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Italian Fashion Firm Gucci To Accept Bitcoin, Etherium, Others From May

 

Italian fashion brand, Gucci, will accept payments in cryptocurrencies in the U.S. beginning from May.

Gucci will accept cryptos in selected stores across the US.

The shops to receive the crypto assets are Wooster Street in New York, Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles, Miami Design District, Phipps Plaza in Atlanta and the Shops at Crystals in Las Vegas, according to Vogue Business.

Gucci will also accept payments in more than 10 cryptocurrencies including: Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Wrapped Bitcoin, Litecoin, Shiba Inu and five stablecoins pegged to the US dollar.

The fashion giants will also accept Dogecoin, a crypto founded by Jackson Palmer.

Marco Bizzarri, Gucci president and CEO said, “Gucci is always looking to embrace new technologies when they can provide an enhanced experience for our customers.

“Now that we are able to integrate cryptocurrencies within our payment system, it is a natural evolution for those customers who would like to have this option available to them.”

Many brands have been testing blockchain technologies like crypto as a pay form, but the use has been frustrated by many Central Banks.

Brands like Microsoft, PayPal, AT&T and Starbucks have already adopted some cryptos as payment for their products.

 

Mixed Reactions As Actor Sanyeri’s Kids Surface Online

 

Veteran comic Yoruba Nollywood actor Olaniyi Afonja popularly known as Sanyeri has wowed many Nigerians with videos of his children that surfaced online.

Sanyeri is a household name in the Yoruba genre of Nollywood and has left many lovers of indigenous movies glued to him due to his funny character.

Unarguably, Sanyeri’s level of education is a major hindrance in his career, as it restricts him from taking up major English-speaking roles.

However, a video of Sanyeri’s children that surfaced online shows they are currently living outside Nigeria.

For someone who had faced some limitations because of his education, Sanyeri decided to change the narrative and many Nigerians were left speechless with the video of his children.

The video captured the kids of the veteran. actor pleading with fans to support their father by subscribing to his Youtube Channel

Reacting to the video, many Nigerians claimed that Sanyeri married a beautiful wife to produce such cute children and every kid deserve a better life than the parents.

rich___kinging wrote: “He changed the generation”.

unified_wale wrote: “He actually married a very beautiful wife”.

naimafit_ wrote: “Woooow your kids deserve better lives _ because you struggled don’t mean you treat them with comparison or allow them go through the same . It’s was your decision to BIRTH THEM so TAKE CARE OF THEM WELL … I’m impressed”.

pappyfaiithgram wrote: “Aww I’m so happy for this man , Daddy didn’t fine but Him Pinkin like am”.

Russia/Ukraine War : UN Secretary-General Arrives Nigeria For Talks

 

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived Nigeria for a bilateral meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, religious leaders and private sector to discuss impact of the Russia/Ukraine war.

The UN office in Nigeria announced his arrival in a tweet on Tuesday, adding that he will also travel to Maiduguri to see those displaced by terrorism.

“UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrives Nigeria, meets with Borno State Governor, ProfZulum and IDPs in #Maiduguri. He will have an audience with @NGRPresident , Vice President, religious leaders, women, and the private sector representatives, among others,” the UN tweeted.

Before Guterres’ visit to Africa, he had travelled to Russia and Ukraine in a bid to convince both parties to stop the war which began on February 22.

Part of the reasons he presented before the Russia Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov was that African countries are witnessing unusual increase in prices in food and energy.

“We are interested in everything that can be done to minimize the impact ( of the war) in different parts of the world.

“I will be going to Africa after this visit, we are witnessing the dramatic impacts of the war in the situations that we have in countries that already face the covid, that face the uneven access to resources after the covid in very unfair way that international financial system works and now with the increase of prices. I have a deep interest to end the war,” he had said.

Nigeria is the third country he is visiting after Niger Republic and Senegal.

 

Fire Guts INEC Office In Zamfara

 

A late night fire incident has reportedly ravaged valuable materials and properties at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Zamfara State.

Naija News learnt that the office of the electoral body located at the Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of the state gutted fire at about 9 pm on Monday (yesterday).

There was, however, no report of any casualty from the incident.

The PUNCH reports that officials of the state fire service responded to the incident immediately but could not put out the raging fire due to the lack of water in their firetruck.

INEC authorities in the region and the national level are yet to make an official statement about the happening at the time this report is given, Naija News reports.

Also, the Zamfara State Police Command is yet to confirm the incident.

 

CDS Irabor Exposes Soldiers Working With Boko Haram, Bandits, Others

The Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), General Leo Irabor, has lamented the rising number of military personnel assisting and abetting terrorists and bandits in the country.

The commanders of various operations were also instructed by the general to sensitize their officers on the implications of collaborating with terrorists in a letter.

“Recent happenings in various TOOs reveal an increase in cases of aiding and abetting by personnel. This development was revealed in different reports of arrests of military personnel within a short period of time,” the letter signed on behalf of the CDS by one CE Oji read.

“It would be recalled that a soldier was arrested by a covert intelligence Team for conniving with a confirmed terrorists informant known as Babagana Kura in Bama LGA, Borno State.

“The arrests of these personnel are indicative of inside action that has continued to aid the adversary, pertinently with immediate or potential impact on operations.”

Recall, a Nigerian Army battalion instructor, Lance Corporal Abdullahi Jibrin, in Geidam, Yobe State, committed suicide after being apprehended for conspiring with terrorists who recently attacked Yobe communities.

Jibrin, who had vanished from his post, was seen among the Boko Haram insurgents who had stormed Geidam town earlier.

The soldier was tracked by army intelligence and discovered in Gashua, hundreds of kilometres away from his service station, according to military authorities.

Kanu sends message to Int’l community over South-East killings

 

Kingsley ‘Kanunta’ Kanu, brother of Nnamdi Kanu, founder of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Tuesday, told the international community that the Nigerian Government has been “misleading” them.

Kingsley was reacting to the non-stop mindless killings being witnessed in the southeast region, particularly Imo and Anambra states.

Many people were left shocked this week when assailants recently killed two soldiers at an unknown location in Imo State, a policeman, two brothers and two others in Anambra State.

Although security agents often allege that those behind the senseless killings are members of the secessionist group, IPOB, and its security arm, Eastern Security Network (ESN), IPOB has always denied being responsible for the attacks.

 

“Everything #IPOB is accusing @HQNigerianArmy, @PoliceNG and #DSS of doing is verifiable. The epicenter of these crimes are Imo state, where @Govhopeuzodinma is governing. @StateDept @FCDOGovUK @EU_Commission @CanadianPM @LeahHardingAJE @JohnKingCNN, @GovNigeria is misleading you,” Kingsley wrote on his known Twitter handle.

 

6 confirmed dead in Lagos building collapse

 

Six people have been confirmed dead by authorities in Lagos in a fresh building collapse in the state.

A three-storey building on Ibadan Street in Ebute Metta area of Lagos collapsed late on Sunday with about 23 persons involved.

National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said the collapsed structure had been marked for demolition.

 

 

A search and rescue operation is ongoing as of the time of publishing this report.
Since 2005, at least 152 buildings have collapsed in Lagos, a city of some 20 million people, according to data collected by researcher Olasunkanmi Habeeb Okunola, from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.

One of those incidents that particularly angered Nigerians was in 2014 when dozens of people died in a church collapse in Lagos.

 

Soludo’s Media Manager Dies Days After Government Appointment

 

Joe Anatune, the leader of the media team of Governor Charles Soludo, has died a few days after bagging government’s appointment.

Anatune reportedly lost his life on Saturday a few days after his 62nd birthday, and a little over a week after he bagged a government appointment.

The media manager was recently appointed on April 19, 2022, as the MD/CEO of Anambra State Signage and Advertising Agency by Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo.

Reacting to the demise, Soludo expressed shock and sadness over the incident through a press statement released by Christian Aburime, Chief Press Secretary.

He said: “Soludo described Joe Anatune as one of the foremost Apostles of the Soludo project with an uncommon strength and courage to deliver on any given assignment.

“He stated further that Joe’s personal sacrifices during his electioneering campaign were not only exceptional but highly commendable.

“He spearheaded the Soludo Promoters Forum (SPF) and for two years used the platform to engage the professionals into mainstream politics. The government and the good people of Anambra State will sorely miss Joe Anatune.”

 

Poland defy Russia, sends T-72 tanks, Thunderbolt, drones, rockets to Ukraine

 

Poland has sent reinforcements to Ukraine despite earlier warnings from Russia.

The country has supplied their neighbours with equipment, such as dozens of infantry fighting vehicles and the 2S1 Carnation self-propelled howitzers, drones, Grad multiple rocket launchers and Piorun (Thunderbolt) man-portable air defense systems.

It has also sent over 200 T-72 tanks over the past few weeks, CNN reports, quoting Polskie Radio, Poland’s national public-service radio.

The report said that Poland has so far provided military equipment worth $1.6 billion to Ukraine.

Polish Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki made this disclosure last week.

This move, however, is against Russia’s earlier warning that any country, especially in the European Union that provides lethal weapons to Ukraine during the ongoing war, would face the consequences.

 

NSCDC Operatives Killed By Terrorists In Benue

 

Two personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been reportedly killed in Benue State in an encounter with gunmen suspected to be terrorists.

Naija News learnt that two other locals were also killed in separate attacks in the state.

It was reported that the NSCDC personnel were attacked at their duty post at a waterside vicinity in the Wadata axis of Makurdi Local Government Area on Friday.

A resident who spoke with Daily Trust confirmed that the other two villagers were hacked to death in the evening hour of Thursday while working on their farms in Tse Tume in the Turan council ward of Logo LGA of the state.

A community leader had disclosed the names of the deceased as Terkende Injarwua and Mfaiga Ukor.

He told reporters that their remains had been recovered and buried on Friday.

On the account of the NSCDC officers killed, the Public Relations Officer of the security agency in the state, Michael Ejelikwu, promised to give details of the incident in later hours.

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for Benue Command, SP Catherine Anene said, “That was not reported to me.”

Meanwhile, at least five persons have been killed in Anambra State when some unknown gunmen attacked a popular drinking joint on Friday night.

The assailants according to reports, stormed a restaurant situated at Uto Ndu in Obiofia Village, under Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state at about 8:00 pm and started shooting sporadically.

The owner of the restaurant identified simply as Ụtọ Ndụ (a female) was also killed in the attack, Naija News learnt.

Sympathisers, friends and some relatives of the victims have taken to social media to mourn their beloved family members.

Remains of the victims have been reportedly transported to a mortuary while security operatives launch a hunt on the perpetrators.

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