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The director of films including Flash Gordon and Get Garter, Mike Hodges has died aged 90. Hodges' death was confirmed by, a producer and longtime friend of Hodges, Mike Kaplan, stating that the director reportedly died at his home in Dorset on Saturday. The cause of his death is yet to be announced. Hodges' film credits include Croupier, The Terminal Man and 2003's I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, which is […]
There are reports that Manchester United player, Cristiano Ronaldo is edging closer to landing at a new club. The Portugal international is currently in Dubai and ready to fly” to Saudi Arabia and sign for Al-Nassr. The Middle Eastern club have tabled an offer worth a whopping 200 million pounds per season in salary and advertising agreements on a two-and-a-half-year contract and the deal will be confirmed before the end […]
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk have agreed to fight each other next year. The two boxers hold all four of the major heavyweight world title belts between them, and their richly anticipated fight would decide the undisputed heavyweight world championship. Bob Arum Of Top Rank, the US company that co-promotes Fury with Queensberry Promotions in the UK, revealed that Fury, the WBC champion, and Usyk, the unified WBO, WBA and […]
The Taliban government has suspended university education for all female students in Afghanistan, sparking international condemnation and grief among young people in the country. A letter published by the Afghan education ministry said the decision was made in a cabinet meeting and the order will go into effect immediately. Girls were barred from returning to secondary schools in March, after the Taliban ordered schools for girls to shut hours after […]
Taraba State House of Assembly has elected member representing the Zing constituency, John Kizito Bonzina, as the new Speaker, following the resignation Joseph Albasu Kunini yesterday. Kunini, while reading his letter of resignation to members of house, said he is resigning for personal reasons and thanked members for their support and cooperation during his time as speaker of the house. Speaking after his emergence as the new speaker, Bonzina, denied […]
The Governor of Abia State Okezie Ikpeazu has directed as a matter of policy that henceforth, the Rule of ‘no work, no pay’ applies in the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Chris Ezem in his statement yesterday in Umuahia and expressed worry at the spate of the continuous strike by some government establishments as the only means of pressing home their demands, noting that the action is counterproductive […]
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja yesterday removed the Ralph Nwosu-led leadership of the African Democratic Congress ADC and nullified all actions the executive committee took from August 21 to date. Justice Nyako also affirmed Patricia Akwashiki as the authentic National Chairman of the party with counsel to Akwashiki, Benson Igbanoi affirming that by the court order, the actions of the NWOSU-led executive between August 21 and […]
Doyin Okupe has resigned as the Campaign Director-General of the Labor Party’s 2023 presidential candidate Peter Obi. Okupe in a letter addressed to Obi yesterday said it is better not to allow his interest to distract his campaign and that of the party, hence his decision to step aside, pleading that Obi appoint a new Campaign DG who can continue the assignment with zero distractions. He stated that he has […]
The 9th Assembly yesterday confirmed the appointment of the Special Assistant to the President on New Media, Lauretta Ifeanyi-Onochie as the substantive Chairman of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC, despite criticisms trailing her nomination The Senate at the plenary also confirmed 12 others following the screening of the nominees conducted last Friday at the National Assembly complex as requested by President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari had also […]
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola today stated that the sit-at-home order by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) contributed immensely to the seeming delay in completion of the Second Niger Bridge project. Fashola made this disclosure today said that on the eastern side, contractors have not been able to work on Mondays for almost two years which and that has affected the completion date, stressing that […]
