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Jeff Bezos, Ellon Musk and Bill Gates. Is there something about being super rich and divorce? Bill and Melinda Gates, two of the richest people in the world, who reshaped philanthropy and public health with the fortune Mr. Gates made as a co-founder of Microsoft, said on Monday that they were divorcing. For decades, Mr. and Ms. Gates have been ...
May, 2021
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4 May
Bandits demand #100m or ‘ll kill 17 Vasity students , after collecting #55m ransom
Kidnappers of the students of Greenfield University, Kaduna have threatened to kill the remaining students in their custody, if a ransom of N100m is not paid on or before Tuesday (today). A leader of the bandits, who abducted the students, Sani Jalingo, spoke to the Hausa service of the Voice of America on Monday. He insisted that a ransom of ...
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4 May
Bitcoin loses market share
Ethereum is giving Bitcoin, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, a hard chase in the crypto market. Ethereum is now valued at $3,000 and makes up 15 per cent of the crypto market, according to tracker CoinGecko. Bitcoin is valued above $58,000 and accounts for about 46 per cent of the crypto market. This is down from the 70 per cent ...
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4 May
Kwara traveller caught with fresh human head, hands
The police in Kwara State, on Monday, arrested a man caught with a fresh human head and hands concealed in a bag in a commercial bus travelling from Ajase-Ipo to Ilorin. The 24-year-old suspect, Kehinde Moses, confessed that the head and hands were that of a man he identified as Mohammed, who was allegedly murdered for ritual purposes in Ajase-Ipo, ...
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4 May
External reserves lost $350m in two weeks, says CBN
The country’s external reserves lost $350m in two weeks, falling to $34.9bn on April 29 from a high of $35.25bn as of April 16. Figures obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday revealed that the reserves, which had been fluctuating, rose from $34.85bn as of April 1 before returning to a downward path in the middle of the ...
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4 May
38 jostle to be Anambra gov, join 100 bishops for Anglican synod
No fewer than 38 governorship aspirants are expected to attend the second session of the 12th synod of the Awka Diocese of Anglican Church in Anambra State. The governorship aspirants, according to a statement on Monda, will join the over 2,500 delegates expected at the synod scheduled to hold at the St Michael’s and All Angels Anglican Church Nawfia, in ...
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4 May
Odds against Sevilla’s hopes of winning winning La Liga
Sevilla’s chances of winning La Liga could be over after they suffered a heartbreaking defeat by Athletic Bilbao on Monday, with Inaki Williams scoring a 90th-minute winner at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. Williams’ first goal since February snatched a 1-0 win for Athletic and leaves Sevilla six points adrift of leaders Atletico Madrid, with four games left to play. Sevilla’s ...
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4 May
Senate meet Gambari on meeting Buhari this Week ,Over Worsening Insecurity
The leadership of the Senate will this week meet with President Muhammadu Buhari over the myriad of security challenges facing the nation. The Senate had at last Tuesday’s plenary mandated its leadership to rub minds with President Buhari on a possible solution to the mounting security problems facing the country. The Senators decision was sequel to the adoption of a ...
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4 May
Army disassociate self from Coup, pledges loyalty to Buhari
The Defence Headquarters has dissociated self from any anti-democratic utterances and positions as well as pledged loyalty to the President Muhammadu Buhari and the 1999 Constitution as Amended. The Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, stated this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the attention of the military high command had been drawn to a statement ...
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4 May
Man dies rescuing wife hit by run away driver
A couple, Mr. and Mrs. Kingsley Akpor, was on Sunday evening knocked down by hit-and-run drivers opposite PTI Conference Centre, along the East-West Road in Uvwie council area of Delta state. It was learnt that incident occurred around 8pm while they were crossing the expressway. It was gathered the wife, Ajoke, was heavily pregnant and due for delivery of their ...
