Gbenga Ezekiel, a senior secondary school one student of Ijapo High School in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has done the incredible. The schoolboy has entered the Guinness World Records for the most skips in one minute on one leg, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Ezekiel recorded 265 skips in his attempt, beating the previous record…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has talked about how to report POS operator. The CBN released emergency telephone numbers to the public to officially report erring Point of Sales (POS) agents selling new naira notes and those selling charging exorbitantly for withdrawal. The Director, CBN Governor’s Department, Mr Joseph Omayuku, made this known during…
A Nigerian man who has been identified as Chayi, has killed his own wife. The man, on Tuesday beheaded his estranged wife and chopped off his daughter’s hand in Kampala community, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. The man reportedly killed his estranged wife using an axe to cut her head, as well…
Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has slammed the Central Bank of Nigeria. Falana, on Tuesday accused the CBN, of defying the law. He said the apex bank flouted the interim injunction of the Supreme Court suspending the implementation of the February 10 deadline on the use of the old banknotes. The CBN had…
A schoolgirl has died after being electrocuted to death by her phone charger. The incident happened after she touched a frayed extension cable at her home in Thailand, according to Dailymail. Rattanawadee Poontawee, 12, was found dead at her house in Nakhon Nayok province, Thailand, on February 13 after grabbing the phone charger which was…
Operatives of Ogun State Police Command on Monday, 13th of February 2023, apprehended two suspects who bought the stolen car of a former staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kehinde Fatinoye who was murdered alongside his wife Bukola at their home in the state on December 31st, 2022. A statement from the spokesperson of…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has promised to prosecute Point of Sale (POS) operators who demand exorbitant charges on transactions. This was disclosed by the apex bank’s Governor, Godwin Emefiele during a meeting with members of the diplomatic corps. Emefiele who admitted that there have been some challenges over the Naira swap policy, said the…
A 14-year-old boy, Ashfa Ibrahim, drowned in a stream at Danzaki Village in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano state. The spokesperson of the Kano Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, who made this known in a statement on Tuesday, said the incident happened on Monday afternoon, February 13, 2023. “We received a distress…
It has now been confirmed that the catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria claimed above 35,000 lives. The confirmation was given on Monday. This is as search and rescue teams are starting to wind down their work, according to AFP. Officials and medics said 31,643 people had died in Turkey and 3,581 in Syria…
Residents of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital have expressed anger over refusal of banks to accept old N200, N500 and N1000 notes. GIOTV reported that banks in Ogun refused to accept the old notes on Monday. The report revealed that residents of Abeokuta were still transacting businesses with the old notes, despite the February 10…