Day: March 7, 2025

Former presidential spokesman, Doyin Okupe dies at 72

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A prominent politician and former presidential spokesperson, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has passed away. A trained physician who co-founded Royal Cross Medical Centre, details of his death is still hazy, but family source has confirmed his death. Aged 72, Okupe was Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Olusegun Obasanjo and Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to President Goodluck Jonathan during their tenures as president. He later became the Director-General of Peter Obi’s 2023 Presidential Campaign. He stepped down from Obi’s campaign after being convicted of money laundering, and…

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Union Bank Rewards 452 Customers in UnionKorrect Draws

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Union Bank, Nigeria’s leading financial institution, recently rewarded 452 UnionKorrect account holders with over N21 million during draws held at its Douglas Road Branch in Owerri, Imo State. During the recent draw monitored and supervised by relevant regulatory bodies, 100 customers were awarded N25,000 each, 40 customers N50,000 each, and one customer won the grand prize of N500,000 in the UnionKorrect Regular category. In the UnionKorrect Exclusive category, 75 customers won N100,000 each, 10 customers won N500,000 each, and one customer won the grand prize of N1 million. The bank…

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IKEDC: 12 Air Force personnel invade our office, flog staff, stole laptops, mobile phones

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Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company’s (IKEDC) spokesperson, Kingsley Okotie said that their office was invaded. He confirmed the early morning invasion by over 12 personnel from the Air Force base located in Sam Ethnan Barracks, Ikeja, Lagos.  According to Okotie, over 12 personnel stormed the IKEDC office with their truck and began flogging the company’s staff. He said, “They came in with their truck, beating the staff of our company. They even took my laptop, and now most staff can’t find their phones since they left. They came in around 8…

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