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Union Bank of Nigeria Plc is scrambling to recover a staggering N9.3 billion stolen from customers’ accounts in a sophisticated fraud linked to a major system breach. The incident, which occurred on March 23, 2025, has triggered a legal battle as the bank races to freeze accounts suspected of receiving the illicit funds. How the Fraud Unfolded Court documents reveal that Union Bank detected unauthorized transfers from multiple customer accounts, with the stolen money funneled into 54 different financial institutions. The bank quickly filed a lawsuit (FHC/L/CS/629/2025) at the Federal High Court in Lagos, seeking an emergency order to block…

State governor, Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of Chairman and members for the Oyo State Local Government Commission as well as additional members for the Oyo State Pilgrims Welfare Board (Muslim Wing). Recall that the Governor had earlier appointed Alhaji Hashim Atere and Alhaji Abdulrasheed Olokuta as Chairman and Vice Chairman of the State Pilgrims Welfare Board (Muslim Wing) respectively.According to a letter signed by the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Honourable Segun Ogunwuyi, those appointed into the Local Government Commission are: 1. Hon. Akinwale Akinwole Chairman2. Mr. Yusuf Ali Akinkunmi Full-Time Member3. Alhaji Oke Taiwo Full-Time Member4.…

Have you ever had an ex whom you loved so much but broke up in a bad manner, then after a year or so, he/she gets married. I used to have an ex who was always cheating. I got to know through her calls. Whenever she was with me, she would put her phone on flight mode or silence. If I took her phone to either take pictures or listen to music, she would start fidgeting and getting nervous cos she felt i would discover her hidden games. I noticed three particular guys calling her multiple times in a day.…

The Kano State government has disclosed that 240 of its employees are receiving double payments while 217 others are operating under the same Bank Verification Number (BVN). Addressing a press conference on Sunday, Dr Sulaiman Wali Sani, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Civil Service Matters and Chairman of the State Coordinating Committee, said the discovery followed a biometric verification exercise and the work of two standing committees – one on state payroll and another on local government payroll. Sani, who represented the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) at the briefing, said the revelations were part of ongoing…

Lagos Council Election: Residents Kick Against Tinubu’s Son, Seyi Over Alleged Imposition Of Candidates.Further investigations showed that the same scenario played out in the 2021 local council election, where he used his influence to ‘turn the table’ after the original list of successful candidates was thrown out to favour his candidates.Ahead of the July 12, 2025 Local Government elections, concerned residents of Lagos State have raised the alarm over what they termed as “undue interference” of President Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi, into the electoral process. Some leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), also voiced their concerns, noting that…

SATIRICAL APOLOGY LETTERFrom the Desk of Senator Natasha Akpoti UduaghanDear Distinguished Senate President Godswill Akpabio, It is with the deepest sarcasm and utmost theatrical regret that I tender this apology for the grievous crime of possessing dignity and self-respect in your most exalted presence. I have reflected extensively on my unforgivable failure to recognize that legislative success in certain quarters is apparently not earned through merit, but through the ancient art of compliance — of the very personal kind. How remiss of me not to understand that my refusal to indulge your… “requests” was not merely a personal choice, but…

The Federal Government has concluded plans to relaunch its Renewed Hope National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (RH-NHGSFP) on May 29, 2025. This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr Yusuf Sununu, during a meeting with development partners, NGOs and government officials on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, in Abuja. The relaunch is coming against the background of the controversies and fraud allegations that had trailed the programme. Sununu revealed that the relaunch would take place on May 29 as part of activities to mark President Bola Tinubu’s second year in office.He said the programme…

WhatsApp LLC has said the judgment delivered by the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal, which affirmed the authority of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) to penalise the platform and its parent company, Meta Platforms Incorporated, for anti-competitive practices, would affect its operations in Nigeria. WhatsApp, in a statement sent to LEADERSHIP Sunday yesterday, said the platform’s ability to operate both in Nigeria and globally is inseparable from the infrastructure provided by Meta. “WhatsApp relies on limited data to run our service and keep users safe, and it would be impossible to provide WhatsApp in Nigeria, or globally,…

FOLLOWING the death of Pope Francis on the morning of Easter Monday, attention turns to the question of his successor. Francis led the Catholic church for 12 years, right up until his death at 88 – as is tradition. The Vatican paid tribute to their former leader with a statement that hailed his “faithfulness, courage, and universal love, especially for the poorest and most marginalised”. It continued: “With immense gratitude for his example as a true disciple of the Lord Jesus, we commend the soul of Pope Francis to the infinite, merciful love of God, One and Tribune.″ After the…

Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni says he is not joining the opposition leaders’ coalition being spearheaded by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar. This was contained in a statement by the Director-General, Press and Media Affairs, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, on Saturday in Damaturu, the state capital. DAILY POST reports that a viral text message had claimed that Buni and four other APC governors had concluded arrangements to defect to the opposition PDP and join the coalition before the 2027 general elections. Reacting, Mohammed described the viral message as baseless fabrications, unwarranted imagination and assumptions that did not cross path with reality in any way,…