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Pastor arrested for alleged homicide

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Peter Michonza, a pastor of a church in Ageva area of Okene Local Council of Kogi State, has been remanded at Correctional Centre Kabba. Chief Magistrate Abdul Umar remanded the suspect, following an ex-parte application made by the Department of State Security (DSS) to enable them to continue further investigations. In the ex-parte application, the DSS alleged that the suspect committed culpable homicide by causing miscarriage and impersonation, which are punishable under sections 224,232,433 and 325 of the Kogi State Penal Code. Police said the suspect would be charged after…

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Grandma arrested for flogging three-year-old grand daughter to death

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A 37-year-old grandmother, Udeogu Chinelo, has been arrested by the Anambra State Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), for allegedly flogging her three-year-old granddaughter to death. NAPTIP’s Public Relations Officer, Okafor Anthony, in a statement, yesterday, said the suspect hails from Enugwu-Ukwu but married in Nibo, Awka South Local Council of the state.   He said Chinelo was arrested in a Primary School in Awka, where she had earlier enrolled the deceased, Ifechukwu and had gone to ask for a refund of the…

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Wema Bank Emerges Best Performing Bank in Half year 2022

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Nigeria’s most innovative bank, Wema Bank Plc, has emerged the best performing bank in the first half of year 2022 financial year with a weighted average score of of 2.83 points, beating 12 other banks. According to a special report on the Nigerian banking performance in the first half of 2022 prepared by Nairametrics, Wema Bank ranked first in one category, second in three categories and third in one category. Stanbic IBTC and First Bank came second and third respectively.. The key metrics considered in the report are total asset…

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Pump action rifle, local guns, cartridges, others seized by Customs

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The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS Federal Operations Unit, FOU Zone A, said yesterday it recovered one pump action rifle, two locally made guns, 35 live cartridges from smugglers after a gun battle around Idiroko, Ogun State. The unit also disclosed that it recovered N107.8 million as duty underpayment from goods cleared from the seaports and border post. Disclosing this at a briefing in Lagos yesterday, Customs Area Controller, CAC, of the Unit, Hussein Ejibunu, said goods with Duty Paid Value, DPV, worth N633.4 million were also seized last month. Ejibunu…

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Kogi seals Dangote Factory at Obajana following agitation by indigenes

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Kogi State Government, yesterday, sealed Dangote Cement Factory, Obajana, following agitation by Kogi indigenes over what they termed questionable circumstances surrounding the acquisition of the company. The Kogi State House of Assembly had ordered the closure of the company after its investigation revealed that the cement factory allegedly had no valid acquisition for the company. Jubilant youths, who had trooped to the company on hearing the news of the closure, chased workers away but were stopped by Kogi officials, who promptly waded in to avoid damage. The youths claimed that…

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FIRSTBANK COMMEMORATES 2022 CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK

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First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced its commemoration of the 2022 edition of the Customer Service Week scheduled to be globally celebrated on 3 – 7 October 2022. The event themed: “Celebrating Service” will be marked across its FBNBank subsidiaries in over half a dozen countries which include FBNBank UK, FBNBank Ghana, FBNBank Senegal, FBNBank Gambia, FBNBank Guinea, FBNBank DRC and FBNBank Sierra Leone. Customer Service Week is an international celebration that highlights the importance of customer service and staff who…

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23 remaining Abuja-Kaduna train attack victims released by terrorists

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The 23 remaining hostages in custody of terrorists, who were attacked on an AK9 train in Kaduna state on March 28 have been released. A statement by the Chief of Defense Staff Action Committee (CDSAC), Prof. Usman Yusuf, said their release was secured on Wednesday afternoon. The statement reads: “I am pleased to announce to the nation and the world that at 1600Hrs. (4:00pm) today, Wednesday 5-10-2022, the seven-man Presidential Committee assembled by the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), General L E O Irabor, secured the release and took custody…

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Wema Bank Boosts Healthy Living, Workplace Collaboration with Wemalympics 2022

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To ensure its employees enjoy a high dose of Healthy living, physical fitness, emotional balance, and workplace collaboration to stimulate high productivity levels and a better workplace culture, Wema Bank Plc has announced the 2022edition of Wemalympics. Wemalympics is an inter-regional competition, which serves as a testimonial to the bank’s commitment to raising the bar of teamwork, collaboration, and work-life balance amongst its employees across regions. A statement from Wema Bank, Nigeria’s leading innovative bank, said there is a high premium on collaborative work culture, healthy competition, and wholesome living…

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Amusan gets multi-million naira house, N5m gift from Ogun governor

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World, Commonwealth and African 100m hurdles champion Oluwatobi Amusan has received a cash reward of N5m and a house from the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday. The Governor also named Amusan an Ogun State Sports Ambassador. Abiodun, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, stated, “So, you (Amusan) will be our Sports Ambassador; I am happy that you said you are not from any other state. You are from Ogun and not from Lagos and you want to come back home. We also want…

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FG slams N30bn suit against Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram over illegal adverts

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A legal action has been instituted by the Federal Government against Meta Platforms Incorporated, owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms, for allegedly engaging in illegal advertisements within Nigeria’s advertising space. Equally joined as a Defendant in the suit FG filed through the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria, ARCON, at the Federal High Court in Abuja, is Meta’s agent, AT3 Resources Limited. ARCON, which is a regulatory body for adverts within the country, is among other things, praying the court to declare that the continued publication and exposure of various…

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