JUST IN: Resident Doctors Commence Nationwide Warning Strike

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has initiated a seven-day warning strike. Naija News understands that the nationwide industrial action by the Doctors association is aimed at advocating for the release of Dr Ganiyat Popoola, a member of NARD who has been held captive for over eight months.

NARD President, Dr. Dele Abdullahi, announced this in a statement made available to newsmen, indicating that the strike will commence on Monday, August 26, 2024, at midnight.

Abdullahi revealed that the decision was reached during a virtual Emergency National Executive Council meeting convened on Sunday, August 25, 2024.

He emphasized that the warning strike would be comprehensive, with no emergency services provided during this period.

Dr. Ganiyat Popoola, a registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre in Kaduna, was abducted nearly eight months ago alongside her husband and nephew. While her husband was released in March, both Popoola and her nephew continue to be held captive.

Recently, members of NARD staged protests in all tertiary hospitals across the country, demanding the immediate release of Dr Popoola.

We Can’t Update Citizens Online On 20 Abducted Student Doctors – Police Meanwhile, the Nigeria Police Force has stated that its work to ensure the release of 20 abducted student doctors will not be published online for security reasons.

The Force Headquarters Public Relations Officer, Olumuwiya Adejobi, said the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, will visit the Benue Command as part of the police effort to ensure the students are released.

Adejobi stated that the police remain committed to ensuring the 19 student doctors and one medical doctor kidnapped along the Oturkpo area of Benue State are released unhurt.

In a statement issued last week, Adejobi added that the rescue operation of such a high number of kidnap is tactical.

He appealed to citizens demanding updates online to support the police.

He said, “The police has made a press statement on the matter. I don’t think we should be discussing or updating the public on our efforts and strategies emplaced online. That’s not necessarily.

“The aim is to rescue them unhurt. And one thing we need to know is that the rescue operation of people with that number must be tactical for many reasons.

“We update those who are in contact with us, and those involved in the rescue operation. Everyone is concerned about it, reason more men and assets have been deployed to Benue. The IGP is in contact with the command, and he will meet the CP Benue tomorrow (Monday).”

FocalPoint News recalls that bandits kidnapped 19 student doctors and one medical doctor on Thursday on their way to Enugu for their Federation of Medical and Dental Students conference.

Breaking: ASUU suspends 2-week warning strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has suspended its two-week warning strike it declared last week across all public universities in the country. The union announced the suspension on Wednesday at a press conference held at its headquarters in Abuja. President of ASUU, Chris Piwuna, who read a prepared speech before newsmen, explained that the development followed intervention by the Senate and some other well-meaning Nigerians. However, he sad the National Executive Council of the Union resolved to give the government a one-month window to address all contending areas.

JUST IN: If Tinubu Had Told Me, I Wouldn’t Have Agreed To Rivers State Of Emergency Rule – Wike

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has stated that he would not have agreed with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu if he had discussed his move to declare a State of Emergency in Rivers State. Wike noted that he is not in conflict with the suspended Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara He stressed his opposition on the State of Emergency rule, stating that only the President knows the right time to lift it. While speaking to journalists in Abuja on Monday, Wike remarked that Fubara has permitted himself to be manipulated by his adversaries to oppose him. The FCT Minister said: “ I made it clear that this impunity will not stand, so what is happening in PDP is what I call undertakers because I see no reason why you will put yourself under that kind of crisis. “I don’t have any crisis with him (Fubara). I’m not the President who declared a State of Emergency; if Mr President had called me, I wouldn’t have agreed to the State of Emergenc...

Woman Burned to Death, Accused of Kidnapping 7yrs Old Boy in Delta

By Tessy ogbemi An angry mob set ablaze a woman accused in a failed child kidnapping attempt in Agbarho community, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The incident happened on Wednesday, September 24, 2025. An eyewitness disclosed at the scene of the incident at Ekwvere Road claimed that the woman hid the seven year old boy she allegedly abducted in a sack, adding that she was even carrying a Bible on one hand. Community sources said some residents in the area accosted the lady when they observed the way she was dragging the sack, to know what she had in it. "She was unstable when they asked her to disclose what she was carrying in the sack. When the bag was forced open, they found a seven year old child in it. They shouted and it attracted a large crowd,” a source said. It was gathered that the angry mob immediately brought a used tyre to the scene, which they forced down her neck after beating her to a pulp. “The lady and the tyre we...

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