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The House of Representatives has kicked against the introduction ofN100 monthly as maintenance feeon ATM cards by some banks, describing it as exploitative. Consequently, the chamber mandated its Committee on Banking and Currency to probe allapproved bank charges on all accounts and compliance by banks and report back to it in a fortnight.
Debating a motion sponsored by Rep. Aliu Babatunde Kazeem, the lawmakers called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, and other relevant authorities, to urgently look into the issue and act to halt the trend. Describing the N100 maintenance charge as unacceptable, Kazeem accused some banks of using the back-door to charge customers on ATM usage, despite the directive by CBN that no bank should collect charges from ATM users. Arguing that the Bankers’ Committee had abolished the interbank transaction charges, the lawmaker said t was surprising that some banks were still bent on ripping customers off.
He informed the Chamber that First Bank of Nigeria Limited was on the verge of commencing a monthly deduction of maintenance fee on their cards with effect from March 2013. He reminded the House that the CBN Governor had said customers will no longer pay N100 on withdrawals on ATM whenever they use banks other than theirs starting from December 17, 2012.He said: “If this maintenance fee is introduced, it will cause untold hardship on bank customers.
If this maintenance fee is introduced, it will reduce the patronage of ATMs thereby affecting adversely the financial inclusion strategy of the Central Bank of Nigeria.”
Supporting the motion, Abiodun Awoniyi declared that introduction of N100 monthly maintenance fee was a fraud since ,according to him, banks charge customers before issuing them ATM cards.
He maintained that there was no other ways bank maintain ATM cards. In their separate submissions some lawmakers including Linus Okorie, Hussain Namadi, Aminu Sulaiman and Hassan Sale contended that banksin the country were already introducing sundry phoney commissions and miscellaneous charges which they said were shrouded to customers.
Although some members including Godwin Elumelu, Friday Itula, Austin Ogboburo and HamidAkinlade kicked against the motion, when the Speaker, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal put the question, the prayers were adopted in an over whelming voice vote by majority of the members.
http://sunnewsonline.com/new/business/atm-cards-reps-kick-against-n100-maintenance-fee/

Toomaxi: Ds is unfair, he tendered his resignation so why did Rochas refuse to accept it? I believ there is a 'world war' behind d scene

I think dia is an untold side of all dis saga.

All is d hand work of PDP 2 frustrate All Progressive Congress. And i thnk d re succeeding.

The impeachment drama between the Imo State Assembly and the Deputy Governor, Chief Jude Agbaso, continued yesterday as the deputy governor has apparently stayed away from his office and his official residence to avoid being served with an impeachment notice, leaving the state Assembly in a dilemma. According Acho Ihim, chairman, House Committee on Information, the deputy governor had neither shown up in his office nor in his official residence making it difficult to serve him notice of impeachment unanimously voted by the House.
The House, he said, had resolved to serve him through other means; electronic and print mediaand pasting such at his official residence after a plenary session, which held yesterday. He noted that ever since the indictment of Agbaso, he had hardly been found around his office and his official residence. Owing to the abandonment of some road projects in the state, the Joint Committee on State and Local Government Projects led by Stan Dara, member of Imo State House of Assembly representing Orsu Local Government Area in their investigation discovered that Agbaso, the deputy governor whowas also then the commissioner for works, was fingered in a N458 million bribery scam. Acting on the report of the Project Monitoring Committee, the Imo House of Assembly set up a Special Adhoc Committee whose Chairman is Iwunze for further investigation.
According to the report by the Special Adhoc Committee, Mr. Joseph Dina of J-PROS International Nigeria Limited in his testimony confirmed having given Agbaso a total sum of N458million on request through a text message to two accounts domiciled in both GT Bank and UBA. The report further revealed that Agbaso lied severally before owning up. First, he denied ever inviting Mr. Dina of J-PROS to his house but when Dina stood his ground and mentioned to have bought a blue designer Porsche wine from London for him and how Agbaso sent his security personnel to bring him to his MCC Road residence, Agbaso owned up.
The drama was further heightened with the denial of demanding and receiving any gratification before Dina revealed the phone number with which the deputy governor made the request and the account numbers08033444421 and the payment as follows: Three brothers Concept Limited, Bank: GT Bank Plc with Account No: 0045630151with sort code 058266511. Amount paid is N325,000,000 in February 2012; Another N133,000,000 was paid in the month of June to IHSAN BDC Limited, Account no 1015334698 with sort code, 033153351, UBA Plc, 27, Wharf Road, Apapa, Lagos State.
http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/n458m-bribery-scandal-imo-dep-gov-vacates-office-home-to-evade-impeachment-notice/

sambussie: Please o! When is their next interview

So u wud get ur own Trans. Allowance? #jst askn#

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Who is a Pope?

So wht next?

Finally! Congrats Pope Francis 1.
Chai! Sori my African brothers d cardinals.

Arysexy: Breaking NEWS now on AIT! NEW POPE EMERGES! watch live on AIT now! VIVA POPE!

Are u watchn 4rm Antenna? #jst asking# no offense

slyfoxxjoe: So we have 3 I.diots at the top all claiming first to comment. How shall we solve this dilema? Anyways make me I manage first to insult!

Yet u re not

Why are women better cook than men? Even wen d same type of food stuffs/ingredients re used, d 1 cukd by a lady tastes more nice.

engrfcuksmtin: Gboa on your face iiiidiiot.

Lmcao

gmhc: The World Sleep Day is an annual event organized by the World Sleep Day Committee of the World Association of Sleep Medicine (W.A.S.M) since 2008. It is aimed to celebrate the benefits of good and healthy sleep and to draw society attention to the burden of sleep problems and their medicine, education and social aspects; to promote sleep disorders prevention and management.
Through the World Sleep Day the W.A.S.M tries to raise awareness of sleep disorders and their better understanding and preventability, and to reduce the burden of sleep problems on society that constitute a global epidemic and threaten health and quality of life for as much as 45% of the world's population.

Events involving discussions, presentations of educational materials and exhibitions take place around the world and online.
So you can inform your bosses that there is need for you to take a day off on Friday as the world will be sleeping and resting. Be rest assured that your termination letter is awaiting you on Monday. lol

Have a blessed day y'all.

@OP: and how do we knw dat dis ur info is legit?

ItsUncleDee: Ist to comment...clap 4 me... lol

ceejay80s: IT'S A MIRACLE, 1st TO TALK!! I AM GOING TO SLEEP RIGHT NOW AND I WONT WAKE UP AGAIN...HURRAY!!

idy15: meaning i wont work on Friday i'll be sleeping althrough
first to comment

What re dis Nursery Two pupils doing here?

Ok. Ova 2 table water

[quote author=Fisherman.com]pls can u tell me d most important one?[/quote]9ja Presidential election 2015

The Writer: I posted this in the religion section and got banned and had my topic hidden. My very firs topic on Nairaland. What a shame!

Maybe d MOD drink Alomo bitaz

Black smoke poured from the chimney fixed to the roof of the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday morning, indicating that the cardinals' first two votes of the day were inconclusive.The 115 voting cardinals are taking part in the second day of the secretive conclave to elect a new pope.Read how the day will unfoldThey will have two more opportunities to vote later Wednesday.A two-thirds majority is required to confirm a new pontiff to step into the shoes left empty by the historic resignation of Benedict XVI at the end of last month.Whoever it may be will take on the leadership of a church that has been rocked by child sex abuse scandals and corruption claims in recent years.White or black smoke?No smoke emerged after the first vote Wednesday morning, meaning the cardinals then entered a second round of voting.The black smoke that poured from the chimney at 11:39 a.m. local time (6:39 a.m. ET) indicates that no result came from that second ballot, either.The cardinals will now go to lunch, when they will be able to have informal conversations and mull their options.
http://m.cnn.com/primary/cnnd_fullarticle?articleId=cnn/2013/03/13/world/europe/vatican-pope-selection&branding=&pagesize=10&category=cnnd_latest

What happened to the once serious Cassava bread of d GEJ administration?

Dat shld b applauded 'IF ONLY corps members wil b posted 2 a PPA according 2 wht d studied & nt a compulsory teaching PPA, n also receive atleast 50k alawe instead of d current 19k'

Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has thrown his weight behind former teammate and predecessor in the national team Samson Siasia to doa good job with the Under-23 national team.
It was reported that the former Super Eagles trainer has been considered to handle the team he once led to the final of the Olympic football tournament in Beijing, China in 2008 although the Nigeria Football Federation has not confirmed it.
“I have not heard about it but Samson is a Nigerian and a qualified coach so I believe he is capable of doing the job if he is given the work to handle the U-23national team,” Keshi told Goal.com in Abuja on Tuesday.
The architect of Nigeria’s triumph at the Africa Cup of Nations in South last month is already psyched up to lead the squad against Kenya in their 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifying game.
He disclosed that all the invited Nigeria Professional Football League players are already for the must win encounter.
“All the invited players are already in camp and I am happy that they responded quickly as usual, whichis good for team spirit and the work ahead. The response has been great from the players,” Keshi disclosed.
http://m.goal.com/x/en-ng/news/3819988

The Federal Government is concluding the Bilateral Air ServiceAgreements between Nigeria and Israel, which will result in the commencement of direct flights from Nigeria to the Middle East nation before the next Christian pilgrimage scheduled for October this year.
When this is done, it is expected that the nine hours in-flight travelling time to Israel will be reduced to about six hours under the arrangement.
The Executive Secretary of Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission, Mr. John Opara, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Olajide Oshundun, on Monday, stated this in Abuja, while welcoming back the first batch of Christian pilgrims from Benue and the Federal Capital Territory,who had gone on the 2013 Easter pilgrimage to Israel.
He expressed joy that the 378 Pilgrims, who left the country on February 28, returned safely without any record of death and absondment during the exercise.
Opara used the occasion to assure other intending pilgrims across the six geo-political zones that they would be airlifted from the designated airports in their zones during the exercise.
According to him, pilgrims should be agents of change and transformation. He urged them to use the experience of their encounter to move Nigeria forward and to a greater height.
He said, "The aim of our pilgrimage is to morally and spiritually transform Nigerians. If pilgrims come back morally and spiritually transformed, they will, in turn, transform their families and the people that come in contact with them. Through this, the entire country will become transformed in no distant time.
"Nigeria is committed to maintaining a cordial relationship with other countries. The Minister of Aviation is working hard to ensure that the Bilateral Air Service Agreement between Nigeria and the state of Israel is concluded before the October pilgrimage exercise."
Earlier at the NAIA, Opara also bidded farewell to intending Pilgrims from Plateau and Kaduna States who were at the airport on their way to Israel.
He admonished intending pilgrims to embark on the trip with the mindset of going to havea divine encounter with God so that they would come back as changed Nigerians.
He added, "I want the testimonies on your lips to be that I went and I came back changed."
The NCPC boss thanked the governments of Kaduna and Plateau states for making it possible for the intending pilgrims to travel for the pilgrimage exercise.
A minute silence was also observed in memory of the immediate past governor of Kaduna state, late Patrick Yakowa, who paid for the Kaduna pilgrims that were to travel.
http://mobile.punchng.com/output.php?link=http://www.punchng.com/news/fg-to-begin-direct-flight-to-israel/

taif: abeg help me tell him.

Pussy! Pussy!! Wia hav u been?

Hot

1. Angry
2. Hot
3. Lonely
4. Wanna hug sm1
5. Missing sm1
6. Wanna kiss sm1
7. Broke
8. Confused
9. In love
10. Happy
11. Working
12. Hungry
13. All of d above

A young mother, Adeola Joseph, that buried her only child alive in her residence in Osogbo, Osun state for two days in 2012, has been jailed for six years. The trial Chief Magistrate, Mr Olusola Aluko,ordered that the 18-year-old mother should serve the jail term with hard labour. Handing down the judgment, the magistrate saidthe convict who looked unrepentant, did not deserve to live among humans.
He noted: “The convict is callous and may not change from her devilish act as she did not show any remorse. She may do worse ifgiven the opportunity to continueto live amongst human beings. She needs to learn how to live among human beings and not animals.” Before her arrest at Ijetu area of the state capital and consequent conviction, she was said to have made several failed attempts in the past to eliminate the two-year-old baby,
Fatia Nafiu, who she saw as standing in her way to making it in life. But the 18-year-old womanwho is now an unwilling guest of the Ilesa Prisons, said she had no regrets about her action. It was gathered that the determination to eliminate the baby was her desperation to relocate to Lagos in search of a white-collar job. Her parents were said to have insisted that she moved with the baby but she felt uncomfortable with the idea of combining the task of nursing a baby with gainful employment.
The woman who was confirmed to be mentally fit by medical doctors during her trial, had lived with the baby for two years. Adeola’s first attempt to get rid of baby Fatia was in November, last year, when she allegedly poisonedher food. It was gathered that thesecond attempt was in December last year, when the young mother dumped the baby by the bank of River Osun but some passersby rescued the baby and took her to a motherless babies home from where she was later returned to her mother.
The mother and child lived together until Adeola made another attempt to get rid of the baby. But by sheer providence, the child escaped death once again despite that she had been buried for two days. Many residents had rushed to the sceneof the incident to catch a glimpse of the child, and were surprised that she survived two days in the grave before good Samaritans ledby Prophetess Tunrayo Akinwande, who lived close to where she was buried, exhumed her.
It was gathered that the baby fainted and was rushed to the State Hospital, Asubiaro in Osogbowhere she was admitted for threedays before she was discharged. The Police prosecutor, Mr. Solomon Oladele, had told the court, that Joseph buried her childin the early hours of Monday, February18, 2012 and the child was rescued after two days by a Good Samaritan,
Prophetess Tunrayo Akinwande, who lived around the area. Oladele said that before the intervention of Prophetess Akinwande and other residents ofthe area who exhumed Fatia, the innocent baby had been in the grave for two days. The convict who had faced a three-count charge of attempted murder, felony and breach of peace, pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy.
She told the court that her parents were not favourably disposed to her marriage with the father of her child and had since been living alone without assistance from any body, hence her resolve to terminate the baby’s life. Also, the convict had told the court that she decided to kill the baby due to her decision to relocate to Lagos in search of ajob and could not bear the responsibilities of caring for the baby and working in Lagos.
http://sunnewsonline.com/new/cover/buried-alive/

jhydebaba: Hope I'm not sounding tribalistic but the topic ought to be "why do Ibos build better houses in the village"

U must b a 'fooling fool' 2 think dat its only Ibos dat does dat. Anyway, it seems u ppl liv in a mud house in ur village.

POLICE CAP: I've observed that most persons prefer to build well furnished mansions in their villages which latter begins to look like an abandoned project because you only find people in them during festive periods. And the funny thing here is that most of these persons live in rented apartment in the city (where they spend most of their time)

In my own opinion, I would suggest they build just a simple house with simple furnishing in the village.... Then own even if its a hut to call their own in the city.

I stil wish for reasons why they do this.....

I hope ur Dad built 1. Mayb u shld ask him. Mtchewww

WTF! I can't see my name on dat list. WHY? *angrily*