Motorcycle-riding armed bandits operating out of abandoned forest reserves are ransacking communities in Nigeria’s north-west. The groups are the latest to join Nigeria’s lucrative kidnap for ransom industry, and are…
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Chidi Samuel| Nigeria on Sunday recorded 544 new coronavirus infections bringing the country’s total burden to 28, 771. The Nigeria Centr for Disease Control in a statement via its official…
Read More Nigeria records 544 new infections as Lagos says over 2,000 COVID-19 patients avoiding isolation centres
Ebun Francis| Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, on Sunday said he did not endorse Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo state, for a second term. Dangote’s spokesman, Anthony…
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By our reporter| The Cross River chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Sunday commenced an indefinite strike to protest the state government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic situation.…
Read More Cross River doctors declare indefinite strike over government handling of COVID-19 pandemic
By our reporter| Fidelity Bank Plc on Sunday announced the appointment of Mustafa Chike-Obi as its new chairman. Chike Obi, currently the executive vice-chairman at Alpha African Advisory, will replace…
Read More Mustafa Chike-Obi replaces Ernest Ebi as Fidelity Bank chairman