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King of Finance: GTBank Named Africa’s Most Admired Finance Brand

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  Guaranty Trust Bank plc has been ranked Africa’s Most Admired Finance Brand in the 10th-anniversary rankings of Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best Brands, the pre-eminent survey and ranking of the Top 100 admired brands in Africa. The rankings were announced in a novel global virtual event and will be published in the June issue of the African Business magazine. In a special report examining the results of the 2020 survey, the founder of Brand Africa, Thebe Ikalafeng, said GTBank’s “clever marketing, global presence and some of its flagship food…

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Chris Okotie opposes social distancing in churches

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Rev. Chris Okotie, Pastor of the Household of God Church, Oregun, Lagos, has tackled the Christian Association of Nigeria, saying the body cannot be the mouthpiece of Christians in the country. Okotie, in a statement on Sunday, said CAN “is an amorphous organisation sustained by a Christian appellation.” “It is bereft of any authority to speak on behalf of the Church of Jesus Christ. Arrayed in Episcopalian vestments, they are the modern day Pharisees who arrogate divine honors to themselves. “They have a form of godliness and yet hobnob Nicodemusly…

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Mahrez loses wrist watches worth £300,000

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29-year-old Riyad Mahrez, Manchester City winger, had three luxury watches worth more than £300,000 ($370,000) stolen when thieves raided his penthouse apartment, according to media reports on Sunday. More than £50,000 in cash along with Cartier bracelets and rare football shirts worth up to £150,000 were also taken from the Algeria international. The watches were reported to be a £230,000 Richard Mille timepiece, a £40,000 Rolex Daytona and a £35,000 Rolex Day-Date. Mahrez was said to not have been at home when the offenders used a key fob to access…

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Ogun governor says doctors’ strike politically motivated, irresponsible

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The strike embarked upon by resident doctors at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu Ogun State has been described as “irresponsible and politically motivated” by Governor Dapo Abiodun. Abiodun said he found the decision of the Association of Resident Doctors to embark on strike on weekends  “disturbing,  shocking and a breach of trust.” The doctors had penultimate Friday announced the commencement of weekend industrial action, following the state government’s alleged refusal to yield to their demand for improved  welfare package. Prior to this, the association had embarked on a three-day warning strike, a…

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Obaseki orders investigation into death of UNIBEN student raped inside church

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Vera Uwaila, a 100 level Microbiology student of University of Benin, UNIBEN, weekend, died from injuries sustained after she was gang-raped and hit with a fire extinguisher in her church last Wednesday. It was gathered that the 22-years-old undergraduate was attacked and beaten to a pulp at the Ikpoba Hill branch of Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, in Benin, Edo State, where she had gone to read. The assailants, it was further gathered, left her to die, but she was later rushed to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital,…

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Buhari, others mourn ex-NNPC GMD, Baru

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President Muhammadu Buhari, Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, and others on Saturday mourned the death of the immediate past Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Dr Maikanti Baru. Buhari, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, sympathised with the family of the deceased, the NNPC management and the people of Bauchi State. The statement said, “President Buhari acknowledges Dr Baru’s contributions to ensuring stability in the oil sector in Nigeria, with…

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US officer charged with murder over George Floyd’s death

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After three nights of violent protests left parts of the city in flames, the Minneapolis police officer accused of killing a handcuffed African American man was charged with murder on Friday, as authorities declared a curfew. Derek Chauvin, the white officer filmed kneeling on the neck of a handcuffed George Floyd for nearly nine minutes, was charged with one count of third degree murder – unintentionally causing a death – and one count of negligent manslaughter. “This case is now ready, and we have charged it,” said county prosecutor Mike…

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Court jails six NAF personnel over Badeh’s murder

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Six Nigerian Air Force personnel, who were aides to the former Chief of Defence Staff, Late Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh have been jailed by a General Court Martial sitting in Abuja. Badeh was reportedly shot dead in December 2018 by gunmen while on his way back from his farm. The six air force personnel were on Friday awarded various sentences by the GCM which sat at the NAF Base, Bill Clinton Drive, Abuja. According to the NAF in a release on Saturday morning by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore…

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Trump breaks ties with WHO

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‌ Donald Trump, US President, on Friday said he was severing ties with the World Health Organization, signalling the end of hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to the UN agency as the deadly coronavirus pandemic rages on. As Europe speeded along the path to reopening after months of crippling lockdowns, Trump’s move is likely to spark dismay, especially in other parts of the world where the outbreak has yet to reach its peak. Russia recorded a record number of deaths on Friday and several nations in Latin America…

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NGO feeds over 1000 children to mark Children’s Day celebration

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Street Child and Welfare Initiative (SCCWI), a non-governmental organisation that has been prioritising the needs of street and vulnerable children for the past 12 years, decided to mark the May 27th Children’s Day celebration by providing sumptuous meals for over 1000 less privileged children. The NGO which is based at Alagomeji, Yaba-Lagos, took the feeding program to streets in various parts of Lagos State like Oshodi, Okobaba in Ebute Meta, Iddo Slum, Ojuelegba, Oyingbo amongst others. According to Comfort Alli, President/ Project Director of SCCWI, the feeding program has been…

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