Day: 8 September 2020

How top tax consultant died in Lagos boat mishap

Jide Ige

A Deputy Senior Partner at Price Waterhouse Coopers, Tola Ogundipe, is dead. The PUNCH learnt that the victim went missing on Saturday while boating on his own on the coast near Lagos. The boat was said to have been found on Sunday before the Marine Police discovered his corpse on Monday. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed the incident, said the state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, had ordered a discreet investigation into the death. Price Waterhouse Coopers, in a statement on Tuesday signed by the Country…

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James reunites with Ancelotti at Everton for £22m

Yemi Thomas, Entertainment Editor

Everton completed the signing of James Rodriguez from Real Madrid on Monday, reuniting the Colombian playmaker with manager Carlo Ancelotti for a third time. The Premier League club are reported to have paid £22 million ($29 million) for the 29-year-old, who was top scorer at the 2014 World Cup. James’s performances on the world stage earned him an 80 million euro ($95 million) move to Madrid six years ago and he shone in his first season in the Spanish capital under Ancelotti’s management. However, he fell down the pecking order…

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International Literacy Day 2020: FirstBank set the pace with innovative e-learning solutions

Jasmin Ekua, Banking & Finance

By Eche Munonye Covid-19 brought a huge challenge to education and literacy, First Bank of Nigeria Limited responded with a Rosetta stone of innovative e-learning initiatives that have far-reaching effects Since 1967 that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have been celebrating International Literacy Day to promote the importance of literacy and education, every September 8 had witnessed book gifting, book reading and related activities are undertaken by the UN body and its coalition of partners. But this year is a departure as such enshrined activities are…

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