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Fidelity Bank Rewards More Customers in GAIM season three

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In its “Get Alert in Millions (GAIM) season three” promo, Fidelity Bank Plc yesterday presented the first set of winners. At the first presentation of the promo, 13 customers went home with cash prizes of N1 million and N2 million respectively, while 18 others went home with consolation prizes which ranged from table top fridges, television and power generating sets. The 31 winners that emerged at the first monthly draw of the promo cut across the six draw zones: Lagos, south-west, north, Abuja, south-east and south-south. Speaking at the presentation,…

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Feminist theologians publish ‘Women’s Bible’

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‌ A group of feminist theologians from across the Protestant-Catholic divide have joined forces to draft “A Women’s Bible”. As the #MeToo movement continues to expose sexual abuse across cultures and industries, some scholars of Christianity are clamouring for a reckoning with biblical interpretations they say have entrenched negative images of women. The women we know from translations and interpretations of Bible texts are servants, prostitutes or saints, seen dancing for a king or kneeling to kiss Jesus’ feet. But while many feminists have called for The Bible, Christianity and…

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Nobody Can Stop Igbo Presidency When The Right Time Comes – Clark

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South- South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, took a swipe at the Presidency, saying that when the time comes for the people of the South-East to produce the President of the country, nobody can stop them. According to the Ijaw leader, giving the people of the South-East region a condition that their presidency in 2023 could only be guaranteed and achieved if they vote for President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019 was unnecessary and must be condemned in all its ramifications. The elder statesman was reacting to a statement by the…

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Offa Robberies: Saraki Asks Buhari To Investigate Prime Suspect’s Death

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Senate President Bukola Saraki has approached President Muhammadu Buhari to institute an inquiry into the death of the prime suspect in the April 5 Offa robbery attacks, Michael Adikwu, because it has several implications for the country’s legal system. Saraki, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Yusuph Olaniyonu, also noted that the development could affect the nation’s engagement with the international community He said the international community had consistently cited the issues of human rights abuse and extrajudicial killings by security forces as major reasons for their…

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Three men jailed for selling neighbour’s 4-year-old son

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Three men, Adejo Ogiri, Ndukwe Henry and Obuito Onyema have been sentenced to five years imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Makurdi, Benue State, for abducting and selling a neighbour’s four-year-old son in the Otukpo area of the state. The three convicts were arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services in connection with the abduction. They were thereafter handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, which charged them to court. It was learnt that the first convict, Ogiri, abducted the four-year-old…

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Habari, Nigeria’s Largest Platform for Music, Shopping, Lifestyle Content and More, Goes Live

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Leading African financial institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, has announced the launch of Habari, Nigeria’s largest platform for music, shopping, lifestyle content and more. Unveiled on Friday, November 23, 2018 at a special event attended by renowned personalities in the entertainment, media and technology sectors, Habari offers users direct access to the largest catalogue of local and foreign music online, a seamless shopping experience and an exciting way to connect with friends, amongst other features. Built around the everyday lives of customers, Habari is the first mobile platform in Nigeria…

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Lawmaker jailed for N31m fraud in Zamfara

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Lawali Gogonkade, who is a member of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, has been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of N31m fraud preferred against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission. He was arraigned before a Zamfara State High Court sitting in Gusau on Thursday on four counts bordering on corrupt practices. He was convicted and sentenced by Justice Bello Shinkafi after pleading guilty to the charges. Gogonkade, until his conviction by the court, represented the Kaura-Namoda council area…

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Undergraduate poisons self after stabbing boyfriend in Imo

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Jennifer Agomuo, an undergraduate of the Imo State University, Owerri , has allegedly taken her own life after a disagreement with her boyfriend, simply identified as Johnson. The tragedy occurred in one of the hostels in the Aladinma Alliance area of the school on Wednesday night. It was gathered that the 21-year-old Agomuo was a 300-level student of the Department of Computer Science of the university. A source in the institution told our correspondent that the undergraduate poisoned herself after allegedly stabbing her boyfriend over an undisclosed issue. The source…

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Union Bank Receives Multiple Awards at 2018 Marketing World Awards Ceremony

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Union Bank has received the ‘Marketing Campaign of the Year’ and ‘Innovative Financial Brand of the Year’ awards at the 2018 Marketing World awards. The awards were officially presented at a ceremony that held recently at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra, Ghana and brought together top practitioners and stakeholders from the African integrated marketing communications industry. Now in its 8th year, the annual Marketing World awards were established to recognise and celebrate top individuals and organisations across Africa who have developed and implemented exceptional integrated marketing campaigns during the…

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How Jose Mourinho Saved My Chelsea Career” – Didier Drogba

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Didier Drogba has revealed how former coach Jose Mourinho saved his career at Chelsea. The Ivory Costa international only announced his retirement from professional football last night and admits his Chelsea career could have ended sooner. Drogba joined Chelsea from Marseille and the meteoric rise from France’s second division to the bright lights of London left him scared. But he has revealed a conversation with Mourinho inspired him to become one ofthe club’s biggest legends. “The only time I doubted myself was the time I moved from Marseille to Chelsea,”…

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