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 Resident Doctors Suspend Nationwide Strike After 29 Days. The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its indefinite nationwide strike for four weeks with immediate effect, the association announced on Saturday. The decision was reached at an Extraordinary National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held on November 29, 2025, bringing to a temporary halt a 29-day industrial action that began on November 1  The strike affected more than 11,000 resident doctors across 91 accredited training institutions, leading to the cancellation of elective surgeries, reduced emergency care, and long delays for patients nationwide. NARD National President, Dr Tope Osundara, confirmed that the suspension followed intensive negotiations with the Federal Government and the signing of a fresh Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

 LAGOS AGENCIES DECLARE READINESS FOR A SAFE, VIBRANT, CROWD-READY END-OF-YEAR FESTIVE SEASON The Lagos State Government and relevant agencies within the tourism value chain have declared their full preparedness for a smooth, safe, and vibrant festive season, following a high-level multi-agency stakeholders’ engagement held on Thursday, 27th November 2025, at the Lagos Continental Hotel, Victoria Island. Themed: Unlocking the Potentials and Opportunities of Lagos Tourism, Collaboration, and Partnership for a Greater Lagos.  The engagement, convened by the Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture, was attended by critical stakeholders to deliberate on collaborative strategies aimed at enhancing the overall visitor experience during the Yuletide season and ensuring seamless coordination across the State. Addressing participants, the Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs Toke Benson-Awoyinka, said that Lagos remains Nigeria’s foremost tourism destination, attra...

 ANAMBRA POLICE INTENSIFIES SECURITY SURVEILLANCE AND PATROLS IN RESPONSE TO CIRCULATING PANIC-INDUCING VOICE NOTES AND UNVERIFIED SECURITY MESSAGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA The Anambra State Police Command wishes to reassure the public especially residents of Anambra that it is not taking lightly the panic-inducing voice notes and unstable security messages currently circulating on social media by unidentified individuals. Consequently, the Command has intensified security surveillance, strengthened visibility policing, and expanded routine and targeted patrols in all areas mentioned in the recordings. Preliminary assessments indicate that these voice notes and social media messages lack verified credibility. However, the Command has adopted proactive measures to ensure that no security concern whether real or fabricated is left unattended. The Commissioner of Police CP Ikioye Orutugu fwc mnips Phd has further directed all Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, Tactical Units, and Jo...

 Mali fuel supply improves after army tasked with escorting tankers The Malian capital of Bamako has seen a boost in fuel supplies in recent days after weeks of shortages due to a blockade imposed by terrorists on tanker convoys supplying the landlocked country. Since September, terrorists from an Al-Qaeda-affiliated group have blocked fuel supplies to several cities, crippling the economy of the West African nation. Access to electricity, however, remains limited compared to levels before the blockade, AFP journalists observed. Most districts of Bamako have about six hours of power per day. Traffic returns to normal Meanwhile, the winding petrol station queues that became a common sight in the capital have dwindled over the past few days. "The queue here stretched for at least two kilometres. But just now I only had to wait a few minutes to be served," a motorist who spoke to AFP said on condition of anonymity. Traffic has almost returned to normal, although some petrol stat...

 South Africa arrests four men suspected of planning to fight for Russia South African police said they arrested four men en route to Russia who are suspected of having been recruited to fight in the military there. The men were stopped at the boarding gate in Johannesburg on Friday, police said, weeks after reports another 17 South African men were stuck in Ukraine after being lured into joining mercenary forces with the promise of lucrative contracts. It is illegal under South African law for citizens to provide military assistance to foreign governments or participate in foreign armies without authorisation. "The arrests followed a tip-off from (Johannesburg airport police) regarding four males who were en route to Russia via the United Arab Emirates," the elite Hawks police unit said in a statement on Saturday, Reuters reported. Suspects had been facilitated by South African woman "A preliminary investigation revealed that a South African female had allegedly been fa...

 Guinea-Bissau: Ousted President Embaló Takes Refuge in Congo After Leaving Senegal Former Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has left Dakar, Senegal, for Congo, a French media outlet has learned from a reliable source close to the ousted president. He arrived in Brazzaville on the night of Friday, November 29, aboard a plane chartered by the Congolese presidency. Upon arrival in Brazzaville, President Denis Sassou Nguesso welcomed him at his request. Umaro Sissoco Embaló, removed from office by a military coup, had initially sought refuge in Dakar. This announcement comes just days after General Horta N'Tam, formerly Chief of Staff of the Army, was sworn in as President of the Transition and Head of the High Military Command to lead the country for a one-year term. As a reminder, a group of officers in Guinea-Bissau announced on Wednesday that they had seized control of the country, thus ousting President Embaló.

 APC replies Atiku: The Godfather of National Ruin Has No Moral Right to Open His Mouth. You Created the Disaster - We Are Cleaning It. Stay Humble.  The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is compelled to respond to the latest delusional outburst from former Vice President Atiku Abubakar - a man whose political record reads like a crime scene  - after he laughably accused both PDP and APC of “bringing insecurity and hunger” to Nigeria. Ordinarily, we would advise him to take his routine political sedatives, but this level of shamelessness deserves a firm reply. 1. Atiku Is the Grand Architect of Nigeria’s Economic Wreckage This is the same Atiku who personally supervised the infamous national assets auction, where Nigeria’s collective wealth was sold to himself, his friends, and faceless cronies through a scandalous privatization bazaar. Factories died. Jobs disappeared. Industries collapsed. And today, the same man wants to pretend he played no ro...