Day: 8 May 2024

Rivers political crisis deepens as pro-Fubara lawmakers elect another factional speaker

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The political crisis in Rivers State, south-south Nigeria, took a dramatic turn on Wednesday as lawmakers loyal to Governor Siminalayi Fubara elected Hon. Victor Oko Jumbo as a factional Speaker of the State House of Assembly, At the meeting which was held at the Government House, Hon. Sokari Goodboy also emerged as a factional Majority Leader of the Assembly. The PUNCH reports. Jumbo’s election comes barely 48 hours after Governor Fubara declared that the majority of the 27 members of the House, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

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Suspect who killed sugar mummy over N100k narrates gory tales

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The suspect arrested in connection with the murder of a lady, Glory Akpaku, in Delta State, Akpoveta School, has narrated how he allegedly killed the victim by stabbing her multiple times. According to an interrogation video shared on X.com by the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, on Monday, the suspect disclosed that the victim was his sugar mummy before her demise. PUNCH Metro gathered from the video that things went sour between Akpoveta and the late Akpaku over the sum of N100,000 he allegedly kept with the…

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CBN publishes list of licensed Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria

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Nigeria’s apex bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria has released a comprehensive list of licensed Deposit Money Banks operating within the country. According to the list, banks with international authorization include Access Bank Limited, Fidelity Bank Plc, First City Monument Bank Limited, First Bank Nigeria Limited, Guaranty Trust Bank Limited, United Bank of Africa Plc, and Zenith Bank Plc. Commercial banks with national authorization include Citibank Nigeria Limited, Ecobank Nigeria Limited, Heritage Bank Plc, Globus Bank Limited, Keystone Bank Limited, Polaris Bank Limited, Stanbic IBTC Bank Limited, Standard Chartered Bank…

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Tinuade Sanda: Alleged false Ph.D, degrees from Edinburgh, Harvard universities dent former EKEDC boss

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Tinuade Sanda, the former managing director and chief executive officer of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), has been in the news for controversial reasons over the past few weeks. She was sacked by Eko Disco and West Power and Gas (WPG) Limited in one month. In March 2022, Sanda was appointed the managing director of Eko Disco, becoming the third woman to lead in this capacity in the industry — after Funke Osibodu of Benin Disco (2013) and Folake Soetan of Ikeja Electric (2020). Two years into her appointment, Sanda,…

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Police arrest minors, three others for uploading woman’s nude pictures on internet

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Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested two minors and three others for allegedly stripping one Christabel Akhigbe naked over alleged phone theft. They were said to have made a video of her nakedness and uploaded it on social media. The suspects, Blessing Lucky 15, Jennifer Eboigbe 30, Iziegbe Ogbodu 39, Naomi Ekhonetomwan 17, and Lucky Endurance 16 were arrested for indecent assault on a female and cyber stalking. The state Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adeboye, who paraded the suspects on Friday at the command headquarters in Benin,…

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“It’s not illegal for a husband to force his wife to engage in sexual acts” -Court rules

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An Indian judge has dismissed the complaint of a woman who claimed that her husband committed “unnatural sex,”. The judge said it is not illegal for a husband to force his wife to engage in sexual acts under Indian law. The ruling, made in the Madhya Pradesh High Court last week, highlighted a legal loophole in India that doesn’t criminalise marital rape by a husband against his wife if she’s over age 18, CNN reports. The woman told police her husband came to her house in 2019, soon after they…

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