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  • UK extends truck driver visa program as fuel crisis persists

    • October 2, 2021
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    LONDON (AP) — The British government has extended an emergency visa program for truck drivers as fuel shortages showed few signs of abating Saturday, particularly in London and the southeast of England. In an announcement late Friday, the Conservative government said temporary visas for nearly 5,000 foreign truck drivers it hopes to recruit would run

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  • Nigeria misses WHO target, vaccinates 1.8%

    • October 2, 2021
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    Nigeria has missed the 10 per cent target set by the World Health Organisation, fully vaccinating only 1.8 per cent of its population against COVID-19 as of September 29, 2021. This is just as the Coordinator, Immunisation and Vaccines Development Programme Coordinator for the WHO, Dr Richard Mihigo, revealed on Thursday that only 15 African

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  • OAU closed down till further notice following protest that broke out over student’s death

    • October 2, 2021
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    Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, has been shut down by the school’s management. This comes after a protest broke out over the death of a student of the school, Adesina Omowumi Aishat, which students blamed on medical negligence. In a press release by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Abiodun Olanrewaju, the

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  • No overseas fans allowed at 2022 Beijing Olympics

    • September 29, 2021
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    Next year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing will be held without spectators from overseas with tickets restricted to fans living in China because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Olympic Committee said Wednesday. The IOC said only fully vaccinated participants would be exempt from a 21-day quarantine. Athletes who can provide a “justified medical exemption” will

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  • Dubai Travel: Emirates Suspends Flights From Nigeria Until Oct 10

    • September 29, 2021
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    Dubai’s flagship carrier Emirates, yet today announced the extension of suspension of Nigeria flights until October 10, 2021. According to the announcement on its official website, tagged travel updates, customers who have been to or connected through Nigeria in the last 14 days will not be permitted on any Emirates flights bound for Dubai.  “If

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  • Photo News: Faces At The Abuja Chapter of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) visit an Orphanage Home in Abuja

    • September 29, 2021
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  • FG places 3,964 Nigerians on watch list, suspends passports

    • September 27, 2021
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    No fewer than 3,964 Nigerians are currently on the watch list of the Nigeria Immigration Service. The names of the affected individuals, it was gathered, have been placed with security agencies at the nation’s international airports where they will be arrested on sight. According to the 2020 NIS annual report suspect index, 308 persons were

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  • NUC Closes 58 illegal Universities, 8 Others undergoing further investigations

    • September 26, 2021
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    • Category: Education, Latest News
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    The National Universities Commission (NUC) has announced to  the general public, especially, parents and prospective undergraduates, that the under-listed “Degree Mills” have not been licensed by the Federal Government and have, therefore, been closed down  for violating the Education (National Minimum Standards etc.) Act CAP E3 Law of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. These  illegal“Universities”are

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  • Local airlines lose 60 per cent operation to weather disruptions

    • September 25, 2021
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    • Category: Economy, Marine & Aviation, Tourism
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    Local airlines have apologised for multiple delays and cancellations in the air transport service, attributing the discomfort to bad weather that has cost carriers about 60 per cent loss in their operations. The operators, under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), yesterday, empathised with the travelling public, though assured of efforts to manage

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  • Five banks fined N1.4bn for forex infractions, others

    • September 22, 2021
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    • Category: Digital Economy, Economy, Latest News
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    Five top banks in Nigeria paid a total of N1.4bn as penalties to financial regulatory bodies such as the Central Bank of Nigeria, Security Exchange Council and Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, in the first half of the year. The banks are the United Bank of Africa, Fidelity Bank, Access Bank, Guarantee Trust Bank and

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