Double celebration: Fidelity Bank, Charles Aigbe win Marketing Edge Awards

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It’s indeed, double honour for Fidelity Bank Plc as the financial institution was awarded for being the ‘Outstanding SME Supporting Bank of the Year’ at the 2020 Marketing & Advertising Award for Excellence ceremony which held over the weekend at the D’Podium International Centre in Lagos. Marketing Edge, organizers of the event says it recognizes Fidelity Bank for its unflinching support for Micro Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. Also, the multiple award-winning corporate communications expert, Charles Aigbe- the Divisional Head, Brand & Communications of Fidelity Bank,…

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#EndSARS: Hoodlums free inmates in Edo prison, raze police stations during protest

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The #EndSARS protest may have been hijacked by hoodlums to attack the Oko Medium Security Centre of Benin, Edo State Correctional Centre and freed inmates. The surging hoodlums overpowered the five armed guards in the facility and had a free day looting shops along roadsides leading to the prison. They also reportedly carted away valuables from offices of prison officials. It was gathered that immediately after the attack in Benin Prison, security was alerted in Oko but calls to the Nigerian Army and the Police for reinforcement were not heeded…

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Judge to Sen. Ndume: “You may be remanded in prison till Maina appears”

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Senator Ali Ndume, representing Borno South has been issued 21 days by the Federal High Court in Abuja to produce the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, who has repeatedly failed to appear for continuation of his trial on money laundering charges. The former pension boss is facing a 12-count criminal charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against him and a firm, Common Input Properties & Investment Limited. EFCC in the charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/256/2019, alleged that the ex-Pension boss used fictitious names…

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#EndSARS protesters shut Alausa Secretariat in Lagos

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Protesters of #EndSARS, today (Monday), barricaded the Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, and shut out workers from gaining access into the premises of the Secretariat. Commuters were seen stranded at bus stops due to few commercial buses on the road. Some of the areas where the protesters have occupied include; Awolowo Road, Ikeja, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ikorodu Road, LASU-Iba Road by Isheri-Roundabout, Egbe-Idimu Local Council Development Area, LCDA. Also, other parts of Lagos like Yaba and Lekki axis were not spared as people have to trek with little vehicular movements. Share…

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Lekki tollgate: Lagos loses N234m due to protest

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Lagos State Government has lost revenue of about N234m to the closure of tollgates as the #EndSARS protests on the Island. The figure was obtained from the daily and monthly targets set for the tollgates by the government, which owns the tollgates, which are being managed by the Lekki Concession Company. A Lagos State commissioner, who wished to remain anonymous, told our correspondent that the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge was expected to generate about N10m daily, while the Admiralty Circle Plaza along the Lekki-Epe Expressway was not expected to generate less…

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#EndSARS: Youths launch Soro S’oke online radio

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Nigerian youths agitating for total overhaul of the Nigeria Police Force and end to police brutality have launched an online radio, with the trending slang, Soro Soke, a Yoruba sentence which means Speak up. The channel, through effective and timely communication, is expected to aid the coordination of #EndSARS protests nationwide. The station came up on Sunday, with programmes and live reports of missing and found #EndSARS protesters were escalated on the radio, https://s4.radio.co/s99d55c85b/listen. Songs calling for a reformed Nigeria were also heard on the station. Soro Soke is also…

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#EndSARS: Oyedepo says life is gruesome under President Buhari

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David Oyedepo, the Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide a.k.a Winners Chapel, warned against the shooting of youths protesting against police brutality, extrajudicial killings, and extortion in the country. He explained that the youths have good justifications to protest, adding that killing them during the protest “is a sacrilege”. He described the regime of the President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), as the most gruesome in the history of the country. Oyedepo spoke during the second service of the church on Sunday. He said, “Every man has a right, legitimately so,…

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FirstBank denies false tweet on protest

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Our attention has been drawn to the tweet making the rounds on social media on shutting down the FirstBank website following a false tweet that the Bank prevented staff from joining the ongoing protests in the country. As the largest banking institution in Nigeria, it is not unlikely that we may be seen as a target in circumstances such as these. This is rather unfortunate as we believe far reaching reform is necessary and we have said as much on a number of occasions across our platforms. In the process…

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FirstBank CEO, Dr. Adeduntan honoured as Bretton Woods Committee member

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Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that its CEO, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan has been honoured with membership of Bretton Woods Committee (BWC). FirstBank has also joined Bretton Woods Committee as an Organisational Supporter in line with the commitment to demonstrate cooperation and foster global well-being. The membership, which is by invitation only, is in recognition of Dr. Adeduntan’s sterling leadership qualities including efforts in ensuring that FirstBank remains at the forefront in promoting financial inclusion in Africa. According Bretton Woods, ‘’committee…

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#EndSARS: Feminist Coalition makes over N77m, renders account

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Progress report of incomes from different supporters of the End SARS campaign by Feminist Coalition, a not-for-profit organisation and one of the leading supporters of the #EndSARS campaign, says it has received over N77m cash donations in favour of the ongoing protests against police brutality and extrajudicial killings by men of the now-disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force. The group, whose objectives include “fighting injustice through peaceful protests, fundraising, and social media organisation” disclosed this in a statement. It said the funds were raised “through the generosity…

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