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James Bond Star, Claudine Auger Is Dead

December 22, 2019 4:13 am

Popular French actress, Claudine Auger, best known for her role as a Bond Girl “Domino” in 007 film ‘Thunderball’ is dead.

She died at the age of 78, Metro Uk reports.

Auger who featured in the 1965 James Bond movie, ‘Thunderball’ alongside Sean Connery, died at her home in Paris.

The first French star began her career as a model and represented France at the 1958 Miss World competition.

She took acting lessons at that time and got small film roles including 1962 film, The Iron Mask, about the Three Musketeers.

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APC’ll Soon Break Up Into 3 Factions –Shuaib Oyedokun

December 22, 2019 4:12 am

There is now a widely held view that the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have gone into slumber following some of the losses it recorded in recent elections.

In this interview, a former deputy National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Shuaib Oyedokun, admitted the seeming lull within the party, but assured that it would bounce back stronger.

What is your assessment of the state of the nation today?

We are in a very uneasy calm. People in power say they are doing something, the common people are complaining that they have not seen anything. They are hapless, they …

FG Raises The Alarm Over Chemical, Nuclear Attacks

December 22, 2019 4:10 am

In what appears to be a fresh twist to the attacks by the Boko Haram terrorist group in the North -East, the Federal Government has raised the alarm that the sect’ s alliance with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria increases the possibility of it ( Boko Haram ) deploying chemical, biological , radiological , nuclear and explosive attacks in the future.

The Federal Government noted that the proliferation of the CBRNE weapons , their means of delivery , the spreading of technological skills required for their production and the possibility of their use constitute a threat to national …

Why FCT 2020 Budget Was Increased To ₦278bn – Kyari

December 21, 2019 9:58 am

The Senate on Friday approved ₦278 billion for the 2020 Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) budget, against the ₦232 billion earlier presented by the FCTA, NAN reports.

Chairman of the Senate Committee, Sen. Abubakar Kyari (APC Katsina) said the committee, in carrying its oversight duties on the budget proposal, identified critical areas of need for development to ensure improved living standards of inhabitants of FCT.

He said funds would cater for critical needs such as security, roads, water, health education and development of satellite towns within FCT.

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Kyari said the committee …

I’m Embarrassed When People Say I Want To Be Edo Godfather

December 21, 2019 3:56 am

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole says he is usually embarrassed when accused of trying to play the godfather in Edo State politics.

Oshiomhole, who stated this in a television interview friday, said he would have been able to influence the appointment of several people if he was a godfather, but that he was only able to persuade Governor Godwin Obaseki to accept a founding member of his campaign organisation in 2006 as commissioner.

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He said, “My own embarrassment is when they say, Oshiomhole …

JAMB Official Jailed 8 Years For ₦12.5M E-Card Theft

December 21, 2019 3:45 am

Delta State High Court, Asaba has sentenced a JAMB official, James Orji Ihejirika to eight years imprisonment for stealing the Board’s E-facility cards and change of course cards worth ₦12.5 million.

Ihejirka was an accountant working at the Asaba JAMB office. He received consignments  containing  E-facility cards and change of course cards worth N12.5 million from JAMB headquarters but instead of handing over to his state coordinator, he sold them and converted the money to his personal use.

He was charged under section 19 of the Corrupt Practices And Other Related Offences Act 2000, and section 386 of Criminal Code …

Sports Minister Seeks Partnership with MultiChoice

December 21, 2019 3:44 am

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, has declared his ministry’s readiness to partner with MultiChoice Nigeria in its bid to revamp the country’s sports sector. The minister made the declaration in Abuja on Thursday when Mr. John Ugbe, Chief Executive Officer, MultiChoice Nigeria paid him a courtesy visit in his office.

Dare stated that the ministry has, as its major agenda, a reset of the sports sector to ensure a vibrancy, a goal he believes MultiChoice is well positioned to help bring to fruition. Components of the envisaged reset, the minister said, include a revamp of …

Woman Rejects Settlement, Sues Weinstein Over Sex Assault

December 20, 2019 4:09 pm

A woman who alleges disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her when she was 16 filed suit against him on Thursday and rejected a settlement reached by other accusers.

Kaja Sokola said the $25 million settlement with dozens of women, designed to resolve almost every misconduct lawsuit brought against Weinstein, is neither fair nor just.

“Therefore, today I am filing my own case, in my own name,” Sokola, 33, said in a statement issued through her lawyer.

Sokola, a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist in Poland, said she originally included her case under a pseudonym as part of a 2018 …

Trump Seeks Rapid Exoneration In Senate After Impeachment

December 20, 2019 4:03 pm

US President Donald Trump pressed his Republican allies Thursday to exert rigid control of his Senate trial and ensure a swift exoneration, a day after he was impeached in a historic rebuke by the House of Representatives.

A bitter fight looms over the coming trial, expected to begin as early as the second week of January, with Senate leaders already drawing battle lines over the evidence that will be allowed.

But its fate was left in limbo late Thursday when the Senate’s powerful majority leader, Mitch McConnell signalled the standoff with Democrats over trial particulars would continue into the new …

Trump Says Had ‘Very Good Talk’ With Xi On Trade Deal

December 20, 2019 4:02 pm

US President Donald Trump said Friday he’d had a “very good talk” with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on a partial resolution of the countries’ huge trade war.

Trump tweeted that China “already started large scale” increases in purchases of US farm goods, in line with the deal. However, he did not give a date for when the so-called “phase one” agreement will actually be signed.

“Formal signing being arranged,” he said.

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The “phase one” is a partial resolution that is expected to see China boost imports of US …

Trump Has One Of Best Weeks, Apart From Impeachment

December 20, 2019 4:01 pm

Donald Trump leaves on Christmas vacation Friday after a series of legislative victories gave him one of his best weeks in office — apart from becoming only the third US president ever impeached.

Surprisingly, for a capital paralyzed by Democratic-Republican gridlock and a presidency mired in scandal, a whole string of major breakthroughs came through at once.

While Democrats and Republicans tussle over how his Senate impeachment trial will unfold, possibly in January, he is fighting to refocus voters’ minds on the brighter side of his presidency ahead of the 2020 election.

And as he packed his bags for a …

Boeing’s Starliner Returns Early From Failed Mission

December 20, 2019 3:59 pm

Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft won’t achieve its mission objective of docking with the International Space Station, NASA said Friday, dealing a blow to the agency’s plans to end US dependence on Russian rockets for astronaut taxi rides.

Officials said the autonomously flown capsule experienced a glitch involving its onboard clock that led it to burn too much propellant, forcing an early return to Earth on Sunday morning.

“We have made a final decision – Starliner will not dock with the @Space_Station and will return to White Sands on Sunday,” tweeted NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine.

The failure of the mission, a …

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