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UK Releases New Banknotes Featuring Portrait of King Charles III [see security features]

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Barely four months after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the Bank of England released images of the first banknotes to feature the portrait of King Charles III on Tuesday, December 20, 2022.

The new notes will begin circulation in the middle of 2024.

Security features of new banknotes The notes featuring the King’s images are 5,10,20, and 50 polymer pound notes with a see-through security panel.

The notes remain unchanged from the ones already in circulation, CNBC reports.

The Governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, said it is a significant moment as the King is only the second monarch to feature on the UK’s banknotes.

The tradition of featuring monarchs on banknotes began in 1960. Coins have always featured in images of monarchs.

The Royal Mint issued the first coins having the King’s portrait on December 8 2022.

King Charles became King in September following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth.

She died after 70 years on the British throne.

The coins and notes with the late queen’ portrait will continue to be legal tender in the UK.

King Charles III and the Royal Family’s new net worth after Queen Elizabeth II’s death

Legit.ng reported that Queen Elizabeth died and left more than $500 million in personal fortune to her son, King Charles II, and the rest of the royal family.

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Before Charles became the new monarch, his net worth was around $440 million, an estimate by the research institute Wealth X says.

Fortune reports that King Charles III’s Wealth will now be inherited by his son, Prince William.

Charles has made hundreds of millions of pounds since he was 21 years and in the 2021-2022 financial year, he got 23 million pounds in surplus payments, an annual account by Duchy says.

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Meet 17-year-old Nigerian Who Won $3.5m Worth Of Scholarships From Harvard, 13 Other  Foreign Universities

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A 17-year-old Nigerian boy, Oluwafemi Ositade, has secured full scholarships to multiple Ivy League universities in the United States, Canada and Qatar.

The teenager, a member of the Class of 2023 of The Ambassadors College, Ota, won scholarships over $3.5 million.

Ositade’s astounding success stems from his exceptional performance in the SAT where he achieved a perfect score in Maths (800/800) and a near-perfect score of 760 out of 800 in reading and writing and his CGPA of 4.04/4.0 from college.

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Nigerian boy Femi Ositade wins $3.5 million worth of scholarships from Harvard and 13 foreign universities

Ositade received 14 scholarships from renowned institutions nine of which are full ride scholarships (covering tuition, accommodation, allowance and all other student’s expenses).

The universities that have given scholarship offers to Ositade are Harvard University, Brown University, Duke University, University of Toronto Lester B Pearson Scholarship, Wesleyan University, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, University of Miami, Howard University, Stetson University, Fisk University, University of Toronto, Mississauga Campus, University of Toronto St. George Campus, University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus and Drexel University.

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In the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), he got a score of 358, and was ranked as the second best in Nigeria for the year 2023.

Also, in the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), Ositade got eight A’s and one B2.

He wants to pursue a degree in Computational Physics, due to his passion for Quantum Computing and Mathematics.

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Drama As Women Fight Dirty, Breasts Fall Out During Spring Break Outing In US [PHOTOS/VIDEO]

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Shocking videos captured during Spring Break shows topless women fighting on a popular US beach.

The Orange Crush is a college spring break party on Tybee Island in Savannah, Georgia.

The party has been hosted annually in April for almost 30 years since Savannah State University opened.

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This year’s event was chaotic. Videos have been shared on social media showing the carnage unfolding.

One video showed several bikini-clad women fighting on the beach’s boardwalk. They were filmed punching and scratching each other so violently that some of their tops flew off.

During the two-and-half minutes of chaotic footage, several women experienced their tops being forcibly lowered or displaced.

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Some stopped fighting momentarily to adjust their clothing, while one individual, clad in a green swimsuit, persisted in the altercation even after her breasts were exposed.

Watch videos from the scene below.

 

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Video Of Girl Being Bullied, Slapped At Lead British School Sparks Outrage Online [PHOTOS/VIDEO]

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Videos of female students bullying a lone female student at Lead British School, Abuja, has sparked outrage online.

In videos shared online, female students, dressed in school uniform, are seen slapping one female student identified as Namtira.

“What’s the boy’s name?” they asked as they confronted her and slapped her across both cheeks.

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Heartbreaking video shows girl being bullied and slapped by other students at Lead British School (videos)

Another video shows one of the bullies, identified as Maryam, asking, “Who broke my heart?” repeatedly as she slapped Namtira.

She then warned “don’t touch my hand” as Namtira tried to protect herself from the slaps.

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Afterwards, Namtira stopped trying to prevent the slaps and calmly took them.

Students in the background are heard claiming Namtira “snatched” someone as they confronted her.

Namtira Bwala, said to be the daughter of author Daniel Bwala, did not retaliate as they hit her.

Heartbreaking video shows girl being bullied and slapped by other students at Lead British School (videos)

The video has sparked outrage and led to the hashtag #JusticeForNamtira.

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