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Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo has named a former bank chief as prime minister, according to a decree published nearly three weeks after the previous government resigned after being deemed “ineffective.” At the end of July the government of Manuela Roka Botey — who was the first woman to fill the role of…
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has demobilised 54 illegally mobilised graduates of the University of Calabar to prevent them from receiving Certificates of National Service. The NYSC Director-General, Brigadier-General Yusha’u Ahmed, announced this in Abuja on Friday, stating that the 54 individuals were mobilised illegally and would be prosecuted accordingly. Ahmed revealed that out…
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A total of 18,737 suspected or confirmed cases of mpox were reported in Africa since the beginning of the year, including 1,200 cases in one week alone, the African Union health agency said Saturday. The figure accounts for three strains of the virus, of which one is the new more deadly and more transmissible Clade…
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Justice Akintayo Aluko of a Federal High Court, Lagos, has restrained First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) Holdings Plc from conducting or hosting its 12th Annual General Meeting, scheduled for August 22, 2024, whether virtually or otherwise, pending the determination of a motion for interlocutory injunction filed by an aggrieved shareholder, Tohir Folorunsho Ismaila. The judge’s…
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The Southern Kaduna Peoples’ Union (SOKAPU) has expressed concern over fresh attacks by herdsmen and bandits in parts of Southern Kaduna co