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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 diplom

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 not fi

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