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If you are meeting Rebecca Hall for the first time at her 1840s farmhouse about two hours north of New York City, you may accidentally wander into the English-American actor and filmmaker’s overgrown vegetable garden. This is upstate New York, where the sprawling farms are dotted with solar-powered sheds and other oddball additions, so you would be forgiven for mistaking her home for the shed on her property, or even her two-storey artist’s studio, which is not a home but certainly the… Read the full article here
According to crypto security firm Scam Sniffer, 9,145 users were victims of phishing attacks during August 2024, losing funds as a result. Read the full article here
Dancing With the Stars pro Ezra Sosa thinks his partner, Anna Delvey, wasn’t ready to put her dancing shoes away just yet. “When we were eliminated, I could tell from the jump just staring at her face, she was a little upset about it,” Sosa, 23, told Entertainment Weekly on Thursday, September 26. “So I was like, ‘She’s going to go off on [cohost] Julianne [Hough], I can see it happening.’ But when she said, ‘Nothing,’ I was like,… Read the full article here
The African Regional Director of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Caroline Mugalla, has called on journalists to intensify efforts in reporting on child labour, emphasising the role the media plays in shaping the future of work and advocating social justice. In her closing remarks during a regional training on child labour reporting held in Uganda, Ms Mugalla stressed the need for journalists to continue telling the stories of children involved in child labour, as many… Read the full article here
Nile University fell short in their quest for redemption against Lagos State University (LASU) in the men’s basketball final on Saturday. After narrowly defeating the University of Lagos (UNILAG) in the semifinals, Nile’s hopes for a comeback were dashed as LASU secured a hard-fought 73-68 win to claim the gold medal. Nile started strong, winning the first quarter by a single point, 16-15, and extended their lead to 34-29 at halftime. However, LASU rallied in the third quarter,… Read the full article here
Following the failure of the Kano State Government to meet an agreement reached with medical doctors, the state chapter of the National Association of Government General and Medical Dental Practitioners has set October 1 2024 for an indefinite strike. The secretary of the association in Kano, Dr. Anas Idris Hassan, made this known while addressing newsmen on the outcome of their meeting on Saturday. Anas stated that despite reaching an agreement with the Kano State Government in June,… Read the full article here
Operatives of the Nigeria Police, Delta State Command, have arrested and detained a 50-year-old man for allegedly defiling a 4-year-old girl in Ubulu-Uku, Aniocha south local government area of the State. According to an informant, Harrison Gwamnishu, the suspect was arrested on Friday, September 27, 2024. “Earlier today, we swiftly responded to a complaint of defilement of a 4-year-old child by a 50 years plus old man. “We first took the child to a Government Hospital where she was… Read the full article here
Nasarawa United and Sunshine Stars won on the road in the Nigeria Premier Football League on Saturday. At the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, Lagos, Kabiru Dogo’s Nasarawa United beat hard-fighting Ikorodu City 2-1. Anas Yusuf gave the visitors the lead one minute before the break. The hosts equalised through Chilaka Thankgod three minutes after the break. Kabiru Balogun, however, scored the winning goal for Nasarawa United in the 65th minute. The win was Nasarawa United’s first in the… Read the full article here
A Nigerian woman has come forward with an account of how her boyfriend, a lecturer at Auchi Polytechnic in Edo State, abandoned her with a twin pregnancy after securing his visa to the UK. The yet-to-be-identified woman, who shared her story on Saturday via X under the handle #dat_edogirl, revealed the painful details of her ordeal. In a series of posts, she recounted how she met the lecturer in mid-2019 and fell deeply in love, believing they… Read the full article here
28th September 2024 La Liga: Osasuna triumph over Barcelona in six-goal thriller … Read the full article here
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