Day: December 31, 2020

American Principal Who Inspired The Film ‘Lean on Me,’ Dies At 82

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Joe Louis Clark, the baseball bat and bullhorn-wielding principal whose unwavering commitment to his students and uncompromising disciplinary methods inspired the 1989 film “Lean on Me,” has died at the age of 82. Clark died at his Florida home on Tuesday after a long battle with an unspecified illness, his family said in a statement. Born in Rochelle, Georgia, on May 8, 1938, Clark’s family moved north to Newark, New Jersey, when he was 6 years old. After graduating from Newark Central High School, Clark received his bachelor’s degree from…

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Married woman in police net after lover dies atop her during sex

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A married woman, Grace Odi is at present in the police net after her lover, identified as Eyom died in Ekori in the Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State at the weekend during a sex romp with her. It was gathered that, Grace and her husband, Mr. Odi attended a wedding ceremony in a neighbouring town, Ekori. Midway into the wedding event, the woman gave her husband a flimsy excuse and went straight to meet her lover at a guest house – the venue for their illicit sex…

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Teachers’ to shutdown schools in Abia over non-payment of 15- month arrears

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The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) vowed to shut down all public primary and secondary schools in Abia State in the new year if the governor, Okezie Ikpeazu fails to pay the teachers’ 15 months salary arrears. The NUT national leadership had early December warned Governor Ikpeazu of the impending shut down of schools over the non-payment of its salary arrears to teachers. In the letter titled ‘The Plight of Teachers in Abia State’, dated December 2, 2020 and signed by the NUT President, Dr. Nadir Idris and the General…

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Man to recieve 20 strokes of cane for insulting Jigawa governor on Facebook

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A man named Sabi’u Ibrahim Chamo has been sentenced to six- month imprisonment for insulting and defaming Governor Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar’s character on Facebook, by a Magistrates’ Court in Dutse. The Chief Magistrates’ Court 1 sitting in Dutse, presided over by Batula Dauda gave Chamo an alternative of N20,000 fine with 20 strokes of cane for defaming the governor. Chamo was first arrested on Christmas Eve and detained before he was charged to court for failure to substantiate the allegations he made on Facebook. The police prosecutor told the court…

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