Olamide Is First Nigerian Ambassador for CIROC

According to a source Olamide has signed a multimillion Naira endorsement deal with alcoholic drink Ciroc Ultra Premium vodka and will become the first Nigerian ambassador for the alcoholic beverage. Inside sources stated that the deal has been signed and sealed already. "The money had to be sent in three parts, that’s how huge it is", an insider said. Ciroc, produced and distributed by Diageo is looking at promoting their brand in West Africa after launching in 2011. By signing Olamide as ambassador, Ciroc is adopting the similar marketing model practiced in the US; the likes of French Montana, Rick Ross, DJ Khaled, Ray Jay, Funkmaster Flex are all ambassadors for the drink.

Diamond Bank In Fraud Scandal …Customers’ Money Disappears Mysteriously

The Alex Otti-led Diamond Bank is at the moment enmeshed in a fraud scandal that is threatening to soil the good image the bank has been trying to build for many years. 

The bank that prides itself to be a bank that is ‘there for you’ is said to have fleeced a certain customer of his hard earned money in a mysterious way. 

What has remained a difficult riddle to the customer, is the way his money developed wings without making any demand; at the end of the day, he had his over N800,000 removed from his account. 

The customer who is at present in the UK is crying wolf that the bank actually knows about the way and manner his money disappeared since he duly informed the bank immediately he got the first debit alert. Moreover, he believes since the bank made him to cough out the sum of four thousand, nine hundred naira as a mandated fund to secure the account against any kind fraud, he wondered how his money could walk away from his accounts without a trace. 

The customer made this known to us with the mail he sent that states:  

“Please I am going through serious pains right now and I really need help on the way forward. I opened a Salary Account with Diamond Bank in September 2012 to keep funds for my wife as I was travelling for my M.Sc programme in the United Kingdom this January 2013.

“I applied for internet banking to be able to make transfers in December 2012 paying the exorbitant amount of N4,900 which they told me was for a token device which would secure my account from fraud.

“As at April this year, from salary inflows and other deposits, I had a total of about 820,000 Naira in the account. I woke up on the 23rd of April 2013 to see multiple debit alerts from my account with my so-called secure token still in my bag here in the UK. 

“I immediately emailed the bank on the fraudulent withdrawal and received only an auto-response. With the lack of reply, I called their customer care line and after waiting through the long interactive voice response process finally got to speak to someone.

“The person who answered said they were going to take on the case and I kept getting new responses anytime I called back. It was a day later after angrily speaking to the person who gave me another assorted ‘canned’ reply that I was given a phone number which I should call to get the matter resolved.

“When I called, I spoke to a certain Mr. Ifeyemi who said they are investigating the matter and also asked me a series of questions to support the investigation. Based on the outcome of the so-called investigation, the bank is telling me stories that an email was sent to my laptop which took the money.

“I am now being told by Diamond Bank that I would be the one to look for the fraudsters and they are not liable for any damages. The accounts where my hard-earned money was transferred to are all indicated. Isn't a bank which sold me a product which is secure supposed to freeze the accounts where my money was transferred to pending investigation since I reported the fraud immediately?

“My wife is stranded in Nigeria. I am stranded in the United Kingdom and the Bank which claims to be ‘There for you’ is trying to avoid all responsibility for the occurrence after I have paid for a ‘secure token’. He concluded.

Meanwhile, effort to get the other side of the Diamond Bank officials proved abortive as calls made to their corporate affairs office were not answered before we went to press.

Abuja Society Lady Tola Solomon In Messy Divorce Drama With Hubby

Abuja society lady, Tola Solomon is in messy divorce drama with her husband, Otunba Kole Solomon, this Global Excellence authoritatively gathered. Before this drama, this couple had been married for 20 years, blessed with grown-up children and have lived in London for most part of their lives.  Global Excellence learnt that they both took the decision to return to Nigeria to invest. Their first choice of location was Lagos, but when they got to Lagos and could not cope with the hustling, bustling and busy life of Lagos city, they decided to invest in Abuja. 

One of their uncles who is based in Abuja invited them to Abuja and they found Abuja interesting and acquired land to build two duplexes in their choice area. 

However it was gathered that Otunba Solomon before he left UK borrowed 300,000 pounds for the investment. 

The architect/contractor that built the two duplexes was introduced to Otunba Solomon by his wife, Tola. The amount agreed upon to build the mansion was N40million of which Otunba Solomon paid. 

Otunba Solomon later left for UK and told his wife to monitor the construction. Information at our disposal has it that shortly after Otunba got to London; the contractor notified him that the N40million could not complete the construction of the duplex; that he had to add N30million.

 When Otunba Solomon could not provide the money, it was gathered that he approached Oceanic Bank for N10million loan and also sold the property which was willed to him by his late father to the same contractor to balance the additional N30million. 

After completing the duplexes, the contractor we learnt handed the keys of the buildings to Otunba Kole Solomon. Thereafter, in his efforts to return to the UK and strategize on how to pay back the loans, he handed over the keys of the duplexes to his wife, Tola.

Later, it was discovered that the contractor was sleeping in Otunba Solomon’s duplex with Otunba’s Solomon’s wife without Otunba’s consent. Otunba Solomon who was in Australia when he was informed of this development cut short his traveling without informing his wife and gave a surprised visit to his Abuja residence. Otunba Solomon was shocked to meet the contractor at home with his wife in a relaxed mood. 

As we were informed, Otunba Solomon took an action that made the contractor take to his heels and run for his dear life. Hence the tyres of his car were deflated. After a while, our source said Otunba left home to relax at a joint very close to his house, only to return home later and discovered that his house has been mounted by policemen and soldiers by his wife and her accomplice. He was arrested and taken to police station but was later released by the DPO in charge of his case in Abuja. 

Meanwhile, since she relocated to Abuja, beautiful Tola has made lots of society friends and they go to society events together. However, Tola with the support of his alleged new lover according to our source are battle ready to file a divorce case against Otunba Solomon. As if that was not enough, all the documents that were made in the name of the Otunba Solomon have been allegedly changed to the name of his wife, Tola.