Day: January 20, 2021

Katsina school’s Vice Principal raped, Impregnated 12-year-old student

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The Vice Principal of Community Secondary School Kadandani in Rimi Local Government Area of Katsina State, Mr. Ibrahim Sale, has admitted in a statement before police that he had sexual relationship with his 12-year-old student. Ibrahim, 38 said: “My name is Ibrahim Sale. I am the vice principal of community secondary school Kadandani in Rimi Local Government and I have three wives. I raped my 12-year-old student and she got pregnant. “I do pay her N200, N300 and sometimes N500 before she agreed to have sexual intercourse with me. She…

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FirstBank strengthens financial inclusion with largest agent banking network, empowers SMEs

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At present, there are over 86,000 banking agents across 772 out of the 774 local government areas in Nigeria, a demonstration of FirstBank’s commitment to deepening financial inclusion and ensuring the unbanked are adequately catered for. In an interview with BusinessDay, Adesola Adeduntan, FirstBank’s CEO, noted that over N9.6 trillion had been processed through the bank’s agent network. As he explained, FirstMonie agents have supported several government and NGOs’ cash transfers to the poorest of the poor in the rural areas. Additionally, selected FirstMonie agents in the rural communities are…

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Anchor varsity deputy VC abducted by Gunmen in Nasarawa

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Prof. Johnson Fatokun, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Anchor University, Lagos State, has been kidnapped. Anchor University is a faith-based institution in Ayobo, Lagos, owned by the Deeper Christian Life Ministry. It was learnt that the victim left Lagos on Sunday to drop off his two children, who were schooling in the North. He was said to be returning on Monday when his vehicle was attacked by the gunmen in Nasarawa en route to the airport to return to Lagos. A source said the assailants were in police uniform. The source…

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