Otudeko Buys N87.8bn Shares to Become Largest First Bank Shareholder with 14 Percent Battle for control intensifies
As the battle for the control of First Bank of Nigeria Holdings Plc intensifies, Oba Otudeko’s
Honeywell Group last Thursday bought 4,770,269,843 shares of the firm in a cross deal worth N87.8
billion.
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Ebonyi Police Arrest 13 ‘Sit-at-Home’ Enforcers, Army Crushes Abductors in Zamfara, 4 Gunmen Killed in Enugu Bennett Oghifo The Ebonyi Police Command yesterday said it has arrested 15 people, including two herbalists, in
connection with the shooting by members of outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) that were enforcing their sit-at-home order on Tuesday in Abakiliki, Ebonyi
State. On the same day, Nigerian Army troops of 223 Battalion, operating under Sector 1 of Joint Task Force, North West Operations Hadarin
Daji, in an operation, rescued 24 kidnap victims, including a child, after a shootout with notorious bandits at Kabugu Lamba, an abandoned village in Maru Local
Government Area of Zamfara State. In Enugu State, the police crushed a gang of gunmen, who attempted to enforce an illegal sit-at-home in the state in the
early hours of yesterday morning Three commercial tricyclists were killed in that dastard event on the Continued on page 5
On MKO Abiola’s 25th Memoriam,Tinubu Says His Message of Hope Echoes Still Deji Elumoye in Abuja President Bola Tinubu has showered encomiums on Moshood Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the 1993 presidential election, on his 25th year memoriam yesterday, saying the late Abiola’s legacy lives on. Abiola died in military detention on July 7, 1998. Marking the anniversary of his death, Tinubu in a Tweet further described the late businessman, publisher, and politician as “a champion of democracy.” The President stated: “Today, our nation honours the sacrifice and example of a true hero, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale (MKO) Abiola, 25 years after his sad demise. “A true champion of democracy, his courage and integrity, complete dedication to public service, exemplified the highest ideals of our great nation. “His legacy endures and his Continued on page 5
RENEWED HOPE… L-R: National Secretary, Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), Chioma Uzodinma; APC National Women Leader, Beta Edu; Wife of the Vice President and Vice Chairman RHI, Hajia Nana Shettima; First Lady and National Chairman, RHI, Oluremi Tinubu; and the wife of the President of the Senate, Ekaette Akpabio, after a meeting of RHI’s Governing Board at the State House, Abuja…yesterday.
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