A look at some of the biggest corruption scandals of the past 20 years after Vietnam on Thursday sentenced to death a property tycoon accused of corruption causing an estimated $27 billion (25 billion euros) in damages. – Malaysia’s wealth fund – Former Malaysian premier Najib Razak was jailed for his role in the embezzlement of billions of dollars from the country’s sovereign wealth fund, 1Malaysia Development Berhad. The scandal, which led to investigations around the world — two men went on trial in Switzerland earlier this month in connection with the case — led to the fall of Najib’s…
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Novak Djokovic avenged last year’s Monte Carlo Masters defeat by Lorenzo Musetti to reach the quarterfinals Thursday along with Jannik Sinner, while Daniil Medvedev launched into a furious tirade during his defeat. World No 1 Djokovic made a poor start and endured a second-set wobble before coming through 7-5, 6-3 against the 24th-ranked Musetti, the man who beat him at the same stage 12 months ago. “I don’t think I am still at my top level but it was a great test today against a great player, a very talented player,” Djokovic said. “I am really glad to overcome the…
Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the African Aviation and Aerospace University, AAAU, to deepen training on preventing and reducing accidents in the country’s transport sector. Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of NBIS, Mrs Bimbo Olawumi Oladeji Director, in a statement, said NSIB granted AAAU access to its facilities to facilitate an efficient exchange of resources and expertise. According to the statement, the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of NSIB, Captain Alex Badeh, who spoke at the ceremony held at the NSIB Training School, said the MoU sets the stage for facility sharing, capacity building,…
Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, the Minister of Science and Technology under the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, is dead. Onu, a former governor of Abia State, died after a brief illness in an undisclosed hospital in Nigeria. Recall that the late 72-year-old former minister contested for the presidential flag of the All Progressive Congress (APC) during the 2023 general election, but lost to President Bola Tinubu. Onu was a Nigerian politician, author and engineer until his death in April 2024. He was the first civilian governor of Abia State and was the minister of science, technology and innovation of Nigeria from November 2015…
Nigerian dancer, Anita Obidi, popularly known as Korra Obidi, has come under a knife and acid attack in the United Kingdom. Celebrities Kimora Lee Simmons’s 21-year-old daughter Aoki breaks up with 65-year-old boyfriend According to the dancer, the attack occurred while she was in the middle of a live stream on Thursday, April 11, 2024. She disclosed this in a video posted on her Instagram account some minutes ago. “My face is burning, can I have some coke to wash it please,” Obidi screamed as she groaned in pain. The livestream footage reportedly showed Korra Obidi in distress, frantically washing her…
United States Coast Guard and U.S Navy teams teamed up this week and rescued three men found on remote island in the Pacific Ocean lost at sea for more than a week, federal officials said. The fishermen, all in their 40s, had been stranded on Pikelot Atoll, an uninhabited coral island about 415 miles southeast of Guam. The rescue marks the second time in less than four years crews rescued castaways found on the tiny island. The men spelled “HELP” using palm fronds laid on a white-sand beach before being rescued Tuesday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. The men, three relatives who had…
Social media feeds fill to the brim with capital “RIP” letters and heart emojis after a prolific celebrity dies. Well, not always. O.J. Simpson – the football star and actor acquitted of the killings of his ex-wife and another man with her that night – has died of cancer at 76. The jury in a civil trial found Simpson liable for the double murder, and he later served nine years in prison for his role in a botched armed robbery. It completed a stunning fall from grace for the once-celebrated running back who won the Heisman Trophy in 1968. He capitalized on his athletic success in Hollywood, developing a…
n 1992, as a sophomore in college, I finagled my way onto the press lists of several studios. (Let’s just say I co-founded an arts magazine that lasted for precisely two issues.) I then marveled as screening invites to major film releases started appearing in my mailbox. The crown jewel among these arrived early that fall, when I got invited to an early showing of Francis Ford Coppola’s latest, Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The film had been heavily anticipated by just about everybody – after all, it had a great cast, a great teaser, and the director of The Godfather doing Dracula. But it was especially…
Belgian rider Wout van Aert said on Thursday he was “disappointed” to miss this year’s Giro d’Italia due to the injuries suffered during last month’s Around Flanders crash. Van Aert sustained a broken collarbone, sternum and ribs as well as damaging a lung in the one-day race on March 27. The 29-year-old missed the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix but could return in time for this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris. “A lot of injuries are quite good at the moment but my ribs are still a limiting factor,” Van Aert said on his team, Visma Lease a Bike’s social…
Sean Dyche has urged Everton to “pull together” after a second points deduction this season plunged his team deeper into relegation danger. Everton were hit with a two-point penalty this week for breaching the Premier League’s profit and sustainability rules (PSR) after losing six points earlier in the campaign for similar offences. Dyche’s side are now just two points above the relegation zone as they fight to avoid dropping into the second tier for the first time since 1954. But the Everton manager believes his players will be able to cope with the blow after their response to the previous…
Europe’s most prestigious club competition is gearing up to its final stages and the FedEx Performance Zone provides the top performers of the week What a thrilling week of UEFA Champions League action we have had! A massive 18 goals were scored across four exciting quarter-final ties that left all eight teams still in with a chance of reaching the final four after the first-legs. Reigning European champions Man City and the competition’s most successful club, Real Madrid, played out an awesome 3-3 draw in the Spanish capital, while Premier League title hopefuls Arsenal were held to a 2-2 draw…
Simpson played in the NFL for 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills Former NFL running back O.J. Simpson has passed away, according to his family. He was 76. “On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer,” they wrote on X. He died surrounded by his children and grandchildren, they said. Simpson was embroiled in a murder trial after his arrest in June 1994. He was 46 years old at the time. His “trial of the century” ended on October 3, 1995, when he was acquitted in the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson…
A harrowing action film imagining a near future in which the US has descended into chaos is the year’s most controversial film so far – and the polarised response is just as interesting. The most harrowing, visceral scene among many in Alex Garland’s Civil War takes place on the streets of Washington DC, which has become an intense combat zone. In a very near-future when seceding states are rebelling against the authoritarian US government, helicopters fly overhead and explosions hit the Lincoln Memorial. Near the White House, journalists hide from gunfire behind armoured military vehicles. Garland puts us in the…
Diddy has caught a legal break after his former nanny has dropped her wrongful termination lawsuit. Raven Wales-Walden sued the Bad Boy boss in 2022, claiming he fired her for getting pregnant outside of marriage two years earlier and setting a “bad example” to his daughters. According to MyNewsLA, she has now dismissed her complaint with prejudice, meaning that she cannot refile the suit in the future. It is not known if a private settlement was reached between Wales-Walden and Diddy. Te Hip Hop mogul had previously sought to dismiss the lawsuit and accused Wales-Walden of not being good enough at her job.…
NBA YoungBoy has made a dramatic move on Finesse2Tymes’ baby mother — and received a response he probably didn’t expect. On Wednesday (April 10), the Baton Rouge rapper shared a seductive Easter-themed photo of Finesse’s girlfriend FNG Shugga in pink lingerie with a set of bunny ears, writing in the captioning: “I got that bag fr.” The Memphis native quickly responded to YoungBoy and appeared open to “pimping” out the mother of his child, commenting: “Somebody tell @nba_youngboy, u must forgot I’m from Memphis homie we ain’t tender. #Making. #Easy. #Money. #Pimpin. #Hoes. #Is. #Serious.” In a lengthier response on Instagram Live, he proposed that YoungBoy…
Gunna is confirmed to not be taking the stand in Young Thug’s ongoing RICO trial but Birdman still remains on the witness list. Gunna, who previously accepted a controversial plea deal in the case, will not be called to take the stand after the judge ordered the prosecution to cut down on the number of witnesses they planned to question. There were originally over 700 named witnesses put forward by the state, but now only around 200 could be called to take part in the trial. Gunna’s name was removed from the revised witness list, as was Lil Wayne‘s and Thug’s brother Unfoonk, who was previously sentenced to…
Rick Ross’ ex-girlfriend Tia Kemp has alleged that the rapper is featured in Diddy‘s purported secretly filmed “freak-off” sessions. In an Instagram rant, Kemp — who shares a child with Rozay — took aim at the rapper’s parenting skills before alleging he participated in Puffy’s rumored sex parties. “Don’t be scared now! No Diddy. You scared now, huh? I know you on them tapes. Freaky bitch. I know you is. 10 children having muthafucka. I ain’t gonna let off you … What you quiet for?” she taunted. “Nobody wants to see your Louis [Vuitton] outfits and sneakers, bitch. Nobody don’t don’t care to…
50 Cent, Grandmaster Flash and several more Hip Hop luminaries have taken to their social media pages to pay tribute to Mister Cee, who passed away at the age of 57. News of his death began spreading on Wednesday (April 10). Even though the cause of death has not been made public as of now, the culture is quite evidently upset about his untimely departure. Among the many people who honored the late turntablist was 50 Cent, who once threatened to replace longtime collaborator DJ Whoo Kid with Mister Cee because the latter was more talented according to the G-Unit boss. He was among the first to…
Atalanta winger Ademola Lookman is relishing the opportunities to inflict misery on Liverpool as both clubs battle for a spot in the Europa League semi-final, Punch Sports Extra reports. The Nigeria international, with eight goals so far, making him Atalanta’s joint second-highest goalscorer, has been in a rich vein of form for the La Dea, who are unbeaten in the Europa League this season. The 26-year-old, who is poised for his 15th Europa League appearance against the Reds, will also aim to add to his tally of three in the competition. “The spectacle speaks for itself, but for us, there is…
Paris Saint-Germain manager Luis Enrique said he is still confident his team can overcome a 2-3 home loss to FC Barcelona in their Champions League quarterfinal. Enrique hopes PSG can shine against the Spanish side next week to progress. Still looking for their first Champions League crown, PSG gave up a 2-1 lead late in the second half on Wednesday against an FC Barcelona side that made the most of the chances they had. The result meant Barcelona earned a narrow advantage for the return leg in Spain. Champions LeagueApr 16, 2024, 12:00 Barcelona@Paris Saint-Germain BARCELONA2.15 X3.70 PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN3.20 over…