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The funeral arrangement for AMAA founder Peace Maria Ogechi Anyiam-Osigwe has been released.   The 53-year-old filmmaker, who died on Jan. 10, 2023, after a brief illness at St. Nicholas Hospital in Lagos, will be laid to rest on Wednesday, February 15, 2023.   A Night of Tributes will be held …

The founder of an investment firm plunged to his death from a Manhattan rooftop bar on Wednesday night, Jan. 25, cops and law enforcement sources said.   Dale L. Cheney, 46, fell from Bar 54 at the Hyatt Centric Times Square New York in front of at least two witnesses …

She reportedly kicked the bucket at St. Nicolas Hospital, Lagos, after being in a coma since Saturday. Obi Emelonye, a film director and producer, confirmed Osigwe’s death on his Instagram page in the early hours of Tuesday. Obi wrote, “Thank you and good night, Dada Peace.” Also, another Nollywood icon, …

The Founder/Chief Executive Officer, Africa Movies Academy Awards (AMAA), Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, has died.   According to reports, she passed away at the St Nicholas Hospital, Lagos, on Monday, January 9, after a brief illness.   Confirming her passing on social media, her colleague in the movie industry, Obi Emelonye, shared a …

One of China’s most influential financial tech companies, Ant Group, said on Saturday that the billionaire entrepreneur, Jack Ma, planned to relinquish control of the company. Mr. Ma’s retreat from the company he founded comes after the ruling Communist Party waged an unprecedented crackdown on Big Tech. Beijing had made …

Jose Maria Sison, the founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines and its long-running guerrilla insurgency, died on Friday in exile in the Netherlands, where he had lived for decades. He was 83. His death, in a hospital in Utrecht, was announced by a spokesman for the party, Marco …

38-year-old Elizabeth Holmes, who was once described by Forbes as one of the richest Selfmade billionaires in America, has been sentenced to 11 years and three months in prison for fraud. Despite being currently pregnant with her second child.   A federal judge on Friday November 18, jailed theTheranos founder …

Heading into the holiday consumer season, many Americans are pinching pennies where they can, which has made the consumer industry take measures to counter the expected slowdown. My family is no different than yours; we decided to scale back our Christmas shopping and have spent less time away from the …

Recording artist, songwriter and music executive Robert Louis Gordy Sr. has died at the age of 91.   Robert, who is the youngest brother of Motown founder Berry Gordy, died Friday, October 21, of natural causes at his home in Marina del Rey, California, according to a news release from Universal …

Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg is not one of America’s ten wealthiest people for the first time since 2015, due to his company’s staggering stock price drop over the last year.   The 38-year-old Facebook founder has lost more than half his fortune – $76.8 billion – since September 2021, which …