The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has once again notify the public about the emergence of a number of fake Twitter accounts masquerading as genuine Twitter handle of the Executive Chairman, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa. The commission in a statement issued and signed by the Head, Media & Publicity of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren said…
Month: April 2021
Sanwo-Olu Commends Police Officer Assaulted In Viral Video
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commended ASP Sunday Erhabor, a Police officer attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the State Command, who was assaulted by one Victor Ebhomenyen at Four Point by Sheraton Hotel, Oniru last weekend. Governor Sanwo-Olu hailed ASP Erhabor for displaying high level of professionalism and calmness by…
Mouka Flags off ‘Mums In Business Challenge’, Calls For Entry
To celebrate this year’s Mother’s Day in May, Mouka has rolled out the ‘Mums in Business Challenge’ to reward female entrepreneurs with cash grants for their ventures. The initiative is in line with the brand’s mission of adding comfort to life and falls under its CSR pillar of “skills for life”. In May of 2019,…
Lagos Resumes Dislodgement Of Illegal Abattoirs, Slaughterhouses
The Lagos state government on Monday resumes the dislodgement of illegal abattoirs, slaughterhouses, animal markets and other veterinary premises. Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya, who made this known explained that the exercise was in continuation of the State Government’s sanitisation and reform of the red meat value chain with the goal of…
Tottenham Hotspur Sack Jose Mourinho
Tottenham Hotspur on Monday morning announced that Jose Mourinho and his coaching staff Joao Sacramento, Nuno Santos, Carlos Lalin and Giovanni Cerra have been relieved of their duties. Mourinho, who replaced Mauricio Pochettino as Spurs manager, was sacked after just 17 months in charge. The Portuguese last game in charge was a 2-2 league draw…
Nigeria Army Confirms Arrest of Boko Haram Informant
The Nigerian Army says the troops of 27 Task Force Brigade on the platform of Operation Lafiya Dole have arrested suspected Boko Haram informant identified as Modu Ari, in Kamuya area of Yobe. This was disclosed in a statement on Sunday issued by the Director Army Public Relations, Mohammed Yerima. Yerima stated that the informant…
Standard Bank Group Appoints New Chief Executive For Africa Regions
Standard Bank Group, Africa’s largest bank by assets, has appointed Yinka Sanni as its new Chief Executive for Africa Regions and a member of the Group Leadership Council. Sanni, the group’s Regional Chief Executive for West Africa, takes over from Sola David-Borha, who is retiring after thirty-one (31) years of distinguished service to the group.…
Starting 2021 Strong, UBA Records 27% PAT Growth, 20.5% ROAE
Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has released its unaudited results for the first quarter ended March 31st, 2021, showing impressive double-digit growth across most of its major income lines. The bank leveraged on modest growth in both interest and non-interest income as well as increased efficiency to deliver an impressive…
The Boy, the Act and Near-Death Experiences
Title: Dead Man Walking Author: Yinka Olugbodi Genre: Autobiography (Memoir) Year of Publication: 2020 Pages: 113 Publisher: TBI Publishers Reviewer: Olutayo Irantiola Going down memory lane, I remembered the advert by a telecommunications company, in which the young man called his mother in the hinterland to tell her that the new baby has been born…
EFCC Hands Over Recovered N67. 5m to Fraud Victim
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zone on Thursday, April 15, 2021 restituted the sum of N67,523,000 (Sixty-seven Million, Five Hundred and Twenty Three Thousand Naira) to one Mr. Emmanuel Onyekachukwu Onah , a trader based in Onitsha, Anambra State. Onah’s ordeal started sometime in 2019 when he transferred the sum of N75,…