The movie veteran graduates with honours from a seminary.
Nollywood veteran Eucharia Anunobi has bagged a Ph.D. degree.
The movie star bagged a doctorate degree in Christian Education and Ministerial Acts from the Kingdom Life Bible School and Seminary.
Anunobi took to her Instagram page on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, where she shared with fans her degree certificate.
The movie veteran who could not hide her joy also revealed that she was also awarded an honourary doctorate degree in Christian Leadership and Mission from the same institution.
Anunobi bagged a postgraduate degree in pastoral and leadership studies back in 2018 from the Redeemers International Leadership Academy.
The movie star revealed that she was able to graduate from school despite losing her only son.
The Nigerian designer recently issued a commercial notice of infringement on one of its designs used in the 2021 movie.
Top Nigerian designer, Ugo Monye has threatened legal actions over the alleged use of his company’s registered design in 2021 Paramount pictures film, ‘Coming 2 America’.
In a recently shared Instagram post, the designer revealed that the popular ‘Reale Design’ owned by his design company was reproduced in the film without proper authorization.
“It has come to our attention that our Registered Reale Design was reproduced and featured in the movie, ‘Coming 2 America’ (the “Movie”) without UML’s authorisation. The producers – Paramount Pictures, New Republic Productions, Eddie Murphy Productions and Misher Film Productions- through the costume designer of the movie, Ruth E. Carter, commissioned some tailors/designers in Nigeria to design and produce some costumes for the Movie that are an infringement of UML’s design,” an excerpt of the notice reads.
The notice also took a jab at the alleged cultural misappropriation criticism that the film received when it debuted earlier on in the year, alongside an attempt to profit off the hard work of “smaller brands” as well as the African culture.
In addition, the notice clarified that actions will be taken against the film’s producers if not properly addressed.
Recall the anticipated sequel of the 1988 comedy premiered on March 4, 2021. The film received mixed reviews. Costumier, Ruth E. Carter, however, got glowing reviews for her work on the production.
At the time of this post, the producers have not issued a public statement regarding Ugo Monye’s claims.
Tesla Inc has recalled nearly 6000 of it U.S automobiles according to documents released on wednesday due to possible loosened bolts with the potential to cause a loss of pressure in their tires.
In the reports filed, the automobile company says there have yet to see cases of crashes or injuries related to the issue and that the company will inspect and tighten, or replace, the caliper bolts as necessary.
For now, the recall only covers certain 2019-2021 Model 3 vehicles and 2020-2021 Model Y vehicles.
The largest warship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, semiofficial news agencies reported.
The Fars and Tasnim news agencies said efforts failed to save the support warship Kharg, named after the island that serves as the main oil terminal for Iran.
The blaze began around 2:25 a.m. and firefighters tried to contain it, Fars said. The vessel sank near the Iranian port of Jask, some 1,270 kilometers (790 miles) southeast of Tehran on the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf.
Photos circulated on Iranian social media of sailors wearing life jackets evacuating the vessel as a fire burned behind them. State TV and semiofficial news agencies referred to the 207-meter (679 foot) Kharg as a “training ship.” Fars published video of thick, black smoke rising from the ship early Wednesday morning.
Satellite photos from Planet Labs Inc. analyzed by The Associated Press showed the Kharg off to the west of Jask on Tuesday. Satellites from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that track fires from space detected a blaze at the site of the Jask that started just before the time of the fire reported by Fars.
The Kharg serves as one of a few vessels in the Iranian navy capable of providing replenishment at sea for its other ships. It also can lift heavy cargo and serve as a launch point for helicopters. The warship, built in Britain and launched in 1977, entered the Iranian navy in 1984 after lengthy negotiations that followed Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Iran’s navy typically handles patrols in the Gulf of Oman and the wider seas, while the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard operates in the shallower waters of the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf. In recent months, however, the navy launched a slightly larger commercial tanker called the Makran it converted into serving a similar function as the Kharg.
Iranian officials offered no cause for the fire aboard the Kharg. However, it comes after a series of mysterious explosions that began in 2019 targeting ships in the Gulf of Oman. The U.S. Navy later accused Iran of targeting the ships with limpet mines, timed explosives typically attached by divers to a vessel’s hull.
Iran denied targeting the vessels, though U.S. Navy footage showed Revolutionary Guard members removing one unexploded limpet mine from a vessel. The incidents came amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran after then-President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew America from Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers.
The sinking of the Kharg marks the latest naval disaster for Iran. In 2020 during an Iranian military training exercise, a missile mistakenly struck a naval vessel near the port of Jask, killing 19 sailors and wounding 15. Also in 2018, an Iranian navy destroyer sank in the Caspian Sea.
The Bafta TV Awards will not be giving out any special individual prizes for the first time at Sunday’s ceremony.
It comes after Bafta was criticised for giving Noel Clarke an outstanding contribution award in April despite being aware of sexual harassment claims against the actor – which he denies.
Any awards “in the gift” of the organisation – those not voted for by an industry panel – are now on hold.
Bafta told members last week it was now reviewing its selection protocols.
“We have recently announced that we are conducting a review of the processes governing awards that are in the gift of the academy, so we have temporarily paused the special awards and fellowships and they will not feature in this Sunday’s ceremony,” a Bafta spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
Kidulthood and Doctor Who actor Mr Clarke was given the outstanding British contribution to cinema prize at a ceremony on 10 April, but was suspended by Bafta later that month over harassment claims.
Mr Clarke has said he is sorry if his past behaviour had made anyone feel uncomfortable, but he has “vehemently” denied any sexual misconduct or wrongdoing.
A French woman has ended her legal battle to retrieve a painting stolen from her adoptive parents by the Nazis.
Léone-Noëlle Meyer discovered the artwork was in an Oklahoma gallery in 2012, but the statute of limitations meant she was unable to reclaim it.
On Tuesday, however, she announced she was ending her battle to overturn an agreement to rotate the Pissarro painting between France and the US.
Meyer, who is in her 80s, said she had been “heard but not listened to”.
“After all these years, I have no other choice but to take heed of the inescapable conclusion that it will be impossible to persuade the different parties to whose attention I have brought this matter,” she wrote in a statement.
The University of Oklahoma, where the painting had been found, had threatened to sue her if she did not end her legal action. A US court said she had violated a settlement agreement she had herself helped negotiate.
Meyer will now renounce all rights to the painting, while the university will ensure the painting is rotated between France and the US every three years, as per the original agreement. The painting will also be accompanied by a plaque outlining Meyer’s family history.
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has approved the reversal of Teachers’ Establishment and Pension Office (TEPO) to its original name, Teaching Service Commission.
According to a statement signed by the Ministry of Education’s Coordinating Director, Kehinde Olaniyan stated that the reversal takes immediate effect.
Former Governor Rauf Aregbesola had created and replaced Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) with TEPO to oversee the recruitment, welfare, and pension administration of teachers in the state.
Aregbesola created an office for TEPO in the three senatorial districts headed by Tutor Generals/Permanent Secretaries to oversee the office as a form of decentralization.
However, the statement said the reversion became imperative as a continuation of the policy and institutional reform of the administration in the education sector.
The statement reads, “In continuation of the Policy and Institutional Reform on-going in the Education Sector of the State, His Excellency Gboyega Oyetola, the Governor of the State of Osun has approved that Teachers Establishment and Pensions Office (TEPO) reverts to its constitutional and Original Name of Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) and the reversion takes immediate effect”.
Oyetola had reversed other educational policies of the previous administration including the single school uniform, school names, and the reversal 4-5-3-4 to 6-3-3-4 policy.
Students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho, Oyo State, will enjoy a 25 per cent reduction in school fees.
The State Governor, Seyi Makinde, made the announcement during a brief interaction with students of the institution at the school auditorium in Ogbomosho.
Recall that earlier, students of Oyo state origin paid N140,000 while non indigene paid N170, 000.
Makinde, while making the announcement, said the 25 per cent reduction cut across board.
He asserted that though LAUTECH tuition fees were the lowest among state-owned universities in the country, he approved their demand on the tuition fees reduction.
The governor further promised to prioritise needs of the institution to enhance smooth academic programme in the school, saying that “never again will a four-year programme turn to eight-year programme in the school.”
He explained that his administration awarded and completed the Under-G road at the 2nd Gate of the institution to curb unpleasant incidents happening on the expressway at the school’s main gate.
He urged the students to be dedicated to their studies and shun vices capable of sabotaging government’s efforts to make the school soar.
Earlier, the Caretaker Chairman of the LAUTECH Students Union, Olabisi Olamide, lauded Makinde for his passion for the institution, saying his uncommon love for the school prompted his efforts and subsequent sole ownership of the institution by Oyo state.
Olamide requested the governor to reduce the school tuition fees and called for introduction of more courses in the school academic programme especially now that the school has been converted to conventional university.
Meanwhile, Makinde had said that his administration would construct a flyover in Ogbomosho before the end of his tenure in 2023.
The governor gave the hint when inaugurating High Dependency Unit at the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital, Ogbomosho.
He said the construction of the flyover would ease traffic jam that characterised the city centre.
He maintained that his administration would keep all promises made to the people of the state, “not only in health care sector but in every sector.”
He further stressed that his administration would be remembered for putting in place effective primary health care delivery in each of the 351 wards in the state.
He charged the management and staff of LAUTECH Teaching Hospital to make good use of the facilities and be dedicated to duty, promising to put resources in place to reclaim the glory of the teaching hospital.
Israeli military exports reached $8.3 billion in 2020, buoyed by a 15 percent spike in the number of agreements signed compared with the previous year, the government announced Tuesday.
Despite fears the coronavirus pandemic would impact 2020 sales, Israel cited new markets in allowing sales jumping $1 billion from 2019.
It’s the second highest sales figure ever, behind 2017, when the total hit $9.2 billion.
During the past year, we have worked intensively to deepen government agreements and cooperation with our partners around the world, and we will continue to do so,” Defense Minister Benny Gantz was quoted as saying in a statement from his office.
As in previous years the bulk of the military exports went to countries in Asia and the Pacific region, the ministry statement said.
The European Union and Japan announced their intention to form a Green Alliance to accelerate the transition of both economies towards becoming climate-neutral, circular and resource-efficient in the coming decades. The agreement was finalised during the EU-Japan Summit, where the two parties agreed to strengthen cooperation on protecting the environment, conserving biodiversity and fighting climate change.
Welcoming the historic partnership, the European Commission’s Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal Frans Timmermans said: “This is the EU’s first Green Alliance. It is a true milestone in our efforts to create a global coalition for net zero by the middle of the century. Japan and the EU will increase their cooperation so that our combined efforts bring us closer to our goal of living up to the commitment made under the Paris agreement. Together Japan and the EU can further increase a global momentum that is gathering pace. If we pull together, net zero can be achieved.”
Both the EU and Japan share the aim of becoming climate-neutral by 2050. The Green Alliance will see both sides working together to ensure a successful outcome to COP26, and consensus on a realistic post-2020 global biodiversity framework at COP15.
The five priority areas for the Alliance will be:
Pursuing a cost-effective, safe and sustainable energy transition by adopting low-carbon technologies, including renewable energy, renewable hydrogen, energy storage, and carbon capture, utilisation and storage;
Strengthening environmental protection by promoting more sustainable, circular practices in production and consumption, and contributing to the global goal of protecting at least 30% of both land and sea in order to conserve biodiversity;
Increased regulatory cooperation and business exchange to drive global uptake of low-carbon technologies and environmental solutions that will accelerate the global transition to climate-neutral economies;
Consolidating existing collaboration on research and development in the areas of decarbonisation projects, renewable energy, and the bioeconomy;
Maintaining both parties’ leadership on international sustainable finance to help converge on a definition of sustainable investments and ensure consistency and transparency about sustainability-related disclosures.
The two partners agree to work together closely on the international stage to promote cooperation on climate action in developing countries. The partners will work to facilitate the transition to climate-neutral and resilient societies, including through phasing out government support for carbon-intensive fossil fuel energy, promoting international access to renewable energy,
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