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Zenith bank customers lament delays, online service disruptions

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Zenith Bank customers have taken to social media platforms to express their frustration over difficulties with online banking transactions. They reported challenges in making payments and using various payment features on X on Tuesday, following a notification from the bank on Saturday that it would undergo maintenance from September 29 to October 1. In a statement shared by Zenith Bank on X on Saturday, it said the routine maintenance would commence on September 29 and end on October 1, from 12:01 AM to 5:00 AM. The statement titled “Notice of…

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15 dead in Iran flash flood

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About 15 persons have reportedly died in a flash flood that swept through the southern city of Iran, state media reported on Tuesday, updating an earlier toll of six dead. “After finding the last body of Halil River flood incident in Jiroft, a total of 15 are pronounced dead,” the report said. The search and rescue operation had been brought to an end, it added. Almost all of those killed in Monday’s flood were Afghan nationals living in the Islamic republic. Jiroft is a city located in the normally dry…

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Tinubu to Nigerians: We must reform or collapse

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The national broadcast by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on the occasion of the 64th Independence anniversary of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, delivered on Tuesday morning, the President stated that Nigeria must either reform for progress and prosperity or continue with business as usual and risk collapse. He, however, said his administration, upon taking over the leadership of the country 16 months ago, decided to reform the political economy and defence architecture, given the critical juncture the country found itself. He lamented that Nigeria found itself in a precarious situation…

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Bribery allegations: VeryDarkMan apologises to Falana

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Martins Otse, a social media influencer, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, on Monday, apologised to human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, over his recent derogatory comments against the senior lawyer. VeryDarkMan, who appeared before the House of Representatives Joint Committee on Financial Crimes and Reformatory Institutions on Monday, said he also did not believe Falana was involved in the alleged bribery levelled against crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigeria Correctional Service. He said, “Apparently, now, some people are taking advantage of…

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‘My ex-wife married out our daughter without my consent’- Fred Amata

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Fred Amata, Nigeria actor and movie producer has criticised his ex-wife, Agatha Amata, famous for her talk show, ‘Inside Out with Agatha’, for giving their daughter’s hand in marriage without his consent. Agatha, the CEO of RaveTV Lagos and Trend FM100.9, Asaba, divorced the famous actor in 2005. The divorce was reportedly amicable, and they have two children, Oreva and Stephanie. Three years after their divorce, her ex-husband welcomed a daughter, Zino, with actress and ex-beauty queen Ibinabo Fiberisima. Amata, absent at their daughter’s wedding in the UK, ‘reunited’ with…

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Hezbollah leader’s ‘path to continue’ despite his killing -Iran

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The Iranian foreign ministry said Saturday, that the path of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah will continue despite his killing in an Israeli air strike in Beirut, after a year of cross-border clashes between the two sides. “The glorious path of the leader of the resistance, Hassan Nasrallah, will continue and his sacred goal will be realised in the liberation of Quds (Jerusalem), God willing,” foreign ministry spokesman Nasser Kanani said in a post on social media X, mourning Nasrallah’s death. Lebanon’s Hezbollah group, armed and financed by Iran, on Saturday…

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17 killed, one hospitalised in South Africa mass shooting

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Police in South Africa have confirmed that seventeen people have been killed in a mass shooting in a remote South African town with a manhunt underway to find the perpetrators. Two homesteads in the town of Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape were targeted, police said, with 12 women and one man killed in one location, and three women and one man at a second location. An 18th victim is in a critical condition in hospital, the South Africa Police Service said. The police minister, Senzo Mchunu, is expected to visit…

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Woman arrested for stealing infant during christening

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One Khadija Aliyu has been arrested by the Nasarawa State Police for allegedly stealing a seven-day-old baby girl during a naming ceremony in the Keffi area of the state. This is just as the command also arrested an ex-convict, Hussaini Mohammed, for allegedly stealing motorcycles in the same area. In a statement by the Nasarawa State Police command’s Public Relations Officer, Rahman Nansel, on Sunday, the suspect was arrested at about 6:30 pm on Saturday. Nansel said the suspect had pretended to be pregnant and, while the christening was ongoing,…

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Oyedepo gets Rolls Royce, N1bn for 70th birthday, seeks perfect gift

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Family, friends, dignitaries and prominent clerics, celebrated with the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo on September 27, as he marked his 70th birthday. The birthday celebration was held at the church’s headquarters in Ota, Ogun State, and the auditorium was filled to the brim as guests all dressed in white and blue attires rejoiced with the popular cleric. Although before his birthday, Oyedepo had requested his members to win souls as birthday gifts for him, he was blessed with several gifts,…

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Israel donates water purifying machines to flood victims in Nigeria

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Embassy of Israel in Nigeria has donated 10 portable Industrial Water Purifying machines to the Borno Government to assist victims of flood in the state. The embassy donated on Friday in Abuja under the aegis of MASHAV, an Israeli humanitarian aid, and Centre for International Cooperation to assist countries striving to alleviate shared global problems. Israel’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Freeman, while donating, said that the gesture was to offer aid to the victims of the flood. Freeman, also the Permanent Representative of Israel to ECOWAS, said that the Israeli…

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