Tag: Suspension
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Philippines lifts suspension on AstraZeneca vaccine for under 60
The Philippines will resume administering AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to people below 60 years of age, ending a temporary suspension over reports of rare blood clots in younger recipients overseas, health officials said on Monday. “The benefit outweighs the risk. Only a small percentage of the population had these adverse effects for AstraZeneca,” Health Undersecretary, Maria…
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Bayelsa Assembly suspends clerk
The Bayelsa State House of Assembly has suspended the Clerk of the House, Owudugo Kozigene, for three months over allegations of gross misconduct. The Deputy Clerk, Kent Adogu, was appointed to act in Kozigene’s stead for the duration of the suspension. The motion for Kozigene’s suspension was moved by the lawmaker representing Brass Constituency 2,…
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NLC, TUC suspend nationwide industrial action for 2 weeks
Organised Labour has suspended its planned nationwide industrial action for two weeks over the recent hike in electricity tariff and fuel pump price in the country. Sen. Christ Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment said this while reading a joint communique on the resolution of the Trade Dispute between the Federal Government and the organised…
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FIFA suspends Trinidad and Tobago over High Court claim
FIFA has suspended Trinidad and Tobago from international football after its football association (TTFA) pursued a dispute through the country’s High Court in contravention of the world governing body’s statutes. The TTFA and FIFA have been at loggerheads since March after the world governing body dissolved the executive of the cash-strapped association. FIFA said it…
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Anambra monarchs protest suspension, say “nothing warrants it”
The suspended traditional rulers of Anambra on Thursday said that they did not commit any wrong to warrant their suspension by the state government. The monarchs stated this at a joint press conference addressed by Chief Chioke Nwankwo, the Igwe of Nawfia, in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the traditional rulers…