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Fear grips Nigerians over illegal COVID-19 vaccines

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There are indications that fake and illegal COVID-19 vaccines may soon flood the Nigerian market due to the it’s demands, thus experts have advised that the federal government should as matter of urgency, put measures in place. This became necessary after the Interpol; the global police in China and South Africa reportedly seized thousands of fake doses of the COVID-19 vaccines. The Lyon-based agency Interpol said 400 vials – equivalent to around 2,400 doses – containing the fake vaccine were found at a warehouse in Germiston outside Johannesburg in South…

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Supreme Court’s Justice Ngwuta dies 23 days before his retirement

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Justice Nwali Sylvester Ngwuta of the Supreme Court of Nigeria is dead. The Ebonyi State-born jurist died around 2.30am on Sunday. In a statement by the Chief Registrar of the court, Hadizatu Mustapha, disclosed: “He felt sick and was admitted in the last one week in the National Hospital, Abuja, but before he was moved to the intensive care unit of the hospital on Friday, March 5 he tested negative to COVID-19 investigative test conducted on him,” the statement added. Justice Ngwuta passed on about 23 days to his retirement…

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FIRSTBANK UNVEILS FIRSTSME ACCOUNT, REITERATES ITS COMMITMENT TO THE CONTINUED GROWTH OF SMES

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First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced its SME specific accounts designed to reinforce the Bank’s role in putting SME’s at an advantage whilst contributing to national growth and development. The SME accounts – which are in two variants – FirstSME Classic and FirstSME Deluxe – are offered to SMEs, irrespective of industry, and tailored to have SMEs exposed to a wide range of services and opportunities that are essential for their continued growth and role in contributing to national development. The…

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Covid-19: My household avoided me after I tested positive –Obasanjo

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Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria, on Friday said his household avoided him after he tested positive for COVID-19. He, however, said he was asymptomatic and recovered from the infection three days later. Obasanjo, who turned 84 on Friday, said this at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, while making remarks at a colloquium to celebrate his birthday. The colloquium, which took place simultaneously online and offline, was themed, ‘Reflection on Governance and Changes for Post-pandemic Leadership in Africa.’ The event attracted hundreds of guests who participated…

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Diggers banned as Congolese villagers discover gold in South Kivu

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  Gold-rich ore discovered in a village in Congo’s South Kivu province has driven authorities to ban mining there until more oversight is established, the provincial mines minister said on Thursday. The discovery of gold-rich ore in Luhihi in late February brought throngs of diggers to the site, South Kivu Mines Minister Venant Burume Muhigirwa said, putting pressure on the small village around 50 km (30 miles) from the provincial capital, Bukavu. Subsistence mining – extracting minerals with rudimentary tools – is common across Democratic Republic of Congo, and the…

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Money laundering mess, staff victimization rock Wema Bank

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The management of Wema Bank Plc have continued to be in the news for bad reasons. While the Managing Director/CEO of the bank, Ademola Adebise and other top officials are still battling to save their heads from the axe of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), following allegations of money laundering running into the tune of N1 billion, another messy side of the bank has found it’s way into the media space. Recall that the bank’s chief executive alongside others allegedly laundered the said sum using the account of…

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APC gov aspirant loses N4.5m to fake Chevron staff

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A former governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, Dr. Edward Nkwegu was said to have lost the sum of N4.5m to a fake Chevron worker, Uguru Justus who promise to help his facilitate a contract from the oil company. Justus was arraigned on one count of obtaining money by false pretences to the tune of N4,500,000 by a Federal High Court, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, under Justice Phoebe Ayua. The petitioner, Nkwegu, alleged that Justus approached him in May 2019, claiming to have secured a job…

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Lagos socialite, Pretty Mike arrested by police over Cubana club operations

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Social media influencer, Mike Eze a.k.a Pretty Mike has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly facilitating operations at the Cubana Nightclub in the Victoria Island. His activities which violates the COVID-19 protocols, had led to the arrest and parading of 172 persons arrested during a raid on the nightclub. Pretty Mike who loves to court controversy, once posted photos which made headlines on social media, when crashed a society wedding with six pregnant women – claiming he was dad to all of their babies. He has also at…

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Dismissed LASTMA officer arrested for impersonation

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A dismissed officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Shakiru Agbaje has been arrested in Mushin axis of Lagos for impersonation by the provost unit of the agency. Agbaje was going about his illegal activities and unauthorised traffic enforcement operations at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) junction, Idi-Araba, despite his dismissal from the agency nine years ago for presenting a fake certificate and alleged fraud.. Reacting to the arrest, the General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Olajide Oduyoye, said the dismissed officer’s activities had brought untold hardship and terror…

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#EndSARS: Hoodlums stole $2m, N17m from my palace ― Oba Akiolu

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Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu says the sum of $2 million and N17 million belonging to him was carted away during the #EndSARS protest which was hijacked by hoodlums last year October. It will be recalled that hoodlums used the protest as cover to raid the palace of the Oba of Lagos, and carted away his Staff of Office, and other valuables. The monarch said this is the first time he is revealing the cash of US$2million, and N17m stolen from his palace to the public. He said this while…

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