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Netball Australia is refusing to name the Diamonds squad a little over a month out from the World Cup amid an ongoing pay dispute. It comes as the Australian Netball Players’ Association (ANPA) demands a greater revenue share, which the indebted governing body says isn’t possible. Netball Australia is $4.2 …

Funding for the military has emerged as a key sticking point in reaching an agreement to raise the nation’s borrowing limit and prevent a catastrophic default, with Republicans pushing to spare the Defense Department from spending caps and make deeper cuts to domestic programs like education. President Biden has balked at …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Abia suspended the strike it called to demand an improvement in workers’ welfare on Tuesday. The suspension was made public on Friday by the union’s national assistant secretary-general, Mr. Chris Onyeka, following a meeting in Umuahia between the State Government, NLC, and Joint Public …

The traditional ruler of Asamokwu community, in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State, Obi Okwudiki Odumodu, was beheaded following a dispute over sharing formula of a derivation fund.   The spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday, February …

DirecTV has dropped Newsmax costing the conservative outlet a large chunk of its availability after the two sides could not agree on a new fee structure. The dispute has nothing to do with politics or ideology. It is all about money. Newsmax wanted a fee increase, which in the era …

A 59-year-old security guard Bamiduro Adewulo has been stoned to death by his ‘Personal Assistant’ Fumilayo Asojo while settling a dispute over an N700 debt.   Adewulo who sustained injuries after being stoned while settling a dispute between Asojo and another man over N700, was rushed to the hospital where he died …

Johnny Depp is set to direct his first film in 25 years, it has been claimed. The 59-year-old recently returned to work in the wake of his lengthy defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, in which he sued the Aquaman actress for an op-ed she wrote for the Washington Post in 2018, discussing her …

A Nigerian woman has claimed that King Sunny Ade, the juju music singer, is her biological father. The woman, named Elizabeth Temitope Ayeni, detailed a years-long paternity dispute in an interview with Punch. She said her aged mother revealed this in 2019 after misleading her about her biological father for years. Ayeni said …

The comedian/actor blasted Mo’Nique over her beef with industry folks including Tyler Perry, Oprah and Lee Daniels, the director of ‘Precious’, the film that got her an Academy award in the supporting actress category. Hughley wrapped his shade by comparing her to the abusive role she played in the 2009 …