Baby accidentally shoots father dead in US

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Local authorities in Florida on Monday said a two-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his father in Florida after his parents left a loaded gun unattended. When police officers, alerted by a 911 call, arrived at the victim’s home near Orlando on May 26, they found the child’s mother Marie Ayala providing CPR to her husband, Reggie Mabry. Law enforcement initially believed the 26-year-old, who died shortly afterward in hospital, had shot himself, but the eldest of the couple’s three children later told investigators that the trigger was pulled by…

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Fidelity Bank wins Award for Best SME Bank in Nigeria

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Fidelity Bank Plc, one of the Nigeria’s foremost financial institutions, has added yet another accolade to its burgeoning collection of awards. This time, the Bank has been recognized as the ‘Best SME Bank in Nigeria’ by the Global Finance Banking & Finance Awards 2022. According to the organizers, Global Banking and Finance review, the bank was presented the award after a comprehensive review and assessment of its intervention and provision of long-term financing support for small businesses across Nigeria. Dedicating the award to customers and staff of the bank, Managing…

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Shetimma apologises over derogatory statement against VP, Senate president

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Kashim Shettima, former Governor of Borno State, on Sunday morning apologised to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, saying he did not mean to denigrate them. Shettima’s apology comes barely 48 hours after his interview on a television programme on Friday. The former governor, who is a strong ally of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, had described Osinbajo as a decent man who should be selling popcorn and ice cream. He said, “Osinbajo is a good man; he’s a nice man.…

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Scores killed as gunmen disguised as worshippers massacre people in Ondo church

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Terrorists disguising as worshippers rained terror on worshippers at Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo, the headquarters of the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Sunday. The attack on the church in Owo,  the hometown of the state Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, came barely a week after the Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Bishop Samuel Kanu-Uche, was kidnapped in Abia State by gunmen the priest later identified as Fulani youths. It was learnt that the gunmen, who attacked the Catholic church, arrived at the premises, which…

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Akeredolu to APC: Rotate power to South to retain Presidency

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Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, Ondo State Governor, has warned the All Progressives Congress against giving its presidential ticket to a northern candidate. In a post on Facebook on Thursday, Akeredolu, who is the Chairman of the Southern Nigeria Governors’ Forum, charged the party to work hard to retain power by rotating the Presidency to the South. “APC must work to retain power. We must rotate power to retain power !!! Rotate to the South. …Shikena (That’s all),” he said. Apart from Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and former Lagos State Governor, Bola…

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Squad: The next generation payment solution for African merchants

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When it comes to internet penetration and adoption of mobile payments, most African countries are still very much below the global average. Even where the internet penetration is improving, the mobile payments adoption rate is still low, meaning an overall lag. For instance, in Kenya where mobile payment adoption is most on the continent, only about 23.1% of the internet users actually use mobile payment methods. So, even though the internet infrastructure allows business owners access a wide market, mostly outside their location, sending and receiving payments with ease still…

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Tinubu: “I Made Buhari President, Osinbajo VP”

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Former governor of Lagos State, and one of the leading presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Thursday, during a political tour to woo delegates in Ogun State, talked about the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari, and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in 2015. Tinubu also spoke on how he made the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun became governor in 2019. He said, “Buhari would not have been president. It is over 25 years that I have been serving them. This one sitting by me, Dapo…

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Lady dies after plastic surgery went wrong

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A trending news, has it that Christabel, a Port Harcourt based social media inflencer has lost her life after a ‘butt’ enlargement surgery went wrong. She was said to have died as a result of complications from a botched Plastic Surgery done here in Nigeria. A friend of hers, Miss Posha confirmed her death and shed light on she died from the botched surgery complications. In the tweet, Miss Posha (@poshcupcake_1) revealed: “I want to bring this to the public, A friend friend just died at this hospital in Lagos…

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Defamation: Jury reaches verdict in Depp vs Heard case

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In the high-profile defamation case between “Pirates of the Caribbean” star Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard, the jury has reached a verdict on Wednesday. The seven-person Virginia jury has been deliberating for about 13 hours over three days in Fairfax County Circuit Court near the US capital. The court said the verdict is to be read out at 3:00 pm (1900 GMT). A spokesperson for Heard said she was making her way to the courthouse after the jury reached its verdict. Depp, who has been in England for…

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Delegate donates N12m received from presidential aspirants to Kaduna constituents

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Tanko Sabo, a Peoples Democratic Party national delegate from Kaduna State, has said that he donated over N12 million he got from the party’s presidential primary to the less-privileged in the Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna. Sabo said he wasn’t afraid that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission might come after him, adding that he “satisfied my conscience and all my people are happy”. According to him, he made a promise to his constituents to give back whatever monetary benefits he got at the PDP primary if elected as…

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