A thorough computation of Bank’ earnings from account maintenance charges, for 10 out of the 14 listed banks on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) amounts to N22 billion compared to N19.1 billion in Q1: 2019 The current year has seen a surge of N2.9 billion amounting to an increase of 13.2 percent year on year […]
THE era of expensive burial appears to be over in Anambra State as Governor Willie Obiano has assented to the new burial law, which came into effect in the state on May 14 this year. Highlights of new law, which provide that all the communities in the state must have burial grounds, showed that all […]
A GoFundMe campaign to help the family of George Floyd, the black man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer forcefully kneeled on his neck during his arrest, has received nearly $13 million, the most donations of all time. The campaign, ‘Official George Floyd Memorial Fund’ created by Floyd’s brother, Philonise Floyd, has received […]
A Florida police department has launched an internal investigation after a video surfaced on social media showing a White Sarasota police officer kneeling on a black man’s neck. The video was taken on May 18 during the arrest of Patrick Carroll after Sarasota police responded to a domestic issue. The man, who was arrested on […]
The wife of former Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane, who was charged with the murder of her husband’s first wife, returned to prison on Wednesday after the court annulled her judicial review. Maesaiah Thabane 43 , [pictured below] , was charged back in February for her involvement in the 2017 murder of Lipolelo Thabane, the […]
Juventus and Portugal striker, Cristiano Ronaldo has topped the chart for the highest-earning athlete on Instagram after he made roughly £1.9m during Coronavirus lockdown. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner, who has 219 million Instagram followers commanded the highest fee at an estimated £470,584 per sponsored post, of which he made four on his page during […]
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state on Wednesday June 3, inaugurated the State Community Policing Committee and the State Community Policing Advisory Committee, with a view to commencing the implementation of the community policing program of the Federal Government in the state. At the ceremony which held at the State House in Alausa this morning, […]
There are various reasons why people indulge in alcohol- To drown their sorrows and find solace at the bottom of the bottle, To celebrate a happy occasion with the bubbly goodness of champagne, To stave off social anxiety when placed in an uncomfortable situation, among so many other reasons. When so much can go wrong […]
Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine’s video “Gooba” has been removed from Youtube following a claim from a Kenyan producer that he stole the beat from him. When fans headed to Youtube to attempt to view the video, they are met with the message, “The video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Magix Enga.” […]
The pigeons that we see in cities are just the tip of the feathered iceberg-there are lots of beautiful and unusual pigeon species that many of us haven’t ever heard of. See photos below BLACK HELMET PIGEON 2. BRUNNER POUTER PIGEON 3. BROWN FRILLBACK PIGEON 4. BRONZE WING PIGEON 5. GREY FRILLBACK PIGEON 6. ICE […]