Month: May 2023

‘Now A Mechanic,’ Tale of Nigerian Boy Who Holds 5 Guiness World Records

ADEOLA YUSUF

Vincent Okezie, the Nigerian boy who holds five Guinness World Records is now an apprentice at a mechanic workshop in Aba, south east Nigeria. The manager and coach of the 16 year-old boy, Chukwuebuka Ezugha, was quoted by a report by Legit to have said this in an interview. READ ALSO: Nigeria’s Akeem Badru Is Cambridge Regional Teacher Awards’ Winner 21 things You Don’t Know About Hilda Baci, Marathon Cook Record Breaker GTBank, 6 Others Fined N1bn For Forex Offences + LIST 4.98: One on One With Amzat Semiu Biola,…

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Viral Photos Of Elon Musk, Robot Wife Fake

ADEOLA YUSUF

Several pictures of Elon Musk dancing and kissing a robot that surfaced online have been described as fake. Over the weekend, pictures of Elon Musk and the alleged humanoid robot went viral on various social media platforms. The pictures depicted the renowned tech billionaire and the alleged robot wife (some people dubbed Catanila) in an intimate almost-kissing position. READ ALSO: Nigeria’s Akeem Badru Is Cambridge Regional Teacher Awards’ Winner GTBank, 6 Others Fined N1bn For Forex Offences + LIST Convocation: IBBU, Lapai To graduate 37 1st Class   However, AlArabiya.net,…

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Nigeria’s Akeem Badru Is Cambridge Regional Teacher Awards’ Winner

ADEOLA YUSUF

“How the teacher at St Michael RCM Primary School, Ogunpa Lunloye, Abeokuta, won the 2023 Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards for Central and Southern Africa.”     A teacher at the St Michael RCM Primary School, Ogunpa Lunloye, Abeokuta Ogun State, Akeem Badru, has been announced as the regional winner of the 2023 Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards for Central and Southern Africa. The Cambridge Dedicated Teacher Awards, which is run by the Cambridge University Press, is an annual competition to celebrate teachers globally and their efforts in educating their pupils. The…

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GTBank, 6 Others Fined N1bn For Forex Offences + LIST

ADEOLA YUSUF

Seven Deposit Money Banks paid a total of N1,088,334,000 as fines to the Central Bank of Nigeria, Securities and Exchange Commission, National Insurance Commission, Pension Commission and others in the 2022 financial, according to findings. This was disclosed in the financial statements of the banks for the year 2022, which were filed on the Nigerian Exchange Limited. The financial services firms included in this report are Access Holdings Plc, Wema Bank Plc, Union Bank of Nigeria, Guaranty Trust Holding Company, FCMB Group Plc, Fidelity Bank Plc, and Stanbic IBTC Holdings.…

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PDP, Labour Party kick As US Secretary of State calls Tinubu

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party on Wednesday expressed anger over the telephone conversation between the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken and the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Blinken pledged stronger ties between the US and Nigeria during a 20-minute telephone call to Tinubu, who is in France. The US Department of State spokesperson, Matthew Miller, in a statement said Blinken spoke with the president-elect on Tuesday. The development came 24 hours after the Joe Biden administration announced the imposition of visa restrictions on Nigerians who allegedly disrupted…

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EFCC Operative Die During Fight With Colleagues, Suspects In Police Net

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed the arrest of two of its officials, Apata Odunayo and Ogbuji Tochukwu, who were allegedly involved in a scuffle that led to the death of a cadet in the Sokoto Zonal Command of the anti-graft commission, Abel Isah. The suspects were said to have been dragged before a Chief Magistrates’ Court, Gwiwa in Sokoto for criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide. The anti-graft agency also noted that the suspects have been suspended by the commission and handed over to the Nigeria Police Force.…

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Sunday Mbang, Methodist ex-Prelate, Is Dead

ADEOLA YUSUF

Sunday Mbang was born in Idua Eket, Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on August 26, 1936. A former Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Sunday Coffie Mbang, is dead. Mbang died at 86. Details of his death are still sketchy. Sunday Mbang was born in Idua Eket, Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on August 26, 1936 into a humble and Christian family. He studied at the Effoi Group School, Salvation Army School, Akai-Ubium, Government School, Eket, Methodist Boys’ High School, Oron, Teacher’s College,…

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Obi Watches As Two Labour Party’s Factions Fight At Presidential Tribunal

ADEOLA YUSUF

A mild drama took place at the resumed hearing of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting on Wednesday just as the doors to the court room was opened for lawyers and others to access the courtroom. The drama was between the two camps of the Labour Party (LP) on which group should be in court. The justices arrived to commence the day’s proceedings and also refused to acknowledge the representation of the party aside the presidential candidate of the party, Peter Obi, who is present in court. READ ALSO: London…

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London Court Jails Nigerian Three Years For Flogging Son

ADEOLA YUSUF

An argument by the father, 66, that his action was to discipline his son couldn’t fly. He was, asides three years in jail, also ordered to pay £500 in compensation to his son   An appeal court in London, the United Kingdom, has sentenced a Nigerian man to three years in jail for physically abusing his nine-year-old son. The offender, 66, initially got away with 22 months imprisonment at the end of his trial at the Crown Court in Woolwich, South-east London, which the government disagreed with. Following the government’s appeal…

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Strike: Doctors Shun Talks, Medical Tourism Gulps $3bn In Three Years

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigerians spent about $3bn on foreign healthcare-related services from 2020 to 2022, according to findings by The PUNCH. The total spending for the period under review was obtained from the Balance of Payments database of the Central Bank of Nigeria. This came to the fore on Tuesday as the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors insisted on starting a warning strike on Wednesday. The doctors are starting the strike despite the fact that the Federal Government said it had begun talks with their parent body, the Nigerian Medical Association. READ ALSO:…

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