The Grammy awards celebrating music slated for January
31 in Los Angeles have been postponed due to COVID-19, which has
been rapidly spreading in California, US media said
Tuesday.
The 63rd annual ceremony’s delay comes less than four weeks
before it was set to take place in the shadow of the pandemic that
has dealt devastating blows to the music industry.
The Recording Academy did not respond to multiple AFP inquiries.
The organization had said the show set for late January would be
mostly virtual, but had not released specific plans.
Rolling Stone, which broke the news, reported that the
ceremony’s organizers are aiming to reschedule for March.
Beyonce, Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift and rapper Roddy Rich are the
top nominees at the normally star-studded gala. Comedian Trevor
Noah was set to host the 2021 show.
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The nominations were rolled out by stars across the globe
speaking via video chat. Other awards shows, like the Emmys and the
Latin Grammys, have been forced to go partially or fully virtual in
light of pandemic restrictions on large gatherings.
Los Angeles is now among the centers of the coronavirus
pandemic, with hospitals reeling from record cases and residents
under a stay-at-home order.
The southern California surge follows Thanksgiving and the
holiday season, with reports of oxygen rationing and patients
forced to spend hours waiting in ambulances for beds to open.
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First City Monument Bank(FCMB) has mandated its Managing
Director, Mr. Adam Nuru to proceed on a leave pending the
determination of the probe being conducted over alleged unethical
conduct, According to TheCable report[1].
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Nairalaw recalls that a Group had earlier ignited a
petition to the CBN & FCMB Board, demanding the sack of the MD.
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This is based on the allegation that the MD foisted a state of
depression on a deceased husband of a former employee, resulting in
his death.
It was alleged that the MD had an illicit affair with the
deceased wife which produced two children, which the deceased
husband thought was his, not until the wife traveled to America
when she later disclosed the fact that the children are not for
him.
This incident coupled with some other things allegedly resulted
in the death of the deceased person.
Meanwhile, First City Monument Bank (FCMB) had earlier issued an
official statement regarding the controversies against its Managing
Director, Mr. Adamu Nuru.
The bank noted that it is “aware of several stories circulating
across several social media platforms about our Managing Director
Adam Nuru, a former employee Ms Moyo Thomas and her deceased
husband, Mr. Tunde Thomas”.
In addition, the bank added that the review will cover
likelihood of ‘any violations of our code of ethics and the
adequacy of these code of conduct ethics’, adding that same will be
done with urgency and ‘immediately’.
In the light of the above, the bank is reported to have asked
the MD proceed on leave with a view to having an effective
probe.
It was reported that the decision to ask him proceed on leave
came pursuant to the recommendation of the panel probing the
allegation against the MD.