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Home    Metro Plus Metro Plus Uncategorized August 1, 2016      Olisa Nwakoby Afeez H anafi First City Monument Bank Plc says its official, Olisa Nwakoby, who committed suicide on Friday in front of Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Lekki, Lagos State, had personal challenges and became frustrated. The bank, however, noted that neither the management nor colleagues of the deceased were aware of the challenges, adding that it was working with Nwakoby’s family and the police to unravel the nature of the challenges. Forty-four-year-old Nwakoby, said to be the manager of the bank’s branch in Lekki, shot himself in the head over a bad debt estimated at N350m on Friday. The deceased was said to have given out the sum as loan to a bank customer, who allegedly failed to service the loan. He was reportedly under pressure from the bank’s management to repay the loan and became frustrated as he could not meet the demand. But the...

July 28, 2016 •  The Foursquare Gospel Church presented its 3rd annual lecture series, hosted by the General Overseer of the movement in Nigeria,  Rev. Felix Meduoye  to officially commence activities marking the 61st Annual Convention of the church in Nigeria. The lecture titled “The Nigerian Economy: The Past, Present & the Future” was presented by  Rev. Tunde Lemo , the former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the current Chairman of Lambeth Trust and Investment Limited.  The chairman of the occasion was  Dr. Christopher Kolade  CON, Nigerian’s former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Among other dignitaries in attendance was the former Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly,  Hon. Titi Oseni .   The lecture held on Wednesday, July 27, 2016, at the National Headquarters Church of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria, 62, Akinwumni Street, Yaba, Lagos. Pictures pro...

Latest News July 31, 2016      Peter Dada, Akure The Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig-Gen. Paul Boroh (retd), has said ex-Niger Delta militants will start receiving their stipends on Monday. Boroh consequently appealed to the ex-militants in the region to shelve the planned protests scheduled to hold on Monday. This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the Head of the Media and Communication Department of the office of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Abuja, Mr. Piriye Keyaramo. The coordinator, who expressed concern over the plight of the ex-agitators in respect of the delay in the payment of their stipends, explained that President Muhammandu Buhari appreciated their patience and the challenges were being addressed. The statement read in part, “President Buhari attaches so much importance to the Amnesty Programme, which explains why the President in his in...

Latest News July 31, 2016      Friday Olokor, Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has withdrawn the list of recommended candidates for admission earlier sent to Universities and other tertiary institutions. The announcement was contained in a statement by the spokesperson of JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjmin. JAMB explained that the decision was to ensure that the Senate of Universities perform their statutory responsibility of conducting the selection of candidates and referring them to it for confirmation in line with the admission criteria of merit, catchment and educationally disadvantaged states as directed by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, during the policy committee meeting. It said the earlier list was sent to help speed up the process of admission so as to allow other tiers of institutions also conduct their admission. “Candidates should not panic because this is part of the process of the 2016 admission exercise....

Home    Latest News July 31, 2016      Abiodun Qismat Yinus  Background  I attended Community Grammar School, Ibadan for my elementary education and Providence Heights Secondary School, Fagba, Lagos, for my post-primary education. I have a diploma in   International Relations from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye. Acting I started acting after my mum, Funmi Martins, died in 2002. The journey was not easy, but I give God all the glory. I never wanted to be an actress. After my mum died, I started acting so people won’t forget her. After a while, I became fond of it. I love acting so much, and I think I would have missed a lot if I had chosen to do something else. I think acting is like a spirit and it is in you, that’s it. Only a few people have the ability to interpret roles perfectly. Challenges My most challenging role till date was when I played a mad person. The title of the movie was  Mafikanmi. ...

Home    News News July 31, 2016      Motunrayo Joel and Bukola Bakare The Lagos University Teaching Hospital on Saturday said it would not release Mayowa Ahmed, an ovarian cancer patient, for treatment elsewhere until her family signed a consent form. The Ahmed family have been enmeshed in a controversy with popular actress, Toyin Aimakhu and an NGO founder Aramide Kasumu. Speaking in a phone interview with one of our correspondents, the Public Relations Officer of LUTH, Mr. Kenneth Otuneme, said that the family had yet to sign a consent form for Mayowa’s release. He said, “Mayowa is still with us.  If the family needs a referral letter, the managing consultant would decide on that. If the managing consultant wants to issue a referral letter, he will. It is up to the family. I don’t know if the hospital plans to release Mayowa. “As of Friday, I have not seen Mayowa Ahmed’s family. However, we won’t stop any family who wants to take their pat...

Home    News News July 30, 2016      Photos: Tayor Odusanya

July 30, 2016      The military siege to Arepo area to dislodge militants who have been terrorising Lagos and Ogun states continued, Saturday. Here are photos from Sodiq Adelakun. Details later.

Entertainment Saturday Beats July 30, 2016      Mike Abdul is certainly one of the artistes that have revamped gospel music in Nigeria and he has endeared so many people to his heart. However, since it was rumoured about three years ago that his marriage had hit the rocks, the young artiste had chosen not to talk about his status and based on that, so many took his silence for the truth. But in a telephone chat with Saturday Beats, the Morire singer said that he was not divorced. He told Saturday Beats that it was a misconception for people to think he is legally free from his marriage. “I have learnt not to comment on issues that border on my marriage. Initially when I started having bad press, I was not happy. I discovered that I was making those who wanted to make me sad, happy. It doesn’t make sense to give happiness, gladness and fulfilment to my enemies. I would like to correct a general notion; I am not divorced in anyway. I think it is pe...

Smart tips July 30, 2016      In a country where insecurity is a major problem, it is advisable to do all you can to safeguard your life and property and not wait for the government to do the job for you. Setting up a home security system does not need to cost you an arm and a leg. In fact, according to cnet.com, you don’t need to wait until you could afford to install a closed-circuit television in your home to secure your life and property. All you need are two smartphones — one will be installed in your apartment while the other will be used to monitor what’s happening from anywhere you are. As long as your phones are working properly and their rear cameras are functioning, you’re good to go. The process is very easy to set up, but not totally free. Get a security camera app running on your phone: To begin, you will need to choose a security camera app for your phone. Most apps offer up much of the same features, such as local st...

Latest News News South News July 30, 2016      Dokpesi Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Umuahia One of the aspirants for the national chairmanship position of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has said the party made a lot of mistakes during the 16 years it occupied the Presidency. He said the original idea of the founding fathers of the PDP was to lay a foundation of a party that would serve as an umbrella for all Nigerians, not minding their tribes and class. Dokpesi, who spoke during the week at the PDP secretariat in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, said selfish ambitions of some leaders of the party, retarded the vision, which led to the eventual loss of power to the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 general elections. He, however, said the APC, with its one year in power, had proved that it was incompetent to rule the country. Dokpesi said, “Today, the PDP is described as the most corrupt party in the country; they said our leaders are c...

The #SaveMayowa fund has not only caused an heartbreak for actress Toyin Aimakhu but a disaster. New reports have emerged that Yoruba actress Toyin Aimakhu and founder of the Lifestake Foundation, Aramide Kasumu wanted part of the over N32million raised for ovarian cancer patient Mayowa Ahmed. Advertisements   According to Mayowa's family member - Soliat Bolaji who was with the cancer patient Mayowa at her sick bed in LUTH reveals that Toyin actually wanted some part of the fund. She also reveals some hidden truth behind the whole saga.

Latest News News July 30, 2016      Source: gofundme.com …fundraiser accuses family of fraud Gbenro Adeoye The controversial Save Mayowa Campaign has added a new twist after the Founder of Lifestake Foundation, Aramide Kasumu, who was involved in the fundraising, alleged that the family of the ailing Mayowa Ahmed lied that only N30m had been raised while the correct amount was N85m. The campaign was initiated to raise funds for surgery in a foreign hospital for Mayowa, who is suffering from ovarian cancer, but there have been allegations that the patient’s family was using her condition to defraud members of the public. Kasumu, in a video posted online on Friday, appeared to have confirmed the allegations when she accused Mayowa’s family members of lying about the amount that had been raised for the patient. She also accused the family members of attempting to shut out people involved in the fundraising and giving conflicting information a...

Latest News Saturday Crime July 30, 2016      Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas Kunle Falayi The Network on Police Reform in Nigeria has called for an investigation of Navy Commander Otuh Bassey, who shot an okada rider, Muhammed Idachaba, in Idah, Kogi State. Idachaba was shot by on Tuesday, 26 July, 2016 after Bassey allegedly frog-matched him and told him to kneel as punishment for claiming right of way with the naval officer who was riding an SUV. In a report by NOPRIN describing “the inhuman and degrading treatment and shooting of a motorcycle rider,” it was learnt that the motorcycle rider was riding from Sabon Gari area of Idah when Navy Commander Bassey, who is said to be the Assistant Commandant of the Idah Naval Post attempted to shove him off the road with his Pathfinder SUV. The group said in a statement signed by its National Commander, Okechukwu Nwanguma, “Because the road was bad, the motorcycle rider felt that...

July 30, 2016      Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Umuahia A man identified as Jacob Nwachukwu has reportedly cut off his wife’s left hand over an allegation of infidelity at Abala in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State. It was gathered that the victim, Nwadiokeonu Nwachukwu, is currently receiving treatment at a local hospital in Aba, while her severed hand had been taken to her husband’s village at Abala for burial. A female co-tenant of Mrs. Nwachukwu, who pleaded anonymity, told Southern City News that the couple had lived in the city for years before the husband lost his job and had to relocate to the village, leaving his wife, a trader, in the city. She said, “The couple had always quarreled any time the man visited his wife in the city, to the extent that all the tenants are aware and intervened in their quarrels.” It was gathered that the husband visited his wife on the fateful day and during their usual quarrel, brought out a mache...

Home    Business July 30, 2016      Oyetunji Abioye and Stanley Opera Skye Bank Plc has received over N100bn in liquidity from the Central Bank of Nigeria since July 4 to shore up its operations, its new Managing Director, Mr. Tokunmbo Abiru, has said. He told reporters on Friday that the CBN staff had been working at the bank for two weeks to support the lender, Reuters reported. The CBN had said it provided a loan to the lender to boost its liquidity after Skye Bank breached requirements on capital and lending, a development that made the central bank to replace its Board of Directors and management. The short-term lending facility will allow new management to “ensure that some withdrawals it suffered in the wake of the undue panic of last week do not adversely affect its operations,’’ the Acting Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, had said in an emailed response to questions. He said the CBN had also ...

Home    Saturday Features Saturday Features July 30, 2016      •Some residents fleeing their homes in Ikorodu after attacks by militants. Photos: Tunde Ajaja and File Kunle Falayi, Tunde Ajaja and Jesusegun Alagbe Like a swarm of locusts leaving destruction and desolation in their wake, the invasion of some Lagos riverside communities by suspected Niger Delta militants has all but stalled the local economy of those areas. Walking through some parts of Isawo and Igbo-Olomu, still feels like walking through a ‘no man’s land’ with shops shut, houses deserted and streets inhabited by nothing but domestic animals. Aside the immediate impact on livelihood and the fear forcing people to flee these parts of Lagos where many residents were slaughtered and shot by the militants about a month ago, Saturday PUNCH  learnt that the attack had virtually grounded hotels in that part of Ikorodu and other areas such as Igando and Iba in Lagos.  “Only a ma...

Home    Latest News Latest News Sports   July 29, 2016      Salisu Yusuf, Head Coach of the Nigeria Professional League, (NPFL) All-Star team, has released the final list of the 25-man squad to play on a tour of Spain. In a statement by Harry Iwuala, media officer of the League Management Company (LMC) on Friday in Abuja  said the team will play Atletico, Malaga and Valencia. “The player include goalkeepers Theophilus Afelokhai of Enyimba FC, FC Ifeanyi Ubah’s Ikechukwu Ezenwa and Emeka Nwabulu of Wikki Tourists. “The defenders are Etim Mathew of Rangers, Samuel Ifeanyi Nweke of Nasarawa United, Chima Akas of Enyimba FC and Gabriel Wasa of Niger Tornadoes. “The others are Austin Oboroakpo of Abia Warriors, Jamiu Alimi of Kano Pillars, Chinedu Udoji of Enyimba and Emmanuel Ariwachukwu of Akwa United. “The midfielders that made the list include Ifeanyi Ifeanyi of MFM, Obinna Nwobodo of Rangers, Ekundayo Ojo of Sunshine Stars, Rabiu Ali ...

Home    Latest News July 29, 2016      An elderly cleric has been arrested in Afghanistan after he married a six-year-old girl, officials said Friday, in the latest case highlighting the scourge of child marriages in the war-battered country. Mohammad Karim, said to be aged around 60, was held in central Ghor province as he claimed her parents gave him the girl as a “religious offering”, officials said. But they cited the family of the girl, believed to be in shock, as saying that she was abducted from western Herat province, bordering Iran. “This girl does not speak, but repeats only one thing: ‘I am afraid of this man’,” said Masoom Anwari, head of the women affairs department in Ghor. The girl is currently in a woman’s shelter in Ghor and her parents are on their way to the province to collect her, the local governor’s office said. “Karim has been jailed and our investigation is ongoing,...

Home    Latest News July 29, 2016      Omole estate Olaleye Aluko The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 31-year-old man, identified only as Damilola, for allegedly raping a 25-year-old woman on Omole Estate, in the Ojodu area of the state. PUNCH Metro  learnt that the victim, Favour (pseudonym) and Damilola were members of a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, and the woman had invited the suspect to her birthday party on Tuesday, July 19. Favour, a National Diploma holder and fashion designer, was allegedly told by the suspect five days after the birthday party that he had a surprise gift for her. The two were said to have gone to Damilola’s apartment on Otubor Street on Omole Estate. Our correspondent gathered that the suspect raped the victim in his room. PUNCH Metro  learnt that Favour reported the matter at the Ojodu Police Division and Damilola was arrested. The incident was also reported at the Lagos St...

Home    Latest News July 29, 2016      Samuel Awoyinfa The Ogun Police Command has rescued another chained 10-year-old girl, Promise Udeh, at Adigbe area of Abeokuta. She was rescued on Thursday when neighbours living close to the building where she was chained alerted the police. The acting Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said she was allegedly chained by her aunt, Chiamaka Okafor, who accused her of stealing N4,000. Oyeyemi said Chiamaka is currently on the run but her husband, Sunday Okafor has been arrested.

Home    Latest News July 29, 2016      OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA  An Indonesian English-language newspaper on Friday apologised after it ran a front-page story erroneously declaring that 14 drug convicts had been executed. Indonesia executed four convicted drug traffickers just after midnight Friday, after the attorney general’s office said 14 death-row inmates would be put to death. The Jakarta Post said the paper had been printed before it learned that only four convicts, not 14, were shot by firing squad. The Post’s chief editor, Endy Bayuni said the story was accompanied by a photo showing a sister of Pakistani drug convict Zulfikar Ali, who was among the 10 spared, weeping while holding his portrait. “The failure to do the verification before running the story is completely unprofessional and a serious violation of the main principles of good journalism. “The Jakarta Post sincerely apologises to all our readers, par...

Home    Latest News July 29, 2016      Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr Ben Uwajumogu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of Imo North Senatorial District rerun election held on July 28. Uwajumogu scored 56,076 votes to defeat Mr Athan Achonu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 43, 815 votes. Prof. Arinze Agbogu, the INEC Returning Officer for Imo North Senatorial District, who announced the result in the early hours of Friday, said the outcome was a summation of scores of July 23 and that of July 28 exercise. Uwajumogu, had scored 48,921 on July 23, while Achonu, of the PDP, scored 40, 142 votes which made INEC to declare the rerun inconclusive. Agbogu said that available data before him showed that Uwajumogu had majority of lawful votes cast, and therefore returned elected for the Imo North Senatorial District. Similarly, INEC declared Mr Nkenna Nzeru...

Home    Latest News July 29, 2016      Source: gofundme.com Bukola Adebayo The management of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba has said it had no knowledge of the #SaveMayowa fund raising campaign. LUTH in a statement on Friday, however, admitted that Mayowa Ahmed is an old patient of the hospital. It stated that Ahmed had been diagnosed with an abdominal mass had been previously examined by three specialists at the teaching hospital. The statement read, “Mayowa Ahmed is an old patient of LUTH who has been on treatment for another condition. “This 31-year-old lady came into the Private Wing of LUTH on Monday, 25th July, 2016 with a history and clinical features of an intra-abdominal mass. The family and the patient brought along some results of laboratory investigations ordered and done from outside LUTH. “Three different specialists were invited to review Mayowa. The Gynaecologist, Oncologist and Haematolog...

Home    News News July 29, 2016      Members of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives are protesting the ‎abduction of two nurses of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Edo State, on Friday. Photos: Alexander Okere