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Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe has assumed office as the new Managing Director/CEO of Fidelity Bank Plc. She becomes the 4th Chief Executive and first female to occupy the position since the inception of the bank in 1988.   Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe takes over from Mr Nnamdi Okonkwo, who retired on December 31, 2020, after completing his […]

Another round of strikes is brewing in the Nigerian university system as the National Association of Academic Technologists has issued a 14-day strike notice to the Government.The technologists’ threat is based on their disagreement over what they describe as a disparity in the sharing of N40 billion earned allowances released to the four unions operating […]

The Lagos State has shifted the reopening of schools on concerns over the resurgence of Covid-19 pandemic in the country, according to a pronouncement by the government on Sunday.It said that public and private primary and secondary schools in the state would not reopen on Monday, January 4, 2021, as earlier announced.While prodded on whether […]

At least 50 motorists and passengers have been abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Borno Sate on Saturday along the Maiduguri- Jakana- Damaturu 135km federal highway. Among the victims in the latest mass kidnapping spree is Abubakar Garba Idris, a United Nations Humanitarian Worker sources say.   Information from some of the escapees, said […]

The Nigerian government on Saturday handed down a six-month travel ban on 100 citizens who shunned the compulsory COVID-19 test on their arrival into the country.   Those affected by the ban will not be allowed to travel out of the country earlier than June 30, 2021, according to the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19. […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday devalued the naira slightly as the year draws to a close. The regulator sold dollars at the I&E window to banks at N410/$, as against the erstwhile prevailing rate of N395/$. The I&E window is the foreign exchange market outlet through which investors and exporters access dollars. The […]

President Muhammadu Buhari  on Thursday, signed the 2021 Appropriation Bill into law.   The signing ceremony held inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.   The National Assembly on December 21, 2020, passed the 2021 Appropriation Bill with a total expenditure of N13, 588, 027,886, 175.   The National Assembly last Monday passed […]