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Drake wants no part in competing for a Grammy. The four-time Grammy winner and his management asked the Recording Academy to withdraw his two nominations from the final-round ballot, two people familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. They said Drake’s request was honored by the academy. The people spoke to the AP […]
Australia will join the United States in a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, as other allies weighed similar moves to protest China’s human rights record. The United States has said its government officials will boycott February’s Beijing Olympics because of China’s human rights […]
Up to one million COVID-19 vaccines are estimated to have expired in Nigeria last month without being used, Reuters reported. According to two sources who spoke to Reuters, it was one of the biggest single losses of doses that shows the difficulty of African nations in getting shots. Governments on the continent of over […]
MTN Group says it will enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for all its employees from January 2022. In a statement on Monday, MTN said the move is part of its efforts to protect the health and safety of staff. It added that the policy would be subject to risk assessment and local laws […]
A special court in Myanmar’s capital sentenced the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty of incitement and violating coronavirus restrictions, a legal official said. The sentencing was the first in a series of cases in which the 76-year-old Nobel laureate is being […]
Chief Ayirimi Emami, the embattled Ologbotsere of Warri, has urged Itsekiris living in major cities and towns across the world to return to their various homelands, particularly communities in the riverine areas, to celebrate this year’s yuletide. Chief Emami, who had been in court to challenge his suspension as Ologbotsere of Warri by a […]
The families of eight minors have been thrown into mourning after their corpses were recovered from a Honda Sport Utility Vehicle parked on Adelayo Street, in the Jah-Michael area, Badagry Expressway, Lagos State. It was gathered that the vehicle was parked in front of a house where the victims entered it. The kids were […]
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday in Abuja said that a lot of the security challenges being experienced in Nigeria would be resolved in due course. “This country will be stronger and greater,” Osinbajo said. He was responding to remarks made by members of the Muhammadu Buhari/Osinbajo Dynamic Support Group, who visited him. “We must […]
MTN Nigeria on Tuesday announced a public offer of 575 million shares at N169 per share with effect from Dec.1. The offer closes on Dec. 14. Its Chief Executive Officer, Mr Karl Toriola, told newsmen in Abuja that the “Retail Offer’’ which is to be delivered via a digital platform is the first in […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the State Visit of President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa to Nigeria as successful despite the scare generated by the new Omicron COVID-19 variant. At a joint news conference with the visiting South African leader, Buhari said new Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) between Nigeria and South Africa in diverse […]
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