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Wole Soyinka visits Igboho in Cotonou

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Professor Wole Soyinka, yesterday, travelled to Cotonou, Benin Republic, to visit Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. He was seen at the Seme border around noon crossing to Cotonou, the capital city of Benin Republic, where he was ‘mobbed’ by a crowd while waiting to complete immigration formalities. He was repeatedly asked where he was headed. His response was that he was on a visit to the Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Igboho to “break the Muslim fast with him.” Reminded that neither he nor Ighoho was…

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Stolen car from Canada tracked to Nigeria

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A vehicle belonging to one Ahmad Abdallah, stolen from Ontario street, Canada has been tracked to Nigeria. The 2017 Toyota Highlander was said to have disappeared from his street last September, according to reports. It was gathered that the owner had given up on finding the car after surveillance video of the thieves unlocking his 2017 Toyota Highlander provided no clue. More than six months later, Investigation revealed that the vehicle was discovered in a lot in a suburb of Lagos, Nigeria. After seeing the video of his own car…

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PDP suspends congress after aspirants hold panel members hostage in Anambra

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The five-member Anambra State Ward congress panel of the Peoples Democratic Party, led by Jibrin Ahmed, was on Sunday, held hostage by the party’s aspirants and stakeholders over its inability to present the original result sheets. The scenario almost resulted into a free-for-all at the party’s Secretariat at Udoka Estate, when the Panel members, claimed they left the original result sheets in their hotel room. The panel members, had directed the aspirants, who were contesting the national assembly elections, and others to converge on the party’s office for briefing before…

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FIRSTBANK WINS BEST BANK IN NIGERIA AND BEST BANK IN DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION NIGERIA 2022

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Nigeria’s premier banking institution and leading financial services inclusion services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has won two awards: Best Bank in Nigeria 2022 and Best Banking Digital Transformation Nigeria at the International Investor Awards 2022, a print and online publication that provides insights, news and visual informative pieces with topics ranging from world markets, investing opportunities, industry analysis and so much more. All content is dedicated to the global investment community that wants to take a step ahead. The bank was recognized with the Best Bank in Nigeria…

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May 2, 3 declared public holidays to mark Workers Day, Eid ul-Fitr

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Federal Government has declared Monday, May 2 and Tuesday, May 3, 2022 as public holidays to mark Workers Day and Eid ul-Fitr celebrations. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government.   He congratulated workers across the country on this year’s celebration, urging them to raise the bar of their trade, in line with the President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s drive to rev up governance and make Nigerians derive maximum benefit from the nation. He also congratulated Muslims for the successful completion of the…

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Deeper Life church expels man over alleged rape attempt of 12-yr-old girl

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A 60-year-old man identified as Boniface Onyekwere, has been expelled by Deeper Life Bible Church, Anambra State, over an alleged attempt to rape a 12-year-old girl. The church’s stand was made known in a disclaimer signed by the State Overseer, Pastor Jude Chukwuocha and dated April 26, 2022, which noted that Onyekwere was not a pastor or worker in any Deeper Life church in Anambra State. Onyekwere was arrested by the Anambra State Police Command on charges of attempted rape of a minor who was entrusted in his care. The…

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GTCO Plc Releases Q1 2022 Unaudited Results …Reports Profit Before Tax of ₦54.3b

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Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (“GTCO Plc” or “the Group”) has released its Unaudited Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements for the period ended March 31, 2022, to the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) and London Stock Exchange (LSE). The Group reported profit before tax of ₦54.3billion, representing an increase of 1.1% over ₦53.7billion recorded in the corresponding period March 2021. FX translation of the FCY loan book led to a drop in the Group’s net loans by 4.7% from ₦1.80trillion recorded as at December 2021 to ₦1.72trillion in March 2022. Deposit…

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Cybercrime contributes 0.08 per cent to GDP loss, about $500 million -NCC

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has disclosed that cybercrime remains one of the dangers of digital transformation in Nigeria and across the globe.     NCC noted that while the opportunities a digitally literate population pose economically, socially, and developmentally are immeasurable, conversely, the risks posed, especially coupled with a youth unemployment rate estimated by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) at about 45 per cent, are severe. It noted: “We report that cybercrime alone, one of such risks, contributes to 0.08 per cent of the GDP loss, about $500 million.…

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Mortuary attendant arrested for cutting off dead body’s head

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Kushimo Lukman, a mortuary attendant, was, yesterday, arrested in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, for cutting off the head of a deceased boy. Lukman, who was arrested by men of the Ogun State government-owned security outfit, the So-Safe Corps, while on routine patrol, said the severed head was requested for by one Chief Ifalonishe at the cost of N50,000. The So-Safe Corps said the suspect, who resides at 9, Abule Oloni, Oke Yidi, Abeokuta, was “an acclaimed mortuary attendant working with MABOD at Oke-Yidi, Abule Oloni, Abeokuta.” Yusuf said he…

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SAHEED ADEMOLA ELEGUSHI: Twelve Years as a KING

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by Temitope Oyefeso When the instrument of authority was presented to Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi on April 27, 2010, as the 21st monarch of Ikate-Elegushi kingdom, a coastal community along the Lagos lagoon, the people were ecstatic. But, there were careful expectations because, the prince, though steeped in the rich pedigree of his predecessors and forbears, was being entrusted with leadership at a relatively young age. He was in his early 30s. But he was not unmindful of the huge responsibilities placed on him. Armed with robust tutelage from the…

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