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Agbaje attributes defeat to voters intimidation

Mar 11, 2019 topnews

Mr Jimi Agbaje, the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Lagos State, has attributed his defeat at the poll to the suppression of votes in areas where he was strong. The PDP candidate lamented the low voter turnout in Lagos State which was less than 20 per cent of the total number of persons that collected Permanent Voter Cards. He said the threats, coupled with the manner in which the presidential election was conducted, led to the voter apathy witnessed in the nation’s commercial nerve centre. The PDP candidate said,…

Gubernatorial election: APC wins Lagos, Ogun, Kwara, PDP takes Oyo, Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi

Mar 11, 2019 topnews

Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday, started the announcement of the results of governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections held in the country on Saturday. The ruling All Progressives Congress in Oyo State lost the governorship poll to the Peoples Democratic Party. The APC candidate, Adebayo Adelabu, backed by the incumbent Governor Abiola Ajimobi, lost scandalously to his PDP’s counterpart, Seyi Makinde, with a margin of 157, 635 votes. While Makinde polled 515,621 votes, Adelabu came second with 357,982 votes. Also, as it was during the February 23 presidential…

Policeman, NSCDC officer killed, three INEC staff abducted in Katsina

Mar 10, 2019 topnews

The governorship and state assembly election in Katsina State was marred by violence as a Police officer was killed and three INEC adhoc staff abducted. The police announced the killing of a civil defence officer in separate attack on election duty. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isa, in two separate statements made available to newsmen on Saturday in Katsina, said the policeman, Cpl Mannir Usman, was killed while on election patrol at Gobirawa Falale, Danmusa Local Government area of the state. The PPRO said that the gunmen ambushed…

Union Bank Unveils ‘Alpher’ on International Women’s Day

Mar 9, 2019 topnews

Union Bank marked International Women’s Day with the launch of its women’s proposition, Alpher. Alpher was unveiled as part of the Bank’s annual celebrations to mark the global movement to accelerate gender parity across the world. Alpher is a platform to ‘enable success’ and empower women across all segments of the Nigerian society through capacity building opportunities, networking platforms, scholarships and tailored financial services for women. The Bank also awarded 40 scholarships to women entrepreneurs to build their capacity through the Enterprise & Leadership Program (ELP) organised by China Europe…

Court sentence Lekan Shonde to death for killing wife

Mar 9, 2019 topnews

A depot worker in the Apapa area of Lagos State, Lekan Shonde, who was being prosecuted over the death of his wife, Ronke, has been found guilty and sentenced to death by the Lagos State High Court on Friday. 51-year-old Shonde was reported to have beaten his wife to death at their home in the Egbeda-Idimu area of Lagos State. He was alleged to have locked the corpse and their two children, aged four and six, in the house before Ronke was discovered by a housekeeper, before the matter was…

Robbers arrested, narrates why they cut off victims’ fingers, wrists during operation

Mar 9, 2019 topnews

Operatives of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have arrested a notorious armed robber, Kunle Akerele, a.k.a. Poly, who gave chilling details of how his gang usually cuts off victims’ fingers and wrists to force them into submitting their valuables. Akerele and other members of his syndicate: Toyin Adewale, Nurudeen Akorede (Sypon), Oluwaseyu Makinde, Tunde Yusuf (To Door) and Bankole Mohammed, alias Hunter were arrested at Ikotun. Akerele’s arrest was led by Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police. The suspects, who were paraded on Wednesday…

Buhari’s government lacks direction –Financial Times

Mar 9, 2019 topnews

President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has been described as a government without direction by the Financial Times of London. The newspaper therefore called on the President to see his re-election as an opportunity to do the right thing. The Financial Times said this in its editorial which has been read and shared thousands of times around the world. It said there was no clear economic policy like that of Rwanda and Ethiopia. It read in part, “With his renewed mandate, it is now Mr Buhari’s task to rebuild faith by running a dynamic and…

Candidates declared winner under duress will not get certificate of return– INEC

Mar 8, 2019 topnews

For those who were declared winners under duress in the governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections to be conducted on Saturday (tomorrow), the Independent National Electoral Commission has said it will not issue Certificates of Return to the candidates. The commission also threatened to record zero vote and cancel the results of polling units where its personnel deliberately failed to deploy the Smart Card Readers. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Thursday during the meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security held at…

GTBank Sponsors 2019 Lagos International Polo Tournament

Mar 8, 2019 topnews

Some of the most renowned indigenous and international polo teams are set to convene in Lagos, Nigeria to compete for highly coveted trophies in the 2019 Lagos Int’l Polo Tournament. Sponsored by leading African Financial Institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc. This year’s competition will begin on March 13, 2019 and will see both Nigerian and foreign teams compete in five main cups, namely; the Silver Cup, Open Cup, Oba of Lagos Cup, Low Cup and Majekodunmi Cup. Over the years, GTBank has been at the forefront of…

2018 Full Year Audited Results: GTBank’s gross earnings soars to N434.7billion ….Profit before Tax hits N215.6billion

Mar 8, 2019 topnews

Guaranty Trust Bank plc has released its audited financial results for the year ended December 31, 2018 to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges. A review of the results shows positive performance across all financial metrics and improved strategic positioning of the brand. Gross earnings for the year grew by 3.7% to ₦434.7billion from ₦419.2billion reported in the December 2017. Profit before tax stood at ₦215.6billion, representing a growth of 9.1% over ₦197.7billion* recorded in the corresponding year ended December 2017. The Bank’s customer deposits increased by 10.3% to ₦2.274trillion…