FCMB Manager Commits Suicide Over N350M Debt

First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Mr Olisa Nwokobi shot himself in Lagos,sources revealed that the 44-year- old bank manager and graduate of Abia State University, killed himself because he was under pressure from his bank over a huge loan he was allegedly owing.

Nwokobi had reportedly gone to his priest last Friday at Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church, Northern Foresore Estate, Lekki, Lagos and complained bitterly on how he approved a loan for a customer who had refused to service the loan.

It was alleged that he had told the priest that he would not stand the shame and disgrace of being dragged up and down by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC).

A source at the church said: “He told our father to help him beg his wife and his 10-year-old daughter to forgive him. As the priest was trying to advice him, he brought out a pistol and shot himself. He died instantly.

“The church was in confusion the Rev Father could not believe his eyes. We are still confused. I think he said the loan was about N350million.

“The Police visited the church, took photographs and interviewed the priest. He shot himself. He was not killed by armed robbers. We loved him because he was an active member of the church. We know him very well. He was from Nkwelle Ezunaka, Oyi Local Government area of Anambra state. His father was also a former chairman of First bank plc.”

Another church member, Hilary who corroborated the story said: “I think he was under a spell by someone who borrowed money from the bank and refused to service it. I think the man cashed in on the fact that the loan was illegal and refused to service it. He should be arrested”

Lagos state Police Public Relations Officer [PPRO] Dolapo Badmos, who confirmed the story said: “Yes, at about 9:45am Olisa Nwakobi, of house number 11, Aladdin close, Chevron Drive, Lekki allegedly shot himself in the head with a pistol. He shot himself in front of Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church Northern Foresore Estate.

“A team of policemen attached to the Ilasan Division visited the scene. An American pistol with five round of unexpended ammunition was found.” She said the corpse has been deposited at the Lagos Island morgue for autopsy.

According to her the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni has ordered full investigation to unravel why the late banker killed himself.

The deceased banker, whose late father, Chief Patrick Oguejiofor Nwakobi was a former Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria plc, a successful lawyer, politician and a respected community leader before his death might have committed suicide because of the burden of the family name.

According to the Source, it was alleged that Nwakobi was the approving officer for a N350million loan that the beneficiary defaulted in servicing.

However, reacting to the development, the bank spokesman, Mr Diran Olojo, currently on vacation debunked the story going round that the deceased killed himself because of pressure from the bank over loan.

According to him, the bank has nothing to do with what happened. “It is possible that he had personal financial issues which nobody could understand now. ”

AREGBESOLA CHARGES JOURNALISTS ON PROFESSIONALISM.

The Governor, State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola has charged journalists on the need to constantly embrace commitment, responsibility, astuteness and professionalism in the discharge of their duties.

Ogbeni Aregbesola stated this while playing host to an high powered delegation of the Nigeria Union of Journalists(NUJ) led by its National President, Comrade Waheed Odusile who came to officially present the Ojuolape Ukeme-Bassey led Osun NUJ Caretaker Committee to the State Helmsman.

Governor Aregbesola who assured the State NUJ Caretaker Committee members of his unflinching support, enjoined the men of the fourth estate of the realm not to leave any stone unturned at ensuring that the citizenry are constantly kept informed.

In his remarks at the event, the National President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists(NUJ), Comrade Waheed Odusile who was represented by the Vice President B. Zone, South West comrade Cosmos Oni and the Secretary D. Zone, North Central of the union comrade Olatoye Akeem Olaide, eulogized Ogbeni Aregbesola on the several giant strides recorded by his administration across the state in the last six years.

He commended the Governor for his unparalleled media friendly policies which snowballed into the positive image of the person and Government of Rauf Aregbesola who he said has indeed carved a niche for himself among his colleagues.

Mr Oni stated that Osun NUJ is not divided, maintaining that there is only one NUJ in the land of virtue.

While  speaking at the event , the Chairman, Osun NUJ Caretaker Committee, Ojuolape Ukeme-Bassey  appreciated the Governor for always standing by the union.

Members on the entourage includes, Comrades Abiodun Abdulkareem chairman kwara nuj state council, Babatunde Gimba secretary kwara state council of NUJ, Kehinde Kolawole secretary caretaker committee Osun nuj state council, Gboyega Aderinwale member Osun NUJ State Council Caretaker Committee and chairman nuj local govt chapel, state of Osun, Mrs Olusola Jacob National Financial Secretary, Nawoj, Martins Alamu, GM AIT / RAYPOWER, Oshogbo, Tunji Adepoju, Manager News & current affairs NTA, Oshogbo, Bukola Elufadejin, Secretary NUJL.G, information chapel, osun  Mrs Adereti Gbemisola, coordinator Nawoj , Osun state local govt information chapel, Oyewale Ramota member,  Osun State local government information chapel, Mayowa Fagbongbe member Osun State nuj information chapel and Seun Omidiran member Federated chapel, osun state.

Nigeria’s Apex Bank In Foreign Public Relations Contract Scandal

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has given itself a new mandate and it has nothing to do with money matters. It does not even have anything to do with stabilising the foreign exchange regime or strengthening the naira, desirable as that task is.
The new role of Nigeria’s apex bank is to launder Nigeria’s image abroad.
In what is the latest in a trend of frivolous and wasteful spending of tax payers’ money, the apex bank in April engaged the services of APCO Worldwide Inc., a public relations and political consultancy firm based in Washington DC, to help launder the image of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration and the country in the United States.
In the last three years, the icirnigeria.org has tracked many of such controversial contracts amounting to over $6 million dollars awarded by different agencies of the Nigerian government to foreign firms to launder the country’s image abroad.
From our investigations, such contracts, it appears, are mere conduits for siphoning public funds.

Hush! Agagu’s Children On Spending Spree As Family Discovers Huge Money In Late Politician’s Bedroom

This is the best of times for the children of the late former Minister of Power and Steel and ex-Governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Kokumo Agagu with news that a huge discovery was made recently when the family was sanitising his bedroom.

The politician’s Bodija, Ibadan home is said to be the late politician’s vault where he kept his valuables while alive and the family didn’t really have the time to check the house based on the unfortunate circumstance that trailed the late politician’s death when the plane conveying his corpse from Lagos to Akure crashed and many sympathisers lost their lives.

The family were said to have checked the house recently and behold! Stuffed inside the late politician’s closet were wad of crisp notes in foreign currency which they didn’t know existed.

One of the late politician’s children, Feyi is said to have been making good of his share of the money with the acquisition of some properties in Lagos while he is presently making request into choice properties also in Ibadan.

Before his death, Agagu was a University teacher, Deputy-Governor, minister of power and steel, minister of aviation and later the Governor of Ondo State.

Presence Nights to be unveiled in Ibadan

Presence Nights, a quarterly worship event of Halleluyah Ajayi Ministries will be birthed in Ibadan on the 29th of July at the New Covenant Church hall, situated at Zion Complex, Alawo Dugbe, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

The worship event, according to the convener, Hallelujah Ajayi is set in motion with the aim of creating an atmosphere to experiencing the presence and glory of God.
“The goal of the outreach is not to add to the number of many other Christian outreaches, but to specifically stir the move of the Holy Spirit and trigger a new dimension of the presence of God”.

He stated further that Nigeria is in distress economically, politically, morally and spiritually, “which has impacted Nigerians negatively as people meddle in all kinds of ungodly activities to survive. He continued: “But the good news Presence Nights has brought is that; when each of us is imparted with God's presence and glory, it will transform us inside-out and inspire ideas and favour upon our lives so much that each person who endeavor to attend will be a solution to Nigeria.”

The two-hour program is expected to start by 5:30pm.

Hallelujah Ajayi is the convener of Presence Nights; a dynamic young teacher and preacher of the word of God with over a decade of service to God through evangelism and as well serve in different departments in New Covenant Church, Zion Complex branch, Dugbe, Ibadan.
He is also a volunteer in Liberty international.

Zenith Bank is Most Customer-Focused Bank – KPMG

Zenith Bank Plc has again been ratedNigeria’s most customer-focused bank by the leading Advisory and Consultancy firm, KPMG.

In the 2016 edition of the annual banking industry Customer Satisfaction Survey recently released, Zenith topped other Nigerian banksin the Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) with a total of 74.6 pointsto clinch the prime positionin the retail banking category; thereby re-enacting the feat it achieved in 2013 and 2014.Guaranty Trust Bank came second with 74.1 points closely followed by Diamond Bank and Stanbic IBTC with 73.5 and 73.1 points respectively.

The survey, launched in 2007, draws responses from customers across the retail, SME and corporate banking segments on customer preferences, levels of satisfaction and expectations from their banks.

Zenith Bank has featured prominently in the survey since it was launched 10 years ago, according to organisers;“to heighten consciousness of service delivery among Nigerian Banks”. In 2014, the bank cleared all three categories: Retail, SMS and Corporate Banking; having similarly won two of the three categories but SME the previous year.

The Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) measures customer satisfaction with banks, and are ranked based on the perceived level of satisfaction derived by customers surveyed fromthe different categories. The key factors considered by CSI include convenience, product/service offering, executional excellence, value for money and customer care.

Zenith Bank is one of Nigeria’s strongest financial institutions with a shareholders base of over one million and the largest bank in the country by market capitalization and tier- 1 capital. The Zenith brand has also maintained a consistent track record of performance in several parameters including profitability and liquidity managerial competence.

The bank’s impressive growth and performance over the years have earned it excellent ratings, recognitions and endorsements from local and international agencies and institutions; some of which include: Best Customer Service Bank Nigeria 2015 by Global Banking and Finance, Best Corporate Governance Bank Nigeria 2015 byGlobal Banking and Finance and Best Bank in Corporate Governance 2012, 2014 and 2015 by World Finance.

Others include; Best Commercial Bank in Nigeria 2013 by World Finance, thirdbiggest company in West Africa by Forbes & CNBC Africa and Best Commercial Bank in Africa by Capital Finance International (CFI)

The Bank is certified on three key International Standards Organisation’s (ISO) standards namely; ISO 22301 (Business Continuity Management), ISO 20000 (IT Service Management) and ISO 27001 (Information Security Management).

OONI OF IFE, ASEYIN, OTHERS MAKE HISTORY IN GHANA

Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi(Ojaja II) accompanied by prominent Obas from south west states made a historical visits to the Rep. of Ghana.

Oba Adeyeye Enitanm Ogunwusi who was accompanied  Adetoye Obatuga, Elerinmo of Erinmo-Ijesa HRM Oba  Odunayo Ajayi and Alayemore of Ido-Osun HRM Oba Adedapo Aderemi, the Arode of Ife Chief Johnson Awe and Akogun of Ife Chief Muritala Adedoy on the invitation of the President of Ghana, President John Mahama.

 According to the Director of media and public affairs, Moses Olafare, Oba Ogunwusi was received warmly the Nigerian community in Ghana, Special assistant to Nigeria President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa and the President of Ghana and his executives where they discuss on issues bothering Africa on peace and regional integration at the Flagstaff House, Office of the President of Ghana.

Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty Ooni Adeyeye Ogunwusi(Ojaja II) w2ho is on a four-day visit to rep. of Ghana, admonished President John Mahama of Ghana and his government to prioritise the unity of Africans by relaxing policies that encourage the physical and mental boundary set between African countries by the colonial masters with the emphasis that Africa must unite for prosperity as his mission is to promote peace, unity and progress of the black race.

“it’s my vision as Ooni Ife to promote unity, peace among African countries, Africa must unite to prosper”. Emphasizing on the importance of African unity, Ooni of Ife who's a descendent of Oduduwa believed to have been the root of all Yoruba race stressed that unity among African countries and blacks around the world is the key to Africa's prosperity and peace.

He added: "As traditional leaders we are the custodians of culture and tradition, that's why I have taken it upon myself to preach this gospel of peace, and unity. There's strength in unity, and it's time for Africa to go beyond lip service and unite”.

Also on Friday 22nd July 2016 Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi planted a tree of honour in remembrance of the country's first president Dr Kwame Nkruma who he described as a hero of African unity and emancipation.

The tree planting function was performed by Ooni Ogunwusi in company of his charming queen, Ooni Wuraola Ogunwusi(Yeyelua) and some notable traditional rulers at the Kwame Nkruma Memorial Park(KNMP) located in downtown Accra the capital of Ghana during his visit to the Mausoleum built in his honour by the military government of Jerry Rawlings in the early 90s.

The African king of peace and unity urged the leaders and people of Africa to always remember former President Nkruma not just as a politician but also as a great Pan Africanist who dedicated his life to the liberation of Ghana and total emancipation of the entire  Africans.

It with recalled that President Kwame Nkruma was overthrown by military in 1966 nine years after he led his country to freedom in 1957 and was subsequently exiled in Guinea Conakry where he lived till his death in 1972 at a hospital in Bucharest, Romania while receiving a medical treatment.

On Saturday Ooni of Ife and his team also visited one of the slave trade centers along the Gold Coast known as Cape Coast Castle to inspect various sections of the monument such as dungeons, cells, door of no return and others that explains the level of maltreatment suffered by the African slaves in the hands of the European slave traders.

The Castle visited by President Barack Obama of America was built around 1555 and used first by the Portuguese and later by the European slave merchants to keep their slaves who were brought from all over Africa to be transported into various unknown destinations.