Welcome to Ezemuoka's Blog

  Doctors working in Ondo State government-owned hospitals have embarked on indefinite strike action. The doctors say they chose to down tools over the recent slash in the salaries of workers by the state government. Spokesperson of the Ondo Government Doctors Forum, Omolayo Olubosede, revealed this while addressing newsmen in Akure, the State capital. The protesting doctors have placed a five-point demand before the state government, including the Immediate payment of full salary arrears and the replacement of doctors who left service.   The other demands include the payment of COVID-19 allowances, the implementation of skipping allowances, and the implementation of group Life Insurance.

A popular Abuja-based disk jockey, DJ Tunice, has died. DJ Tunice is said to have died on Monday night, February 1 after suffering a domestic accident. According to his close friends, the deceased was mopping the floor in his apartment when he slipped and hit his head on the ground. He was rushed to different hospitals but was allegedly rejected until he died. His friends have taken to social media to express shock at his demise. May his soul rest in peace, Amen.

Okoh Enejor, the  Benue businessman who was kidnapped by suspected herdsmen last week has been found dead around a forest location in Odokpo village, Okpokwu local government area. The body of the deceased who was waylaid along Odokpo/Ichama road while returning from one of the herdsmen settlements in the area where he bought three cows, was found after relations and friends paid N2 million ransom to his kidnappers. The Nation reported that Odokpo is a boundary village between Ado and Okpokwu local government councils in Benue, and it hosts a number of herdsmen settlements.  

Manchester United football club of England on Tuesday, February 2, won against Southampton with a heavy 9-0 scoreline, the first time the club will win another club with over 4 goals in the league since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013.   The match was a contest for less than two minutes as visiting midfielder Alexandre Jankewitz was shown a straight red card early on for a lunging challenge on Scott McTominay. United went on to score four goals in the first half, with Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Marcus Rashford and Edinson Cavani finding the net. Jan Bednarek also scored an own-goal. Five strikes followed in the second as Anthony Martial netted after coming on at the break before goals from Scott McTominay and Bruno Fernandes, and another Martial strike. Daniel James rounded off the scoring. Southampton were reduced to 9 men after the referee, Mike Dean had no hesitation in pointing to the penalty spot after Man United's Martial took a tumble in the box, in close p...