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Pace setting Fidelity Bank MD, Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe clocks 60

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There is tremendous excitement in the air as the first female Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc, Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe clocked 60 years on Sunday July 28, given her outstanding performance in the nation’s financial services sector that had earned her respect amongst banks’ top CEOs. Besides leading the bank to close the 2023 financial year with strong double-digit growth across key income and balance-sheet lines with profit before tax growing by 131.5% to N124.3bn from N53.7bn in 2022FY, leading to an increase in Return on…

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Senator Ifeanyi Ubah is dead

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Ifeanyi Ubah, the Senator representing Anambra South in the National Assembly, is dead. Ubah, who was the Chief Executive Officer of Capital Oil, was said to have died in a UK hospital where he went for surgery. Recall that Ubah defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Young Progressives Party, YPP, last year. Also, Ubah, the CEO of Capital Oil, survived an assassination attempt in September 2022. Three police escorts in the convoy of the Senator were among the persons who died in that incident, which occurred…

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My mother carried my pregnancy for 12 months before birth – Obasanjo

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Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigerian President, has disclosed that his mother carried his pregnancy for 12 months before his birth, as she battled with those he described as witches and wizards for being responsible. Obasanjo spoke at the presentation of the drama, titled “Aremu omo Asabi” in honour of his late mother held at the main auditorium of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, on Wednesday. He however, lamented that it was unfortunate his mother did not live to enjoy the fruit of her labour. Obasanjo…

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Sean Combs allegedly ‘paid’ $1m for 2Pac’s assasination – Report

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Sean Diddy Combs, popular American rapper has been implicated in an alleged connection to the murder of Tupac Shakur, with court documents claiming he paid $1 million to have the late rap icon killed. According to reports, court filings by the prosecutor overseeing Tupac’s murder case extensively mention Combs, citing allegations made by Duane “Keefe D” Davis, currently facing charges in the murder, that Combs orchestrated a $1 million payment for Tupac’s assassination. In documents filed recently, Combs is referred to 77 times under his known aliases such as Puffy,…

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School principal remanded for impregnating and aborting for 14-year-old thrice

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School principal and clergyman, Adetunji Obatayo, aged 55, has been remanded in prison custody for raping a 14-year-old secondary school student, who narrated to an Akure Magistrates’ Family Court, Ondo state, how she aborted for him thrice. The victim, in her narration before the court, said the principal has been having intercourse with her since she started staying with him when she was 10. “Four years ago, my parents released me to live with a pastor due to his desire to train me. “On my first day in his house,…

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Collapsed building kills five in Lagos

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A collapsed building at number 13 Wilson Mba Street, Arowojobe Estate Maryland, has left five yet to be-identified persons dead while five others were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. According to an eyewitness, the incident occurred at about 3:58 am. Men of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, who raced to the scene for a rescue operation were able to save the lives of the survivors. The unfortunate incident occurred when a set of three terraces under construction suddenly collapsed in the midnight hours. LASEMA Permanent Secretary,…

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MURIC calls for ban of movie with Nancy Isime in Niqab

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In a statement signed by the Executive Director of the Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola, the group on Thursday called for the ban of a yet-to-be-released movie where popular actress Nancy Isime and other actresses wore purdah, an Islamic full covering popularly called the Niqab, and brandished dangerous weapons. The group described the movie as ‘satanic’, adding that it depicts Muslim women as criminals and incites the public against them. The statement read, “An extremely anti-Muslim film has been released into the Nigerian movie industry. The upcoming film,…

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Immigration officer suspended over drug trafficking charges

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Akomolafe Gbenga Michael, a personnel of the Nigeria Immigration Service at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport MMIA, Lagos, has been suspended over multiple charges of alleged drug trafficking. Spokesman of the Service DCI Kenneth Udo disclosed this in a statement issued Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, the officer is currently on arraignment before a Federal High Court in Lagos. He said; “The Service wishes to inform the public that the officer in question has since been subjected to internal processes and placed under suspension following the allegation of his…

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Conversation of billionaire kidnappers before they struck at Ladipo exposed

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The conversation between the leader of recently killed billionaire kidnappers in Lagos, said to be a Nollywood actor/producer, Prince Henry Ode and another member of the notorious gang planted at the market on the day of their operation, has been exposed. Police sources said they had stationed one of their members inside the popular auto spare parts market on the Oshodi-Apapa expressway, Lagos, to monitor the movement of their target, hours before they struck at the market. It was learnt that he was giving them minute by minute information on…

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FG slashes stranded foreign scholars’ allowances

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The allowances of foreign scholars who are currently stranded in Russia, Morocco, and Algeria, among others, have been slashed by the Federal Government by 12.7%. The ministry of education made the announcement attributing the development to economic crises. Nigerian students studying in Russia, Morocco, Algeria, China, Hungary, and other countries, on the Federal Government’s scholarship have lamented their unpaid stipends for eight months running. The students are studying under the Federal Government’s Bilateral Educational Agreement Scholarship. The BEA scholarship is for the purpose of education exchange between Nigeria and the…

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