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Zenith Bank has appointed Mr Ebenezer Onyeagwu as it new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. File: Zenith Bank  The bank disclosed this in a notice to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday. It, however, said the appointment was subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and would become effective from June 1. In the notice, Onyeagwu will replace Mr Peter Amangbo, whose tenure will expire on May 31, 2019. Onyeagwu has been Zenith Bank’s Deputy Managing Director since October 2016 and has spent 17 years working with the bank. The bank said that the appointment was consistent with its tradition and succession strategy of grooming leaders from within. Onyeagwu, who is a graduate of accounting from Auchi Polytechnic, began his career at the defunct Financial Merchant Bank in 1991 and later held several management positions in the erstwhile Citizens International Bank Limited until 2002 when he joined Zenith Bank. He obtained a postgraduate di...

The Police Command in Rivers on Monday said some suspected cultists had been arrested in connection with the death of three persons in Mgbodohia, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, Mr Nnamdi Omoni, a Deputy Superintendent Police (DSP), confirmed the arrest to newsmen in Port Harcourt. Omoni, however, could not give a specific figure of the arrested suspects. He said that the three persons were killed on Saturday during a fight for supremacy between two rival cult groups – Iceland and Deybam in the community. The police spokesman said that preliminary investigation into the clash had shown that the fight resulted from disagreement over who should collect a certain illegal levy in the community. NAN reports that the illegal fee collected from those buying land in the community is known as “bush entering or marching ground” in the state. It will be recalled that Gov. Rotimi Ameachi’s administration abolished the levy, making it illegal and pu...

A sudden fire breakout occurred earlier today at the arrival section of the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport in Owerri, Imo State. The inferno sent travelers scampering for safety. According to a report by Punch newspaper, the fire affected the arrival department where renovation work was being carried out, but that the outbreak itself was contained by the fire service after nearly an hour. He said, “It happened at the arrival department of the airport where the authority was carrying out renovation work. “It would have caused bigger havoc but for the arrival of men of the fire service. “It started around 2:10 pm and raged for 50 minutes. It damaged equipment and infrastructure, but the rescue work assisted in salvaging the situation.” The cause of the fire was not known as at the time of filing this report but a source at the Airport said that there was an on-going renovation at the arrival hall, which was totally razed. According to the report, the fire which ra...

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says his players are revelling in the pressure to win every game as they chase a Premier League and Champions League double. Jurgen Klopp  Klopp’s men host Porto in the first leg of their European quarter-final tie on Tuesday after scoring late winners to beat Fulham, Tottenham and Southampton to edge two points ahead of Manchester City in a titanic title race. City still have a game in hand on Liverpool, meaning the title remains in the English champions’ hands, and there is precious little room for error for the Reds in their remaining five league games. But Klopp believes being in the running to win both competitions is inspiring his squad not to give up late in games. “It’s such a good time. We get up every morning and the weather is good as well which is pretty rare. It’s warm outside, spring is coming and we are in the two big competitions, but we have to use the situation,” he said on Monday. “We have not finished the season, we have no...

A father has done a remarkable act after successfully rescuing his family from the hands of dreaded kidnappers. Face of the alleged kidnapper A Nigerian dad has become the toast of town after he chased some kidnappers who abducted his wife and sons in Lekki, Lagos. The dad with the Instagram username Ideal Gold, said his wife and two sons were abducted along Orchid Road as they were on their way from a  crusade. He quickly gave chase and managed to run the kidnappers out of the road then rescued his family. He also succeeded in apprehending one of the kidnappers who tried to escape. Sharing photos of the wreckage resulting from the chase, he wrote: "Please join me to thank God and shout alleluia my wife and two son were kidnapped on orchid road around after 10pm on our way from our crusade. It happened before mega event mall. She drove a Toyota sequoia while I use my landtover discovery 2 which I use to chase them and ramp them off the road opposite dream world amuse...

A vehicle carrying 5 people was involved in an accident at Lurubuko along the Namanga-Amboseli road at the border of Kenya-Tanzania. According to one of the occupants,  Boniface Mwangi, the vehicle skidded on loose gravel, lost control and flipped. “The car lost control, we got off the road, cleared bushes and then the car flipped. When all that very scary experience stopped, all five of us were still belted and in our seats, upside down. Safety belts are lifesavers. Belt up”, Mwangi said in a tweet. “We had passed some men grazing, slowed down, said Hello & then drove on, a few minutes later they heard kids screaming. They rushed to the scene and found us shaken but okay. I was taken to THE spot with phone network, they strategically built their Manyatta there & l was served tea”. source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/04/see-family-that-survived-when-their-car.html

The public memorial service for the late Slain rapper, Nipsey Hussle will be held at Staples Centre on Thursday. His family reportedly chose the 21,000 seat venue to accommodate a massive crowd that will be attending. The Los Angeles rapper, whose real name was Ermias Davidson Asghedom was one of three men shot outside his clothing store in the Hyde Park neighbourhood of LA. He was pronounced dead at the hospital, while the other two men are in stable condition. A 29-year-old suspect, Eric Holder, who allegedly carried out the fatally shooting on Hussle has been arrested. Holder is currently being held in solitary confinement, where he would be all alone and would not be allowed to mingle with the general population because they believed he is a target. NAN reports that Nipsey was outspoken about his experience with street violence and described growing up in gang culture in his Crenshaw neighbourhood of South Los Angeles as “living in a war zone.” Those struggles info...

The death toll of Nigerians killed in South Africa has continued to rise with another two being the latest victims in ongoing xenophobic attacks on foreigners in that country. The latest victims were stabbed to death during xenophobic attacks in Johannesburg and Cape Town on April 5 and April 6, 2019, respectively The Assistant Public Relations Officer, Nigeria Union in South Africa (NUSA), Mr Odefa Ikele, confirmed the killings in a telephone interview with  Newsmen from Johannesburg on Monday. ”The Nigerian community lost two citizens to gruesome murders over the weekend. File: Xenophobia ”Mr Bonny Iwuoha, 48, from Ihitte/Uboma in Imo state, was stabbed to death at about 11:45 p.m. on April 6, 2019 in Johannesburg South. ”We gathered that his assailants followed him from 152 Hay Street Turffontein, and thereafter, stabbed and killed him in front of his gate at Turf Road, Turffontein. ”The killing was witnessed by Mr Izochukwu Nwokocha, also known as, Nwa Father,” he sai...

The federal government has signed a $523,823 (N185, 957,165 million) Technical Assistant (TA) Agreement grant with the Islamic Development Bank (ISDB) Group, in Marrakesh, Morocco. According to a statement issued and signed by the Special Adviser to the Minister of Finance on Media and Communications, Mr Paul Ella Abechi, “the TA agreement grants would be used to address capacity building/equipment and logistics upgrade in the Hajj Commission and for the improvement of cotton, textile and garment value chain in the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment.” The statement added that “the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) will get $243,823.0, for capacity building/equipment and logistics upgrade while the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment will receive the balance of $280,000 for the improvement of cotton, textile and garment value chain.” Nigeria’s Minister of finance Zainab Ahmed signed on behalf of the Federal Government while President of...

Contrary to reports flying around that former Super Eagles coach ‘Chairman Chirstian Chukwu is in a sorry state and desperate requires about $50,000 dollars for immediate operation in the United States, Sportinglife.ng can confirm that this is not true. On the contrary the former Harambee stars of Kenya coach has been successfully operated on the leg in Enugu and is currently recuperating and resting in an undisclosed hotel in the Coal City. We further gathered that it was based on doctor’s advice that the Rangers Technical Adviser was asked to stay in a hotel instead of going home after the successful operation to avoid constant disturbance from many who will Initial reports making the rounds gave the impression that the former Green Eagles captain is in dare need of funds, a scenario which is far from the truth as Sportinglife.ng gathered that the Chukwu is entitled to a monthly take home of N700, 000 as Technical Adviser of Rangers international, a club which he did not only...

warning: Viewer discretion is strongly advised. The tragic event occurred over the weekend. It was captured by a CCTV camera at a fuel station at the Caltex garage in Kenilworth in Cape Town, South Africa. The CCTV footage showed gratuitous gun violence and the execution of a man inside a BMW. The public execution of the motorist is believed to be gang-related. The man inside the BMW pulls into the station and parks next to a petrol pump. He opens his window and begins a dialogue with someone just out-of-shot on the driver’s side. Then, two of the shooters – one wearing a grey hooded shirt and the other a black gilet – emerge from behind the tanks. They dash towards the car and began firing their pistols at the driver from point blank range. The shots fired at the target went on for long, ostensibly to ensure that the victim did not survive the attack. Reports confirmed that the attackers were later apprehended. In total, four people were arrested and two...

A Sharia Court I sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Monday ordered that Jamila Jalingo be remanded in prison, for allegedly calling her best friend Ms Fatima Rabiu, an illegitimate child. Rabiu, 26, dragged Jalingo to the court, alleging that she had defamed her on social media. “I want this honourable court to get me justice,”Rabiu, who resides at NDA barracks in Kaduna, prayed the court The judge Malam Dahiru Lawal, after remanding Jalingo, ordered the complainant to produce witnesses. Lawal also ordered the defendant to produce a reliable surety, saying that the offence, character defamation contravened the provisions of Section 137 of the Sharia Penal Code (SPC). He adjourned the case until April 15 for further hearing. Earlier, in her defence, Jalingo, a resident of Malali area, denied the claim against her, saying she only had an exchange of words with the complainant due to some misunderstanding. (NAN) source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/04/court-...

Inmates serving various jail sentences for “violent extremism” in Nigeria have now shown great interest in Western Education, Vanguard has learned. Boko Haram suspects Many of the inmates who are in jail as a result of their activities and membership of the Boko Haram terrorist sect have also embraced vocational studies while behind bars. Loosely translated, the term Boko Haram means ‘Western Education is sin”, and sect members have often launched an attack on educational institutions, with the April 2014 kidnapping of scores of schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno state and the killing of schoolboys in Buni Yadi, Yobe state generating global outcry. At a three-day de-radicalization programme organized by the Nigerian Prisons Service NPS with support from the European Union, Controller General of Prisons, CGP Ja’afaru Ahmed said no fewer than 157 of such inmates have sat for the West African Examination Council WAEC while some are also processing their admissions to the National Open Uni...

Crisis is brewing in All Progressives Congress, APC, in Lagos state over the ambition of some of its chieftains. Babajide Sanwo-Olu Speaking, a reliable source who preferred to remain anonymous disclosed that the governor-elect, Mr. Babajide Sanwoolu and his Deputy, Obafemi Hamzat are in a dilemma as even before they are sworn-in, some of the APC chieftains have taken a position already. Prominent among them according to the source is a former minister of defence, chief Demola Seriki, who left the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to join the APC told the national leader of the party, Mr. Bola Tinubu in clear term that he deserves the position of the chief of staff having waited all this while. Fondly called ‘ American Kukuye’ by his friends, Demola, we are told has regaled Tinubu with the story of how he(Tinubu) prevailed on him (Demola) to step down for his wife, Oluremi In 2015 when he wanted to contest for the Lagos central senatorial district. The party dilemma stems from the...

The title race is now effectively over in Spain after Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid on Saturday, but it’s back on in Germany while Paris Saint-Germain contrived to squander the chance to clinch the French crown. Atletico Madrid’s Spanish midfielder Rodri reacts to their defeat during the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and Club Atletico de Madrid at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on April 6, 2019. ( AFP) AFP Sport takes a look back at some of the main talking points from across the continent: – All over for Atletico – Any lingering hopes Atletico Madrid had of turning the final seven games of La Liga into a title race were dashed as Barcelona beat them 2-0 to move 11 points clear at the top of the table. Atletico coach Diego Simeone had admitted winning at the Camp Nou was the “only option” to revive their stuttering challenge but the task was made harder after Diego Costa was sent off in the 28th minute for insulting referee Gil Manzano. Even with 10 men,...

Planning to marry an Igbo lady, then forget everything they told you that you can’t afford to marry an Igbo lady because most of these things are lies. In actual truth, the Igbo traditional engagement list for marriage is not as overwhelming as people usually paint it. If your fiancée says ‘yes’ to your marriage proposal, then the next thing is to forward your marriage proposal to her family, through the parents. In Igbo customs, at first, this initial marriage proposal/introductory rite is known as “Iku aka” (which means knock on the door). You’ll first, have to go alone to her parents after, which you will take your family to see her bigger family. If you are lucky to have received a positive response from the lady’s family, the in-laws-to-be will give the man and his family a list of the next steps to enable them to prepare for the customary Igbo traditional marriage ceremony. A groom-to-be is expected to ask and receive the consent and blessings of the bride-to-be’s pa...

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has declared a state of public health concern on maternal newborn and child death occurring at the primary health centres. Similar declaration is expected in states in the next few days to track maternal and child mortality. Nigeria has one of the worst records in maternal and child mortality in the world. It is recorded that in Nigeria approximately 145 women under the age of 15-45 die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth while 2300 children under five years old die mainly from preventable causes. Consequently, the agency said it will establish a national coordination centre within the agency to provide oversight on the outlined activities. The centre, according to the Executive Director of the agency, Dr. Fasal Shuaib shall be called the National Emergency Maternal and Child Health Intervention Centre. (NEMCHIC). Already, the country has received support worth $1.3l million which is to be...

French President Emmanuel Macron/AFP French President Emmanuel Macron proposed an annual day of commemoration for the Rwanda genocide on Sunday as the African nation marked 25 years since the massacres of the minority Tutsi community. The French leader expressed his “solidarity with the Rwandan people and his compassion for the victims and their families” in a statement that proposed April 7 as an annual remembrance day in France. Macron drew criticism from some activists for failing to attend the start of commemoration events in Rwanda on Sunday, instead of sending a personal envoy, a Rwandan-born MP Herve Berville who was orphaned in the 1993 violence. A Rwandan victims’ group, Ibuka France, hailed Macron’s announcement of a national Rwanda genocide day and said it had suggested the idea during a meeting with the 41-year-old leader last week. “My reaction is one of satisfaction,” the head of the group, Marcel Kabanda, said before adding that he hoped France would now int...

Footballer turned pastor, Taribo West has revealed why he is the most dreaded soccer star Nigeria has ever produced. In an interview with Saturday Sun correspondent, Bolaji Okunola, the former AC Milan and Inter Milan defender opens up on the secret behind his hair, his saddest and happiest moments on the field of play. He also explained how his look and hairstyle resurrected dead bones, his perception about the defensive line up of the current Super Eagles, his prediction for coach Gernot Rohr tutored team ahead of the forthcoming Africa Cup of Nation in Egypt. Pastor West, founder of Shelter in the Storm Miracle Ministries of All Nation also shared his experience in Europe, how he grew up, surviving as a street boy and lots more. Most Nigerians believe you became a household name in world football from your background as a street boy, can you tell us your growing up? I grew up from the streets like any other Nigeria hustler. My growing up was fantastic. I grew up in an e...

A woman delivered a baby with two heads in the Egyptian Governorate of Aswan, according to Al Watan newspaper. The 25-year-old mother gave birth to the boy with two heads and one heart in a private clinic, said Ehab Hanafi, a representative from the Ministry of Health in Aswan. The newborn was transferred to a hospital to follow-up on his health condition. Hanafi stated that this is an extremely rare case because the baby was born with two spines, one heart and an intestine. An official confirmed that the baby is stable and will be transferred after a couple of days to the National Research Center in Cairo to monitor his condition. The couple has another healthy one-year-old. Source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/04/baby-born-with-two-heads-one-heart-two.html