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GTBank Earmarks a Mini Cooper Convertible Car and other gifts for Nigerian Undergraduates

Foremost African Financial Institution, Guaranty Trust Bank plc has announced the start of its 2014 annual GTCrea8 Promo campaign for Nigerian undergraduates, an initiative aimed at rewarding the Bank’s customers studying in tertiary institutions across the nation.   While explaining the details of the campaign, the Managing Director/CEO of Guaranty Trust Bank plc told journalists that the 9 month initiative ... Read More »

Confab: It’s a distraction, waste of resources — Remi Tinubu –

Senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, weekend, criticised the convocation of a National Dialogue by President Jonathan saying it is a distraction and mere waste of time and resources. She also questioned the rationale behind the convocation of a National Dialogue when the 2015 elections is around the corner. Speaking during the 10th ... Read More »

Woman accuses Onyeka Onwenu of assault, petitions NHRC

A business woman, Mrs. Olajoke Adesipe, has accused popular musician, Onyeka Onwenu, of assault. Adesipe, who had petitioned the National Human Rights Commission, also said she was forcefully evicted from her shop at the National Centre for Women Development, Abuja on the order of Onyeka, who is the Director-General of the centre. Adesipe, in the letter dated March 3, 2014, ... Read More »

President May Name Gov Obi, Belgore Ministers this week

Barring all unforeseen circumstances, the outgoing governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi and the former governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria in Kwara State during the last general election, Babatunde Belgore may be named ministers by President Goodluck Jonathan. Obi will hand over today to his successor whom he said his administration has saved N75billion for to ... Read More »

Healthcare services collapse as doctors, nurses flee Borno

Healthcare services have collapsed in the northern part of Nigeria’s Borno state as doctors, nurses and pharmacists flee for their lives from brutal violence unleashed by Islamist Boko Haram militants. Medical professionals say health services in the region have largely shut down, with mortality rates and vaccination programmes severely hit and pressure heaped on the skeleton staff that remain. “The ... Read More »

Pray against terrorist attack on Abuja, plane crashes -Abiara

The General Evangelist of Christ Apostolic Church, Prophet Samuel Abiara, on Sunday warned Nigerians to pray against impending terrorist attack in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja by the Boko Haram Islamic sect and imminent plane crashes. He sounded the warning at the end of a seven-day prayer conference organised by the church for the nation with the theme: “God that ... Read More »

2 bag 22 years for abducting Baraje’s son

An Ilorin High Court Judge  has sentenced two kidnappers, Ajadi Oba AbdulRasheed and Ayeni Abayomi, to imprisonment for criminal conspiracy to commit kidnap, extortion and armed robbery in respect of Biodun Baraje, son of the former acting National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Kawu Baraje. It would be recalled that AbdulRasheed, Abayomi and two others at large, kidnapped  Abiodun ... Read More »