Jerry Douglas' Blog

Kenya has been put on the international map for 'sex on the bench'. Kenya was hit with a  bush sex scandal  in March 2011 when several shots of different Kenyan citizens were caught on camera having physical sex in different positions, at a particular location, on a particular bench in the Masinde Muliro Garden, Kakamega located in Kenya. According to various sources from Kenya, the photos were taken by the Police to show as evidence to expose the indecent act to the world. The shocking pictures somehow found its way on the internet in the first week of March last year which attracted international concerns and reactions from the Kenyan presidency and even religious leaders. Source:  Online Nigeria

Customers of First Bank Limited may find it difficult to carry out some banking transactions from Thursday to Monday due to the decision to shut down the bank’s branches nationwide during the period. Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Bisi Onasanya The shutdown, according to the bank, is to enable it upgrade its core banking application from Finacle 7 to Finacle 10, which will ensure easier and faster customer services and experience. The decision to shut down operations in order to facilitate the migration to Finacle 10 would affect the bank’s over 700 branches nationwide. Apart from all the branches being shut, Point of Sale transactions and transaction alerts by Short Message Service will not be possible during the period. In addition, all card services, except Visa prepaid card, will not be available via Quick Teller and the Web. First Bank said in an explanatory note, “All transactions that will impact on the banking plat