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Five Things To Watch For At Golden Globes

January 4, 2020 3:48 pm

Hollywood hits the red carpet Sunday for the Golden Globes, the first major awards show of the year, which honors the best in film and television.

Millions of viewers are expected to tune in, but what should you be watching for?

Here is our quick guide to the event, which will take place in Beverly Hills, California:

– Another record for Scorsese? –

AFP / Tatiana MAGARINOSGolden Globes

There are few cinematic worlds left for Hollywood veteran Martin Scorsese to conquer, but the Globes could offer a new record.

If he takes home a fourth best director prize for

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19 Things to Remember About 2019

December 24, 2019 7:05 am

For allegedly deviating from the master plan for Lagos State put in place by former Governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the immediate past governor of the state, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode went down with the unenviable reputation of being the first chief executive of the state since the current cycle of civilian administration to be denied a second term.

There had been persistent rumour about the conflict between Ambode and Tinubu on one hand and between Ambode and the Lagos State House of Assembly on the other hand. Things became so …

EX-Gov. Ohakim Advises FGN To Take Things Easy With IPOB

December 15, 2019 3:07 am

Ex-governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim has advised the Federal Government not to make the same mistakes the British made on Northern Ireland with the agitation of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for independence, saying that it is never wise to gain by battle what should be gained through bloodless negotiation.

This is as he advised that the people rework the country’s articles of association to unleash the people’s potentials.

Ohakim who stated this as the guest lecturer of the University of Ibadan, Alumni Association (Imo State Branch) 2019 Public Service Lecture entitled “Nigeria : The leadership Question”, …

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Five Things We Learned From European Football

December 2, 2019 3:57 pm

Lionel Messi reminded the world why he’s favourite to win a sixth Ballon d’Or on Monday with another match-winning display for La Liga leaders Barcelona, while Jurgen Klinsmann is faced with a daunting task after returning to management at Hertha Berlin.

Here, AFP Sport takes a look at five things we learned from European football over the weekend:

Messi makes Ballon d’Or case

Lionel Messi underlined his credentials for claiming a record-breaking sixth Ballon d’Or on Sunday by scoring the winner in a 1-0 victory away at La Liga title rivals Atletico Madrid.

Messi’s 86th-minute strike delivered a major …

Six Things We Learned From The 2019 Formula One Season

December 2, 2019 3:46 pm

Lewis Hamilton left no room for doubt that he deserved his sixth drivers’ world championship title with a dominant victory in Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, his fifth at Yas Marina, his 11th in 21 races this year and the 84th of his career.

Yet it was his future as much as his current and past achievements that attracted most attention during the weekend.

Here, AFP Sport looks at six things we learned from the 2019 Formula One season, with the start of the next campaign on March 15 in Melbourne:

Peerless Hamilton remains the man to beat

Hamilton’s ‘Grand

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Three Things We Learned In The Premier League

November 24, 2019 4:39 pm

Liverpool produced their regular party trick, leaving it late before securing all three points against Crystal Palace while Manchester City had to dig deep to see off Frank Lampard’s vibrant Chelsea.

Elsewhere, second-placed Leicester kept the gap to leaders Liverpool to eight points with a 2-0 win at Brighton while Jose Mourinho started his career as Tottenham boss with victory at West Ham.

Manchester United looked set to leave Bramall Lane with a victory after a helter-skelter match but a late Sheffield United equaliser meant they had to settle for a 3-3 draw.

Here, AFP Sport looks at three

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Sex Tape Scandal: 5 Things Learned From Babcock University

November 20, 2019 3:55 pm
Earlier in the day, a girl identified as a Babcock University student and an unidentified male were seen in what appeared to be a leaked sex tape.
The video went viral almost immediately with many displeased at the act. As it became a trending topic on Twitter, the story began taking different twists and turns.

Some Twitter NG users claim the sex tape was leaked as an act of revenge against the girl, while others think it was solely the boy’s doing. While the comparisons went on, others awaited the response of the school authorities.

Read Also: Babcock Sex Tape:

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Five Things To Know About Africa’s CFA Franc

November 17, 2019 7:35 am

The CFA franc, a seven-decade-old currency shared by more than a dozen states in West Africa, has found itself in the spotlight over calls for it to be scrapped.

Here is a fact file:

– Colonial origins –
The CFA franc is used by 14 nations in western and central Africa. Their 155 million people account for 14 percent of Africa’s population and 12 percent of its GDP, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The CFA — its initials come from the French words for African Financial Community

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Achebe’s Things Fall Apart gets another translation

February 16, 2019 3:58 pm

Sixty years after the first edition of Things Fall Apart was released, the book’s reputation continues to soar with critical acclaim and recognition coming from diverse climes and cultures of the world. Often described as the greatest piece of literature to come out of Africa, the novel which was set in colonial Nigeria, and has appeared in 50 languages, was recently translated into Irish by the wife of the former Irish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs Irene Lynch.

By this addition, the book‘s reputation as one of the world’s most widely translated works of fiction remains intact. To mark the arrival …

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