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Union Bank named Fastest Growing Retail Bank in the 2017 International Finance Magazine Awards

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Union Bank, one of Nigeria’s longest serving banking institutions, has been named ‘The Fastest Growing Retail Bank, Nigeria’ in the 2017 edition of the International Finance Magazine (IFM) Awards. The award was presented at the IFM Award ceremony which took place this January in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The IFM Award is a leading international award that celebrates excellence within the international finance industry. According to a statement released by IFM, the awards shine the spotlight on organizations and individuals who make contributions that raise the bar in the financial…

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Rivers state funded Don Wanny’s killing -Gov Wike

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Rivers State Governor,Barr.Nyesom Wike, yesterday said the government of Rivers State funded the recent military and DSS joint operation which led to the elimination of notorious killer, Johnson Igwedibia, a.k.a. Don Waney, whose reign of terror left several persons killed in Ogba Egbema Ndoni Local Government Area. Wike, in a media programme in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, was reacting to the widespread notion that the security offensive which killed Don Waney was ordered by President Mohammadu Buhari, without knowledge of the Rivers governor. “The State Government funded the…

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Man Sacks Wife Over Adultery With Herbalist

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A man, Mr Lamidi Adebayo on Thursday pleaded with an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court to dissolve his 28-year-old marriage to his wife, Bose on grounds of adultery, drunkenness and dishonesty. Adebayo, 48, a commercial driver and resident of No. 89, Isato Street, Ado-Ekiti, told the court that the couple had not conducted any marital rite, but they have four children. He further told the court that his neighbours had informed him several times that his wife and one of her friends were “touring the houses of men”, but he initially discarded…

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Buhari: Got Only 198,000 Votes From South-east, Yet They Have 4 Senior Ministers

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President Muhammadu Buhari has again tried to allay fears that he harbours a bias against the south-east, pointing out that he appointed four senior ministers from the zone where he got only 198,000 votes in 2015. Speaking on Thursday at a dinner for chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, Buhari said he is fully aware of the issues confronting the country. Buhari said: “There is something that hit me very hard and I am happy I hit it back at somebody. Seven states of the north are…

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Oyo High Court Dismisses 21 Controversial Obas

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An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan on Friday, has declared the judicial commission of inquiry set up by Gov. Abiola Ajimobi to review the 1957 Chieftaincy Declaration of Ibadanland as unconstitutional, illegal and of no effect. Oyo State Governor, Gov. Abiola Ajimobi had on May 19, 2017, set up a commission to review the 1957 chieftaincy declaration and other related chieftaincies in Ibadan under the leadership of RTD. Justice Akintunde Boade. The commission, had submitted its report to the governor on Aug. 18, 2017 recommending 32 beaded-crown Obas…

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US Govt Goes into Shutdown After Senate Rejects Funding Bill

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The United States has its first government shutdown in nearly five years after senators failed to reach a deal to keep the lights on. An effort by Republicans to keep the government open for one month was rejected in a vote on Friday night after they failed to address Democratic concerns about young undocumented immigrants known as Dreamers. Republicans needed 60 votes to advance the bill but the legislation only received the support of 50 senators. The deadline came and went without a deal, causing funding for the federal government…

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2018: We Won’t Settle For Anything Less Than Deputy Governor ―ekiti Muslims

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THE Muslim community in Ekiti State has stated that it will not settle for anything position lesser than the deputy governor in the coming electoral dispensation in the state. Rising from a congress of Muslim Community of Ekiti State, held at the Central Mosque, Ado Ekiti, on Thursday, the Muslims said in a communique that “the Congress also resolved that Muslims in the state will not accept less than Deputy Governor from any political party in the state”. At the meeting convened by the President-General, League of Imams and Alfas…

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Don wanny had N700m in His Account – DSS

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A top official of the Department of State Security (DSS) on Wednesday revealed how Don Wanny, kidnap kingpin was tracked to his hideout in Enugu. Wanny allegedly masterminded the killings of 23 worshipers on New Year’s Day, in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers. The source who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the operation that led to his death was successful and averted further bloodshed in the state. The informant said the decision to swoop on Wanny was taken after he ordered his men to carry out…

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Atiku Abubakar Will Be President For All” – Atikunation DG, Fatee Muhammed

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Hon. Fatee Muhammed, a businesswoman and politician, is the director-general of Atikunation, a volunteer group for the Atiku Abubakar 2019 presidential project. The PDP House of Representatives aspirant in Ifako-Ijaiye, Lagos, in this interview, speaks of her group’s aims and passion for the Atiku project, her political dream, among other issues. Excerpt. What is that project or accomplishment that is considered to be Alhaji Atiku’s most significant in his political career that you think should win him instant followers and needed support toward 2019? Institutional reforms were part of the…

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Canada based Bisi Jagunna extends helping hands to displaced people

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Clare Bisi Jagunna, the pretty lady behind the non governmental foundation, Hands Lifting Hearts Initiatives, based in Calgary, Canada is extending her helping hands to the less privileged people in Nigeria. She says ” our mission is to provide succour and support to women and children that are displaced due to religious, domestic or economic situations in their communities, and this we have been achieving, and we intend to extend to Nigeria. ” A graduate of Ahmadu Bello University, and University of Ilorin before she relocated to Canada a decade…

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