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Obajimi Wins Unity Cup, As Polaris Bank Pledges Commitment to Tourney

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4 years ago

March 29, 2021

Eric

Rotimi Obajimi, a former athletics coach stole the show at the maiden edition of Polaris Bank-sponsored Unity Cup Golf Championship.

To emerge winner, Obajimi grossed 81, for 69-net score to lift the tournaments coveted trophy. The event which attracted golfers from across the country also served as the Inaugural tournament for the newly elected Captain, Dr. Meckson Innocent Okoro and his executives.

Speaking shortly after being declared the winner, Obajimi said his victory is a sign of many more victories to come his way this year.
“This is just the beginning of many more victory that will come my way this year “.

While thanking the sponsor; Polaris Bank and organizers of the event for a job well done, Obajimi said he is ready now to give younger golfers a run for their money this year.

Elated at the outcome of the competition, the Club Captain, Okoro, explained that the need to douse tension in the land and foster unity across all tribes, religion and ethnicity necessitated the setting up of the competition.

“There are various challenges bedeviling this country at the moment. There is tension everywhere. But because we have no other country to call our own, we decided to come up with Unity Cup and bring golfers from across the country as our own little contribution to the unity of Nigeria and we found a worthy partner in Polaris Bank, Okoro said.

While pledging the Bank’s commitment to any worthy endeavor that will bring Nigerians to together, the Chief Executive Officer of Polaris Bank, Innocent Ike, noted that “as a future determined Bank and an enabler of enterprise, we are ever willing to be part of any social and business partnership that holds opportunities to the larger society”, he said.

The Polaris Bank CEO congratulated winners and the over 500 Golfers drawn from more than 70 Golf clubs across the country who participated in the 3-day tournament held at the lush green golf course of Ikoyi Club 1938.

It is expected that the Unity Cup that berthed in Lagos will be replicated in other Clubs.

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Suspect Who Killed, Butchered ‘Girlfriend’ Says He Has No Regrets

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3 hours ago

January 15, 2025

Eric

Alleged gospel singer, Timileyin Ajayi, 32, has admitted to killing 24-year-old Salome Adaidu, a corps member serving in Abuja.

Ajayi, arrested on Sunday, January 12, while conveying Adaidu’s severed head to an unknown location, claimed jealousy and infidelity pushed him to commit the crime when the deceased visited his residence in New Karshi, Karu Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa State.

According to a video shared by Channels TV, Ajayi while speaking during his parade at the Nasarawa State Police Command headquarters in Lafia, confessed to dismembering the deceased body after the murder.

Ajayi, who lives in the Pablana area, was caught around Angwan Bako near the Kaja Estate in the New Karu LGA when conveying the severed head of Salome to an undisclosed destination on a commercial motorcycle, popularly known as ‘okada’.

“Consequently, an angry mob descended on the suspect, and upon receipt of the information, the Commissioner of Police directed police personnel to move to the scene immediately.

“They raced to the scene and rescued the suspect from being lynched. The suspect was then taken to an undisclosed hospital for treatment. A follow-up investigation led to the execution of a search warrant at the suspect’s residence, where the remains of the lady who was later identified as Eliojo Salomey, 24 years old of Yanyan, FCT, Abuja, and a serving corp member, were recovered,” the Nasarawa police spokesperson Nansel Ramhan, said in a statement sent to The ICIR in the evening of Monday, January 13.

According to the police report, Ajayi used a knife and machetes to kill and dismember her body, placing the parts in multiple polythene bags.

He was subsequently paraded at the Nasarawa State Police Command headquarters.

“I killed her because we don’t have each other all the time. It’s not something I planned. It happened on that day and it happened. Not that I had the plan in mind, she was cheating.

“She hides most of the things from me most times. I got to know from her phone. I saw her chats with other guys on the phone, that was why I decided (to kill her),” he said.

When asked if he regretted his actions, he said he had no regret as he explained that the victim must reap the consequence of her infidelity.

Source: ICIR

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Court Sacks Pro-Wike Rivers PDP Chairman

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1 day ago

January 14, 2025

Eric

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, on Monday, sacked Chukwuemeka Aaron, as Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State.

Chukwuemeka is a loyalist of the former Governor Nyesom Wike, now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Justice Stephen Jumbo, in his ruling, nullified the PDP ward, local government and State congresses held in July 2024.

The development is coming barely one month after another High Court nullified the ward, local government and State congresses of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).

The ruling sacked another Wike’s loyalist, Chief Tony Okocha, as the Rivers State chairman of the APC.

The court’s decision to sack the PDP chairman followed a dispute over the legitimacy of the PDP congresses.

The congresses were conducted by a faction of the party loyal to Wike.

A State High Court presided over by Justice Charles Wali had on July 20, 2024, stopped the PDP from going ahead with the ward, local government and State congresses.