Author: Lilian Azuh

Fidelity Bank office As part of its commitment to youth empowerment and social impact, leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc has partnered with Ashoka, a global network of social entrepreneurs, to provide financial support and mentorship to young innovators across Nigeria. Speaking at the 2025 Ashoka Young Changemakers Festival in Lagos, the Divisional Head, Product Development at Fidelity Bank, Osita Ede, reaffirmed the Bank’s dedication to youth empowerment, emphasizing its place as a pillar of the bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy. “Empowerment is at the core of everything Fidelity Bank stands for,” Ede said. “Creativity and innovation are fundamental…

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Awele Elumelu President Bola Tinubu congratulates the Chairperson of Avon Healthcare Limited, Dr Awele Vivien Elumelu, on her 55th birthday today, June 23, joining family and friends to celebrate the renowned physician, a devoted mother and wife, philanthropist and entrepreneur. The President commends Dr Elumelu for her outstanding achievements and numerous recognitions, highlighting her lifelong commitment to saving lives and empowering women and children. He especially notes her leadership at Avon Healthcare Limited and as Founder/CEO of Avon Medical Practice, where she has advanced access to quality healthcare across Nigeria and Africa, with a special focus on the underserved. President…

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Oyo map On Tuesday morning, Over 10 people were reportedly feared killed in an accident that occurred on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Oyo State. The road crash, according to PUNCH Metro investigations, involved three Nissan Micra taxi cabs and three articulated vehicles popularly called trailer. Our correspondent learnt that all the ill-fated vehicles were coming from Iwo Road area before getting involved in the accident. The state Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corp, Rosemary Alo, confirmed the accident in Ibadan, the state capital. She said, “The accident involved seven vehicles. Four were killed while one is currently receiving treatment at…

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Mohbad A Lagos high court has fixed July 2 to deliver its judgment on the lawsuit filed by Joseph Aloba, father of the late singer Mohbad, seeking to overturn the director of public prosecutions (DPP)’s legal advice that cleared key suspects in his son’s death. In February, a Yaba magistrate court, acting on the DPP’s advice, cleared Naira Marley, Sam Larry, Prime Boy, and Pere Babatunde, ruling they had “no case to answer” in connection with Mohbad’s death. Aloba, however, filed a lawsuit in March, challenging the exoneration of the suspects while the coroner’s inquest into Mohbad’s death was still ongoing. At the latest hearing, Taiwo…

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A member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Abia State chapter, David Amalaha, has approached the Abia State Federal High Court in Umuahia, seeking for an order of court to set aside the election approved by the board of trustees members of the Guild which elected Ejezie Emeka Rollas and his executives as the National President. In a suit no HC/UM/CS/92/2025 Amalaha prayed the court to order Rollas and his executives to stop parading themselves as the National Executives of the Actors Guild of Nigeria. He also prayed the court to order all monies withdrawn from the account of Actors…

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Adebayo By JAMIU JAMODU I received the news of the passing of Chief Cornelius Olatunji Adebayo, a former academic and former Governor of Kwara State, with profound sadness. During his extraordinary lifetime of 84 years, which was marked by an unyielding commitment to public service and progressive politics, C.O., as political associates fondly called him, was a strong voice and a leading light in Nigeria’s political firmament. As a Senator in the Second Republic, he held aloft the banner of the Unity Party of Nigeria, led by the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. In the 1983 general elections, his pedigree…

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Obi at the demolished property …Condemn planned targeting of his business interests The Labour Party Caucus in the House of Representatives has condemned the controversial demolition of a property belonging to the family of the Presidential candidate of the LP, Mr. Peter Obi, by suspected government agents in Lagos state, describing the development as deeply disturbing. The caucus urged the Lagos State Government, and the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC administration to ensure that no harm comes to Mr. Peter Obi or his business interests, in the discharge of his role as a key opposition figure. The demolition was reportedly…

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Reports published by Sahara Reporters on June 25 claimed that Fidelity Bank’s MD, Dr. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe was a party to an ongoing case involving fraud on Woobs Resources account with the bank. This is however not true. The charge sheet dated 12 May 2025 (sighted by this reporter) stated that the Defendants in the suit were Victor Ukutt, Esq, Fidelity Bank Plc, Whoba Ugwunna Ogo and Safiya Whoba. It will be recalled that the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice issued a press release on 9 June 2025 explaining that Dr. Onyeali-Ikpe’s name was…

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