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Signature Bank’s cryptocurrency clients have been reportedly given until April 5 to take their funds out and find another bank, or have their accounts closed by the federal regulator.According to reports, a United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) spokesperson said on March 28 that the agency was “reaching out to depositors from Signature whose deposits were not included in NYCB’s bid, confirming that these deposits belonged to digital asset clients.Depositors who… Read the full article here
His doppelgänger! Jimmy Kimmel enjoyed boys’ night out with his look-alike son Kevin Kimmel — and the twosome had fans seeing double. The father-son duo sat courtside at the Lakers game in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 26, at the Crypto.com Arena. The Jimmy Kimmel Live host, 55, kept it casual for the event, rocking a black puffer vest and pants while Kevin, 29, donned a pair of blue jeans with a black dress shirt and tee. The similar ensembles – paired with the… Read the full article here
Former Governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, has withdrawn from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship election primary in the state. Mr Ihedioha disclosed his decision in a letter titled “notification of my withdrawal from the Imo state PDP gubernatorial primaries” addressed to the party national chairman, cited by The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent in Abuja on Tuesday. NAN reports that only Mr Ihedioha and the party National Secretary, Samuel Anyanwu,… Read the full article here
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, on Tuesday received a letter from Nigerian youths asking it to prevail on the federal government to nullify the February 25 presidential election. The youth group had stormed the ECOWAS headquarters in Abuja to protest the manner in which the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, conducted the 2023 presidential poll. The youths, who were not pleased with the outcome of the election, stormed the head office of ECOWAS to demand… Read the full article here
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has finally accepted the outcome of the Benue North West Senatorial election which took place on February 25. DAILY POST recalls that Ortom of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP who is expected to complete his second term in office on May 29, contested for the senatorial position but lost to the All Progressives Congress, APC. While Ortom polled 106,882 votes, Titus Zam of the APC scored 143,151 votes, while Mark Gbillah, the candidate of the Labour Party,… Read the full article here
Big Brother Naija reality show winner, Hazel Oyeze Onou, popularly known as Whitemoney, has apologized for his demeaning comments about women. Recall that the reality star came under heavy fire after he insinuated that no woman is above a man’s league as long as the man is wealthy. His comment elicited outrage from ladies most notably from fellow former Big Brother Naija housemate Doyin and actress Victoria Inyama. Whitemoney fuelled the outrage with his outing on the Honest Bunch podcast… Read the full article here
British heavyweight boxer, Anthony Joshua, has insisted he would retire from boxing if he loses to American boxer Jermaine Franklin. Joshua will clash with Franklin on Saturday at the O2 Arena in Greenwich, London. The 33-year-old had scheduled to fight Tyson Fury in a bout in November or December. However, the fight never came to fruition because of sponsorship issues. Joshua will hope to upturn his bad run of form after losses to Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk in August of 2022. “I will. I… Read the full article here
South African police announced on Monday that they were looking for a fugitive serial killer and rapist, whom they thought had been dead since May 2022 and the discovery of a charred corpse in his prison cell in Bloemfontein, where he was serving his sentence. DNA analysis determined that the victim was not Thabo Bester, South African police revealed over the weekend. “At this time, our priority is to find this fugitive and establish how… Read the full article here
Islamic scholars have called on those in positions of authority to discharge their duties with the fear of God, toward good governance. The call was made at the 14th annual Kafaru Tinubu Ramadan Lecture held in Ikeja, Lagos, on Sunday. The lecture was delivered by the Head of Arabic Unit, Department of Foreign Languages, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Dr. Saheed Timilehin, who spoke on “Governance and Social Justice: Islamic Perspective.” Another lecture,… Read the full article here
Operatives of Ekiti State Amotekun Corps have arrested a suspected Indian hemp farmer and another suspect with a wound suspected to be gunshot injuries. The 35-year-old hemp farmer identified simply as Monday was said to have been arrested in the forest in Ise Ekiti, Ekiti State with a gun while 21-year-old Joseph was nabbed in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, with injury. The State Amotekun Commander, Brig. Gen. Joe Komolafe (retd.), who said his men arrested the… Read the full article here
