the authorities. The same Istanbul court ordered that academic Beyza Ustun be on probation for five years for the same act. The report said the court was convinced she would not commit another crime. At least, 145 media workers are behind bars in Turkey, which has been in a state of emergency since a failed coup in 2016 and ranks 155 out of 180 countries on the Reporters without Borders Press Freedom Index. In a separate incident, three people were detained in Ankara at a vigil f...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Recent reports have indicated improved access to malaria interventions especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. Diagnostic testing for children as well as preventive treatment for pregnant women has significantly increased. According to the 2016 World Malaria Report released by the World Health Organization (WHO), the estimated number of malaria cases declined by 88 percent while death rates declined by 90 percent in Africa between 2000 and 2015. However, despite this heart-warming news, the scourge has not by any means lost its potency. Malaria still poses a potent threat to global health, threatening the achievement of the WHOGlobal Technical Strategy (GTS)for Malaria 2016–2030 that set an ambitious target of at least a 90 percent reduction in cases, incidents and mortality rate of malaria by 2030. According to WHO estimates, 212 million new malaria cases were recorded in 2015. In the same year, there were 490,000 deaths caused by malaria. Legacy challenges such as f...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy to partly cloudy conditions over the central states of the country on Thursday morning. NiMet’s Weather Outlook by it Central Forecast Office (CFO), on Wednesday in Abuja also predicted chances of localised thunderstorms over Abuja, Kaduna, Lokoja, Makurdi, Jalingo and Mambilla during the evening and night period. It added that the central states would have day and night temperature of 30 to 35 and 18 to 25 degrees Celsius respectively. The agency predicted that southern states would experience increased cloudiness with chances of localised rain showers over the coastal cities of Lagos, Ijebu-Ode, Port Harcourt and Calabar in the morning. It also predicted prospects of moderate thunderstorms over the inland cities of Akure, Ado-Ekiti, Oshogbo, Ibadan, Enugu, Owerri, Awka, Abakaliki, Benin, Warri, Yenagoa, Calabar, Ikom and Port Harcourt during the evening and night period. NiMet added that the so...