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'Blood Vessel' epitomizes a sad story familiar to Nigerian youths. By Uwakmfon Boniface.

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  'Blood Vessel' epitomizes a sad story familiar to Nigerian youths. By Uwakmfon Boniface. This holiday season will feature a release of an interesting title, Blood Vessel, by Chris Okpaleke. This new project mirrors more than just a survival scenario.  The movie focuses on six young Nigerians, played by Jide Kene Achufusi, Adaobi Lilian Dibor, David Ezekiel, Levi Chikere, Obinna Okenwa, Slyvester Ekanem, who are fleeing from the military due to a squall that made them victims. They eventually run away on a ship. However, numerous fights ensue which results in bloodshed and death. Dibor and Ezekiel were casted in the role of a couple who get caught in a commotion through no fault of theirs. During this trying period, they face the risk of separation. 'Blood Vessels' is produced by Fafa Bello Osagie, Roxanne Adekunle-Wright and Agozie Ugwu. Written by Musa Jeffrey David, the movie is the most recent by Play Network Studios after Okpaleke's partnership with Namibia...
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  Some Disney fans say the villain's role in the new movie, 'Wish', is almost lacklustre in comparison with its contemporaries in previous times. King Magnifico, who plays the role of a villain in 'Wish', has come under heavy criticism from some fans on TikTok and Reddit. This happened after the character's song surfaced on the internet prior to the release of the movie.  Like Ursula from "The Little Mermaid", King Magnifico engages in sorcery and is also incredibly conceited like Gaston from “Beauty and the Beast." Just as Maleficent from "Sleeping Beauty", his powers are portrayed as a fiendish shade of green. However, some Disney fans are of the opinion that King Magnifico didn't quite act the part. The criticisms came ahead of the film's release on Wednesday.  Some Disney experts and fans claim that the criticisms may be due to nostalgia. The Walt Disney Animations Studios has produced many topnotch movies over the years, ...
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  Shakira concludes a tax agreement with the Government of Spain, with an option of fine worth $19 Million. Renowned singer Shakira finally comes to a tax settlement with the Spanish Government over a tax avoidance case that had dragged on for a considerable number of time. She also made it possible for her to avoid jail and maintain a clean sheet. The Spanish Government has been in a quarry with Shakira for some time over the case of owed taxes worth $15.8 Million. They claimed she should have paid these taxes between 2012 and 2014, during which the singer was alleged to have been staying in Barcelona. Shakira however denied the allegation. Presently, the pop goddess settled with the Government and accepted to pay the total sum of $26.6 million, consisting of back taxes worth $19 million and an equivalent of $7.6 million as a fine. This is exclusive of the money she had paid previously. Additionally, she is also expected to pay a fine of $472,000 that is particularly set aside ...
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  Trump’s Thanksgiving message attacks fraud trial judge and clerk Death threats and antisemitic rants ‘inundated’ Justice Arthur Engoron and his law clerk after former president attacked them on social media, court security official says in affidavit Donald Trump  launched a fresh attack on the judge and court clerk in his New York civil fraud trial hours after a court filing stated his prior attacks had led to them being “inundated” with violent threats. In what was bizarrely named a “Happy Thanksgiving” post on Truth Social, the former president unleashed once again on what he described as “the Racist & Incompetent Attorney General of New York State, Letitia ‘Peekaboo’ James”, “the Radical Left Trump Hating Judge, a ‘Psycho,’ Arthur Engoron” and “his Politically Biased & Corrupt Campaign Finance Violator, Chief Clerk Alison Greenfield”. https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Flive-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au%2Ff681cf31fcbf460e90258f6f6365cdb0%3Fimpo...
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  DJ Zinhle Reacts To Kairo Being Dragged On Twitter DJ Zinhle Reacts To Kairo Being Dragged On Twitter.  One of the most famous children we have in South Africa is definitely  Kairo Forbes . Fame though comes with both positives and negatives. Today a celebrity is praised and the next day they are dragged. Its a two sided sword one can say. Kairo has also had her fair share of public scrutiny on social media. It is quite a sad thing looking at the fact that she is only 4 years old. Pity with the social media influencer and child star, in most cases it’s her famous parents  DJ Zinhle and AKA  whose tweets always gets her in trouble. Her father, award winning rapper AKA, threw Kairo under the bus when he involved her in a mini twar he had with on tweep. When the tweep criticized AKA for his auto tune, he responded, “ Kairo is 10x richer than you and she can neither read or write.” And with that Kairo found herself trending, for something she knows nothing about...
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  Andrew Tate: How the arrest of controversial influencer has impacted his Twitter following The divisive character's Twitter is proving far more popular than his remaining other social media accounts and could be generating a seven-figure sum in advertising revenue for the platform. Andrew Tate has gained more than six million followers in the five months since his Twitter account was reinstated. His profile  spiked in popularity after he was detained in Romania and when he was put under  house arrest . The controversial influencer had 38,400 followers when his profile was brought back to the platform in November. Now, Tate has more than 6.4 million followers. The popularity of Tate's profile may be bringing in serious income for Twitter, with researchers estimating the platform could earn almost £10m in advertising revenue a year from Tate-generated traffic. He was banned from the platform towards the end of October 2017 after posting inflammatory tweets, including o...
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  Elton John's Atlanta Condo, originally listed for less than $5 million, has now been sold for $7 million. By Uwakmfon Boniface. Luxury real estate recently took a downturn in sales but Elton John ducked the deflection. The veteran singer recently made a massive sale off his Atlanta condo. Initially, the house was listed for $4.995 million in September this year. However, it was purchased at the whopping price of $7.2 million. Although mainly residing in England, Elton had owned the condo for years using it as a temporary home while in America. With the singer's North American Farewell Tour just recently concluded, it was no longer necessary to maintain the American "home base." The marketing technique employed for the sales of the luxurious four-bedroom apartment was effective as the present owner was willing to pay 45 percent more for the house. Below is the description of the official listing, which includes a clue about the home's former owner, an interest...