Mrs. Yemisi Edun
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First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has won two awards at the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) 2024 yearly lecture series and awards in Lagos. The bank was named the ‘Best Bank with the Highest Impact on MSMEs Accessing Credit for the First Time in Nigeria
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The Managing Director of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Mrs Yemisi Edun, has urged accountants to make sustainability accounting a cornerstone of their practices.
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Ebonyi State Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Jude Okpor, on Tuesday, denied social media news that the state government spent N1.1b in nine months on wildlife conservation. The social media publications had claimed that the state government had spent N1.1bn on wildlife in nine months, less than the amount allocated for Health and Water…
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Debbie Nelson, the mother of rapper Eminem, has passed away at the age of 69 after battling lung cancer. Nelson's tumultuous relationship with her son was famously depicted in several of his hit songs, including "Cleaning Out My Closet" and "My Name Is." Eminem, born Marshall Mathers III, often used his lyrics to express feelings…
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Tensions are reportedly running high in the camp of notorious bandit leader 'Najaja' after his younger brother and top commander, Dan’auta, was killed during a heated altercation with rival commander Dullu on Monday. The incident, stemming from an ongoing power struggle, has left the criminal network on edge. Dullu, a powerful commander leading an estimated…
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Debbie Nelson, the mother of Grammy-winning rapper Eminem, has passed away at the age of 69 following a battle with lung cancer. Nelson’s turbulent relationship with her son, often depicted in his music, made her a public figure in her own right. From lawsuits to heartfelt reconciliations, their bond was fraught with conflict and eventual…
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The Kwara State Government has demoted by two grades the secondary school teacher who beat up a serving National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member last week. The state government also transferred the teacher, Hajia Hamzat Fatimoh Nike, from the Government Day Secondary School, Kulende, Ilorin, to a yet-to-be-disclosed area. The panel set up by the…
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The Centre for Media, Policy, and Accountability (CMPA) has linked the growing public trust deficit in the country's anti-graft agencies to a gap in understanding of anti-corruption performance between anti-corruption agencies. CMPA Executive Director, Dr Suleiman A. Suleiman, who offered insight into most of the reasons on Wednesday in Abuja at a one-day National Policy…
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Amid projections that 33 million Nigerians could face hunger by next year, Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Bola Tinubu, has taken a personal step and turned toward farming at his Lagos home. Onanuga, in a 38-second video posted on X, could be seen tending to vegetables, which appeared as he…
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A renowned music icon Sean “Diddy” Combs, also known as Puff Daddy, has been accused in a new lawsuit of dangling a woman from a 17th-floor balcony during an alleged confrontation in 2016. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles by fashion designer Bryana “Bana” Bongolan, claims the incident occurred at the residence of Diddy’s then-girlfriend,…
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The MacArthur Foundation has said that a staggering sum of over $200 billion is estimated to have been lost in Nigeria between 1970 and 2008 due to widespread corruption and procurement irregularities. According to the Foundation, the massive financial haemorrhage occurred through various channels, including inflated contracts, dubious asset disposals, and outright theft of resources.…
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Tobi Adegboyega’s lawyer has denied reports that the Nigerian-UK-based pastor faces deportation from the United Kingdom, calling the claims “ignorant” and insisting that his client is not a criminal. The Telegraph had earlier reported that Adegboyega lost his appeal against deportation following allegations of financial misconduct within his church after failing to properly account for…