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Fidelity Bank Empowers Plateau Schoolchildren with School Packs Donation
In a significant demonstration of its commitment to the development of education and community empowerment, Fidelity Bank Plc has donated back-to-school packs to school pupils in Plateau State.The intervention, which took place in Jos, saw over 600 randomly selected pupils drawn from all 17 Local Government Areas of the state benefit from the bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative. Each pupil received a school bag containing exercise books, writing materials, a mathematical set, and a water bottle, in a gesture designed to support their learning journey and encourage academic excellence.The initiative was facilitated by staff of Fidelity Bank’s University of Jos Branch, reflecting the bank’s culture of giving back to the communities it serves through the Fidelity Helping Hands Programme (FHHP), a key feature of the bank’s CSR strategy. Through the programme, staff identify impactful community projects and raise funds to support them, while the bank’s management matches their contributions to expand the reach and impact of each intervention.Speaking at the event, Dr. Meksley Nwagboh, Divisional Head, Brand and Communications, Fidelity Bank Plc, said the initiative underscores the bank’s unwavering commitment to education as a catalyst for national development. “Investing in young people is one of the most impactful ways to build a brighter future, as education equips children with the knowledge, confidence, and opportunities needed to contribute meaningfully to society.Nwagboh further stated that the intervention reflects Fidelity Bank’s broader commitment to social impact and sustainable community development through initiatives that improve lives and create long-term value. He emphasized that the Bank remains dedicated to empowering future generations through education-focused programs and encouraged the pupils to remain diligent in their studies, reminding them that their aspirations are valid and that the future of Nigeria rests in the hands of well-educated, determined, and inspired young people.Also speaking at the presentation event, Shunom Leo, Branch Leader, Fidelity Bank, University of Jos Branch, whose team championed the intervention, said the initiative reflects the bank’s dedication to nurturing future leaders.“This is more than a donation of school items. It is a deliberate investment in the future of Plateau State and in the promise these children represent. Across Nigeria, Fidelity Bank has remained committed to projects that improve lives, support education and strengthen communities,” Leo said.Representing Governor Caleb Mutfwang, the Plateau State Governor, the Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Ms. Caroline Dafur, commended Fidelity Bank and Plateau State Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) office for what she described as a timely and meaningful investment in children.“Let me sincerely appreciate Fidelity Bank and the Plateau State SDGs office for organizing this memorable ‘back-to-school’ campaign. This gesture of distributing school bags and learning equipment to our pupils is more than charity; it is an investment in the future of Plateau children,” Dafur said.She further reaffirmed the Plateau State Government’s commitment to prioritizing education, healthcare, social protection, and the overall wellbeing of children, while calling for increased collaborations to ensure sustained development.In her opening remarks, Mrs. Nanbam Danjuma-Lot, Project Coordinator of the Plateau State SDGs, applauded Fidelity Bank for partnering with the agency to positively impact the lives of children across the state, stating that, “Partnerships such as this demonstrate the power of collaboration in addressing societal challenges. Fidelity Bank has shown commendable leadership by investing in the future of our children, and we hope more organizations will follow this example by contributing meaningfully to their host communities.”Similarly, Mr. Sunday Amuna, Executive Secretary of the Plateau State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), described the intervention as a foundation-laying initiative that would have long-term benefits for the beneficiaries.”The strength and durability of any structure depend largely on its foundation, the foundation we give these children today will determine the stability of their future. Fidelity Bank has made a meaningful contribution to that foundation and we commend the bank for this impactful intervention,” he said.Notably, the donation also benefited physically challenged children with varying degrees of disability, reinforcing Fidelity Bank’s commitment to inclusion and equal opportunities for all.Through initiatives such as the FHHP, Fidelity Bank continues to demonstrate its commitment to empowering communities, supporting education and contributing to sustainable development across Nigeria.Ranked among the best banks in Nigeria, Fidelity Bank Plc is a full-fledged Commercial Deposit Money Bank serving more than 10 million customers through digital banking channels, its 255 business offices in Nigeria and United Kingdom subsidiary, FidBank UK Limited.The Bank is a recipient of multiple local and international awards, including the 2025 Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) Innovation Award for MSME support; Best Retail and SME Bank Award from Independent Newspapers; Best Bank for Export & Trade Finance and Most Innovative Bank of the Year at the 2025 BusinessDay Banks and Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards; and Nigeria’s Best Private Bank at the 2025 Euromoney Awards. The Bank also received the inaugural Most Improved Commercial Bank of the Year award by Nairametrics, the SME Bank of the Year award by NewsDirect, and the Straight-Through Processing (STP) Excellence Award by Citi Group, in addition to recognition by Global Brands Magazine for Excellence in Community Empowerment.Photo caption:L-R: Mrs. Nanbam Danjuma-Lot, Project Coordinator of the Plateau State Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); Mr. Shunom Leo, Branch Leader, Fidelity Bank University of Jos Branch; Ms. Caroline Dafur, Plateau State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development; Hon. Sunday Amuna, Executive Chairman, Plateau State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB); Mr. Saje Joseph, Director of Planning, Research, and Statistics, Plateau State Ministry of Education; and Mrs. Victoria Abuka, Team Lead, Corporate Social Responsibility, Fidelity Bank Plc; at the Fidelity Helping Hands Programme (FHHP) Back-to-School outreach in Plateau State recently.
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Funke Ashekun: You Have Set Up A Platform That Will Ruin You

FUNKE ASHEKUN, I promised to open a file on you through our investigative line to get the facts, and reel out the truth about the fabricated lies and stories you tell on your marriage gone left show.
Just the other day, I saw your show that made me feel so sorry for you as I watched and listen to all the fallacies and fabrications you doled out of your mouth. The worst part was that You looked so BELIEVEABLE, but we aint fooled, because that’s the firsthand trait of the devil and its operations. (Make believe is what it’s called).
FUNKE, first of, it’s obvious that you have no job in that AMERICA, since you absconded with a tourist visa it will be difficult to get a proper job. Hence, you opted for a gossip sit down and talk Facebook nonsense that you are doing now. It’s now clear WHY YOU FEATURED IN MAUREENS SHOW A WHILE AGO. YOU PRACTICALLY USED HER SHOW TO LAUNCH YOURSELF, NICE ONE.
FUNKE, I am very sure that you are aware of Maureen’s travails and what she is presently suffering and will continue to suffer for all her fake and wrong publications and recordings. If I may remind you, since there is an established connection between you and her, all judgement relating to her matter will be binding on you as well.
Let me start with our findings based on the issues you treated in your show. First the matter of your GOs haunted houses, which you claimed are destroying destinies. Through our investigations, we found out that for almost twenty years of going and coming, you lived under the umbrella of this ministry and the huge financial support of this same GO that you are castigating today.
As at 1995 when you came to that ministry, we found out that you actually eloped with your now husband from deeper life, after exploiting a man you were supposed or rather promised to marry. With all sort of lies you told against Deeper Life ministry, the GO had compassion on you and provided shelter, by renting a flat for you and your mother at Fola Agoro.
You have lived in the ministry’s housing units in different part of Lagos, the houses you claimed to be haunted. In these your self-acclaimed haunted houses, you got married and gave birth to four children.
In these same houses where you lived for free for years, your children were given scholarship by the GO that you claimed is occultic. This same person gave you and your husband your first proper jobs in the ministry and in the banking sector.
You alleged that the GO was using your glory, meanwhile you came to the ministry with nothing and built a house, while living in the so-called haunted houses.
You alleged that the GO sent armed robbers to chase you out of your house, meanwhile when you ran away from this house that you built at Ikorodu village, we learnt that he was the one that gave you and your family shelter by renting a flat for you guys again.
This same GO you alleged to be Occultic, we found out sent your mother to the best hospital in Lagos as at when she was seriously ill, we have data to prove this if you want name, date and time we will provide.
You Kept saying that you spent two decades in the ministry, but you always failed to make it clear to your audience and viewers that you were a rolling stone.
FUNKE, we found out that you were practically drifting from church to church looking for greener pastures, a place where you could make exploit without discipline. You were at Christ Miracle Church Mission, Omega Fire Ministry, and many others yet the GO took you back whenever you returned.
You alleged that pastor Suleiman Collided with your GO to manipulate you and get you to return to the ministry, we found out that as at when you met with Pst Suleiman, the GO and Suleiman had no connection whatsoever, they had never met.
So why the lies from the pit of hell
You created some drama scenarios in your show about what happened in one of the houses you lived in, so we decided to launch some investigations and found out that the lady you spoke about that was gasping for breath as if life was seeping out of her. Sister (withheld for security reasons) had always had panic attacks.
Attacks that came because of what happened to her in her previous marriage. And that was the reason she came to God and found Solace and shelter, and as when we got in touch with her God has visited her and she is happily married.
For the other story you told (sis name withheld for security reasons) that had an illness you couldn’t mention. We found out that her case was a case of fibroid. And like very critical cases of fibroid attacks, she always had heavy bleeding during her period which makes her very weak, and this sometimes makes her seek medical attention.
We realized That people came to the church of God for solutions and were given accommodations as their problems are being dealt with, their issues have nothing to do with the house that they lived in or the GO being occultic so where did you get your stories from
We are doing our findings and working hard to do all investigations necessary to show the world how manipulative and dangerous you and your mission is.
You are threading the path that Maureen walked and failed, Funke there is nothing wrong if you want to make money from YouTube and Facebook out of joblessness but its is sad that you want to harm the church of God and his servants with your baseless and unfounded twisted stories.
You should be more careful since you know that your father in-law is a native doctor that oversees your affairs, this path may not go well for you, we have done our finding and we are still investigating.
I will not advise you to desist like I did Maureen, but I will say get ready to face the wrath of God and the law when the time comes.
FYI. We are waiting for the evidence of how you found out that it was the GO that sent robbers to your house. The evidence of the people that burnt the house of the person you spoke about.The evidence and name of the cult he belongs to, and his position in the confraternity. Names of women he has sexually molested. The date,how and when? You have to provide these evidence.
Name somebody that took an oath in the ministry be a pastor or a member, and provide a copy of document signed or a copy of the document that people used or are using to swear secrecy.
You dare say you did not abscond with church money, madam we discovered you took church money and never returned them.
Funke, if you ever were a Christian, and understood how deliverance work in a spiritual ministry, you will never speak about the GO laying hand on you as occultic. I believe time will soon catch up with you
A Liar is a destroyer.
Femi for Sahara weekly. WE WILL KEEP STANDING FOR THE TRUTH
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NDLEA intercepts 3337.702 kg illicit drugs concealed in statue of Mary, auto parts

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, attached to two courier companies in Lagos state has intercepted illicit drugs concealed in the statue of Mary and auto spare parts heading to Canada and the United Arab Emirate, UAE.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi in a statement said, the narcotics agents from the Directorate of Operations and General Investigations seized 500 grammes of heroin going to Canada and hidden inside auto spare parts from one of the courier firms while 140 grammes of Methamphetamine going to Philippines and concealed inside the statue of Mary was seized in another courier company.

The 3.1 kg of cannabis going to UAE was concealed inside spices, and another kilogramme of cannabis going to UAE concealed inside local herbs were intercepted and seized as well.

Similarly, Ondo state command of the agency has in series of raids between 6th and 20th April, 2021, across the state arrested 31 suspects from whom 275.552kg of assorted illicit drugs were recovered.
The sting operations were carried out to curb the increasing rate of drug abuse among the youths and even the elderly in Ondo State. The suspects, include 24 males, and 7 females in possession of 74.285Kgs of cannabis sativa, 267grammes of psychotropic substances and 201Kgs of skuchies (a combination of cannabis, tramadol, ethanol, and zobo), while many of the drug spots have been dismantled.
In the same vein, the Akwa Ibom State Command of the agency also intercepted and seized 62.150kg of illicit drugs in Oron and Uyo areas of the state. Four suspects were arrested in the two sting operations carried out on Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd April, 2021.

Chairman of the NDLEA Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) in his reaction commended the officers and men of Operations and General Investigations.
The statement did not reveal the names of the courier companies attempting to convey the illicit drugs substances.
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