Lesbian Couple Angered As S’Africa Venue Declines Wedding
(CNN)A South African wedding venue is facing criticism after the Christian owners declined to host a lesbian couple’s wedding. Megan Watling, 25, and Sasha-Lee Heekes, 24, said they contacted the owners of Beloftebos, a popular event place in Cape Town, inquiring about potential dates for their wedding. However, they received an email response that the […]
Spain’s Clamp Down On Booze-Fueled Partying
(CNN) — They’ve got a reputation for sun-soaking, all-night-partying and all-round-hedonism, but Spain‘s Balearic Islands are attempting a rebrand. The regional government has introduced a series of laws that attempt to curb alcohol excess in the tourist hubs of Magaluf and Playa de Palma on the island of Majorca and San Antonio in Ibiza. No longer will […]
Breaking: U.S. Senate Begins Trump’s Impeachment
President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial gets underway in the US Senate. Proceedings in the upper chamber of Congress has begun in earnest today after the president was charged with abuse of power and obstruction by the House of Representatives. Donald Trump has again labelled his Senate impeachment trial a “witch hunt” and a “hoax”. Read Also: Trump […]
Donald Trump’s Wife Naked Shoot For GQ Exposed
Donald Trump’s glamorous other half isn’t exactly your usual potential First Lady. This week pictures of the wife of the Republican Presidential candidate in a naked photoshoot with another woman, taken three years before she met the US businessman emerged, but that isn’t her only brush with nude shoots. Read Also: Celebrity Lawyer Dershowitz Join […]
Trump Rejects Climate ‘Prophets Of Doom’
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday assailed environmental “prophets of doom”, delivering an uncompromising message in Davos after Swedish teenage campaigner Greta Thunberg slammed government inaction on the climate crisis. Thunberg was in the audience in the Swiss Alps to hear a typically bullish speech by Trump, delivered just before the start of his Senate […]
Buba Now SunTrust Bank CEO
SunTrust Bank Limited has appointed Mrs. Halima Buba as its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) gave a nod to the appointment in a letter signed by its Director, Banking Supervision, Mr. Ahmed Abdullahi. The letter explained that Buba, would take over from Mr. Ayo Babatunde. A statement explained that her […]
NIWA Decries Property Development On Waterways
The Nigeria Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has decried the development of property on waterways without its approval. The agency has also threatened to shut down Nera hotel, Abuja for infringing on Jabi lake waterways. The Managing Director of the agency, George Moghalu, disclosed this in Abuja, during his official visit to the lake, where he […]
A Year After, Sala’s Death Continues To Haunt Football
One year after the footballer Emiliano Sala died, there will be memorial services on Tuesday in both Nantes and Cardiff, but while the two cities are united in grief, the fatal air crash continues to raise questions. Cardiff City, then in the Premier League, agreed to buy Sala from French side Nantes. The Argentine striker […]
Nadal In The Pink As Sharapova Hits All-Time Low
Top seed Rafael Nadal turned on the style as he launched his bid for a record-equalling 20th Major title at the Australian Open on Tuesday, but falling star Maria Sharapova hit a career low. Nadal, one shy of Roger Federer’s Grand Slam mark, dropped only five games as he swatted aside Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien 6-2, […]
Premier League Wobbles Leave Top Four Chase Wide Open
Chelsea remain in pole position to claim fourth spot in the Premier League and a return to the riches and prestige of the Champions League next season. However, a slump in form from Frank Lampard’s men has left the door open for Manchester United, Tottenham and Arsenal to secure a much-needed return to Europe’s top […]
Olympic Makeover: New Sports Lighting Up Tokyo 2020
Modern upstarts skateboarding and surfing as well as the ancient martial art of karate are among new sports for 2020 ready to inject some street cred into Tokyo. AFP Sport guides you through the new kids on the Olympic block this summer: – Surfing – Arguably the coolest sport never to have appeared at the […]
NNPC GMD Commends Lee Engineering
The Group Managing Director, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Mr. Mele Kyari has commended Lee Engineering and Construction Company for the progressive execution of the Atlas Cove depot optimisation project for the NNPC. The Atlas Cove depot optimiation project include the construction of three giant storage tanks with a storage capacity each of 50,000,000 (fifty […]