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First Bank chairman advises against excessive acquisition of wealth

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Ibukun Awosika, Chairman of First Bank Plc., has enjoined Nigerians to shun excessive acquisition of wealth, describing it as worthless. Speaking at the investiture of Nkeiruka Akarutu-Balogun as the 35th president of Rotary Club of Ikoyi yesterday in Lagos, Awosika said, “When you choose to bring laughter into people’s lives through giving, you will not lack laughter in your home. Our life on earth is a season and nothing else counts than giving to charity.” Akarutu-Balogun, on her part, said the essence of God’s abundant provisions was to give to…

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GTBank Holds 9th Annual Autism Conference

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For the ninth year in a row, Africa’s foremost financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, will bring together some of the world’s leading experts in Autism for two days of critical discourse on supporting children and adults living with Autism in Africa. Organized as part of the GTBank’s Orange Ribbon Initiative, the Annual Autism Conference will hold on the 30th and 31st of July 2019 at the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos. Themed, “Autism: Transitions, Vocational skills and The Role of Technology,” the Annual Autism Conference will bring to the fore the…

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Lost €37,000 found by Air Force personnel, returned to owner

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Bashir Umar, a Nigeria Air Force personnel, has returned the sum of €37,000 (N312.7 million) to its owner, Alhaji Ahmad, who misplaced the money at the Hajj Camp in Kano State. Umar, a member of the NAF Mobile Air Defence Team (MADT), was on duty with his colleagues when he found the money on 16, July 2019. Reports claimed that a number was written on the parcel which was used to locate the owner. The Air Force in a statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore…

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PDP to Buhari: Explain missing $1b excess fund

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President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to explain to Nigerians how $1 billion allegedly disappeared from the Excess Crude Account (ECA). In a statement yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party drew the attention of Nigerians to “the shocking confession by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Gen. Babagana Mongunu (rtd), that he was not aware of the whereabouts or disbursement of the $1billion drawn from the ECA by the Buhari presidency in 2017 for security purposes.” According to the party, “the…

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Teni is my new favorite, Toni Braxton says

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American singer and songwriter, Toni Michelle Braxton was in Nigeria earlier this week and she revealed that she finds the country beautiful and even more that one of Teni’s songs is her favorite at the moment. The 51-year old ageless singer was in Lagos to perform at the 60th birthday celebration of the Chairman/Editor-in-Chief of ThisDay Media Group, Prince Nduka Obaigbena, an event that drew political bigwigs, technocrats and captains of industry. In a video she posted on both her Instagram and Twitter pages, Toni could be seen grooving to…

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Anthony Joshua cruises in Dangote’s boat alongside sister

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Anthony Joshua, former unified heavyweight boxing champion, has left fans around the world talking after posting a relaxing picture of himself and a lady on his trip to Nigeria with the caption, “Water no get enemy –Fela Kuti” The British-born boxer has been in Nigeria for several projects including the slum2school campaign in the Makoko area of Lagos getting massive attention. The beautiful lady has since been identified as Joshua’s sibling Janet Joshua, as they were both hosted by Africa’s richest man Dangote on his boat. Joshua suffered the first loss…

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71-year-old, others arrested for stealing buses

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Suleiman Iyanda, a 71-year-old man, alongside an ex-convict, Gbenga Ajibade, Sunday Alabi, 30, and 45-year-old Wasiu Tiamiyu, were on Thursday, arraigned before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo for allegedly stealing four commercial mini buses. They were accused of conspiring to steal the vehicles in different locations in the state capital between June and earlier this month. Appearing before Magistrate Rofiat Olayemi, Iyanda and Alabi were said to have received the mini buses valued at N6m from Ajibade and Tiamiyu. The police prosecutor, Taiwo Adegoke, alleged that Ajibade…

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Man arrested for raping own daughter, says he was testing her virginity

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Wasiu Orilonise, a 37-year-old guard, has confessed to an Oyo State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan that he raped his 15-year-old daughter in order to ascertain her virginity and protect her. Orilonise begged the court not to punish him as he had carnal knowledge of the victim for protection and to confirm if she was still a virgin. The accused was arraigned on one count of having unlawful carnal knowledge of his daughter. The prosecutor, Mr Sunday Ogunremi, told the court that the accused had sometime in December 2018 at…

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Doctors Remove Razor Blades, Knives, Screwdriver From Man’s Stomach in India

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Sharp objects ranging from razor blades to knives to screwdrivers numbering 33 was removed from a 30-year old man’s stomach by Doctors in India. The man identified as Yogesh Thakur was admitted to the hospital on July 14 after he complained of severe stomach pain. His mother, Kusma Thakur, told doctors her son would ‘grab anything and eat it’, leading them to conduct x-rays and doctors were stunned to find objects such as a knife, screwdriver, razor blades and plastic items inside Thakur’s stomach.  Two days later, doctors extracted all the objects…

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Fidelity Bank partners NEPC, LBS, in training 100 MSMEs in Kano

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Fidelity Bank Plc in partnership with the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), and the Lagos Business School (LBS), is training over 100 small and medium enterprises (SMEs), at the eighth edition of the Export Management Programme (EMP), aimed at providing impactful, world-class support to Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Kano State. The programme currently in its third year was designed specifically to enhance the competitiveness of export-oriented businesses. The programme has since graduated over 400 entrepreneurs, who transitioned from base level export experience to becoming established exporters with…

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