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GOVERNOR Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has suspended his chief of staff Dr Anthony Agbazuere following the publication of a video showing him spraying controversial clergyman Prophet Chukwuemeka Odumeje inside Government House.

SEVERAL Nigerian domestic airlines are expected to merge over the coming years as the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing reduction in passenger numbers looks set to force them to consolidate their operations.

NIGERIAN youths have taken to the streets again to resume their #EndSARS protests which ended abruptly in October when soldiers opened fire on demonstrators at the Lekki Toll Gate Plaza in Lagos State.

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STERLING Bank has been adjudged to be the 2020 Overall Best Workplace in Nigeria in the Large Corporates category of the Great Place to Work awards which held in Lagos over the weekend.

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(1) By Christmas, many countries would have started their mass vaccination programme

(2) Most serious nations have already forward-bought their vaccination doses and are currently working on the logistics of distribution

(3) Nigeria did not make any provision whatsoever for a Covid-19 vaccination in the 2021 budget

GOVERNORS of Nigeria's 36 states have announced plans to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss the growing spate of insecurity across the country following the recent murder of 43 farmers in Borno State.

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(1) In 2019, US foreign direct investment (FDI) worldwide totalled $5.96trn

(2) Within the US itself, FDI during that period totalled $246bn, with about $125bn of this coming from Japan

(3) Every industrialised nation worldwide takes FDI very seriously because it opens up new markets for their goods, creates ancillary employment back home and the returns on investment are generally high

NIGERIA'S House of Representatives has initiated moves to stop the country from signing what lawmakers have described as obnoxious loan agreements as part of a move to address the ballooning public debt and the growing inability of the government to service these debts.

NIGERIAN senators have warned that other countries could impose travel restrictions on Nigerians if the federal government fails to administer Covid-19 vaccines to its citizens when mass vaccinations start shortly.