Nigerian final year Student in UK threatens to commit suicide, calls out Zenith Bank

A Nigerian student studying in Greenwich University, UK, has blamed Zenith Bank for letting the school withdraw him in his final year. The embittered student, who called out Zenith Bank on Twitter, lamented how the Bank refused to pay his tuition, despite having a green light from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) since August 2022. In his Tweets, which …

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Ooni Of Ife praises Ikpea On His Contributions To Development Of Nigerian Football 

By Akeem Busari  His Imperial Majesty, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja1, the Ooni Of Ife, was full of praises and prayers for Ambassador (Rev). Samuel Ikpea, the National Chairman of Nigeria Football Supporters Club, for his unquantifiable roles in the development of football in Nigeria.  Ooni showered the praises on Ikpea, when he led the delegation of Santos Futbol Club of …

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All Set For Abisco Football Championship 

Football enthusiasts and grassroots football promoters in Lagos, are in exuberant mood, ahead of the planned Abisco Football Championship, scheduled to begin November, 2022.  Ahead of the planned football championship, tagged Abisco Cup 2022, a press conference was held Monday, at the hall of Mosan Okunola LCDA, in Lagos.  The colourful ceremony was a twin event, that included the unveiling …

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Sterling Bank dominates CIBN awardees list 

Sterling Bank Plc, recently named “The Overall Best Place To Work (Large Corporates)” in Nigeria by the Great Place to Work (GPTW) Institute for 2020 and 2021, has emerged the most awarded financial institution on the awardees list at the recently held 2022 Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) Fellowship Investiture. At the event, more than 20 senior executives …

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Ekiti State Football Ecosystem Congratulates Hon. Oyebode On His Appointment 

By Akeem Busari  Ekiti State Football Ecosystem is ecstatic over the appointment of a major contributor to the development and present enviable position of EkitiFootball, Hon. Akintunde Oyebode, as he was appointed as the State Commissioner of Finance and Economic Development.  Vastly experienced and highly resourceful, Hon. Akintunde Oyebode, is the son of the globally renowned Professor of Law, Akin …

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Auditor-General’s Report: Lagos Lawmakers Begin Probe Of Indicted Ministries, Departments, Agencies

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Lagos State House of Assembly has begun a probe of Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the government in relation to the State’s Auditor-General’s report for 2021. Hon. Saka Solaja, chairman of the committee, made the announcement on Wednesday as he and his colleagues received the first set of government officials summoned to respond …

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Alleged N1.4bn Oil Fraud: Court To Rule on Nadabo Energy Boss’ Application November 29

Justice C.A. Balogun of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, adjourned till November 29, 2022 for ruling on the application filed by Abubakar Peter Ali, owner of Nadabo Energy Limited, seeking the trial Judge to recuse himself from continuing to sit on the alleged N1.4bn oil case on the basis of bias. …

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EFCC Arrests Kogi Assembly Candidate, Others, Recovers N326million, $140,500 Cash

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday revealed that it had arrested a Kogi State House of Assembly candidate, Ismaila Yusuf Atumeyi, with wads of cash suspected to be from a bank fraud. Atumeyi is seeking to represent Ankpa 11 constituency in Kogi on the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party. He was arrested with N326million and $140,500 …

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2023 Appropriation Bill Scales Second Reading At Lagos Assembly

…Lawmakers summon state’s top officials over demolition plot Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have read for the second time the Appropriation Bill for 2023 presented by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu recently. With the Bill scaling the second reading, Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Mudashiru Obasa, committed it to a joint committees on Budget and Finance with …

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