Armed bandits on Mondays killed seven persons in Ido-Ani, Ose local government area of Ondo state during a siege on the only commercial bank at Isewa quarters in the ancient community. The robbery operation was said to have started around 2.00 pm and lasted for about one hour without any resistance. At the end of the attack, five bank officials, ... Read More »
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Supreme Court strikes out Magnus Abe’s case on Rivers APC primaries
The Supreme Court on Monday in Abuja struck out an appeal filed by Senator Magnus Abe, challenging the primary election conducted by the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State. Abe had prayed the court to make a pronouncement on the direct and indirect primary elections conducted by the APC for the nomination of its candidates for the 2019 general elections. ... Read More »
Why I want to go to Senate, by Okorocha
…says I am leaving behind a strong state Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, Monday gave hint why he wants to go to National Assembly as Senator representing Imo West Senatorial zone. He said he wants to build a strong political bridge between the Southeast and other geopolitical zones of the country. The governor also hinted that he would pursue the ... Read More »
Breaking News: I won’t step down, Ndume vows after meeting Osinbajo
*I’m still consulting – Ndume Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday met behind closed doors with the former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume. Ndume has been aspiring to be President of the 9th Senate due for inauguration in June. He had declared his intention to run for the number three highest political office despite endorsement of the current Senate Leader, Ahmed ... Read More »
Breaking: FG declares emergency on public health
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has declared a state of public health concern on maternal newborn and child death occurring at the primary health centres. Similar declaration is expected in states in the next few days to track maternal and child mortality. Nigeria has one of the worst records in maternal and child mortality in the world. ... Read More »
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Akingbola Opposes EFCC’s Attempt To Tender Evidence Against Him
Akingbola, Managing Director of the defunct Intercontinental Bank Plc, on Friday opposed the move by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to tender statements of accounts from Access Bank. The accounts allegedly linked Akingbola to the alleged fraud. Through his lawyer, Wole Olanipekun (SAN), the embattled former MD said the statements could not be tendered because they were freshly ... Read More »
MESS IN HOUSE OF GOD: TOP WINNERS PASTOR IN TENNAGE SEX SCANDAL
Winners chapel logo …Narrates how he takes her to different hotels …Taught her how to drink alcohol A 17-year old girl (names withheld) has narrated how the resident Pastor of the Amagba branch of the Living Faith Church a.k.a Winners Chapel, Pastor Kingsley Emeka Mokwunye, introduced her to alcohol and had sex with her severally. The teenager who spoke ... Read More »
EFCC: How bank wrote off N8bn loan for Saraki
Bank directors are beneficiaries Ex-bank MD, Akingbola, on trial over N179bn fraud A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulraheem Jimoh, yesterday narrated before a Federal High Court in Lagos how loans running into billions of naira advanced to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and others by the defunct Intercontinental Bank Plc., led to the prosecution ... Read More »
125 YEARS ANNIVERSARY: FIRSTBANK EMBARKS ON 125KM RELAY WALK TO GREATNESS,
On Saturday, 16 March 2019, Nigeria’s premier financial institution, First Bank of Nigeria Limited and other corporate entities in the FBNHoldings group would collectively have a 125km Relay Walk to celebrate the Bank’s 125 years of unbroken business operations in commemoration of its 125 years anniversary. Following the flag hoisting ceremony, the anniversary activities curtain raiser event that held ... Read More »