The bonus scheme under which Rugby Football Union chief executive Bill Sweeney received an extra £358,000 in the same year the body recorded losses and cut jobs has been defended by a former senior official. Genevieve Shore, the ex-chair of the RFU’s remuneration committee, says she is “extremely comfortable” with the scheme. With an increased salary of £742,000, Sweeney was …
Read More »The Coordinator of the Edo State Public Response Safety Team, Kelly Okungbowa has announced the dismissal of an official of the agency seen in a viral video dragging the steering with a bus driver in Benin City. In a 27-second viral video which surfaced online on Thursday, January 9, the unnamed official of the safety team was seen trying …
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Nollywood actor, Timini Egbuson has released the trailer for his newest project, Reel Love, premiering February 14, 2025 Following the success of All is Fair In Love, where he played the lead role, the actor in a recent Instagram post, announced his new project. “Excited to finally share my cinema baby with you all. Reel Love, directed by my brother …
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Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster have officially confirmed their romance, stepping hand in hand for the first time during a date night in Santa Monica on Monday, January 6. The pair, who starred together in the 2022 Broadway revival of The Music Man, appeared smitten as they enjoyed the evening together, just two months after rumours of their relationship …
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Habibu Abubakar Wushishi, the Director, Media and Strategy, Niger State Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, has revealed that a couple divorced hours after their wedding in Abuja. According to him, the couple tied the knot on Saturday, December 28, 2024, and got divorced on Sunday, December 29. “A couple who got married yesterday have been divorced …
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China on Tuesday, December 1,excuted Li Jianping, a former official in the north Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, who was convicted in the largest-ever corruption case in the country totalling more than $421 million. According to the Indian Express, the death sentence of Li, former secretary of the ruling Communist Partys working committee for the Hohhot Economic and Technological Development Zone, was …
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Katsina State Police Command has arrested a bank official in Daura for allegedly stealing N18 million from a customer through an ATM. The suspect, an Assistant Operations Officer at a New Generation bank, is accused of conspiring with a friend to carry out the theft. The spokesperson of the command, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, confirmed the arrest during …
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The official trailer for the highly anticipated movie, Everybody Loves Jenifa directed by Funke Akindele has been released. There’s no Nollywood Christmas without Funke Akindele extending her humour all over it! Her upcoming release Everybody Loves Jenifa, follows the favourite lovable but chaotic character, Jenifa played by the very Funke Akindele. Akindele’s 2008 hit movie Jenifa has become a franchise. …
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Finnish authorities have provided reasons for why controversial pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa, cannot be granted bail in Finland. Mikko Laaksonen, a Senior Detective Superintendent at Finland’s National Bureau of Investigation, told Punch newspaper that the Finnish legal system does not allow bail for suspects accused of the type of offences Mr. Ekpa is facing. Ekpa was arrested alongside …
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YouTuber, Jake Paul and boxing legend, Mike Tyson have received an official suspension from boxing after their Netflix superfight. The two fought in a huge, record-breaking event on Friday night November 15, last week in front of 70,000 fans at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, with Paul emerging with an unanimous decision victory on the scorecards after the …
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