The Chairman of the bank, Mr. Jim Ovia,has said that 2015 was marked by significant global and domestic macroeconomic developments, which impacted the business in many ways. “But the resilience of our bank has enabled us to successfully weather through these economic headwinds,” he quickly added while Addressing shareholders at the annual general meeting,… “2015 has been an interesting, challenging and successful ...
Investigation
April, 2016
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6 April
Missing kids found dead on church premises
There was panic at Matogun, in the Lambe area of Ogun State on Tuesday after the police recovered corpses of two missing pupils from a church in the community, Christ Crusaders’ Deliverance Ministry. The deceased – six-year-old Isaac Ayegbo, a primary 2 pupil, and Ayomide Innocent, 4, who was in Nursery 1 – were reportedly found inside the church’s vehicle ...
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6 April
Saraki CCT Trial : 2 Aides Logged Looted Funds [700,000] 70 Times A Day
The trial has opened before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in the case against Senate President Bukola Saraki, after his last-minutes attempt to stay proceedings failed. Saraki, who is facing a 13-count false assets declaration charge, was arraigned before the tribunal late last year. The prosecution has been unable to open the trial in view of the several hurdles ...
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4 April
POLICE ARRESTS RUNAWAY PASTOR WHO BURIED MEN ALIVE IN CHURCH FOUNDATION
Police on Friday arrested suspected Pastor who caused a stir when three dead bodies were discovered under the foundation of his new church building in Enugu State. The strange discovery of dead bodies buried in shallow graves under the foundation of a popular church located at the Ugwuaji area along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, in January, 2016, has caused serious ...
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4 April
UNCOVERED ! The Hidden Assets That Put Saraki In CCB Palava
The lid has been blown off the hidden and undeclared assets by SENATE president,olubukola Saraki ..Four assets belonging to the wealthy and famous Saraki family of Nigeria, all tucked away in secret offshore territories, have been uncovered. But the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, failed to declare them to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) as required by Nigerian ...
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1 April
Kwara Govt Set To Uproot Ghost Workers
The Kwara State Government has commenced the verification of schools across the state in its ongoing authentication of workers and pensioners across the state. The exercise follows the completion of the first phase, which involved the use of Bank Verification Numbers to verify workers and pensioners. According to a statement issued in Ilorin on Tuesday by the Kwara State Committee ...
March, 2016
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31 March
PDP Grand Plan To Relplace Saraki ..If CCT Trial Falls Him
Peoples Democratic Party is plotting for eventualities!..Plans are in place to ensure the emergence of one of them as the President of the Senate if the embattled incumbent, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, is removed as a result of his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Saraki is standing trial at the CCT over alleged false declaration of assets. ...
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31 March
Uneasy Calmness In Shell Nigeria As Dutch Probes Malabu Deal
Royal Dutch Shell yesterday said Dutch investigators visited its headquarters in the Hague over an investigation into a the controversial Nigerian offshore oil field located in oil prospecting licence (OPL) 245 retrieved from Malabu Oil over allegations of fraud in award of the oil block, and later sold to Shell and Eni. A Shell spokesman in Nigeria, Precious Okolobo, confirmed ...
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30 March
Proprietor gets 10-year jail term for raping 10-year-old girl
An Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State High Court on Tuesday sentenced a school proprietor, Ibitoye Babatunde, to 10 years imprisonment for raping a 10-year-old girl. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the convict is the proprietor of God is Great Nursery and Primary school, Ado-Ekiti. In his judgment, Justice Mosun Abodunde said that the prosecution had established the case of rape ...
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15 March
Kwara Gov Debunks Sack Of PTA Chairman,Funding Saraki’s Legal Battle
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has denied removing the Chairman of the Parent Teachers Association (PTA) for allegedly criticizing the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki. Governor Ahmed, in statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Dr. Muideen Akorede, said the PTA is a non-governmental organization and is therefore not subject to governmental control including removal ...