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Emeka Emuwa, Union Bank Plc MD, wanted in Cameroon for his involvement in rape case.

An info reaching me has it that the Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Union Bank of Nigeria PLC (UBN), Mr. Emeka Emuwa , can no longer pay a visit to Cameroon due to the role he played in a rape case involving his younger brother couple of weeks back. According to source, Mr. Emeka Emuwa was a Country Officer and Country head of Union bank in Cameroon where he had regional responsibility for the bank’s Central African businesses in Gabon and Congo. While discharging his official duties of the bank in Cameroon, his younger brother who was with him allegedly got involved in a rape case that eventually led to his arrest. However, with the efforts of Mr. Emeka Emuwa, his younger brother was allegedly given a conditional bail on the premise that Mr. Emuwa would produce him anytime for questioning and test. After regaining his temporary freedom, this accused person allegedly disappeared from the surface of Cameroon with no shadows. All efforts made by the

Dylann Roof hate-race murder case: families of the victims forgive and urge for repentance.

The gun was meant to be his 21 birthday gift and it was probably used for what it was meant for,  shooting and killing.  Wickedly,  this was done in one of  the biggest African American  churches,  Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church has been in existence since  1816, in Charleston, killing nine members after their Wednesday Bible study on Wednesday.  Charleston County Coroner Rae Wooten identified the nine victims as follows: Cynthia Hurd, 54; Sussex Jackson, 87; Ethel Lance, 70; Rev. DePayne Middleton-Doctor, 49; Hon. Rev. Clementa Pinckney, 41; Tywanza Sanders, 26; Rev. Daniel Simmons Sr., 74; Rev. Sharonda Singleton, 45; Myra Thompson, 59. The racist and suspect of this crime Dylann  Roof, 21, of Lexington, South Carolina, was arrested on Thursday morning at about 10:45 am. According to Dylan's friend,  he had been planning this for six months bit they never knew he was really going to do it.  The 21 years old racist who had entered the Church with this intent as h

President Buhari disposes off Nine presidential Airplanes to cut cost

Ac cording to Thisday,  president Mohammed Buhari have ordered that nine presidential Airplanes be sold, so as to reduce running cost.  According to an aviation source who is aware of this decision , says that the presidency has several serviceable and unserviceable aircrafts and their disposal will reduce national expenses.  He also said that 12 billion naira is spent annually on maintaining these aircrafts.  Although information on the exact size of the fleet is treated as classified information, the fleet, according to aviation sources, is believed that there are  about 16 aircraft, of which is the Boeing 738 BBJ, NAF 001 or Eagle One, used by the president for his travels. With its luxury configuration comprising a master bedroom, washrooms and showers, a conference and dinning area, and a living area, the plane seats 25 to 50 passengers and would cost at least $100 million to replace today. Eagle One can spend 12 hours in the air, covering 11,489 kilomtres or 6,200 nautical mi

Memorably remembered: American author John Cheever died on 18 June, 1982

  American writer John Cheever is best known for his keen, often critical, view of the American middle class. His stories are characterized by his attention to detail, his careful writing, and his ability to find the extraordinary in the ordinary. Childhood and marriage  John Cheever was born on May 27, 1912, in Quincy, Massachusetts. His parents, Frederick Lincoln Cheever and Mary Liley Cheever, had two sons. His father owned a shoe factory until he lost it due to the Great Depression of the 1930s (a time of severe economic hardship). His mother owned a gift shop and supported the family with the shop's profits.  Cheever attended Thayer Academy, a preparatory school in Braintree, Massachusetts. He was expelled from Thayer at age seventeen for smoking and poor grades and that gave birth to his first work “Expelled”. It appeared in The New Republic on October 1, 1930. After leaving school Cheever toured Europe with his older brother, Frederick. Upon