Day: July 19, 2024

WITH GIANTS CAMPAIGN, FIRSTBANK IS TRULY WOVEN INTO THE FABRIC OF SOCIETY  

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The ‘Giant in you’ campaign of the FirstBank has again confirmed the common expression that ‘apple doesn’t fall far from the tree’ given the history of the financial brand and its legendary relevance to the growth of enterprises, within and outside Nigeria. In its usual creative conjecture, 13O-year-old FirstBank, has hit the airwaves and other media outlets with various visuals to articulate its new campaign ‘The Giant in You’. Breaking down the central message, ‘there is a giant in you’ the campaign stylishly reminds the bank customer that ‘FirstBank Puts…

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Man stabs wife’s lawyer over divorce suit

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Abayomi Oladire, a legal practitioner has reportedly been stabbed by the husband of his client, Kunle Kuteyi, for preparing a divorce suit for his wife against him, in Ondo town, Ondo state. He was alleged to have used broken bottle to stab the lawyer, while performing his legal duty to the suspect’s wife. It was gathered that the victim was on his way to a ceremony when the suspect stopped him and accused him of having an affair with his wife to the extent of helping her file for divorce…

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JAMB pegs cut-off mark at 140 for varsities, 100 for polytechnics, others

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has approved 140 as the cut-off mark for 2024 admission into the nation’s universities and 100 for polytechnics and colleges of education, respectively. The National Minimum Tolerable UTME Score (NTMUS), popularly known as the cut-off mark, for 2024 admission into tertiary institutions was arrived at on Thursday during the 2024 annual policy meeting on admissions, which was held at the Body Benchers, Headquarters, Abuja. The meeting was held following the successful conduct of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). A total of…

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Catholic priest flogs choir members over failure to clear church field in Enugu

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Reverend Father Linus Okwu, a Catholic Priest of Enugu Diocese, reportedly flogged choir members of his church for allegedly failing to clear the church field. Okwu, who is the Parish Priest of St. Bartholomew’s Catholic Church, Agbani, Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State, allegedly whipped choir members comprising mothers, young men, ladies and teenagers. Trouble started when the irate priest, armed with canes, interrupted a choir practice in his parish and demanded an explanation on why the church field was yet to be cleared. Not satisfied with the…

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Economic hardship: Reps cut salaries by 50% for 6 months, NLC, CSOs unimpressed

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The House of Representatives yesterday resolved to assist the federal government with N648 million for six months by cutting down their salaries by 50 per cent to support food sufficiency and address the high cost of food in the country. But the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and civil society organisations, CSOs, such as ActionAid, Yiaga Africa, in a swift reaction, said the problem was not with the salaries of members of the House of Representatives, but their allowances, suggesting the bogus allowances be slashed by half to make meaningful impact…

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25 human trafficking victims rescued in Delta State

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25 victims of human trafficking have been rescued by the Delta State Police in the Ugheli area of the state. The Delta State command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, stated this on Thursday in Asaba, the state capital. He said, “On June 15, 2024, acting on credible information received by the command on the activities of one Chinyere (surname unknown) who specialised in trafficking women from the South-East and brought them to Ughelli, Delta State for prostitution, intelligence further revealed that she lured them by telling them that they were coming…

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Tinubu, Labour agree on N70,000 minimum wage

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President Bola Tinubu and the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria led by their presidents, Joe Ajaero and Festus Osifo, respectively, have agreed on N70,000 as the new national minimum wage during their meeting at the Aso Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday. The wage will replace the N30,000 minimum wage that expired on April 18, 2024. To give legal teeth to the agreement ahead of its implementation, the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed that the lawmakers would get…

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