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FINTECH 5.0: EVALUATING HOW FIRSTBANK STRENGTHENS COLLABORATION …To drive financial inclusion

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It was Sir Isaac Newton, in his letter to Robert Hooke in 1675, who wrote the now-famous quote: “If I have seen further (than others), it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” The shoulders of giants Sir Newton referred to has to do with leverage provided by the discoveries and experiences of people who have gone before or walked that same path earlier, that pave the way for and enable other people and a new generation to take things to a totally new dimension. The truth is, giants…

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Buhari orders conditional lifting of ban on Twitter

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, said he had directed a conditional lifting of the ban placed on the operations of the micro blogging site, Twitter, in Nigeria in June. Buhari disclosed this in his nationwide broadcast to Nigerians to mark the nation’s 61st independence. He described the social media as a very useful platform but regretted that some users have misused the platform to organise, coordinate, and execute criminal activities, propagate fake news, and promote ethnic and religious sentiments. The President said, “Social media is a very useful platform that…

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Ogun Governor signs anti-open grazing bill into law

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Dapo Abiodun, Ogun State Governor, yesterday signed the anti-open grazing bill into law. Abiodun, who assented to the bill during a security council meeting in the State Secretariat at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, urged the security agencies to swing immediately into action and enforce the law. The signing of the anti-open grazing law by the governor followed the decision of the Southern Governors’ Forum in August, setting the September deadline to pass the law across the states. The Ogun State House of Assembly had on July 8, 2021, passed the bill. The…

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Serving member of National Assembly financing agitation for Nigeria’s break up – Buhari

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Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has said a serving member of the National Assembly is among those financing the secessionist movements in the country. Buhari made the claim in his nationwide broadcast to mark Nigeria’s 61st independence anniversary. Africa’s largest economy is facing renewed calls for self-determination in the southeast and southwest regions. Agitators blamed the Buhari administration for the escalating tension and insecurity in the country. Nnamdi Kanu’s Indigenous People of Biafra has upped its push for independence of the Southeast from Nigeria with an attendant uptick in violence in…

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Retired naval officer jailed for N45m fraud

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Jerry Ogbonna, a retired Naval Captain, has been jailed by Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, for stealing and obtaining N45m by false pretences. Ogbonna, alongside his company, Obyke System Consult Limited, obtained the N45m from Diamond Bank Plc by falsely presenting to the bank that the said money represented the mobilisation fee from the Department of Petroleum Resources of the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources. A statement on Thursday by the spokesman for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Wilson Uwujaren, said…

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Ortom’s chief of staff, four commissioners resign

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Terwase Orbunde, Chief of Staff to Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, has resigned his appointment on Thursday. Others who resigned their appointments were four Commissioners; Information and Culture Mrs Ngunan Addingi, Environment and Water Resources, Engineer Dondo Ahire, Education, Prof Dennis Ityavyar and Youth and Sports, Ojembe Ojotu. Their resignation followed Ortom’s directives to all his appointees nursing elective positions in 2023 to resign before or on September, 30, 2021. His media aide, Terver Akase resigned on Wednesday. The Chief of Staff and Commissioners of Education and Environment and…

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Pastor Claims Jesus Hasn’t Returned Because People Are Not Donating

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Jesse Duplantis, right-wing evangelical pastor, has claimed that Jesus has not yet returned because people are not donating enough money to churches. During a recent four-day live TV event entitled Victorython, Duplantis claimed that people are not being generous enough to churches, hence why Jesus has not returned from the dead. He says: “I honestly believe this — the reason why Jesus hasn’t come is because people are not giving the way God told them to give, when you understand this, you can speed up the time.” He continued to…

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UK ballistic expert gives report on Lekki tollgate shootings

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Oxygene Consulting UK Ltd, a United Kingdom (UK)-based forensic and ballistic company, hired by Lagos State government to investigate the shooting incident at the Lekki Tollgate, has said that live military-grade ammunition were not fired at protesters on the night of October 20, 2020. The UK-based company, represented by its Executive Director, Dieye Willie-Harry, gave the report on Tuesday via zoom during the proceedings of the Lagos State Judicial Restitution for Victims of #EndSARS Related Abuses and Other Matters Panel investigating police brutality. He said: “We have not viewed any…

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Hoodlums murder late Dora Akunyili’s husband, eight others

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The widower of the late former minister of Information and director general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Dora Akunyili, Dr Chike Akunyili, was on Tuesday murdered by suspected hoodlums. Dr Akunyili was reportedly shot dead on Tuesday evening alongside seven others at Nkpor in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. A bystander close to where the incident happened, said, “The killers attacked him (Akunyili) when they spotted a policeman in his car. Maybe they felt threatened when they sighted his…

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Senate to Buhari: Declare bandits as terrorists

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The Senate, yesterday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to declare bandits as terrorists in the country as they continue their unrestrained reign of terror in Zamfara, Katsina, Kaduna and other Northwestern states. The red chamber also asked the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces to wage a total war against the criminals, including bombing all their locations, to annihilate and eliminate them, while also declaring all known leadership of the bandits wanted and track them wherever they are for arrest and prosecution. These were part of the Senate’s resolutions after considering a…

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