A Chief Magistrate Court at Ogba, Lagos has sentenced the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank, Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe alongside Ezinwa Unuigboje, secretary of the bank, to six weeks imprisonment over the disobedience of a garnishee order of court restraining the bank from allowing a judgment debtor access to his account. In a seating on Monday, Magistrate Lateef Owolabi gave the sentence sequel to a garnishee order he gave on December 6, 2022 asking 16 banks not to allow a judgment debtor, Prince Enabulele Ozaze access to his bank accounts pending the payment of N2.8 million judgment debt in suit involving the…
Author: Africa
Dollar to naira exchange rate today 6th February 2023, black market rate can be on BulletinNG. This online news platform has obtained the official dollar to naira exchange rate in Nigeria today including the Black Market rates, Bureau De Change (BDC) rate, and CBN rates. How Much Is Dollar To Naira Exchange Rate Today? Dollar to naira exchange rate today black market (Aboki dollar rate): BulletinNG understands that the exchange rate for a dollar to naira at Lagos Parallel Market (Black Market) players buy a dollar for N753 and sell at N757 as of the time of filing this report. Exchange Rate of Dollar…
Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of Stanbic IBTC Holdings, has provided juicy options for its customers to enjoy access to cash flow to scale their business in preparation for the upcoming season of love celebrations. The organisation has said that its digital loan solutions will make funds available for customers to stock up, purchase necessary gift items for their loved ones, pay salaries and meet other financial obligations before, during and after the Valentine’s Day celebration. Olajumoke Bello, Head, Enterprise Direct, Business and Commercial Client, Stanbic IBTC Bank, said, “Individuals need to show love and be loved in return. Gifting…
Nigerian songstress, Temilade Openiyi popularly stage name Tems has won her first-ever Grammy award. Tems won the ‘Best Melodic Rap Performance’ category on Sunday night for her role in ‘Wait for U’, the 2022 hit song by Future featuring Drake. The 2023 Grammy Awards ceremony is currently being held at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Trevor Noah is hosting the Grammys for the third year in a row.
Six persons have been confirmed dead in Ondo State following an attack by suspected herders on some communities in the Ose Local Government Area of the state. The affected communities, Arimogija and Molege were said to have been under incessant attacks for the past two weeks. Among those that were killed were farmers, traders, and travellers with the communities. It was gathered that farmers’ attempts to stop the herders from continuing to wilfully destroy their crops served as the impetus for the attack. Owolafe Folorunsho, a community leader, claimed that AK-47 and pump action were freely used during the attack.…
A video depicting Dino Melaye, a former senator representing Kogi west, calling for support for Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi surfaces online. BulletinNG reports that in the 40 seconds video, Dino, a spokesperson PDP Presidential Campaign Management Committee called on Nigerians, the crusade by Peter Obi to campaign for the new Nigeria to come. “I wanna say, it is time for us to think. I encourage the crusade, the movement started by Peter Obi to continue, move from campus to campus, move from community to community, move from one progressive group and organisation in this country to another to campaign…
BulletinNG reports that Kenyan-American Elkanah Kibet has won the 8th Lagos City Marathon sponsored by the Access Bank PLC, finishing the race at the record time of 2:14:00 on Saturday morning. Kibet, born June 2, 1983, is a long-distance runner, an alumnus of Auburn University. Kibet is also a financial management technician in the United States Army and competes in marathons as a member of the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program. For the first time since the commencement of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon, a total of 16 refugees from different parts of the world, including Syria, competed…
Two officers of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have been sentenced to death by hanging after being found guilty of the extrajudicial killing of two suspects in their custody. BulletinNG learnt that the officers had been standing trial for the extrajudicial killing of Michael Akor and Michael Igwe, who died in their custody after being arrested for allegedly stealing recharge cards in Oyigbo, Oyigbo Local Government Area in Rivers State in 2015. Recall that the convicts, Shedrack Ibibo and Magus Awuri, were tried alongside three other members of the SARS team which included ASP Samuel Chigbu, Ogoligo, and Olisa…
Nigerian singer, Portable has called out President Muhammadu Buhari over the lingering fuel and currency scarcity in the country. BulletinNG understands that the introduction of the new notes by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and phase out of the old notes in a span of weeks, which took effect in December 2022, brought untold anguish and frustration on most Nigerians in the country. Reacting to the development, Portable, in a video shared on his Instagram on Friday, lamented the fuel scarcity, hikes in food prices, and difficulty getting money in banks. Portable further slammed those hoarding the new Naira…
Nigerian actress Toni Tones has called out Zenith Bank over dissapperance of 6000 dollars from her domicilary account. In the post via her verified Twitter account, Toni Tones who is popular for her role in King of Boys and Brotherhood advised Zenith Bank to do the needful before they see crazy. BulletinNG reports that Toni Tones tweeted saying, ” So @ZenithBank has stolen $6000 dollars from my DOM account. “Lmao! Zenith bank, you guys are about to see crazy!”. https://twitter.com/iamTONITONES/status/1621502806355218433?t=r-N-ctGGiLnb9fbRKcysWw&s=19 Reacting to her Tweet, Zenith told her to take to her direct message regarding her complain. https://twitter.com/ZenithBank/status/1621538047971020803?t=KDAQWE3fe3FDywu1fhJEWQ&s=19