What you should know about opening joint account

With a joint bank account, two or more people are able to access the money in the account. Joint account holders can all pay into the account and pay bills, write cheques or withdraw cash from it (although sometimes more than one person needs to agree), according to https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk.

Nigerian migrant delivers baby on ship

In this photo made available by MSF, Doctors Without Borders on Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, parents Otas, second left, and Faith, right, pose for a photo with one of their sons Rollres, left, and baby Newman Otas, born on board MV Aquarius, on the Mediterranean Sea. The family were rescued from an overcrowded rubber boat 24 hours previously. PHOTO: MSF/AP

Blinded by best friend: Sad tale of 18-year-old whose eyes were plucked

It is disheartening, indeed most painful, when the person you trust so much ends up betraying you, even causing you life-threatening bodily harm. This was the sad experience of 18-year-old Hussein Emmanuel, an indigene of Sara Village in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State. His best friend conspired with others to gouge out his eyes. 

Hoodlums brutalise octogenarian, wife over kola nut farm

Some hoodlums have brutalised an octogenarian, Yekini Owolegbon, and his wife, Ayoni, over a kola nut farm in Ori-Okuta, Isiwu, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

Police arrest 50-year-old man for raping girl, 13

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 50-year-old man, Joseph Sunday, for allegedly raping a 13-year-old-girl in Ilaro, Yewa North Local Government Area of the state.

Runaway, who raped three girls, arrested after 15 months

A suspected serial rapist, Segun, aka Mago, who allegedly raped three girls in Omojoda community, Adamo, Ikorodu, Lagos State, has been arrested.

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