Author: Charles Pineda

South Korea has suspended the medical licenses of two doctors, the Korean Medical Association said Tuesday, in the first punitive action over a month-long strike that has caused healthcare chaos. Thousands of junior doctors stopped working on February 20 to protest government reforms aimed at creating more medics to end shortages and deal with a rapidly aging population, forcing hospitals to cancel crucial treatments and surgeries including chemotherapy and C-sections.

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The Arewa Initiative for the Defence and Promotion of Democracy has accused the Arewa Consultative Forum of acting a script following its position on the suspension of the erstwhile Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, Senator Abdul Ningi, over the budget padding controversy. The ACF had condemned Ningi’s suspension by the Senate over his allegations […]

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The Nigerian stock market dropped by 0.40 percent as investors responded to the most recent Consumer Price Index data from the country’s statistics bureau. When trading ended on Monday, the All-Share Index and the market capitalisation both decreased by 0.40 percent to 104,663.34 points and N59.18tn, respectively. Experts at Arthur Stevens Asset Management Limited stated […]

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