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Fidelity Bank Appoints Joshua, Odeghe, Imman New Executive Directors

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The Board of Directors of Fidelity Bank Plc has announced the appointment of three new Executive Directors (EDs), as part of corporate realignment and repositioning. The board, which met in Lagos recently, approved the appointment of Mr. Gbolahan Joshua as Executive Director/Chief Operations and Information Officer; Mr. Obaro Odeghe, Executive Director, Corporate Bank, and Mr. Hassan Imman, Executive Director, Northern Directorate. This is, however, subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). A statement from the bank yesterday explained that Gbolahan would have executive responsibilities for Operations,…

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IOM warn Nigerians on risks of fake job offers in Middle East

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Nigerians have been warned by the International Organisation for Migration, of the booming organ harvest in parts of the Middle East, urging them to beware of fake foreign travel agencies. According to press statement signed by the National Protocol Officer, IOM-Nigeria, Mr. Ikechukwu Attah, these fake agencies promise their victims work abroad and help with their travel documents, only to put them in harm’s way. “Beware of fake foreign agencies that promise work abroad. They process your papers, pay for your tickets and then take you abroad in pretense that they…

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Prison Inmates Excel In WAEC Exams- NPS

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The Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) says no fewer than 157 prison inmates across the country have embraced formal education. Mr Ja’afaru Ahmed, Controller-General of the service, disclosed this at the De-radicalisation workshop organised for senior officers of the service on Monday in Abuja. He said that many of the inmates, who sat for the Western African Examination Council (WAEC) examination passed with impressive grades. Ahmed was represented by Mrs Husseina Kori, Deputy Controller-General in charge of Health and Social welfare at the service. The prison boss said that three of…

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Another Nigerian caught in Saudi Arabia with 1,138g of cocaine

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Senior Special Assistant to the President on Diaspora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has revealed that another Nigerian has been arrested at Jeddah Airport, in Saudi Arabia, for allegedly smuggling about 1,138g of cocaine. Dabiri-Erewa expressed disappointment that this was coming shortly after a Nigerian lady was executed in the same country for a related offence. “The sad thing is that in the midst of talking about 20 Nigerians on death row, even as eight had been executed, just yesterday (Thursday), another Nigerian, Wahid Somade, was arrested at Jeddah Airport with about…

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Father and son arrested for raping, impregnating teenager

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One Kabiru Oke, and his son, Faruq, have been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command, for allegedly raping and impregnating the daughter of the sister to Kabiru’s wife in the Egbeda area of the state. The suspects were alleged to have taken advantage of the fact that the victim lived with them by having carnal knowledge of her and threatened to kill her if she revealed the molestation to anyone. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, in a statement on Sunday, said the suspects…

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Appeal court says Ademola Adeleke Qualified to Contest for Governorship

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An Akure Federal Court of Appeal has put to rest the controversy over the eligibility of Senator Ademola Adeleke to contest the Osun governorship election at the weekend, reaffirming his qualification and eligibility to contest the office. The Akure Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against the judgement of Osogbo High court which had confirmed the eligibility of Senator Ademola Adeleke to contest for the governorship of Osun state.The Osogbo High Court had earlier ruled that Senator Adeleke is qualified to contest for the governorship having been educated up to secondary…

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Ex-lecturer sets self ablaze

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Mr. A. O. Subair, a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics, University of Ibadan, has died after he set himself ablaze at his residence located at Phillipson road in the University. The deceased hailed from Kaduna State. He has been buried at Akinyele public cemetery. The late university lecturer had recently resigned from the institution but was yet to vacate the staff quarters before his death. Confirming the incident, the Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Deji Omole who described the incident as pathetic, stated that it was a…

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Student stabbed to death for rejecting male classmate advances

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A 16-year-old Senior Secondary School Three student, Chibuzo Ohaneme, has stabbed his female classmate, Olamma Ekwebelem, to death in Umuoli Ikpem in the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State on Thursday. A source revealed that Ohaneme was enraged because Ekwebelem had repeatedly turned down his relationship proposal to her. It was gathered that while the murderer hails from Umuohum Umuna in the Onuimo LGA of the state, the slain teenager, who was to sit for Senior Secondary Certificate Examination in June, hailed from Ikpem. The boy and the girl…

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Colleagues talk about Slain doctor, says he was deeply concerned about lives

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Colleagues of Dr. Stephen Urueye, have described his death as cruel and sad. Urueye, who was on housemanship at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Lagos, was attacked by some hoodlums around 9pm on Thursday in the Canal area, near the campus while he was seeing off a friend who visited him in his lodge. He was knifed in the thigh and dispossessed of cash and an ATM card, by the hoodlums. The police had arrested two persons in connection with the attack on the 25-year-old doctor, who was the…

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Robbery: We Didn’t Review Visa Validity For Nigerians –UAE

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The United Arab Emirate, UAE who reacted to claims of suspending tourist visas for Nigerians over the robbery perpetrated by 5 Nigerians, has stated that they never reviewed the visa validity of Nigerians.Recall that after it was reported that five Nigerians robbed a bureau de change in the UAE, a travel company tweeted that the Arabian Peninsula nation had reviewed its visa process for Nigerians. However the UAE government who claims which alleged that they reviewed visa validity for Nigerians, added that these news are inaccurate and also stressed the…

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