Award-winning novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, has faulted claims that she was related a 40-year-old lady, Nkiru Okoye, murdered in Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the deceased, a wife of a mechanical engineer, Emenike Okoye, was beaten to death by her brother-in-law, George Okoye, over the ownership of
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With mattresses strewn about, food trucked in and protesters playacting as lawmakers, hundreds of followers of an influential Shiite cleric were camped out Sunday inside the Iraqi parliament after toppling security walls around the building and storming in the previous day. The protesters — followers of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr — pledged to hold an open-ended sit-in to derail efforts by their rivals from Iran-backed political groups to form the country's next government. Their demands are lofty: early elections... Читать дальше...
RJ Young speaks with Penn State QB and head coach James Franklin at Big Ten Media Days in Indianapolis. Clifford reveals what he wants to accomplish at his last year at Penn State. Then, Franklin speaks on bringing in Manny Diaz as his DC, what he expects out of RB Nick Singleton, and what he thinks about the future of college football.
The violence erupted after Sydney FC's penalty shootout win against the Central Coast Mariners at Leichhardt Oval in the inner-west Sydney suburb of Lilyfield on Sunday night.
A unique two-story home in Palm Springs, CA, looks a bit like a riad in the Moroccan desert.
The Smic has been raised for the fourth time in less than a year. The Labor Code provides for an automatic increase in the minimum wage during the year when the consumer price index is higher than 2% compared to the index used to calculate the previous minimum wage. This 2.01% increase brings the Smic […]
RJ Young and Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day talk about what the next steps are for QB CJ Stroud heading into 2022. He also talks about why WR coach Brian Hartline is so respected by the rest of his staff and players. Lastly, Day shares his thoughts on USC and UCLA joining the Big Ten and what he thinks about the future of college football.
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss clash in last week's BBC debate.
Rishi Sunak has been accused of “flip flops and U-turns” by Liz Truss’s leadership campaign after he unveiled a new pledge to cut taxes.
The former chancellor said he would cut the basic rate of income tax from 20p to 16p in the pound by the end of the next parliament if he becomes prime minister.
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England's players gatecrash coach Sarina Wiegman's post-match news conference with a rendition of 'Football's Coming Home'.
Thick plumes of smoke pumping into the air near B.C.'s Apex Mountain Resort make the threat obvious to hundreds of people on evacuation alert in the area due to a wildfire.
Manchin’s stipulations on credits will require U.S. permitting reform for mining critical minerals.
While the automobile industry faced semiconductor shortages as well as decreased consumer purchasing power during the first half of the year, automakers began to line up to launch a large number of new and updated models, particularly in the crossover/SUV segment.
Ford is ready to deliver the first units of the new Everest PPV (Pickup Passenger Vehicle) to Thai customers as well as over 100 markets around the world from the AutoAlliance Thailand assembly facility in Rayong.
Porsche has announced that depending on when their vehicle was delivered, Taycan customers will benefit from, among other things, an increase in powertrain efficiency as well as new functions and improvements in the Porsche Communication Management. The update is free for customers and can be done during a visit to a Porsche service workshop.
Child protege and accomplished author Amir Fehri, 18, has been wearing a number of hats since a young age.
The "Royal Project 53" will bring a myriad of premium quality products to many zones in CentralWorld, Ratchadamri Road, from Thursday to Aug 14.
The expansive property where K-pop icons BTS stayed during the filming of the reality show In The Soop BTS Ver. Season 2, is available on Airbnb for an overnight stay for the first time ever.
Thailand has been hit with the sixth wave of Covid-19 and fears are abound that August will see a surge of new cases as well. Many doctors are predicting that the number will peak around the end of this month.
While the House was recently holding votes on the no-confidence debate, many members of the public also cast their votes in parallel in a campaign called "voice of the people".
Vote buying in parliament is an ugly form of dirty politics which normally rears its head during a censure debate, especially on the last day, before a vote is to be taken.
As inflation in the United States reaches new heights, economists are debating how high the Federal Reserve will need to hike interest rates to curb demand and rein in price growth. Some commentators believe that the Fed will need to be as aggressive as Fed Chair Paul Volcker in the early 1980s, who ended up raising interest rates to as high as 20%.
In a win for democracy, mass protests in Sri Lanka recently led to the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.