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OGUNTAYO APPOINTED SKYE BANK CEO AS DUROSINMI-ETTI RETIRES ….Onwughalu emerges as DMD
The Board of Directors of Skye Bank PLC has announced the appointment of Mr Timothy Oguntayo as GMD / CEO to succeed Mr.Kehinde Durosinmi-Etti who will retire from the Board on July 31, 2014 at the end of his current tenure. Mr.Durosinmi-Etti had notified the Board of his desire not to seek renewal of his 4 year tenure at the ... Read More »
How Boko Haram abducts 200 schoolgirls in Borno
Scores of girls have been abducted in an attack on a school in North-East Nigeria, parents say. Gunmen reportedly arrived at the school in Chibok, Borno State, late last night, and ordered the hostel’s teenage residents on to four lorries. Parents told the BBC’s Hausa service that at least 200 girls had been abducted. The attackers are thought to be ... Read More »
Sultan condemns Abuja bombing, wants perpetrators exposed
Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Jama’atu Nasri Islam (JNI), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday condemned in strong terms the early morning bombing which left at least 72 persons dead (official figure) in the Nyanya area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. He called on security agents to ensure the perpetrators are exposed and face wrath of ... Read More »
Obasanjo’s PDP Faction Denies Defecting to APC
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State Monday denied defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying there was no directive from the former president to decamp to APC. The former Chairman of the party, Chief Joju Fadairo, who debunked the rumour at a press conference held in Abeokuta yesterday, said it was ... Read More »
How Absence of Lifeguard caused Uniben Undegraduate death in infirnity hotel pool
A student of the University of Benin has drowned in a hotel swimming pool in the Ipaja area of Lagos State. we learnt that the victim, Chukwudi Nwaobi, had gone to relax at Infinity Hotel, Abesan Estate, on April 1, 2014, when the tragic incident occurred. The family of the 20-year-old student of Sociology, however, blamed the hotel for the ... Read More »
EFCC Arraigns Suspected Internet Scammer
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, April 14, 2014 arraigned Sunkami Odewande, before Justice S. S Ogunsanya of Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja, on a 4- count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretences and possession of documents containing false information. One of the charges read, “Sunkami Odewande sometime on or about December ... Read More »
EFCC Arraigns Three for Defrauding Diamond Bank of N100m
Three persons who attempted to defraud Diamond Bank of N100million through an electronic device called grabber have been docked by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Godwin Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, Evaristus Moses Oyemah and Kenneth Iweha were on Monday April 14 arraigned before Justice S.A Nmakanma of the High Court of Abia state, Umuahia, on a 2- count charge ... Read More »
i will not join issues with APC — Fayose
Mr Ayo Fayose, PDP governorship candidate in Ekiti, says he will not join issues with his All Progressives Party (APC) counterpart in the June 21 governorship election. Fayose told newsmen in Abuja on Sunday that “this is not a sign of weakness on my part but a sign of maturity which I have gained over the years. “I have vowed not ... Read More »