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Three killed, scores abducted as bandits attack Taraba community

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Three persons were reportedly killed while scores were abducted by bandits on Sunday night in an attack on Bali town, the headquarters of Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State. Several sources in Bali said that the attackers who rode on motorcycles attacked and killed a personnel of Taraba Marshall at a checkpoint near General Hospital before proceeding to individual houses to kill and abduct people. The Tiv central leader and Chief of Tiv in Bali, Zaki David Gbaa (Ter Tiv Bali II) said that two of his subjects were…

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CBA FOUNDATION TAKES INTERVENTION AMONG UNDERPRIVILEGED WIDOWS TO THE NEXT LEVEL, WITH THEIR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE INITIATIVE

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If indications from two separate but related events that were held few months ago are anything to go by, then one of Nigeria’s most vulnerable groups may be on the verge of experiencing better times. The events, hosted in two separate states/regions and split by a 20-day interval, held at a time when self-splurging by many young Nigerians was at octane levels, and saw young men and women behind an NGO that caters to the welfare of underprivileged widows and their vulnerable children, passionately putting the widows’ needs above their…

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FirstBank Branch, Head office, not Sealed

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Our attention has been drawn to the news reports online with the conflicting claims that FirstBank branch or/head office has been sealed. Please be informed that the referenced story is a misrepresentation of the facts and misleading. Neither our branch nor head office was sealed. On the 4th of August, 2022, there was an unlawful enforcement at the Bank’s Coomassie House Branch of a garnishee order issued by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja which order the Bank is still challenging in court. While the Bank has taken appropriate…

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Tinubu slammed over ‘Obi-tuary’ article

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The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been receiving condemnation from the Peter Obi Support Network, accusing him of wishing the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, and his supporters dead. The group in a statement, observed with dismay that Tinubu has refused to condemn the “obituary” column written by one of his aides, Mr Sam Omatseye, published on Monday. The statement which was signed by the Deputy Director of Communications, POSN, Mr Adegbite Adekunle, on Wednesday, said Omatseye, had in the article, wished the…

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Buhari gifts Niger Republic N1.1bn SUVs

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, came under heavy criticism over the approval of N1, 145,000,000 for the purchase and supply of 10 Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles to Niger Republic. The revelation was made by an investigative journalist, David Hundeyin, who tweeted that he obtained a document from the Budget Office in Nigeria which showed that the President made the approval for the purchase of the vehicles to the neighbouring country. Hundeyin also attached a picture of the document to validate the claim that the President approved the release of the…

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FIRSTMONIE AGENTS TRANSACT OVER 1 BILLION TRANSACTIONS, REINFORCES FIRSTBANK’S LEADING ROLE IN PROMOTING FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN NIGERIA

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•The Bank’s Firstmonie Agents play a critical role in promoting financial inclusion in the country   •The Bank currently has over 180,000 Firstmonie Agents spread across 772 Local Government Areas in Nigeria •Since 2020, FirstBank has economically empowered thousands of its Firstmonie Agents with over 100 billion naira credit facility   First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial services provider has announced that its agent banking network – Firstmonie Agents – spread across the nook and cranny of the country has collectively processed transaction volume in excess of…

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Ebenezer Obey loses son, wages war against drugs

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Ebenezer Obey-Fabiyi, a veteran and well-respected juju musician, has said that despite the efforts he made to help his late son, Olayinka, to ‘fight his weaknesses’, he did not succeed. Recall that Olayinka, 48, was said to have passed away on Friday, July 31, 2022, and interred the next day. In a statement, the iconic musician also noted that he was starting a new ministry tagged, ‘Freedom from Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Ministry’ as part of his efforts to join forces with the war against alcoholism and drug addiction, especially…

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Patient allegedly dies during surgery as Ondo hospital rations fuel

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The Ondo State Trauma and Surgical Centre, Ondo Town, has been accused of negligence by a middle-aged-man, Sunday Samuel, after his wife died during a surgical operation at the facility. The deceased, Fola, was reportedly diagnosed with breast cancer. The mother of four was thereafter placed on medication for about a month in the hospital ward before she was taken to the theatre for surgery on Monday, July 25. According to her husband, the operation was disrupted by power outage, as the medical facility repeatedly switched between electricity and generator.…

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2022 Half-Year: Wema Bank’s impressive financial performance excites shareholders

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Wema Bank Plc, pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank and one of Nigeria’s most resilient banks, has posted a growth performance across all financial indices in the First-Half of its 2022 operations. This information is contained in the Financial Results for the Period Ended 30 June, 2022 released in Lagos on 28 July, 2022. In the report, the bank recorded an increase of 50 percent in its Gross Earnings from the ₦39.82 billion it recorded in H1 of 2021 to ₦59.59 billion. It also grew its Interest Income by…

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39 Britons, including Labour leader Starmer, ex-PM Cameron blacklisted by Russia

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Russia on Monday said it was blacklisting 39 British citizens, including Labour Party leader Keir Starmer and former prime minister David Cameron. London has been one of Kyiv’s most vocal supporters after President Vladimir Putin sent troops to Ukraine on February 24. Russia’s foreign ministry said the citizens listed, including journalists, “contribute to the hostile course of London aimed at the demonisation of our country and its international isolation”. “The choice in favour of confrontation is the conscious decision of the British political establishment, which bears all responsibility for the…

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