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First governor of Lagos State, Mobolaji Johnson dies at 83

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Brig. Gen. Mobolaji Olufunso Johnson, the first governor of Lagos State, is dead. According to reports, Johnson, died on Wednesday, afternoon around 4:00 pm at the age of 83. Johnson was Lagos State governor between May 1967 and July 1975 under Gen. Yakubu Gowon who was then, the military Head of State. Four years after he left office, 1979 precisely, he became a director of a foremost construction company in Nigeria, Julius Berger Nigeria. In 1996, he emerged its (Julius Berger Plc) chairman until 2009. Share on: WhatsApp

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3rd Quarter: Union Bank’s profit rises by N15.6 bn

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One of Nigeria’s oldest financial institutions, Union Bank Nigeria Plc has recorded a profit before tax of N15.6 billion for its unaudited financial statement for the period ended September 30, 2019, Q3’19 representing a growth of five per cent from N14.9 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2018. In its financial statement sent to the Nigerian Stock Exchange, its gross earnings was down by four per cent to ₦117.2 billion from N122.2 billion in Q3’18, a situation attributed to a decrease in average earning assets.  The Bank’s interest income was…

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Court of Appeal Judge, Chioma Nwosu abducted, police orderly shot dead

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Unknown gunmen, on Wednesday, October 30, 2019 kidnapped one of the justices of the Benin Court of Appeal, Justice Chioma Nwabuzor, after killing the police orderly attached to her. The incident was said to have occurred along the Benin Agbor Expressway while in company of her driver and her orderly who died during the attack, while the driver escaped death, but with injuries. DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, the Edo State Police Command spokesman said that the incident occurred at about 11.30 a.m., along the Benin-Agbor expressway, at Christ Chosen Church of…

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How Flood caused 228 prisoners’ escape in Kogi

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Cree Torrential rain that fell on Monday morning in Koton-Karfi, Kogi Local Government council of Kogi State, according to reports, is responsible for the escape of about 228 prisoners from the medium federal prison after the collapse of some parts of the building while many houses were submerged by the flood. The rain which started at about 2:00 a.m. on Monday, wreaked havoc, leading to the destruction of some parts of the prison building, which paved the way for the inmates to escape. According to one of the residents, it…

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UNICEF: Nigeria leads in global open defecation index

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United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that Nigeria is currently the number one country in the world with the highest number of people practising open defecation. With 47 million people still defecating openly, the country has overtaken India, which left the position early this month. UNICEF Chief of Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Said Jurji, disclosed this at a two-day workshop on Private Sector Engagement and Collaboration in WASH Forum organised by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources, in collaboration with UNICEF and other partners, in Abuja. He said…

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Senate Committee Clerk Chases Journalists  Out of Budget Defence Session 

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  On Friday 25, 2019 evening, journalists were chased out of the budget defence session that the committee had with management of the North East Development Commission and the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and IDPs. The man at the centre of the barring of journalists was the Clerk to the Senate Committee on Special Duties, Kabir Yaba Umar. Umar had earlier in the morning extended invitation to the Senate Press Corps to cover the Committee’s budget defence session with the two Commissions at Senate Committee Room 211 by 2p.m.…

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Access Bank’s profit rises by 44 percent in nine months

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Reflecting the positive impact of its merger with former Diamond Bank Plc, Access Bank Plc has reported a significantly improved performance for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The bank posted a growth of 44 per cent in profit after tax (PAT) to N90.7 billion in 2019, up from N62.9 billion in the corresponding period of 2018. The breakdown showed that Access Bank Plc ended the period with net interest income of N210 billion, compared with N123 billion in 2018, while non-fee income rose from N37 billion to N56…

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Sick boy dies after dad lavishes £130,000 treatment money on prostitutes

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João Miguel Alves, a toddler who suffered from a rare disease has died following allegations that his father spent all the money raised for him on partying at hotels with prostitutes. The toddler suffered from spinal muscular atrophy but lost his fight for life on October 17. His dad Mateus Henrique Leroy Alves, 37, was found in a luxury hotel where he had been staying for two months after his wife Karine Rodrigues reported him to police. He is alleged to have spent the cash on prostitutes, designer clothes, watches,…

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N100billion pension fraud: Maina, son remanded in prison

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Abdulrasheed Maina, the former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) who was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before a Federal High Court in Abuja alongside his son, has been remanded in prison, pending the hearing of their bail applications on November 19 and 6 respectively. . Maina and his 20 year-old son, Faisal are facing 12-count charges and three-count charges respectively of money laundering and concealment of proceeds of the unlawful act. Following the defendants’ plea of not guilty defence counsel, Ahmed Raji (SAN)…

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Bridegroom slumps, dies during wedding ceremony

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It was sorrow, tears and uncontrollably wailing for young Miss Onyinyechi Amadi Ugbor as she lost her groom in an unusual manner, on a day that should have been her happiest day. According to reports, it all happened in Amasiri, Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State on Saturday as the bridegroom, Chukwuemeka Onwuka, slumped at the  reception venue and later died in hospital. Onwuka, an ophthalmologist who hailed from Bende Local Government Area of Abia State, was at the venue of the wedding reception, bubbling with life, but…

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