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Hey Guys! What’s your VYBE! What makes you come alive… FirstBank is celebrating your vybe this month with #DecemberIssaVybe… wanna win the amazing prices that are up for grabs like concert tickets to see Asake, etc…Here’s how!

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-Upload a 30 to 60 seconds video that showcases your vybe over the course of the year using the hashtags FirstBank #showcaseyourVybe #DecemberIssaVybe #VybewithFirstBank -Make sure you tag @firstbanknigeria in your video NB: you must be following @firstbanknigeria #ShowcaseYourVybe #DecemberIssaVybe #VybewithFirstBank #FirstBankIssaVybe #YouFirst Share on: WhatsApp

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Ebun Oloyede summoned by movie practitioners over pro-Tinubu nude video

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Veteran actor, Ebun Oloyede, aka Olaiya Igwe, has been summoned by the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners of Nigeria, to face a disciplinary committee, set up by the association, over a video that showed him praying nude for the victory of the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Bola Tinubu, in the 2023 polls. Confirming the news, an actress and TAMPAN executive, Rose Odika, noted that Olaiya had been summoned to face a disciplinary panel to explain himself, he has yet to appear before it. She said, “He…

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Abuja High Court dissolves Paul Okoye’s marriage to Anita

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A High court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, has granted Anita and her estranged husband, Paul Okoye divorce. Anita claimed that cheating, separation, being an absent father, fraud, and difficult experiences were her major reasons for seeking a divorce. She also requested a monthly settlement of $20,000 and a number of her husband’s mansions. Earlier on, in her divorce petition signed by her lawyer, Ojonimi Akpe and Okutepa J.S at an Abuja High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Anita had earlier claimed that she contributed N10 million as an…

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Okupe pays N13m, escapes two-year jail over money laundering charges

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A former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr Doyin Okupe, was on Monday found guilty of receiving over N200m cash from a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd). He was therefore sentenced to two years imprisonment by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court in Abuja with an option of N500, 000 fine on each of the 26 count charges for which he was found guilty. Delivering her judgment, Justice Ojukwu held that Okupe, who is the first defendant in the suit filed by the…

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Doyin Okupe’s conviction: I’ll not be demoralised —Obi

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Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, and former governor of Anambra State, has said that the witch-hunting of persons in his campaign team cannot break his resolve to be Nigeria’s president. Obi made the remark, yesterday, while responding to questions at the Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Akwa, Ibom State Council. He said he is undaunted by the conviction of Director-General, Mr. Doyin Okupe, over alleged money laundering. According to Obi: “I am hearing about it (the conviction) just like you. I am still…

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Qatar 2022: Argentina wins W’cup finals against France 36-years after

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Argentina has won an all-time classic World Cup final, despite Kylian Mbappe’s hat-trick, taking France into a penalty shoot-out following a 3-3 draw on Sunday. Gonzalo Montiel converted the winning spot-kick to clinch a 4-2 shoot-out success for Argentina at the end of a thriller at Lusail Stadium, with goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez having saved Kingsley Coman’s attempt and seen Aurelien Tchouameni fire wide. France, aiming to become only the third side to ever retain the trophy, battled back from two goals down in normal time after Mbappe converted an 81st-minute…

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DSS withdraws security personnel from Adeleke over clash with police

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  The Department of State Services, DSS, headquarters last week, withdrew personnel attached to the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, requesting that he (governor) ensures strict compliance with security protocols. Superiority complex between personnel of the Nigeria Police and the DSS, was said to be responsible for the withdrawal of the security details of the Governor. Reacting to the face-off, the governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, in a statement, stated that the face-off, was due to a misunderstanding between the Police and DSS personnel in the governor’s security detail. It was…

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Photo story: Wema Bank commissions branch in CBD Abuja

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From Left to right: Regional Manager Abuja 2, Wema Bank, Queen Dillion, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Wema Bank Ademola Adebise, Special Adviser to the President of Nigeria on Political Matters, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, Executive Director, North and East Directorate, Wema Bank Emeka Obiagwu, at the commissioning of the Wema Bank branch in CBD Abuja last week. Share on: WhatsApp

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Attacks on INEC facilities endanger 2023 polls -Yakubu

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Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, warned that the 2023 general election might be jeopardised if the spate of attacks on its facilities across the country is not checked. Yakubu raised the alarm while speaking at a public hearing by the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating attacks on INEC offices and facilities across the country. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, while declaring the hearing open, said the House of Representatives was disturbed by the systematically orchestrated attacks, not…

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Tax dispute: Standard Chartered Bank at war with RMAFC, EFCC over N890.9million

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Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria Limited has approached a Federal High Court in Lagos, urging the court to declare that Value Added Tax (VAT) and Withholding Tax (WHT) liabilities by the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) as illegal, and of no effect whatsoever. The Bank is also urged the court to declare that the Federal Inland Revenue Service is the sole agency of the Federal Government statutorily empowered to administer, assess, collect and enforce the payment of, Federal taxes (including VAT and WHT due to the Federal Government) pursuant…

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