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KING JAJA OF OPOBO

King Jaja of Opobo was born Mbanaso Okwaraozurumba in Umuduruoha, Amaigbo (present day Imo State) in the year 1821. He was sold into slavery and taken to Bonny Island (present day Rivers state) under circumstances which are far from clear.

He was renamed Jubo Jubogha by his first master, Chief Iganipughuma Allison of Bonny, and later resold to Chief Alali who was the head of the Opubo Manilla Pepple Royal House. It was here that the British who couldn’t pronounce his name called him “Jaja”.

Jaja worked for Chief Alali and ran businesses on the side until he was able to buy his freedom. He was soon recognized as one of the smartest businessmen in the city and became one of the greatest leaders of the head of Anna Pepple house.

Later on, a power struggle ensued in the houses at Bonny led by Pepple House’s High Chief Oko Jumbo which led to the breakaway of a fraction led by Jaja. He established a new settlement which he named Opobo in 1869 where he became King Jaja of Opobo.

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Two Nigerian banks were rebuked for their role in a $4 million theft from pensioners.

Maina diverted N300 million ($730,00, N500 million ($1.2 million) and N1.5 billion ($3.6 million) into accounts he opened with United Bank for Africa (UBA), and Fidelity bank with family members as signatories, the court said. For failing to flag the identities, Abang said both banks “should have been arraigned with the convict for illegal transactions” and have their banking licenses withdrawn.

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JUST IN: Ex-Pension Boss, Maina sentenced to 61 years imprisonment for money laundering

A justice of a federal high court sitting in Abuja, Okon Abang has sentenced a former chairman of Pension Reforms Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina to 61 years imprisonment but to run concurrently at eight years in jail for N2 billion pension fraud.

Maina was found guilty of money laundering by Justice Okon Abang.The federal high court had found the ex-pension boss guilty of inducing staff of Fidelity Bank to open bank accounts for him without conducting due diligence and money laundering.

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Soludo Wins!!!

Result of 19 LGA’s have been called
APGA won 17
PDP won 1
YPP won 1
APC - 0

* No election held in Ihiala Local Government Area
* Result of Orumba North Local Government is being contested

Congratulations Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo