The Lagos State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has directed all Churches to close 11pm on the 31st December 2020 … says they are making an arrangement for LIVE TV Broadcast for people to join from home. #Covid19Lagos

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I’m a Blogger and Google Publisher. I’m here to Report my Issue with FCMB Bank.

On The 21st of this Month (December 2020), A Payment was sent to me Google Ireland Limited just as they do every month Since this Year Started. The Payment was sent into my FCMB Bank- same Bank I’ve been using to receive all my Advert Payment From Google and Other Companies, but this time Around FCMB is refusing to Credit my Funds which was sent in Google and I want to use this medium to WARN People about Transacting with FCMB Bank (Mostly International Money Transactions).

My Story goes as thus:On The 21st of This Month Google Sent $2,685.38 USD to my FCMB Bank Account (The Same which they have been sending to every month and I’ve been getting credit – without issues).

22nd of December: I called FCMB Headquarters via this Phone Number: 012798800 and informed them about the incoming WIRE Transfer from Google Ireland; I mailed the Payment Receipt send to me Google to them (via: customerservice@fcmb.com) and FCMB Bank’s Customer Service Rep who Picked up my Call and Logged my Transaction responded to me as thus:

“I have Logged your Incoming Transaction, Be rest assured that FCMB will credit you once we confirm we have the corresponding Inflow…. Please, expect an update within the Next 24 Hours – You should receive it immediately we confirm we have the Funds in question”.

That has been the response they always give me whenever I call in to inform them about an incoming USD Inflow every month and I get my credit before the end of Working day on that day or early 23rd which is the next Day….. This time Around I didn’t get it even on 23rd December.23rd December:

On This day, I called back FCMB Headquarters and the Customer Care Representative that spoke with me confirmed the Inflow and made me understand that he can see the Inflow pending and FCMB Bank is in receipt of the Funds and the only thing remaining is to credit my account, I asked him “Why is this taking Long? Since FCMB is in receipt of my Fund, Credit my account because I need my Money!”,

The Customer Service Rep went ahead to let me know that “From what I can see here, This Current Inflow is bigger than what you usually get from Google in the Past Months, we are looking into it – why is it so?” I replied as thus: “It’s not a Fixed Payment, it might go up or even be lesser depending on so many factors, but the Payment for this Month is bigger”, The Customer Service Rep went ahead to end the conversation telling me this

“Please, I have done a follow up on this issue to confirm why You’ve not been credited this amount which I can see from my end. Please, give us 24 Hours; you should be credited on or even before the 24 hours elapses”. After everything, I was expecting my credit as he promised But I saw nothing and I didn’t get any Credit after 24 Hours.

24th December: On This Day I called FCMB Headquarters again to complain on why they have not credited me my Inflow despite conforming they are in receipt of my Inflow, the Customer service Rep that Picked up my call told me this “We are in receipt of the Fund but the appropriate team noted that Your Name was not written in Full the sender, Please inform REMITA to write your name in Full”

I was dumbfounded because that was not my first time of receiving payment from the same Company Google Ireland Limited, and IF it was a Wrong Account or mistaken transaction, They wouldn’t see the inflow, neither will the transaction bear my account number and I explained it to the rep to check my previous inflows from the same company and see that’s how all the inflows has been and I have always been credited without such issues, I made her to understand that I need my money credited fast because I need to use it for my Christmas Celebration.

I also made her know that it’s a Wire Transfer which has been coming in monthly like that and I’ve been getting my credit and I don’t have any transaction or history with Remita to start up a conversation with them… The Customer Rep informed me that I would be credited before the day runs out as she has done a Follow up on my Issue…. Uptill Today I have not received my Payment… I Was Home all day Yesterday being Christmas and uptill Now I’ve been and I’m Still feeling Bad because I have #0 With me and FCMB is holding my funds with Flimsy excuses.

That Made me Not To Celebrate my Christmas- FCMB BANK is WITHOLDING MY HARD EARNED MONEY.I decided to send a tweet to their Twitter Handle so as to make a further report in regards to the issue, and on getting to their Most Recent Post (as at 24th December 2020) I noticed a tweet another Blogger who complained about FCMB Holding his Payment which was sent to him Google Too (Screenshot Attached to this Post)…

There and then I noticed I was not alone on this and it looks like FCMB is trying to play a Fast one on Bloggers. I sent out a tweet to their Official handle but got no reply even till this moment.I have been getting my Credit into my FCMB Bank Account every month until this December and some FCMB Customer Reps have handled my Google Transactions in the Past and here are their Details for further confirmation:

Rep 1: Ayomide Omole

E-mail: ayomide.omole@fcmb.com

Rep 2:

Mariam Okubena

E-mail: mariam.okubena@fcmb.com

Current Inflow Transaction Request ID (Assigned to me for this transaction FCMB Via Mail)

: RE-1962584Transaction Amount: $2,685.38

Date Sent: 21st December 2020

Payment Method: Wire TransferFCMB BANK plc,

please Credit me My Google Inflow!




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The alarming level of insecurity in Edo state on Tuesday saw the kidnapping of about 15 passengers onboard a bus belonging to a popular transport company in the state (name withheld).
Although details of the kidnapping are still sketchy, however, gathered it occurred along the Benin—Ekpoma—Auchi Expressway which has, in recent time, become a ‘safe haven’ for armed bandits.This is coming exactly a month after kidnappers hijacked a bus belonging to the same transport company on same road.
The 18 passengers were later released after the alleged payment of N9m ransom. The latest Tuesday victims were said to have been kidnapped from an Abuja-bound 18-seater Toyota Hiace bus. Other road users were said to have scampered for safety, abandoning their vehicles.An eyewitness and passenger of the bus, who craved anonymity, narrated how she managed to escape.
According to her, only the driver and three female passengers were spared. Another eyewitness, who claimed to be a student of the Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, said the development forced other vehicles to stop abruptly and park the roadside.Commenting on the incident, a regular user of the road and transport company, who took to his social media page, said he was forced to cancel his planned trip.
“I was already at the park when one elderly woman cried to the park that their vehicle was kidnapped that they set her free to come give them the information… I had to return the ticket and collect my money back,” he said. “Please for those that still have mind to travel to Benin or Ekpoma today be careful!.
”As at press time, the whereabouts of all the victims are unknown. Clips obtained Igbere TV shows the empty bus on the roadside with other road users discussing the event.When contacted, spokesman for the Edo state police command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, said the police was yet to be briefed on the incident.
“We have not been briefed (yet), the command is not aware of such development, once I am briefed, I will let you know,” the police spokesman said on phone, Tuesday afternoon.Today’s incident comes three days after the State Head of Service, Mr. Anthony Okungbowa, got kidnapped in Edo town, with his driver and orderly killed. Okungbowa has since regained freedom.Kidnapping has been on the increase in Edo, especially following the recent EndSARS protests in the state where thousands of prison inmates escaped; burning down police stations and looting armouries.



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President Muhammadu Buhari has yet to return to the Presidential Villa 11 days after he left Abuja for Daura, Katsina State, his hometown, for ‘a week-long private visit’.
The President had on December 11 embarked on a seven-day private visit to Daura and was billed to return to work on December 18, 2020.“President Muhammadu Buhari is in Daura, Katsina State for a week-long private visit.
The aircraft carrying the President from Abuja landed at 4:45pm on Friday at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport in Katsina where he was received the Governor, Aminu Bello Masari; his deputy, Mannir Yakubu; senior government officials and the heads of security agencies in the state.
“In Daura to receive President Buhari at the helipad were the Emir, His Highness Alhaji Umar Faruk Umar, leading the members of the Emirate Council and a parade of colourful horse riders and courtiers.
“While in Daura, President Buhari will carry out a number of private engagements but is expected to participate virtually in the meeting of the Federal Executive Council on Wednesday, to be presided over the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.
“The President last visited his hometown in December 2019, having stayed away largely due to the global COVID-19 situation,” Garba Shehu, Presidential spokesman had said in a statement.
But 11 days later, SaharaReporters gathered that the President has yet to return to the seat of power, with his media aides not saying anything about the extension.Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, had been in Dubai, United Arab Emirates since September after the wedding of her daughter, Hanan.SaharaReporters also gathered that the First Lady was not in a hurry to return home after spending over three months, as she reportedly stated that the Aso Rock Villa was not secure for her family.
A top source told the newspaper that Aisha has now relocated quietly to the UAE.



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Mathias Nnadi, a senior lecturer at the department of surgery, University of Calabar, Cross River state, has died of COVID-19.
The consultant neurosurgeon at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) was said to have initially died of acute exacerbation of asthma while stuck in traffic in the state capital.
His wife was said to have called for an ambulance from the teaching hospital, which also got stuck in the traffic at Odukpani area of Calabar and could not evacuate Nnadi on time.
But a postmortem test carried out on the deceased was reported to have shown that he tested positive for COVID-19.Nnadi obtained his degree in medicine (MB.BS) from the University of Nigeria in 1994.
He was a fellow of the West African College of Surgeons. Also a fellow of the medical college of surgeons. His research interest is mainly in neurotrauma.Speaking on the development on Sunday, Peter Atangwho, chief executive officer of Telemed Online Clinic, described the death of the neuro-surgeon as shocking.
“Last night I received a text that Dr. Matthias Nnadi, my med school teacher & a consultant neurosurgeon at UCTH, died of acute exacerbation of asthma. Instantly, tears welled up my eyes. But it’s the details of his death that were more shocking,” Atangwho said.“His wife sent an ambulance to pick him up in the thick dusty traffic where he was stuck. It took more than 3 hrs to arrive due to extremely bad roads & traffic around Odukpani area in Cross River.“The ambulance that came for Dr. Nnadi didn’t even have oxygen and the time he arrived the A&E he was already blue, lying lifeless on the stretcher!
“Imagine knowing you’re dying. Imagine knowing what’s killing you. Imagine knowing you could treat it. Then imagine you can’t do anything about it.“Dr. Nnadi’s wife in O&G dept just birthed twins after many years of childlessness.
They’ll never see their father again! Nigeria has few neurosurgeons. Dr. Nnadi was one of the less than 200 in a country of over 280 million.
“When I was in school, he was the only consultant neurosurgeon. We ran to him for mentorship. But yesterday, he couldn’t get oxygen & had to die! Thank you Nigeria!”


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Youths in Nsukka organize an awareness project for #endsars #EndBadGovernances A Nairalander and A group of youths in Nsukka have taken to the street to create awareness and call out the police over cases of brutality as well as the politicians on bad governance.

In a creative and powerful move, we placed banners in major roads and flyovers in Nsukka Town with attention-grabbing writeups.

The writeups targeted young people mostly as well as officers of the Nigerian police force in a bid to make them recognize the real enemy and show solidarity to the #Endbadgovernance movement.


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Nollywood actress Didi Ekanem says Mercy Johnson made women in Nigeria begin to embrace their curviness. The actress in a series of posts shared to her Instastories on Thursday said she used to be bullied as a young girl due to her curvy nature.
According to her, she is going to open a YouTube channel to tell her fans how she used to be bullied in secondary school for being curvy. Didi said she severally prayed to God for her curvy figure to be taken away from her.
“I’m going to open a YouTube channel so I can tell you guys about me, my body, how I used to be bullied in secondary school for being curvy.“How I used to cry endlessly at nights and prayed to God to deflate my bum cos of mockery. Growing up as a young girl, it was tough,” she wrote.The actress added: “Mercy Johnson literally made curvy women in Nigeria to start embracing their beauty. The way she was so confident in her body was mind-blowing and I remember wishing to be like her always. That’s how she became my favourite Nigerian actress and not to mention her strong acting prowess.”



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The Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission COVID-19 Palliatives Distribution Committee, Chief Sobomabo Jackrich, has alleged that some underprivileged people in the Niger Delta region rejected the rotten food items distributed to them the sacked Interim Management Committee of the NDDC because they could be poisonous.

He also alleged that the sacked IMC team, led Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei, stage-managed the distribution of the food and medical items it claimed to have purchased with the N6.2bn approved for the indigent residents of the region, as palliatives the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd).Jackrich’s allegations were contained in a petition he and other members of his committee presented to the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, a copy of which was obtained our correspondent on Friday.

According to the document, the petitioner said he was officially inaugurated along with members of his committee on May 6 to oversee the distribution of palliatives in the nine Niger Delta states.

He added that his committee was made up of directors in the commission covering the nine states.The petitioner said, “The palliatives distribution was officially flagged off (sic) in Port Harcourt on May 21, 2020 with the mandate to commence distribution. Today, all of that can be regrettably described as a show of shame and a scam.

“The N6.25bn that was magnanimously approved Mr President to help the poor and indigents of the Niger Delta during the difficult period of the pandemic as palliatives has curiously been allegedly misappropriated and embezzled the IMC of the NDDC and their co-conspirators.“As the Chairman of the PDC, my findings are not only that the money cannot be accounted for, but there was nothing on the ground to show that that N6.2bn of our hard-earned taxpayers’ money was invested for its original purpose which the President approved.

“The materials and supplies, according to the statement, were to be done through Emergency Procurement method as provided in Sections 42(b) (c) and 43 of the Public Procurement Act, 2007 but the Procurement Act was not complied with, particularly Section 43 Subsection 3 and 4.”Jackrich alleged that though the palliatives were meant for the indigent and the poor, just a handful of food items, “though staged-managed,” were provided and distributed to an insignificant number of persons in the Niger Delta states under a “camera-party.

”According to him, some of the food items were politically shared among the “IMC choice areas,” including states of choice which aligned with them politically, allegedly to undermine the original essence of the palliatives approved with taxpayers’ monies.“As the chairman of the PDC, I cannot account for the palliatives as my committee was totally sidelined and the IMC hijacked the process because of their secret plots.

This happened just because I, as the chairman, demanded for accountability and transparency in the processes, as well as value for money with respect to the palliatives.“I was handed the template for the distribution of the palliatives wherein it was indicated that nine trucks of food items would be distributed to each of the nine states in the region.

However, the IMC hijacked the entire process. They called and handed me few bags of rice and beans just to induce me to play along with them, giving the false impression that the process was successful. “This appears to me as a cover-up plot (sic). Most of the food items that they claimed to have distributed were spoilt and unhealthy for human consumption.

Thus, only the IMC can tell where they got those poisonous and rotten food items from. The next thing we heard, surprisingly, was that the palliatives had been distributed,” the petition read.’’It added, “I managed to monitor from a distance the charade and show-off since my committee and I were sidelined the IMC in the distribution processes and (they) left us incommunicado. All needed logistics that my committee was supposed to work with were entirely denied us.

“I am aware that what was distributed under the guise of medical equipment were old goods and wares in the commission’s warehouses which were put on camera just to deceive the unsuspecting public and mislead the President. This too was staged.

Not a single kit or COVID-19 test centre was set up the commission in the nine Niger Delta states.“The Department of State Security Services, on Monday, August 24, 2020, invited me to meet with the state Director of the DSS in Rivers State. I honoured the invitation without fear on August 25, 2020.

“The invitation which came through a phone call from an operative from the Rivers State Command was said to be in connection with a petition from the NDDC, wherein the NDDC accused me, an appointee of the commission of using the letterhead of the NDDC to petition the National Assembly against the IMC of the NDDC.”The petition also said, “Whereas the DSS in their wisdom acting on the said petition the IMC had engaged professionally giving me fair hearing.

“Obviously, these moves the IMC was aimed at using state institutions and apparatuses to both circumvent and compromise the process over the petition which is yet pending before the National Assembly.“The IMC sought to intimidate me from further insistence on justice in the matter knowing that the issues I raised in the petition against them are incontrovertible and undeniable.”



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