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Zenith Bank has named Adaora Umeoji as its first female Group Managing Director/Chief Executive. Her appointment, subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria, takes effect from June 1, 2024, according to the bank. “She takes over from Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, whose five-year term expires on May 31, 2024, after a very successful tenure. Dame (Dr.) Adaora Umeoji is the first female GMD/CEO since the inception of the bank, and her appointment is consistent with the bank’s executive transition tradition, succession plan, and strategy of grooming leaders from within,” Zenith Bank said in a Tuesday statement. Before her…
Five days after the tragic murder of Nigerian Army personnel in Delta State, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, says the culprits may be mercenaries, rather than people from the Niger Delta region. Seventeen military personnel were murdered in Okuama, a community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State last week. Days after the incident, Akpabio, who presided over a plenary session on Tuesday in Abuja, stated those responsible may be mercenaries. He said this during a debate on two merged motions by senators Abdulaziz Yar’Adua and Edeh Dafinone. Dafinone who represents Delta Central, had raised a motion calling…
Counsel to the lawmakers, Ibrahim Alli, said his clients alleged that the embattled speaker in connection with the police, DSS, and NSCDC, has embarked on an attempt to arrest and prosecute them on grounds that 17 members of the State Assembly had sat on February 22, 2024, for a plenary session, and for breaking into the Zamfara State House of Assembly. The eight suspended members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly have instituted a suit at the Federal High Court in Gusau, challenging the breach of their constitutional rights to liberty, dignity of human person, fair hearing, and taking…