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Infidelity: Woman allegedly kills friend, attempts poisoning husband

Apr 3, 2019 topnews

In order to conceal her infidelity, a 38-year-old mother of two, Esther Irawo, who is a resident of No. 6 Sule Street, Wera Estate, Ikorodu, Lagos State, has allegedly killed her friend, Femi Afolabi, 38. Irawo was said to have accused Femi, of informing her husband that he saw her with another man in a hotel and allegedly threatened to deal with him for trying to ruin her home. The deceased’s father, Adeyemi Afolabi, a 72-year-old retired soldier, said he heard Femi shouting from his room that Irawo was trying…

Nyesome Wike leads as INEC begins declaration of Rivers gov poll results

Apr 3, 2019 topnews

Nyesom Wike, the Rivers State Governor, took an early lead on Tuesday when the Independent National Electoral Commission resumed the collation of governorship election results in Port Harcourt. Wike, who is seeking a second term in office, won in 13 out of the 15 local government areas announced by INEC amid heavy security outside the collation centre. The Collation Officer, Prof. Teddy Adias, who announced the results, began the exercise at 10.30am with a promise that the process would be transparent. The governor’s closest rival and the governorship candidate of…

A Mother Knows – A film about Autism by GTBank

Apr 3, 2019Apr 3, 2019 topnews

In honour of the of World Autism Awareness Day, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) has created a short film ‘A mother knows’. The short film is part of the Bank’s continued effort in addressing the neglect and stigmatization of children living with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in Nigeria. The film tells the story of a young boy growing up with autism and the impact of the condition on his family as they raise him. According to the WHO, 1 in 160 children lives with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) worldwide. In…

Union Bank Named ‘2019 Advertiser of the Year’

Apr 2, 2019 topnews

One of the leading financial institutions in Nigeria, Union Bank, has been named ‘Advertiser of the Year’ by CHINI Africa, Cannes Lions Official Festival representative in Nigeria and organisers of the annual Creativity Week. The Bank also received the Bronze category award for ‘Integrated Marketing Campaign’ of the Year. The awards were officially presented at the 2019 Pitcher awards ceremony, in recognition of the brand’s creativity in the development of impressive advertising campaigns; particularly the ‘Clear Your Doubt’ campaign with its popular tagline – Don’t be an Uncle Thomas, and…

Atiku is far better than Buhari – Obasanjo

Apr 2, 2019 topnews

President Muhammadu Buhari and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, are incomparable, this was said by ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday. He insisted that his former vice is politically, economically and socially sound than Buhari. Obasanjo disclosed this on Sunday evening when the Southwest PDP leaders led by the party’s National Vice Chairman (South West), Dr Eddy Olafeso, visited him at his Pent-House Residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Recall that the former President had in series of letters, slammed Buhari, noting that his administration…

Man rapes nine-year-old wife’s sister in Osun

Apr 2, 2019 topnews

Friday Kanu, a 35-year-old bricklayer, has been arrested by the Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for allegedly defiling a minor. The suspect, it was learnt was arrested in Ilesha following complaints that he molested a nine-year-old pupil, and reportedly confessed to the crime while being interrogated. The victim, it was gathered, was living with her sister, who is married to Friday, at Imadin, Ilesha, when the suspect first raped her. On March 18, 2019, Friday was said to have taken advantage of his wife’s…

Dh2.3m robbery: Five Nigerians arrested in UAE

Apr 2, 2019 topnews

Police in UAE have arrested five Nigerian men in connection with a daring armed robbery at a money exchange house in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The suspects, in their 20s, according to the police, stole currencies worth over Dh2m during a seven-minute robbery at the Al Tauwain branch of the Al Ansari Exchange around midnight on March 20. The police said they had recovered foreign and UAE currencies worth Dh2.3m from the suspects. Giving details of the incident at a press conference in Sharjah, the Commander-in-chief of the Sharjah Police,…

Court issues arrest warrant against Nollywood actress over alleged tax evasion

Apr 1, 2019 topnews

A bench warrant for the arrest of a Nollywood actress and producer, Monalisa Chinda-Coker, has been issued by an Igbosere High Court, Lagos State, on Monday, over alleged tax evasion. Justice Adedayo Akintoye renewed the order for the arrest following the failure of the actress to appear in court for trial. The Lagos State had charged her with failure to file annual tax returns and failure to pay income tax in respect of her company, Monalisa Code Productions. On Monday when the matter came up, the defendant and her lawyer…

Positive outlook as Fidelity Bank profit grows by 30.6 percent

Apr 1, 2019 topnews

Fidelity Bank Plc has released a statement that its profit before tax (PBT) grew by 30.6 percent to N25.1 billion in the financial year ended December 31, 2018 from N19.2 billion in the previous year. According to reports, the statement shows that the bank recorded 4.8 percent growth in gross earnings from N180.2 billion to N188.9 billion while profit after tax grew by 29 percent from N17.7 billion in 2017 to N22.9 billion in 2018, whilst operating income rose by 13.9 percent from N85.9 billion to N97.2 billion. Customer deposit, which is a measure of consumer…

PDP reacts to Steve Hanke’s report rating Nigeria 6th miserable country

Apr 1, 2019 topnews

Steve Hanke’s report which rated Nigeria as the 6th miserable country in the world has been described as a vindication of its position “all this while,” by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, saying the nation has sunk into a new low since President Muhammadu Buhari assumed power in 2015. Hanke, an economist at John Hopkins University, United States of America had in the publication rated Nigeria 6th on the ignoble list of world’s most miserable countries, behind Venezuela (Ist), Argentina (2nd), Iran (3rd), Brazil (4th) and Turkey (5th), citing the high…