FirstBank starts the year with an innovative, convenient virtual payment card

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First of Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s leading financial inclusion services provider has launched the Virtual Payment card, a Naira denominated debit card and digital representation of the plastic debit card. The card is designed to be linked to either a customer’s operative account or wallet account. The FirstBank Virtual Payment Card is a suitable alternative to the use of cash and cheques, with its wide-range features which include the ability of cardholders to protect his/her card using the block and unblock capabilities; PIN Reset; Change PIN as well as…

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Donald Trump becomes the first US president to be impeached twice

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Donald Trump became the first president in the history of the United States of America, to be impeached twice when the House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to charge him with inciting last week’s mob attack on Capitol building. The Senate will not hold a trial before January 20, when Joe Biden assumes the presidency, meaning Trump will escape the risk of being forced to leave early. He will, however, depart in disgrace — and likely due to face a Senate trial later. The only question in the House had…

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Dimeji Bankole to remarry, weds Kebbi governor’s daughter on January 15

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Former Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives, Sabur Dimeji Bankole, will be remarrying on Friday, January 15th. The bride is Miss Aisha Shinkafi Saidu, daughter of the Governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu. Bankole divorced his first wife in 2017, and had a bachelor since. The wife to be, is a lawyer and graduate of the University of Hull in the UK. She is a granddaughter of the late politician, Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi, Marafan Sokoto. The bride’s mother is Shinkafi’s daughter and a sister to the former Governor…

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Suspect confessed how 5 year-old girl’s private part was cut for money ritual

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A suspected ritualist in Bauchi State, 19 year-old Adamu AbdulRauf has said his gang removed the sex organ of a five-year-old girl under the instruction of a herbalist, who asked them to produce body parts as ingredients for money ritual. The incident reportedly happened in Jama’are Local Council on December 30, 2020. One of the suspects arrested by the Police, said he conspired with one Abdulkadir Haladu of Chikamidari to perpetrate the crime. He said: “My friend, Haladu, and I took the victim to an uncompleted building, where her private…

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NIMC to subscribers: You can’t link SIM with BVN-generated NIN

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The National Identity Management Commission says Subscriber Identification Modules(SIM) would not be linked with National Identity Numbers generated through Bank Verification Numbers. This was disclosed on Tuesday, in tweets via its official Twitter handle, stressing that individuals with BVN-generated NINs should visit NIMC offices to validate their NINs. It said the BVN-generated NIN would not work on its newly inaugurated mobile app. “You must complete your NIN registration even if your BVN has generated a NIN,” the commission stated. It added, “If your NIN was generated due to the BVN…

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Kwara: Director of Agriculture ministry found dead in his office

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It was a rude shock for workers of the Kwara State Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, when the news broke out that a Director in the ministry, Dr. Khalid Ibrahim Ndaman, was suddenly found dead in his office, barely one hour after he resumed to his office on Monday morning. It was gathered that Dr. Ndaman who until his death was a Director of Veterinary, was sighted coming to office in the morning hale and hearty. Further checks revealed that it was when one of the staff went to…

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“Why Nigeria cannot produce COVID-19 vaccines”

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‌ Huge investment and technologies which are not readily available in Nigeria, are parts of the reasons why Nigeria may not be able to produce COVID-19 vaccines at present. These are the words of the Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib. He said, “There are questions around why Nigeria is not producing COVID-19 vaccines. I want to put on record that the process of producing a vaccine is very complex and complicated. It requires massive investment that has not been done for many…

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AJAYI WINS THE 59TH FIRSTBANK LAGOS OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

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Ikoyi Club based category-1 amateur golfer, Ajayi Tajudeen has emerge winner of the 59th edition of the FirstBank sponsored Lagos Open Golf Championship. Ajayi closed with 1-under par 70 for a total of 7-over the course par to win the Championship by two-shots after 56-holes. Happy at the recently held golf tourney, Ajayi adduced his success to hard work, saying “I practiced a lot”. “There is no short cut to success which is why I take the sport very seriously. I was well prepared for this tournament because I practiced…

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Donald Trump’s account permanently banned by Twitter

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For repeatedly violating its rules, the social media giant, Twitter Inc, has permanently banned the United States President, Donald Trump’s personal account. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” the company wrote in a blog post on Friday. The company announced the ban two days after Trump was initially suspended Wednesday for posting…

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Malami stops NDLEA’s recruitment exercise due to Covid-19

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Attorney General of the Federation and the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has issued a directive to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA to suspend its planned screening and documentation exercise for 5,000 new recruits. Malami said his attention was drawn to a directive the NDLEA gave the 5,000 candidates to appear at its Academy, Citadel Counter-Narcotics Nigeria, CCNN, Katton-Rikkos, Jos, Plateau State for the screening and documentation exercise between January 10 and 23, 2021, at 0900 hours daily. The AGF admitted that the exercise was long overdue…

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