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FirstBank Celebrates 125th Year Of Excellent Service With Thanksgiving Event In Lagos

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Firstbank of Nigeria Plc has hosted a lively Thanksgiving service in Lagos as part of activities lined up to celebrate its 125th Anniversary.

The service which took place at Harbour Point, Event Centre, Victoria Island commenced with an opening prayer by Venerable Segun Ladiende

Dr Oba Otudeko with former GMD/CEO First Bank, Mr Bisi Onasanya

The very spitually-stimulating service was characterised by the reading of many Bible passages, prayers and praises by Fountain of Life Mass Choir.

Pastor Taiwo Odukoya

Group Managing Director/CEO of First Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Adesola Kazeem. Adeduntan & wife, Mrs. Adenike Adeduntan

Fountain Of Life Mass Choir

The first Bible reading was by the Chairman of FBN Holdings Plc, Dr. Oba Otudeko. Others who read from the Holy book were: Pastor Idowu Iluyomade, Mr. Gbenga Shobo, Mr. Val Ojumah, Mr. U.K Eke and Mrs. Ibukun Awosika.

Group Managing Director, FBN Holdings Plc, Mr Urum Kalu Eke

Nigeria’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr Okechukwu Enelamah

A section of the event was also dedicated to praying for the banking & finance industry as well as the Nigeria economy. This was handled by Reverend Humphfrey Oluakaiye.

Pastor Idowu Iluyomade, Pastor T K Kalejaiye, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya & Reverend Wilson Badejo

That was not all, while Reverend Wilson Badejo prayed for customers and stakeholders, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya prayed for the future success of First bank and all operating entities of FBN Holdings plc.

Mrs Florence Ajimobi, First Lady Oyo State with Mrs. Ibukun Awosika, Chairman, First Bank

The sermon for the service was preached by Nigeria’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr Okechukwu Enelamah.

Gen Ike Nwachukwu Rtd

Mr. Ladi Ani-Mumuney & Former Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Bisi Onasanya

Chief Funlola Okunowo

Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria, Mrs. Ibukun Awosika & Chairman of Guaranty Trust Bank, Osaretin Demuren

Mrs. Folake Ani-Mumuney & Senator Biyi Durojaiye

The Minister who took his words of exhortation from Luke 17: 11-19 said that Nigerians should hold on to their faith and believe in God because He will surely answer their prayers.

Akin Osinbajo with Dr Oba Otudeko

Dignitaries at the event included:Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Dr. Adesola Kazeem Adeduntan, Oyo State First Lady, Mrs. Florence Ajimobi, former Lagos State First Lady, Dame Abimbola Fashola, former MD/ CEO of First Bank, Mr. Bisi Onasanya, , Pastor J T Kalejaiye, Dr. Christopher Kolade & wife, Mrs. Beatrice Kolade, Chief Chris Funlola Okunowo, Mr. Biodun Awosika, Founder of Eventful Limited, Yewande Zaccheaus Chairman, Board of Director, Guaranty Trust Bank, Mrs. Osaretin Demuren, ,Gen. Ike Nwachukwu rtd,Mrs. Olushola Oworu, Mr Leo Stan Ekeh, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Senator Biyi Durojaiye, Ladi Ani-Mumuney, Mr Odein Ajumogobia & Wife, Awuneba Ajumogobia, Senator Olurunimbe Mamora & wife, Olanlesi Mamora, CEO, Movingv Media, Chief Remi Adetayo and Publisher Business Day, Frank Aigbogun.

Pictures by Segun Lawal

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UK Court Acquittal: Diezani Goes Spiritual, Says God Will Always Be God

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Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has reacted to her acquittal by a London court after bribery charges brought against her were dismissed.

The Southwark Crown Court in London, United Kingdom, on Wednesday acquitted the former minister of all charges, including five counts of accepting bribes and one count of conspiracy to commit bribery.

Reacting to the judgment, Alison-Madueke expressed relief and said she and her family had endured years of emotional distress over the case.

Speaking to News Central, she said she has remained in the United Kingdom since the legal proceedings began 11 years ago.

She said: “I’m just thankful to God, it’s been arduous, almost 11 years. It’s been traumatic not just for me but for my family, friends, my 93-year-old mother in Port Harcourt and for my son.

“It has been a hard journey, but I tell you this, God will always do as He will. God will be God and God is not a man that He should lie; when He promises you something, He will see it through.

“For almost 11 years I have been here. I did my job to the best of my ability.”

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I Never Saw Report that Led to Natasha’s Suspension, Says Ireti Kingibe

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The lawmaker representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), at the Senate, Ireti Kingibe, says she did not see any report that led to the suspension of Kogi Central Senator, Natasha  Akpoti-Uduaghan.

Kingibe made this disclosure on Wednesday when she featured in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’.

She said she was at a retreat with Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole, when she heard about the report.

“I never saw the report that led to Natasha’s suspension. I was at a retreat. I had earlier stated that I was there with three or four other senators who are members of the committee.

“We attended the Committee on Petitions and Public Complaints, signed the attendance register, and I later left for the tax reform retreat, which I considered more important at the time.

“It affects my constituents much more than disciplining a senator, and I figured that the other people who were not part of that committee would take care of it.

“I even complained to other Senators, specifically to Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe. I complained to him very bitterly that I had not seen that report. I didn’t see it then. I have not seen it till now,” she said.

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UK Court Clears Ex-Petroleum Minister Alison-Madueke of All Corruption Charges

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Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was on Wednesday found not guilty ​by a London jury of six bribery charges, after ‌a rare corruption trial of a high-profile former energy official.
Alison-Madueke, minister for petroleum resources between 2010 and 2015 under then-president Goodluck Jonathan, stood trial ​charged with five counts of accepting bribes and a ​charge of conspiracy to commit bribery, which she denied.
Prosecutors ⁠alleged Alison-Madueke, 65, was given “a life of luxury” in London ​from oil and gas industry figures seeking lucrative contracts in Nigeria, ​which has long grappled with mismanagement and corruption.
But the former minister, who was also briefly president of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, ​said she never took any bribes and had no real ​influence over the awarding of lucrative government contracts.
After a trial at London’s Southwark ‌Crown ⁠Court, Alison-Madueke was acquitted by a jury of all six charges she faced after more than 46 hours of deliberation.
The not guilty verdicts are a major blow to British authorities, which began their ​investigation into corruption ​allegations against Alison-Madueke ⁠more than a decade ago.
Alison-Madueke stood trial alongside oil industry executive Olatimbo Ayinde, 54, who was ​charged with one count of bribery relating to ​Alison-Madueke ⁠and a separate count of bribery of a foreign public official.
Alison-Madueke’s brother Doye Agama, 69, was charged with conspiracy to commit bribery ⁠with ​his sister relating to payments made to ​Agama’s church.
Both Ayinde and Agama denied the charges against them and were also ​acquitted by the jury.

Source: Reuters

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