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Health workers demand adjustment of salary structure
The Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals has called on the Federal Government to implement the high-level body technical committee’s report on the adjustment of the Consolidated Health Salary Structure to avert a resumption of the recently suspended industrial action by Joint Health Sector Unions. This was contained in a communique issued at the end
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PSC appoints new CPs for Bayelsa, Borno
The Police Service Commission has approved the appointment of new Commissioners of Police for Bayelsa and Borno state commands. The newly appointed commissioners are Alausa Tolani for Bayelsa State and Yusuf Lawal for Borno State. A statement by the commission spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani on Monday, said the commission approved the appointments at the ongoing 21st
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IG receives committee report on mobile police withdrawal, new squad
The committee instituted by the acting Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, on the establishment of the Special Intervention Squad and the withdrawal of Police Mobile Force personnel from VIP escort/guard duties, has submitted its report. The IG had during a meeting with Squadron leaders and Tactical Commanders on June 26, 2023, vowed to effect
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Soludo begs for FG’s intervention on failed Onitsha-Owerri road
The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has called on the Federal Government to quickly intervene in the failed portion of the Onitsha-Owerri Road which has been completely cut off by gully erosion. Soludo, who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Mr. Ernest Ezeajughi, during an inspection of the site on Monday, said the
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Ogun tribunal: PDP witness chooses cutlass for oath
A witness of the Peoples Democratic Party, Kehinde Soboyejo, called to testify against the victory of the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday, settled for cutlass as the object of his oath at the governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abeokuta. Soboyejo, like three witnesses who appeared before the tribunal last week, said he would
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TIME
Russian Attacks in Ukraine Leave 3 Killed and 17 Wounded
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials reported more civilian casualties from Russian shelling in the country’s east and south on Saturday, as Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez began a visit to Kyiv as a show of continuing support from Madrid and the European Union for Ukraine’s fight to dislodge invading Russian forces.
In an address to Ukraine’s parliament that received several standing ovations, Sánchez said, “We’ll be with you as long as it takes.”
“I am here to express the firm determination of the European (Union) and Europe against the illegal and unjustified Russian aggression to Ukraine,” he said on the day that Spain took over the six-month rotating presidency of the 27-nation EU.
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At a later news conference with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Sanchez announced Spain would deliver more heavy weaponry to Ukraine including four Leopard tanks and armored personnel carriers, as well as a portable field hospital. He also said Spain will provide an additional 55 million euros to help with reconstruction needs.
Elsewhere in Ukraine, regional officials reported that at least three civilians were killed and 17 wounded by Russian shelling on Friday and overnight in the front-line eastern Donetsk region, where fierce battles are raging, Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said.
The Ukrainian General Staff reported that fierce clashes continued in three areas in Donetsk where it said Russia has massed troops and attempted to advance. It named the outskirts of three cities — Bakhmut, Lyman and Marinka — as front-line hot spots.
Five people including a child were wounded on Friday and overnight in the Kherson region in the south, regional Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin said. Prokudin said that Russian forces launched 82 artillery, drone, mortar shell and rocket attacks on the province, which is cut in two by a stretch of the 1,500-kilometer (930 mile) front line and still reeling from flooding unleashed by the collapse earlier this month of a major Dnipro river dam.
In the northeastern Kharkiv region, Russian shelling over the previous day wounded a 57-year-old civilian man, said Gov. Oleh Syniehubov. In the Sumy region farther west, a teenage boy was hurt in a strike from across the Russian border, the local military administration reported.
Referring to possible peace talks, Sanchez said that “only Ukraine can set the terms and times for peace negotiations. Other countries and regions are proposing peace plans. Their involvement is much appreciated, but, at the same time, we can’t accept them entirely.
“This is a war of aggression, with an aggressor and a victim. They cannot be treated equally and ignoring the rules should in no way be rewarded. That is why that is why we support President Zelenskyy’s peace formula,” Sánchez added.
Zelenskyy at the news conference expressed frustration about the lack of clarity over Western training for Ukrainian fighter pilots. He said Western allies have not yet set a timetable to train pilots on U.S.-made F-16s despite their expressions of readiness. “I think that some partners are delaying this process, why they do this I have no idea,” he said.
He also renewed Ukraine’s claim that Russia is prepared to cause a potential nuclear catastrophe at the Moscow-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as Ukraine continues to make steady advances along the front line.
“Russia is technically ready to provoke a local explosion at the station that could cause an emission of dangerous substances in the air. We are clearly communicating, we discussed the need with our partners so everyone understands why Russia is doing this,” he said.
The introduction of F-16s to the war could give Ukraine a much needed edge over Russia, which currently enjoys air superiority.
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Video Shows HIMARS Take Out Battery of Russian Howitzers In Ukraine
Kyiv claimed that it had destroyed Russian Msta-S vehicles in footage shared on Saturday.
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Trump Put 'Another Nail' in His Coffin Amid Documents Probe: Ex-Prosecutor
Former U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance poured cold water on Trump's latest defense in his classified documents case.
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Russia's Wagner Group Has Lost 21,000 Soldiers in Ukraine: Zelensky
The Ukrainian president told the Spanish newspaper El Mundo that 80,000 troops belonging to the mercenary group had been injured.
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Former Trump Advisor Sends Law Schools 'Warning Letter' Over SCOTUS Ruling
Stephen Miller claims he has warned 200 law schools they will face legal action if they practice affirmative action after the Supreme Court ended the policy.
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Russia Could Blow Up Nuclear Plant After Handing It to Ukraine: Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a warning on Saturday about a serious threat to Europe's largest nuclear power plant.
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FanDuel Promo Code: Activate $1K No-Sweat MLB Bet This Weekend
The newest FanDuel promo code offer will give players who sign up a $1,000 no-sweat bet to use on any MLB game this weekend.
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Columbus vs NY Red Bulls – MLS Match Predictions
Columbus vs NY Red Bulls gets underway in the early hours of Sunday morning. Columbus have done well in recent weeks and they are taking on a Red Bulls side that are struggling for consistency. We have surveyed various betting sites to give you our predictions and tips ahead of the clash. Columbus vs NY
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Elon Musk sets temporary reading limits on Twitter
Twitter Chief Executive Officer, Elon Musk, has set temporary limits on the social media platform to address extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation. Musk who made the announcement on his Twitter page on Saturday said Verified accounts are temporarily limited to reading 6,000 posts a day, adding that the unverified accounts and new
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Man Utd transfers: Has Ten Hag been forced to move on from Onana?
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TETFund vows to improve students’ accommodation
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund has engaged the National Association of Nigerian Students to monitor its projects in tertiary institutions across the country. The Fund also pledged to improve students’ accommodation in institutions through Public Private Partnerships. The Executive Secretary, TETFund, Sonny Echono, disclosed this while presenting a 30-seater bus to NANS in Abuja on
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Arrested APC lawmaker in Bayelsa released by police
Arrested APC lawmaker in Bayelsa released by police The Minority Leader of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Edward Irigha-Brigidi, who was at the weekend arrested by operatives of the Special Weapons and Tactics team of the Nigeria Police Force in Yenagoa has been released. It was gathered that the state legislator, who represents Nembe
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FG eyes zero malaria prevalence by 2025
The Federal Government on Monday launched the malaria modelling programme to achieve zero malaria prevalence in 2025. Speaking during the launch of the first cohort of malaria modelling fellows in Abuja, the National Coordinator of the National Malaria Elimination Programme, Dr Perpetua Uhomoibhi said the malaria modelling initiative involves the use of data in different
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Osun: Adeleke activates emergency response as diphtheria kills one
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke on Monday ordered the immediate activation of the State Emergency Response Centre to curb the further spread of Diphtheria in the state. The order was a reaction to the renewed outbreak of Diphtheria infections in some parts of the state, which has resulted in one death. The suspected Diphtheria patient,
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Security operatives intercept massive vessel with stolen crude oil in Delta
A massive vessel, “MT Tura 11”, laden with 150 metric tonnes of stolen crude oil has been intercepted on Escravos sea in Delta State by operatives of Tantita Security Services Limited, the pipeline surveillance security outfit owned by the former militant leader, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo a.k.a. Tompolo. PUNCH gathered that the private security operatives
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TIME
Children Face Solitary Confinement at Illinois Juvenile Detention Facility: ACLU
CHICAGO — Children as young as 11 are confined alone to cells the size of parking spaces up to 23 hours a day at a juvenile detention center in Southern Illinois, according to a lawsuit filed by ACLU of Illinois.
Young people at the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center in Benton must ask staff permission to flush the toilet, and they can go days or weeks without access to schoolwork. Black mold grows on the walls, according to the lawsuit filed Friday, and there are no mental health professionals employed at the facility.
The lawsuit seeks a court order compelling the facility to improve conditions immediately, on the basis of deprivation of their rights under the 14th Amendment.
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“These are not conditions that anybody, let alone any child, should be subjected to,” said Kevin Fee, the lead lawyer on the case, describing the situation as “inhumane to the level of being unspeakable.”
In general, the conditions of juvenile detention centers in the U.S. have been slowly improving in the last few decades thanks to research on the harms of solitary confinement, so this case is “especially frightening,” said clinical and forensic psychologist Apryl Alexander, who works with detained youth.
“We’re supposed to be using the juvenile legal system for rehabilitation and not punishment. These are youth who are capable of change — we recognize that developmentally and personally. And so we should be treating them as such,” Alexander said.
Fee added that the Franklin detention center is used to hold kids before they have been sentenced or found guilty by a court.
The ACLU of Illinois spoke with more than a dozen youngsters who are either detained currently or have been detained at the facility within the past few weeks about their experiences there, Fee said.
“The idea that children would spend any portion of their childhood locked in solitary confinement is an egregious abuse,” Fee said.
Solitary confinement is “extremely harmful for everybody who is locked up, but particularly for children spending that much time in a brightly lit room, unable to really sleep properly,” Fee said.
The practice has been banned for youth held by the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice since 2015, and on Friday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation making it illegal to use on “young detainees in detention centers for any purpose other than preventing immediate physical harm.”
The law will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024.
Alexander added that the majority of suicides that happen in detention occur when a person is in solitary confinement.
It is also important to consider that many youth in the juvenile legal system experienced trauma before they were detained, “so putting them in solitary confinement can also be retraumatizing,” Alexander said.
Neither the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center nor the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice immediately responded to a request for comment by The Associated Press.
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Video of Ron DeSantis Saying 'Woke' Six Times in 19 Seconds Goes Viral
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said he will "never ever surrender to the woke mob."
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Donald Trump Banks on Loyalty in First Rally Post-Indictment
Even with a seeming stranglehold on the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, Saturday's rally was arguably needed.
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Videos Show 'Jaw Dropping' Crowd Ahead of Trump's South Carolina Rally
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster and Representatives William Timmons and Russell Fry are among the guest speakers at the campaign rally.
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Wimbledon 2023 Odds - See Favorites for Men's Singles and Women's Singles
Wimbledon 2023 starts on Monday, July 2. See the favorites and longshots in the 2023 Wimbledon odds for men's singles and women's singles, including Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina.
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DraftKings Promo Code: Bet $5, Get $150 Any MLB Game This Weekend
The newest DraftKings promo code offer will give new players who sign up a $150 guaranteed bonus with a $5 wager on any MLB game this weekend.
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Toronto vs Real Salt Lake – MLS Match Predictions
There’s more action from USA’s Major League Soccer as Toronto host Real Salt Lake. It’s something of a surprise to see the home side as the favourite here on all the betting sites ahead of this fixture. Toronto vs Real Salt Lake Game Winner After a disastrous campaign so far Toronto have fired head coach
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Cesc Fabregas retires from football
Former Barcelona and Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas has announced his retirement from football. Fabregas made the announcement via a statement he posted on his Twitter page. In his statement, he said: “It is with great sadness that the time has come for me to hang up my playing boots. “From my first days at Barca,
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Tinubu ready to lead as Africa looks up to Nigeria — Alake
President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, on Saturday in Lagos, said President Bola Tinubu is ready to provide leadership on the local and foreign scenes. Alake said the rest of Africa looks up to Nigeria for leadership. “Everybody is looking up to Nigeria, especially in Africa and the
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Coady joins Winks at Leicester | Maresca coaching staff confirmed
Leicester have announced their second signing of the day after Conor Coady completed his move from Wolves.