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Celine Dion makes first public appearance in 3 months at 2024 Grammys

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Despite her ongoing health condition, music icon, Celine Dion on Sunday was present at the 2024 Grammy Awards. The 55-year-old pop icon made a rare public appearance at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, walking out to deliver the night’s last award. Dion took the stage at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles to present Album of the Year, an accolade she had received 27 years ago. The five-time Grammy winner, who was diagnosed with the uncommon and incurable neurological illness stiff person syndrome (SPS) in 2022, received a standing ovation from…

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Full list of Grammy Awards winners

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The 66th Grammy Awards ceremony was held at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, United States on Sunday. None of the Nigerian artistes nominated bagged an award. Five artistes of Nigerian descent – David Adeleke, aka, Davido; Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy; Ahmed Ololade, aka Asake; Olamide Adedeji, aka Baddo; and Oyinkansola Aderibigbe, aka Ayra Starr; all lost out of the Grammy in their combined 10 nominations across different award categories. In November 2023, the five artistes were nominated for the 2024 Grammy Awards. Below is the full list of…

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UK teens face sentencing over killing trans girl

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Two juveniles have been convicted in the UK for the murder of a 16-year-old transgender girl in a “frenzied and ferocious” knife attack. Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe, both 16, killed Brianna Ghey in Warrington, northwest England, in February last year, in a case that shocked the country because of their young ages. Their victim was stabbed 28 times in the head, neck, back and chest. Her body was discovered by dog walkers in a park. Jenkinson and Ratcliffe were just 15 at the time. Under-18s on trial in the…

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US pastor pockets investors’ $1.3m says “God told me to do it”

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Eli Regalado, a US pastor who sold a worthless cryptocurrency to his flock and pocketed $1.3 million, using some of it to remodel his house, has insisted he was only doing what God told him. Regalado and his wife, Kaitlyn, face a civil lawsuit alleging they flogged the so-called INDXcoin to fellow Christians in Colorado, with divine guarantees investors would become rich. According to the complaint filed by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, investigators found 300 people sank $3.2 million into something Regalado and his wife insisted God was backing.…

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Martin Luther King Jr’s youngest son dies from Cancer at 62

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The King Center has revealed on Monday that Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of civil rights icons Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, has passed away at the age of 62. Dexter succumbed to prostate cancer at his home in Malibu, California. The news highlights the profound loss felt by the King family and the wider community. Dexter, a tireless advocate for civil rights and social justice, leaves behind a legacy deeply rooted in the principles and values championed by his renowned parents. Dexter’s wife, Leah Weber…

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I declined $100M to show my manhood -Snoop Dogg

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Iconic American rapper, Snoop Dogg, recently disclosed that he turned down a staggering $100 million offer from OnlyFans to reveal his manhood publicly. The 52-year-old artist shared this insight in a candid interview. OnlyFans, known for its association with adult content, approached Snoop Dogg with the lucrative proposal, urging him to “pull that thang out.” However, Snoop Dogg, committed to his marriage with his “black wife,” declined the offer, emphasizing that she wouldn’t permit such an action, regardless of the tempting sum. Snoop Dogg, who tied the knot with Shante…

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Heir to £230 Million pie company allegedly kills best friend

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Dylan Thomas, the 23-year-old heir to a £230 million pie company fortune, has been charged with the murder of his best friend and housemate, William Bush. The gruesome incident unfolded on Christmas Eve, leaving the community in shock and the families devastated. William Bush, 23, was discovered with fatal injuries in a car park next to Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff around 11:30 am on December 24. Dylan Thomas, the grandson of Sir Gilbert Stanley Thomas, Welsh tycoon and founder of the renowned Peter’s Pies, is now at the center of…

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Olympic sprinter, Oscar Pistorious released from S’African prison

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  Oscar Pistorius, double-amputee Paralympic and Olympic sprinter, has been released from prison on parole on Friday, more than a decade after shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in a killing that shocked the world. A parole board granted Pistorius’ petition in November on the grounds that he had served half of his 13-year sentence for shooting Steenkamp, making him eligible according to South African law. A spokesperson for South Africa’s Department of Correctional Services, Singabakho Nxumalo, told CNN that Pistorius was released from Atteridgeville Correctional Centre, west of Pretoria, on…

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US judge attacked in court by convict

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Deobra Delone Redden, a convicted criminal, attacked and assaulted a Las Vegas judge during a hearing after she refused to grant him bail. Delone Redden attacked Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus on Wednesday as she was in the middle of giving a sentence. The moment Redden sprang up from where he was standing and jumped into the judge’s bench to tackle her was captured in a video uploaded by Reuters on Thursday. Witnesses said that a courtroom marshal was hospitalised with a dislocated shoulder and a gushing…

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70-year-old man exonerated after 48 years in prison

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A 70-year-old man, Glynn Simmons, who spent 48 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, has been exonerated by an Oklahoma judge. Simmons was freed in July after a district court found that crucial evidence in his case was not turned over to his defence lawyers. On Monday, a county district attorney said there was not enough evidence to warrant a new trial. In an order on Tuesday, Judge Amy Palumbo declared Mr Simmons innocent. “This court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the offence for…

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