Day: 3 June 2019

“Sport is a very strong element in youth development” -Nnamdi Okonkwo

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Managing Director /Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity Bank Plc, Nnamdi Okonkwo, has described sport as a strong element in youth development. Okonkwo stated this at the closing ceremony of the Anambra State U13/U17 Academicals which took place at St. Mary’s High School, Ifitedunu, Anambra State at the weekend.He explained that Fidelity is pleased to partner with the state as a way of giving back to the society, stressing that through the initiative the bank also intends to curb youth restiveness by engaging them meaningfully.“Since sport is a very strong element in youth…

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EX-Convict Case: Court to hear suit seeking Gbajabiamila’s disqualification for Reps Speakership

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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has adjourned until Friday, hearing in a suit challenging the nomination of Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, a member of the House of Representative vying for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives in the incoming 9th National Assembly. Justice Inyang Ekwo adjourned the suit, following the prayer of Chief Philip Undie’s counsel, Mr Olasupo Azeez, that the defendant was yet to be served with the originating process. Azeez earlier prayed the court for a short adjournment to enable the plaintiff to regularise…

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Unpaid Salaries: Kogi workers reject Gov. Yahaya Bello’s stipends

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The Joint Action Union of Local Government Workers in Kogi State has rejected the 25 and 30 per cent salaries paid to local government workers by the state government. The union, which consists of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, Nigeria Union of Teachers, Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, Nigeria Union of Pensioners and the Non-Academic Staff Union, made this known on Sunday at the end of its state administrative council meeting held in Lokoja. While expressing displeasure over the way local government workers were being treated…

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Okorocha’s Countryhome invasion internally planned -Police

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The police in Imo State says they have arrested three domestic staff of the immediate past governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, over the invasion of his bedroom in the early hours of Saturday.  While Okorocha was in his house in Owerri, the state capital, his house in Ogboko in the Ideato South Local Government Area of the state was invaded by yet to be identified hoodlums. The state Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Ladodo, who gave our correspondent an update on the incident, said the operatives of his command had…

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Wife conspires with 3 others to kidnap husband for N5m

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The police in Lagos on Monday arraigned a 27-year-old woman, Elizabeth Sowemi, who allegedly conspired with three men to kidnap her husband. Elizabeth appeared before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on four counts. She was charged alongside Ayinde, 28; Salisu, 45, and Ogunbiyi, 43. The pleas of the defendants were not taken by the court as Chief Magistrate Adeola Adedayo said she needed advice from the state Director of Public Prosecutions. She remanded the defendants in prison pending the DPP’s advice. Adedayo adjourned the case until June 6 for…

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Prez. Buhari approves State Police, dismiss 37 officers

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday approved the establishment of state and local government police. He also approved the dismissal of 37 police officers as recommended by the National Human Rights Commission Presidential Special Panel on SARS Reforms. This was contained in the statement by the Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission and Chairman Presidential Panel on SARS Reform, Anthony Ojukwu, during the submission of report of the Presidential Panel on the reform of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), of the Nigeria Police, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Panel according to…

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‘He was never our Pastor’ -MFM disowns Abuja branch Pastor who raped girl, 16

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The Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries has slammed an indefinite suspension on the ‘Pastor’ of its branch in Life Camp area of Abuja, David Onyekachukwu, for allegedly raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl. The church,  according to a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, by its spokesperson, Collins Edomaruse, the indefinite suspension was “in line with the rules and regulations of MFM which forbid such acts and frown at them.” The statement went further that Onyekachukwu is “not an ordained Pastor” and has been arrested by the police.…

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Why Ogun State Gov., Abiodun made U-turn on Amosun’s abandoned projects

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The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has made a U-turn over his initial stand not to complete projects initiated and later abandoned by his predecessor, Ibikunle Amosun. Abiodun, while speaking on Sunday during a post-inauguration thanksgiving service held at the Cathedral of the St. Peters Church, Ake, Abeokuta, the state capital, pledged to complete the projects because taxpayers money have been expended. The governor had said before he was sworn in that he would complete only projects that had direct benefits to the people. But at the service, Abiodun explained…

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GTBank launches #BeatTheDistance to enhance rural education

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GTBank Improves Access to Education for Children in Rural Communities with #BeatTheDistance Initiative As the country marks the 2019 Children’s Day, leading Nigerian Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) has launched a nationwide initiative, tagged #BeatTheDistance, to improve educational outcomes for children in rural communities by easing the difficulties they face with mobility to school and back. Through the initiative, the Bank is providing students in remote parts of the country with bicycles to reduce the time and energy they expend in getting to school whilst helping to boost their…

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OANDO Crisis: Police takeover OANDO head office, staff return home

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Staff members of Oando Plc have been forced to stay away from work as policemen stormed the head office of the company on Monday morning. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Sunday night that it had set up an interim management team to oversee the affairs of Oando following the order that the company’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Wale Tinubu, and other affected board member should resign. Our correspondent who visited Oando’s Wing Office Complex located on Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue, Victoria Island, observed policemen numbering over 10 at…

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