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King Charles has backed UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in ruling out reparations over slavery, saying: ‘None of us can change the past. But we can commit, with all our hearts to learning its lessons and to finding creative ways to right inequalities that endure.’     Speaking with leaders in Samoa, the monarch and new head of the Commonwealth said that …

Former Senate Minority leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has said that what the Igbos want and have clamoured for over the years if for them to just be treated with fairness and as other regions of the country have been treated.   Abaribe stated this during an interview on Arise TV on Thursday night October 24.    ‘’Sometimes when I discuss …

  DNA testing has revealed that a skull found decades ago in the wall of a house in Illinois, USA, belonged to an 18-year-old woman who died just after the American Civil War.   Officials in Kane County told a news conference Thursday, October 24, that a skull discovered during renovations at a property in Batavia, west of Chicago, in …

The Lagos State Wastewater Management Office (LSWMO) in continued demonstration of its commitment to sustainable environment, proper sanitation and public health safety in the State has sealed off a residential property on Adedosu Street, Otubu, Agege following the receipt of a public complaint from concerned residents.   The bungalow with over 10 rooms has no sanitary toilet facilities but dilapidated …

Former Marseille midfielder, Abdelaziz Barrada has died aged just 35 after suffering a heart attack. The ex-Morocco international, who retired from football in 2021 after stints with Getafe, Marseille, and Al-Nasyr, was living in France when he reportedly suffered a sudden heart attack. Marseille paid tribute through their social media channels. They posted: “Rest in peace, Abdelaziz. Olympique de Marseille …

With less than two weeks until Election Day in the US, CNBC’s latest national poll finds a margin-of-error presidential contest between Republican contestant Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala Harris both nationally and in key battleground states, with Trump topping her on economic issues and Harris leading on character issues including honesty and the ‘fitness to be president.’   In CNBC’s …

Gospel singer, Damilare Odunuga aka Dare Melody, is bereaved as he just lost his wife of many years, Adedoyin.    In a statement released, Dare Melody who shared the sad news on his Instagram handle, disclosed that Adedoyin passed away on Thursday, October 24, 2024.   He described her as a “beloved mother, wife, sister, and friend.”   “BLACK DAY …

The Nigeria Police Force has debunked media reports that it allocates only N15,000 for operations at different divisional police offices for a period of three months.    A news platform had shared an article claiming that the force is enmeshed in corruption scandal over the meagre budgetary allocation to divisional police stations.The report had claimed an anonymous Divisional Police Officer …

The Ekiti State Government has named and shamed a 72-year-old man, Sule Adeola, who is serving a life sentence at the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti, for r@ping a 10-year-old girl.   A public notice by the state Ministry of Justice this week stated that Adeola has been registered in the ministry’s S@x Offenders Register.    Recall that Ekiti State …

A K-Pop star has been dropped from a boyband after ‘t0xic’ fans called for his axe after he was filmed kissing a woman believed to be his girlfriend.  According to Mail Online, Hong Seunghan’s departure from RIIZE is the latest development in a saga that began 14 months ago, when leaked photos and videos showed the then-19-year-old smoking and kissing the …