At Zenith Bank's 35th Anniversary, Shettima Lauds Bank's Culture of Technological Innovation, Integrity Hails founder, Jim Ovia, for weaving technology into Nigerian banking system
Deji Elumoye in Abuja
Vice President Kashim Shettima
at the weekend praised one of Nigeria's largest financial institutions, Zenith Bank, for
instilling a culture of innovation and inbred integrity into Nigeria's financial standards.
Shettima hailed the Chairman and Founder of the bank, Chief Jim Ovia, for
his foresight, noting that long before technology became the bloodstream of global finance,
Ovia had already woven it into Continued on page 5
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Violence, Controversy Mar By-elections in 12 States APC, PDP demand cancellation in Kano PDP leaders, INEC officials, thugs arrested in Ogun, Kano, Kaduna; party alleges foul play Okpebholo faults BVAS machine malfunction in Edo Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja, Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City, James Sowole in Abeokuta and Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano.
Confusion and violence marred
yesterday’s by-elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in 16 constituencies across 12 states in the country. The exercise was characterised
by violence, arrest of the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), officials of INEC, and 288 thugs in Ogun, Kano, and Kaduna states, as well as allegations of vote-buying.
While the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the PDP have called on the INEC to immediately cancel the byelections for Shanono/Bagwai constituency and the Ghari
constituency by-election in Kano State, the PDP also described the arrest of its members as a ploy to intimidate and disenfranchise them. The main opposition party
also accused security operatives of abducting its House of Representatives candidate for the Chikun/Kajuru Federal Continued on page 5
In High-risk Counter-terrorism Operation, FG Captures Globally-wanted Al-Qaeda Leaders
Ribadu attributes success of operation to months of deep surveillance, human intelligence Says feat signals beginning of end of impunity for terrorist leaders Information minister hails security forces, urges media not to yield front pages to terrorists Reiterates Tinubu’s commitment to security
Linus Aleke in Abuja The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, yesterday announced major victories in the federal government’s war against terrorism, revealing that the military, in collaboration with operatives of intelligence and other security agencies, has captured two top leaders of Jama'atu Ansarul Muslimina fiBiladis Sudan, commonly known as Ansaru, Nigeria's Al-Qaeda affiliate, in what he described as a high-risk, intelligence-led counter-terrorism operation in the country. Continued on page 5
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National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, announcing the capture of the most wanted leaders of Ansaru terrorist group, Mahmud Muhammad Usman, and Mallam Mamuda, at a special press briefing held at the National Counter-Terrorism Centre in Abuja…yesterday