Foremost African financial institution; Guaranty Trust Bank plc has been named the African Bank of the Year at this year’s African Banker Awards.


The Awards was presented during a prestigious gala dinner on 23rd May Ahmedabad, India, on the sidelines of the Annual Meeting of African Development Bank.


Now in its 11th year, The African Banker Awards is internationally recognized as the landmark finance event to reward achievements, commend best practices and celebrate excellence in African banking.


Commenting on the awards ceremony, Publisher of African Banker Magazine; Mr Omar Ben Yedder said “In the year under review, GTBank demonstrated positive results across numerous indices, including a strong balance sheet, growing customer base and a continuous regional expansion.





The Bank’s strong performance in 2016 underlined the success of its strategy which was reflected in a Net profit growth of 37% in 2016 despite difficult trading conditions in its main market.


He further stated that, “The bank is at the forefront of innovation through simple and accessible digital banking platforms, which allowed it to gain 10 million customers who have long been excluded from banking.


Receiving the award on behalf of the Bank, Segun Agbaje, Managing Director/CEO of GTBank said: “We are honored to be recognized as the best bank in Africa by a globally renowned and well respected magazine. This award is an affirmation of our commitment to creating sustainable value for our customers, shareholders and the communities in which we operate.



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A young Nigerian lady, Benita took to Facebook to rain curses on a guy whom she claimed photoshopped her face onto a naked body and threatened to make it go viral if she refuses to have sex with him. Her post below:

"R.I.P To d guy who stole my pictures and photo edited it..using my face for another nude lady picture threatening to post it if I ddnt av sex wit him please ladies never trust anyone..nobody holy .dat picture isn't my real physique .inshore am more busty nd assy Dan dat body...now I want to tell dat guy. Dat wanna embarrass mi thinking he would av sex wit mi dat he has FAILED!!!! I pray you remain impotent in your life span nd may untimely death locate u sex monger"

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Atiku Abubakar and his wife, Dr. (Mrs.) Jemila Abubakar, Paul T Arkwright & wife, at celebration of the birthday anniversary of HM the Queen.

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Nigerian singer, Innocent Ujah Idibia, better known by his stage name 2face Idibia, or 2Baba, in an interview with Soundcity 98.5 Radio, opened up about how and why he went back to the love of his life, Annie.


When asked How and why he went back to Annie Idibia the 'Coded tinz' crooner said; "Every reason. I was just deceiving myself that...you know as man dey do sometimes. He go see wetin actually dey down but he go feel say make I see whether… You know all that kind nonsense behaviour.

‘’But at one point in time, I was like, look I'm not going to let this girl go. I just started realizing that this is who I want to be with. This is actually who I want to spend the rest of my life with. This is the person that actually does it for me. So there is no need to deceive myself anymore. I come beg, them come gree."


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Today's (27/04/2017) exchange rate of the Nigerian Naira against the Dollar, Pound and Euro

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Shiites members stage protest in Abuja, demand for the immediate release of their leader, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky

Some concerned Nigerians staged a protest at the Unity Fountain Abuja demanding for the immediate release of the Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria aka Shiites, who has been in military detention since December 2015 following a clash between members of the Islamic group and the Nigerian Army.

The protesting members are demanding that the Federal government obey a Federal High Court ruling on December 2nd 2016 that ordered the immediate release of El-Zakzaky and his wife Malamatu Zeatudden. The court had ordered that El-Zakzaky and his wife be released within 45 days of the ruling. Five months down the line, they are still in custody.

SOURCE: http://www.newshelmng.com/2017/04/photos-shiites-members-stage-protest-in.html

President Muhammadu Buhari has renominated retired Justice Sylvanus Nsofor, 82, whose nomination as non-career ambassador was rejected by the Senate.



The Senate had on March 23, 2017, dropped two of the 47 ambassadorial nominees sent to it by the President for legislative confirmation.

Nsofor from Imo State and 59-year-old Mr. Jacob Daodu from Ondo State were rejected based on the recommendation of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs.

President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, however, read a letter from President Buhari at the plenary on Wednesday, in which he renominated Nsofor and replaced the Ondo nominee with Joseph Olusola Iji.

The President also replaced Mr. Suleiman Zana Hassan from Gombe State who was nominated as minister after his ambassadorial nomination had been confirmed by the Senate.

Hassan was replaced with Commodore Yusuf Jonga Hinna (Retd.).

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The Federal Government of Nigeria has banned the use of chloroquine and artemisinin monotherapy for the treatment of malaria.


The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, who made this announcement, stated that about N300bn was being lost annually by the Federal Government in the treatment and prevention of the disease.

According to him, the losses were incurred in government’s efforts to tackle the scourge in the country.

Adewole spoke on Tuesday in Abuja, during the commemoration of this year’s World Malaria Day.

Speaking on the theme, “End Malaria for Good: What is your Role?” The minister said, “With a new emphasis on citizen accountability and rights, I want you as a Nigerian citizen to challenge your health care provider and ask questions.

“When you have malaria and somebody wants to prescribe drugs for you, ask the health care provider: ‘Have you confirmed this is malaria?’ It is your right.

“As a citizen when your healthcare provider prescribes chloroquine or artemisinin monotherapy, say no. Doctors and nurses have been told that chloroquine is no longer useful and that it is wrong to prescribe artemisin monotherapy. For the healthcare provider, do not treat malaria without diagnosis.

“Tell yourself, ‘I must not prescribe chloroquine. I must not prescribe monotherapy for artemisinin when what we should prescribe is a combination therapy”, the minister emphasised.


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A video showing the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu refusing to shake hands with the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II is trending on Twitter.

The Video was reportedly captured at a public event attended by both men. See video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sV42xFPy6lw


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A man in Ogoni, Rivers state was publicly humiliated for attacking a woman because she was wearing a Biafran cap.

According to the lady's statement, she had been walking along the road when the man accosted her and slapped her then demanded she takes the cap off. Unfortunately for the man, the woman refused to be bullied and he got a taste of his medicine.

In the video, which is fast going viral, the woman can be seen explaining to a crowd what had transpired.

She said that after the man slapped her, demanding she got rid of the cap, she slapped him back and he attacked her. He broke her phone, her watch and inflicted injuries on her with a screwdriver.

When the man was asked what transpired, he admitted he owns the screwdriver but denied that he was the one responsible for the woman's injuries. He claimed he only approached her "like a man".

His story did not seem convincing and he was manhandled by the crowd.

See the video below.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFJa6Sf4qUA


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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni, and his Management Team paid courtesy visit to the Chief Justice of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Justice Ishaq Bello, on 24th April, 2017 in his office.

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One of the most popular Nigerian Fuji musician, Wasiu Ajibola Alabi, popularly known as Pasuma has been honoured with a traditional title in the Badagry Kingdom of Lagos.



The 49-year-old musician who has also had successes in the Nollywood film industry was decorated as the Togan of Badagry. Pasuma who is currently experimenting with hip hop was also named “Hansigan” of music, meaning the chief musician worldwide.



See photos from the event below:


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Today's Naira Rate Against The Dollar, Pounds And Euro


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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Easter Sunday said that ''Jesus had a characteristics of being around criminals.''

Osinbajop made the claim in his Easter sermon. “Jesus before now had shown that he came to stand with criminals, sinners. For instance, John 8:3 proved to us that Jesus intervened in the case of a woman who committed adultery; in Luke 19:5, Jesus was seeing with Zacchaeus, a corrupt man. So Jesus had a characteristics of being around criminals.

“He said I have come for these people. Between the criminals was Jesus Christ; one repenting and the other mocking. Spiritually, Jesus stood between hell and heaven. His cross is a cross of mediation; he is an intercessor. All that is required is to believe in him; acceptance of his commitment he made on the cross,” the Vice President said.

SOURCE: http://www.newshelmng.com/2017/04/jesus-was-always-around-criminals-vice.html

Louzolo Amour, a church in Congo is using beer to cast demons out of its members.


Africa News reports that services in the church which normally last up to 9 hours are dedicated to the healing of souls and bodies with sips of beer and praise. The church has as much as 5000 followers.

A member of the church Kondi Jean- Jacques, who believes in the potency of beer told newsmen how he got healed.

“I arrived here sick, brother Mikoungui gave me a bottle of beer, I drank a first sip, and a second, at the third one, I went into a trance, I then felt better. I believe beer can heal, if you drink it with faith," Jean- Jacques said.

See video from church service:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp9717HxA-Y


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The congregation of NKST Church High Level in Makurdi, Benue state are in shock after a man whose identity is yet to be revealed paid a tithe of N42m to the church.

NKST Church is an abbreviation for ‘Non go Kristu U Sudan hen Tiv’, meaning the Church of Christ Amongst the Tiv.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the money was paid into the UBA account of the church.

Although the resident pastor of the church, Dr. Frederick Ikyaan, initially denied knowledge of such offering, a copy of the church’s quarterly financial report, covering the months of January – March, confirmed the payment of N42million tithe to the church.

The report showed that the lodgement was the highest single offering from an individual for the quarter. The money was paid into the church’s account in January.

The breakdown of the church’s financial report showed an income of N56.2 million and an expenditure of N33.7 million within the same period.




The church’s records also showed that out of the income, N44.6 million was generated from tithe, while a single person accounted for N42 million.

The pastor had earlier denied that such amount was received as tithe but later explained that his earlier denial was based on the allegations that the donor was an appointee of the Benue State Government.

”I still stand by my words that the person that gave us that money is not an appointee of the state government. In fact, he does not even stay in Benue but is an indigene of the state," he said.

He said there was nothing wrong with the offering and insisted that the church has nothing to hide.


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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's former Minister of Finance, said she had high hopes in Nigeria when she was 18-years old.


Okonjo-Iweala made the remark during a panel session at the Mo Ibrahim Forum in Morocco.

“When I was 18, the world seemed open, prospects from my country seemed good; we had come out of a war, we were united and rebuilding so it seemed like a place where there was a lot of opportunities because we were reconstructing the country, there were a lot of jobs,” she said.

“I had very high expectations of a country where it would have what it needed infrastructure wise and people could go up and down the ladder anywhere they pleased.”

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At least seven persons lost their lives yesterday at the Enugu roundabout in Otukpo local government area of Benue. It was gathered that a truck carrying yams fell on a private vehicle killing all seven occupants.


Men of the Federal Road Safety Corps were seen evacuating bodies from the site.

Residents of the area blame the crash on the deplorable state of the roundabout.

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The honourable Minister for Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola held a meeting with Osun Governor Rauf Aregbesola. The ministry of Works, Power and Housing, in the meeting, promised that they will partner with the state of Osun on key projects across the Power, Roads and Housing.


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Widely acknowledged as one of Africa's most influential business leaders and philanthropists. Chairman of Heirs Holdings and Founder The Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme and Foundation, Tony Elumelu, marked his 54th birthday with a wonderful office party with a serenade playing on the side by Peter of P-Square.


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The British Deputy High Commissioner, Laure Beaufils was our guest at Lagos House, Ikeja.

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The Senate has rejected the nomination of two non-career ambassadorial nominees presented for legislative approval by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The rejected nominees are Justice Sylvanus Nsofor from Imo State and Mr Jacob Daodu from Ondo State.



The Senate on Thursday said the DSS report on the Ondo State nominee were negative.

According to the Senate social media handler, the report stated that: “He is said to be deceitful and indulged in corrupt practices as Chair road construction

“She notes that when asked if he could perform his duty at that age, his response was "Ask Mugabe if age affects his job"

Deputy Senate President said the appearance of the nominee from Ondo State is 'contradictory'.


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Today, Governor El Rufai was inspecting the 150MLD Zaria Water Expansion Project. The Governor also inspected the Galma Irrigation Scheme at the old Zaria water works and the 150mld Zaria Water Supply Expansion and Sanitation Project expected to be completed in July this year.

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Super Eagles Technical Adviser Gernot Rohr on Monday exchanged words with Chelsea player Victor Moses.

According to reports, Rohr and other coaches are unhappy with Moses' withdrawal from the national team squad days leading up to their first friendly against Senegal.

Manager Rohr was visibly angry with Moses during the face-to-face discussion he had with the Chelsea wing-back on Monday.

Victor Moses has stated that he only showed up at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, London because he didn’t want the coaches to think that he was faking the injury he suffered against Manchester United about a week ago.

However, Moses has featured for Chelsea after the Manchester United game, playing over 70 minutes in his side's 2-1 victory over Stoke last weekend.


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Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hammed Ali (retd.) on Tuesday declared that he had the support of President Muhammadu Buhari on the proposed policy on payment of vehicle duty.



Ali spoke with State House correspondents shortly after emerging from the mosque located beside the President’s office inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

“The truth is that when I came in one of the difficult tasks is how to deal with, ‘big men.’ Big time businessmen in the past have created a situation that they were the beneficiaries of waivers and concessions. Huge amount of money is lost in this country through waivers and concessions.


“If John decides to import things as a trader, he is meant to pay duty, why should Ali, because he is a big businessman and has a status in the society be given waiver when the law is clear about it?”


“The President agrees with us and the political will is behind us. As of today, apart from the statutory waivers, which the law allows, the President has not approved one single waiver,” he stated.

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PHOTOS: Court Sentence Man To 7 Years Imprisonment For Possession Of Counterfeit Currency

The Federal High Court, Yola in Adamawa state, today convicted and sentenced one Abubakar Umar aka Habu Dogo, to seven years imprisonment for charges of conspiracy and possession of counterfeit currency.

The EFCC had arraigned the 44 year old man who was arrested on August 17th 2015 with several foreign counterfeit currencies. More photos after the cut.


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Popular Comedian Basketmouth has explained why he does not enjoy partying at night clubs.





Speaking to HIP TV, Basketmouth said, "It's too stressful. I swear what I am about to say, some club owners would not like it. You go to a club, it's crowded, you can't dance, everyone is hitting you, the drinks are expensive.


''If you look at it at the end of the day, you are actually getting stressed out to spend your own money. I would rather just stay at home. Buy the drinks and keep it's real. It's cheap. Call my friends to come to my house and drink. The money I would spend on a bottle of brandy in the club, I can use it to buy 3 at home. It's just #11,000 for a bottle (of a particular brand) but in the club, is it i #35,000? I be mumu? I be igbo, I save my money. No be club?"


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A Bill for an Act to provide for the Prohibition of Facial Mutilation, Offences, Prosecution and Punishment of Offenders on Tuesday passed second reading in the Senate.


The Bill is also for the Protection of victims under threat of facial mutilation and other related Matters.

Sen. Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi), who sponsored the bill, said that there was no doubt that Africans of old used tribal marks as a means of proper identification.

Leading debate on the bill, Melaye said in those days, members of the same village, tribe or lineage had the same tribal marks.

Melaye said that the hometown and lineage of a child or anyone with tribal marks were immediately identified, while outsiders who did not have such marks were also spotted.

He further explained that parents also used tribal marks to lay credence to the legitimacy of their children.

However, the lawmaker said “all these reasons cannot be scientifically proven, and hence cannot enjoy the support for this harmful practice’’.

“The irony of these marks is that it makes victims subjects of mockery by friends. Imagine someone being called a tiger simply because of the thick cheeks resulting from facial marks.

“These people have been subjected to different reactions. Some have lamented the marks that are bequeathed on them as generational inheritance.

“Many have cursed the day which this dastardly act was performed on them.

“Many of the grown adults have confessed that the most terrific debacle of their lives is their tribal marks. Some have become eunuchs because of this stigma.

“Imagine a boy in the class of 25 pupils carrying a tribal mark. His mates will call him the boy with the railway line. They are emblems of disfiguration.

“Some of them have developed low self-esteem and most times treated with scorn and ridicule including rejection by the female folks.

“The reactions of people who interact with them say it dampens and lowers their spirit,’’ he said.

Melaye stated that besides the health implication of the practice, it was an infringement on the rights of children, adding that every Nigerian child deserved the right to live.

According to him, it is time a law is enacted to stop the dastardly act, as the popularity and acceptance of facial marks are waning.



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