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News collates 12 national and international highlights from late-breaking news,
upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Sunday:
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1. BREAKING NEWS: DOZENS INJURED, POWER OUTAGES AS
CALIFORNIA HIT BY LARGEST QUAKE IN 25 YEARS
Dozens of people were
injured and massive power outages were reported in North Bay area of San
Francisco and around the city of Napa, after California was shaken by a 6.0
magnitude earthquake. Eyewitnesses say windows were shattered in the affected
area.
The 6.0 quake struck at
3:20 am (10:20 GMT), the US Geological Survey said. Its epicenter was 6
kilometers from American Canyon and 9 kilometers from the city of Napa, at a
depth of 10.8 kilometers from the surface.
Residents of the cities
of San Francisco, some 40 miles away, and Davis, just over 70 miles away,
quickly took to Twitter reporting feeling the quake.
2. BREAKING: NIGERIAN DOCTORS CALL OFF STRIKE, TO
RESUME WORK MONDAY
The Nigerian Medical Association [NMA] has suspended
its 65-day old strike action. The body’s President, Kayode Obembe, told
journalists the association’s delegates resolved to suspend the industrial
action in the interest of the ongoing public health issues in the country
(Ebola Outbreak).
He said all Nigerian doctors are expected to report to
work on Monday.
Mr. Obembe said the delegates also resolved among
others that the Federal Government recall all suspended resident doctors
without punitive measures.
Over 16, 000 resident doctors where suspended by the
Federal Ministry of Health following a presidential directive.
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