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Nigerian music star, Davido and his partner, Chioma have lost their three-year-old son, Ifeanyi. According to reports widely published in major news outlets, Ifeanyi drowned in a swimming pool at his residence in the Banana Island area of Lagos State. Ifeanyi who was born in 2019 was said to have been underwater for a very long time before being spotted and rushed to a hospital in the Lekki area of the state, he was, however, confirmed dead on arrival. The horrific incident happened on Monday night, a few days after his third birthday (October 20). Though the Adeleke’s are yet to make any official statement, several celebrities posted cryptic messages on their social media page, which many saw as a confirmation of the news. Hours after the news broke, Iyabo Ojo, Ay Comedian, William Uchemba, Paul Okoye and several other celebrities all shared condolences. Ayo Makun, in an Instagram post early Tuesday, wrote, “The death of a child is unnatural, unfair, and tragic, this hit me so bad.

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared support for the move by the  Central Bank of Nigeria  to redesign the three largest denominations of the naira. According to a Sunday statement by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, the president said the CBN’s decision had his support and he is convinced that Nigeria will gain a lot by doing so. PREMIUM TIMES reported last week’s announcement by the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, that the apex bank would redesign the N200, N500 and N1,000 notes. The old and the new notes would both be valid until February when the old notes will no longer be legal tender, Mr Emefiele said. He said about 80 per cent of Nigerian currency was outside bank vaults with many hoarded by criminals, thus the reason for the policy. However, the finance minister, Zainab Ahmed, said her ministry was not consulted before the policy was announced and she believes the policy is wrongly timed. “The policy may be a well-conceived one but the timing, going by realities on gr...