ARTS & LIFESTYLE – Page 11

Lover, Prophet Sentenced To Death For Killing Final Year Student

July 18, 2023July 18, 2023 AlienMedia

By NewsBits A 42-year-old prophet, Segun Philip, and 23-year-old Owolabi Adeeko were on Monday sentenced to death by hanging by an Osun State High Court, sitting in Ikire, for killing a final year student of the Lagos State University, Favour Daley-Oladele, for ritual purposes in 2019. Justice Christiana Obadina also sentenced Owolabi’s 46-year-old mother, Bola, to two years imprisonment for eating human flesh. Adeeko and Daley-Oladele met in LASU and were dating before the man invited her to Ikoyi, Osun State, in December 2019. But while on the visit, Daley-Oladele…

Tennis SuperStar, Naomi Osaka, Boyfriend Cordae Welcome Baby Girl

July 13, 2023July 13, 2023 AlienMedia

Former World No.1 and four-time major champion, Naomi Osaka, has given birth to a baby girl in Los Angeles. Osaka, 25, and her boyfriend Cordae announced in January that she was pregnant with her first child. “Can’t wait to get back on the court but here’s a little life update for 2023,” Osaka wrote on Instagram, captioning a sonogram photo. In June, Osaka confirmed she was expecting a daughter. “The past few years have been interesting to say the least, but I find that it’s the most challenging times in…

FG Warns Everyone At Risk Of Contracting Diphtheria, As Nigeria Records 798 Cases

July 11, 2023July 11, 2023 AlienMedia

The Federal Ministry of Health has urged Nigerians to make conscious efforts to avoid contracting diphtheria, adding that everyone is at risk of being infected with the disease, especially children under five and adults above 60 years. On Monday, the Ministry’s Health Promotion Department issued a health advisory, asking Nigerians to be cautious and protect themselves. The Ministry advisory cautioned that children who have not completed three doses of the pentavalent vaccination, people living in crowded areas, people practicing poor personal hygiene and living in areas with poor environmental hygiene…

Nigerian Senator Pre Orders N231 Million Alef Car, Shares Receipt

July 8, 2023July 8, 2023 AlienMedia

Nigerian senator Ben Murray-Bruce on Friday disclosed that he pre-ordered a flying car from California-based startup Alef Aeronautics which is reportedly worth over $300,000. The former Bayelsa East Senator tweeted this with a photo of the black car and a receipt showing the pre-order notice. Murray-Bruce, an advocate of electric cars, said he was “thrilled” to announce his pre-order, adding that flying cars are no longer sci-fi. “I am thrilled to announce my pre-order of Alef, @AlefAeronautics, the first FAA-approved flying electric car! A testament to our boundless future—flying cars…

Ghanaian Rapper, Sarkodie Accused Of Impregnating, Abandoning Another Lady In 2016

June 30, 2023June 30, 2023 AlienMedia

Ghanaian rapper, Micheal Owusu, popularly known as Sarkodie has another scandal to worry about as a lady has alleged that he impregnated her friend in 2016 and abandoned her just as he did to star actress Yvonne Nelson. A Ghanaian lady who’s simply identified on Instagram as @Mrs_Adelz made the allegation on the social media platform. According to Adelz, Sarkodie asked one of his boys to get him the contact of a lady at Django bar now Rockstone’s Office sometime in 2016. She continued that after taking the contact of…

Heart Failure Affects Over 64million People Worldwide – University Don

June 24, 2023June 24, 2023 AlienMedia

Professor Philip Kolo of the Department of Medicine, University of Ilorin, on Friday postulated that Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) affects more than 64 million people worldwide. Kolo said this in his paper presentation at the 236th Inaugural Lecture of Unilorin, entitled: “Power and The Failed Pump: Travails and Remedies for Broken Hearts”. He observed that the incidence of CHF was increasing because of ageing population and high rate of aged-related cardiac disease. “Whereas, CHF is a disease of old people affecting people in the seventh decade of life in high-income…

Canada Launches Investigation Into Loss Of Submersible At Titanic Site

June 24, 2023June 24, 2023 AlienMedia

Canada has become the first to officially announce that it has launched an investigation into the OceanGate mission to dive on the Titanic wreck this week that resulted in the loss of five individuals when the company’s submersible Titan suffered a catastrophic loss of pressure. The submersible imploded coming to rest in two debris fields located approximately 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic at a depth of nearly 12,500 feet below the surface of the North Atlantic. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada reported today that it has…

Oko Poly Graduate Emerges Best Graduating Student From Chinese Varsity With Bsc. Chinese Language & Literature

June 21, 2023June 21, 2023 AlienMedia

By NewsBits A female graduate of the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, Miss Ifeoma Amuche, has made her alma mater as well as her hometown Oko proud in far away China. This time, she outshined all others, coming top in a Chinese degree. She became the best graduating student with Bsc. Chinese Language & Literature. To acknowledge her feat, she was given the platform to give a valedictory speech in Representation of the South West University and the International Students. Her Chinese name is reported to be 陈悦. Miss Ifeoma…

Butcher Bags One-Year Imprisonment For Stabbing Colleague

June 20, 2023June 20, 2023 AlienMedia

By NewsBits An Area Court sitting in Jos on Monday has sentenced a 24-year-old butcher, Mathew Danjuma, to one-year imprisonment for stabbing his colleague. The judge, Mr Shawomi Bokkos, who jailed Danjuma after he confessed to the crime, however, gave him the option of a N50,000 fine. He also ordered him to pay N35,000 as compensation to the complainant. Bokkos said the judgement would serve as a deterrent to those who would want to indulge in such acts. Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Ibrahim Gokwat, told the court that the case…

71 Million Nigerians Extremely Poor Says World Poverty Clock

June 19, 2023June 19, 2023 AlienMedia

By NewsBits The World Poverty Clock has reported that there are 71 million extremely poor Nigerians, according to 2023 data. The World Poverty Clock is a tool used to track poverty progress worldwide. The Rivers State’s All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Tonye Cole, quoted data showing that 71 million Nigerians are extremely poor, and the National Bureau of Statistics classifies 133 million people as multidimensionally poor. He spoke at the Nigeria Zero Hunger Symposium in Abuja, organised by the T200 Foundation to mark World Hunger Day, and unveiled Nigeria’s hunger…