Davido hosts highlife singer Bright Chimezie in Lagos

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Nigerian hip-hop artiste, David Adeleke popularly known as Davido, has finally met and hosted Bright Chimezie, the legendary highlife singer, in Lagos. The meeting comes months after Davido sampled Chimezie’s 2010 hit song ‘Because of English’ in ‘With You’, his collaborative track with Omah Lay. On Friday, Bright Chimezie showed his appreciation while dancing to the tune, saying, “I thank Davido for the sample credit of my song.” Davido, in turn, praised the veteran musician for his influence on the industry, saying he had long admired Chimezie and hoped to…

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Banky W bags Master’s degree in Policy Management from US University

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Bankole Wellington, Nigerian singer and politician, popularly called Banky W, has earned a Master’s degree in Policy Management from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., USA. He announced this in a post accompanied by photos from his graduation on Instagram on Tuesday. In his post, Banky, who welcomed a second child with his wife, Adesuwa, revealed how the past few years stretched him as he juggled full-time graduate studies, a fellowship on Capitol Hill, and parenting two young children in the United States. He wrote, “I am thankful to share that…

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Dangote listed among Times top 100 world philanthropists

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Aliko Dangote, the Chairman of the Aliko Dangote Foundation and President/Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, has been named in the inaugural 2025 TIME100 Philanthropy list, which recognises the 100 most influential leaders shaping the future of philanthropy across the world. A statement by the Dangote Group on Tuesday said the businessman is the only Nigerian on the list. The list, published by TIME Magazine on Tuesday, features Aliko Dangote, whose Foundation spends an average of $35m a year on programmes across Africa, alongside other global figures in charitable work,…

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Stray bullet kills WAEC student during chase in Ibadan

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A police officer, yesterday, shot a 15-year-old secondary school student named Taiwo, while he was en-route to an examination centre in the Gbagi area of Egbeda Local Government Area of Oyo State. The tragic incident occurred when Taiwo was struck by a stray bullet in the lower part of his body. Taiwo’s father was driving him and his twin brother to the examination centre for the West African Exanination Council, WAEC, when the shooting took place. Following the incident, he rushed Taiwo to Welfare Hospital, in Alakia, before transferring him…

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EFCC: Premium Trust Bank officials, 3 others arraigned for hacking database

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Two employees of Premium Trust Bank; Kehinde Odeyemi and Matthew Adeniyi Damilola, were arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Awolowo on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, before Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. They were arraigned alongside Samson Latshin Dakup, Bolaji Omotosho Yinka and Sunday Badeniyi Okunola on a seven-count charge bordering on conspiracy to steal. The defendants allegedly conspired to manipulate the server and domain credentials of the bank in a bid to gain unauthorised…

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Woman files for divorce after ChatGPT predicts husband’s ‘infidelity’

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A Greek woman has filled for divorce after allegedly predicting her husband’s affair through an unconventional use of ChatGPT. According to a Greek tabloid, the woman used the AI chatbot in a high-tech twist on tasseography—the centuries-old practice of interpreting coffee or tea grounds to foresee the future. Married for more than a decade and mother to two children, she uploaded photos of her and her spouse’s coffee remnants, hoping the chatbot could decode the patterns. The chatbot told her her husband was romantically involved with a younger woman who…

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Katsina village head dethroned over alleged kidnap, rape

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Iliya Mantau, the Village Head of Mantau in Yarmaulu, Baure Local Government Area of Katsina State, has been dethroned by the Emir of Daura in Katsina State, Alhaji Faruq Faruq, over allegations of involvement in the kidnapping and rape of a woman in the community. The Emir announced this on Monday following complaints from residents of Yarmaulu, which led to a youth-led protest last week. It was learnt that the protesting youths accused the dethroned village head, Iliya Mantau, and others of kidnapping Zulaihatu and her baby, and allegedly raped…

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Ibadan, Ogbomoso monarchs reject Alaafin as permanent council chairman

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A proposed legal amendment by the Oyo State House of Assembly seeking to make the Alaafin of Oyo the permanent chairman of the state’s Council of Obas and Chiefs has been opposed by traditional leaders and stakeholders from Ibadan land and Ogbomoso land. The opposition was contained in a joint statement issued on Monday in Ibadan and signed by Mogajis, Baales, monarchs, the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes, the Ibadan Compounds Peace Initiative, prominent sons and daughters of Ibadanland, and Mogajis from the Soun Ruling Houses of Ogbomoso. The bill…

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WHO IS AFRAID OF FIDELITY BANK

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By Udeme Etukeyen Leading up to the recent superlative annual reports showcasing one of the most significant growth experienced by a Nigeria Financial Institution in recent years I was forced to ask “what is Fidelity Bank” doing right? My banking and financial sector experience got me digging deeper into the statistics of the report-Fidelity Bank recorded a substantial 210.0% growth in PBT, reaching N385.2 billion in FY 2024. Deposits increased by 47.9%, from N4.0 trillion in 2023FY to N5.9 trillion in 2024FY, Gross earnings shooting by 87.7% to N1,043.4 billion…

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Why Fidelity Bank Plc Is Too Big to Fail

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  Several media platforms have gone to town with the news of the Supreme Court ruling on a dispute between the defunct FSB International Bank and Sagecom Concepts Limited with some of them questioning the ability of Fidelity Bank (the judgement debtor) to make the payment. As the matter is still before the court and there’s a court order prohibiting media publications on this matter, warning that violations would constitute contempt of court, a punishable offense, we will highlight in this article why Fidelity Bank is too big to fail…

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