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Guaranty Trust Bank UK reaches settlement with the FCA in connection with historical AML controls

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  Guaranty Trust Bank UK Limited (GTBank UK) has reached settlement with the FCA, accepting findings in relation to historical Anti-Money Laundering (AML) controls in its operations in the period October 2014 to July 2019.   The Bank has cooperated fully with the FCA investigation and has agreed a penalty sum of GBP7,671,800, which has been calculated by reference to a proportion of the revenues of GTBank UK over the relevant period and includes a 30% discount for early settlement.    The FCA’s investigation focused on GTBank UK’s AML controls…

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Baby factory uncovered in Rivers, accomplice arrested, 10 ladies rescued

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Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command on Tuesday arrested a 17-year-old boy, Noble Uzuchi, and Chigozie Ogbonna, 29, for allegedly working for a baby factory. Also arrested were two female suspects, Favour Bright, 30; and Peace Alikoi, 40, the alleged leader of the syndicate. The four suspects reportedly operated in Obio/Akpor and Ikwerre local government areas of the state. Also, the police said 10 pregnant girls were rescued. The police spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, in a statement in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, said the feat followed a tip-off which the…

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‘150 nurses resigned from LASUTH in three years’ -LASUTH CMD

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Chief Medical Director of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Prof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo, has said that more than 150 nurses resigned their appointments with the tertiary hospital within the last three years. Fabanwo who stated this yesterday during a media briefing in Lagos, said the situation arose as a result of health workers relocating abroad to practise, noting that the exit replacement strategy of the government had, however, ensured that operations weren’t disrupted at the hospital. He added that applications for positions of nurses and resident doctors had reduced in…

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11th Anniversary Lecture: January 9 Collective wants Mental Health Bill signed into law

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January 9 Collective, a socio-political group of professionals has called on governments across Nigeria to pay more attention to and increase funding for mental health. The call was made by the association’s Captain, Loye Amsat while declaring open its 11th Anniversary lecture where he noted that the rise in mental health cases was a cause for concern. Also lending her voice to the urgent need for intervention was the guest speaker,Oluseyi Elizabeth Odudimu, a UK-based mental health expert and CEO, Stop Mental Illness Foundation ( SMIF) who delivered a paper…

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Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, founder of AMAA is dead

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Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, Nigerian filmmaker and founder of the African Movie Academy Awards, is dead. According to reports, she died in a hospital in Lagos State. Ayiam-Osigwe who was also the President of the Association of Movie Producers was reportedly in a coma before she breathed her last. Her colleague, Obi Emelonye, confirmed her death via his Instagram account on Tuesday. He shared her picture and wrote, “Thank you and good night dada Peace. 🕯🕯🕯🕯” Share on: WhatsApp

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Yoruba Nation: One killed, policemen injured, vehicles burnt as Police, activists clash in Ojota

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During a Yoruba Nation Rally which was staged yesterday at Ojota in Lagos, a young man was reportedly killed by a member of the Nigeria Police Force. While the unidentified man was reportedly killed by the Police, the Lagos State Police Command has denied responsibility but promised to investigate. The Yoruba Nation group had planned to hold a mega rally at Ojota to press for self-determination but it ended up in a clash that resulted in burning of vehicles, inflicting injuries on a police and murder. It was claimed that…

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Raymond Dokpesi released after ‘incident’ at London airport

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High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, the founder of DAAR Communications Plc, has been released after an “incident” which led to his delay at the London Heathrow airport on Sunday January 8, 2022. This was contained in a statement made available on Monday morning by the DAAR Communications management. Giving details of the incident, the statement read, “Dokpesi arrived via Frankfurt from Abuja on a Lufthansa airlines flight and was invited off the plane, before other passengers were disembarked. “Dokpesi was delayed at the airport for some hours before his passport was…

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31 persons abducted in Edo State train station attack

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The Igueben train station in Igueben Local Council area of Edo State, was on Saturday attacked by kidnappers who reportedly abducted 31 persons. A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Edo State Police Command, Chidi Nwabuzor, on Saturday night, read: “This is to inform the gentlemen of the press that today, January 7, 2023, at about 1600hrs, unspecified number of herdsmen armed with AK 47 rifles attacked the train station at Igueben, Edo State and kidnapped unspecified number of passengers who were waiting to board the train to…

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Woman arrested for killing co-wife in Bauchi

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A 50-year-old woman has been arrested by the Bauchi State Police for allegedly killing her co-wife. The Police Public Relations Officer of Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil, said this in a media statement on Friday. He said that the suspect, Amina Guguwa, of Miya Village, Warji Local Government Area of Bauchi State, strangled her co-wife, Amina Koli, 60 years old, following a physical confrontation on January 1, 2023. “Amina Guguwa, the suspect, criminally used force on the victim by strangling her neck tightly and as a result she died on…

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Murdered couple’s son found tied, drowned in Ogun

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The corpse of Oreoluwa Fatinoye, son of Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye, the couple killed in a house fire, has been found three days after they were killed, in the Ogun river. The couple were killed by yet-to-be-identified hoodlums in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on New Year’s Day, shortly after they returned from the 2023 crossover church service. The assailants then burnt their corpses and house, located within the Ibara Government Reservation Area, Abeokuta. Kehinde worked with the Central Bank of Nigeria, while his wife, Bukola, worked with the Federal…

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