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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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Coronavirus: NCDC confirms 397 fresh COVID-19 infections, 10 deaths

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The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 397 new COVID-19 infections in the country. The information gotten from the centre’s verified website, states that the nation has so far tested 932,327 people since the first confirmed case was announced on February 27. The public health body said the fresh infections were reported from 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) bringing the country’s total number of infected people to 84,811. The NCDC also stated that there were 12,126 active cases across the federation. The organisation added that…

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Bishop Kukah denounces coup allegation

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Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Sokoto Catholic Archdiocese., yesterday, responded to attacks on him over his Christmas Day message, urging Nigerians to ignore the lie against him. He disclosed this yesterday, and asked Nigerians to dwell on the statement he made, not on lies against him, He explained that his message, titled ‘Another Christmas with Dark Clouds of Death,’ was based on his love for the country without any political or ulterior motive. On the attacks on him, he said he was pained that his critics had failed to see…

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THE 59TH FIRSTBANK LAGOS AMATEUR GOLF OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP TEES-OFF

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Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced that the 59th edition of its annually sponsored Lagos Amateur Golf Championship Teed-Off at the golf section of Ikoyi Club 1938 on Monday, 28 December 2020. The competition, which is one of the longest running international amateur events in the country is endorsed by the United State Golf Association (USGA) and the Royal and Ancient (R&A) of Scotland. Preceding the 2019 event, the golf tourney reached the notable milestone of being listed amongst the golf…

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South Africa imposes new curbs as WHO warns of worse pandemics

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The sale of alcohol has been banned in South Africa and masks made mandatory in public from Tuesday after a surge in coronavirus cases, as the World Health Organization warned that pandemics far more deadly than Covid-19 may lie ahead. Nations around the world are struggling with winter spikes in infections that have pushed the global caseload close to 81 million, even as the rollout of vaccines gathers pace in North America and Europe. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday announced a ban on selling alcohol and said face…

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We did not apologise to Buhari over summon on insecurity –Reps

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The Federal House of Representatives denied apologising to President Muhammadu Buhari for summoning him over the state of insecurity in the country. In a statement issued by it’s spokesman, Benjamin Kalu, it says: “The president or the Presidency as the case may be never sought an apology from the House of Representatives for carrying out her constitutional responsibility to the Nigeria electorate. “For the avoidance of doubt, the House never apologised to anyone for excercising her constitutional mandate.” Kalu said the House is yet to speak on Buhari’s refusal to…

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NNPC staff disarms kidnappers, hands them over to police

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It was a lucky day for Barrister Tamuno Igbikiberebima, a staff of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC as he foiled the plans of two criminals that attempted to kidnap him. He has since handed them over to the police. Igbikiberebima narrated how he narrowly escaped and took control of the situation. He said: “On 17th December, I was in front of my gate at Rumuigbo, making a phone call when all of a sudden, I saw a black Camry car with two occupants. “One was driving and the other one…

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