Day: November 18, 2020

FirstBank promotes financial inclusion amongst children with KidsFirst and MeFirst accounts

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First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced its variant account products – KidsFirst and MeFirst – created to encourage the right savings culture among children from 0 – 17 years. The offerings have relevant enhancements including appropriate parental guidance and financial discipline for children as they grow into adulthood. Both accounts can be opened with zero balance and operated with a minimum balance of N100.00. KidsFirst Account is designed for children between the ages of 0 and 12 years to sensitise them…

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Ebonyi PDP caucus: Gov. Umahi’s defection is selfish, we are not with him

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Governor David Umahi may have found himself in political wilderness, if the statement from the National Assembly members from Ebonyi State is true. Umahi had defected from the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) to the All Progressives Congress(APC), claiming injustice. However, the leader of the Ebonyi State PDP caucus in the National Assembly, Senator Sam Egwu, a former governor said read the position of his colleagues is that, none of the lawmakers would defect with Umahi. In a statement, they said what the governor did was unacceptable and selfish. At a press…

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Gov Umahi: Why I left PDP for APC

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Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi says his defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC was not as a result of the People’s Democratic Party not zoning the Presidency to him as being speculated in some quarters, but because of injustice. According to the Governor, his defection to APC is because he believes that the ruling party is amenable to working with the South East region than the PDP. Governor Umahi insisted that he would continue to agitate for the interest of the South East in or out of office…

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I can never be arrested, Shekau boasts in latest video

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The leader of Jama’atu Ahlissunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad also known as Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, in his latest video, has again taunted the Nigerian military, that he cannot be arrested because he is doing the work of God. The Nigerian Army had on November 11, 2020 kicked off a fresh manhunt for Shekau and other top commanders of the sect. In his new video, Shekau said nobody can arrest him because he was doing the work of God who will protect him. “Nobody can apprehend me, because I’m doing God’s…

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69 former councillors, 14 secretaries defect to PDP in Zamfara

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Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP has recorded another set of members as 69 former Councillors and 14 local government council secretaries have announced their defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. A statement signed by Jamilu Iliyasu, the Press Secretary to the state governor, Gov. Bello Matawalle says the defectors, who had served as elected councillors between 2012 and 2019, moved from the APC to the PDP under the auspices of the state chapter of the Ex-councillors…

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