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A social media personality, Abiodun Ademola, popularly known as DJ Chicken, appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Friday over alleged threats to kill Seyi Tinubu. The 37-year-old, of Tafodi Estate, Royal Park, Lekki, Lagos, faces a three-count charge of threat to life, offensive online publication and conduct likely to breach peace. The prosecution, led by SP Okunuga, Officer-in-Charge, Legal, Command Headquarters, Ikeja, alleged the offences occurred on 5 July at about 9:00 a.m. in Lekki, Lagos. According to the charge, DJ Chicken allegedly posted a video on his Facebook and Instagram accounts, @djchicken, threatening to kill Seyi Tinubu. The…

South African midfielder Jayden Adams, who represented his country at the ongoing World Cup, died Saturday at the age of 25, Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie said. “It is with profound shock and a heavy heart that I have learnt of the passing of Jayden Adams,” McKenzie said in a statement. “South African football has lost one of its brightest young talents.” The minister did not disclose a cause of death. Police said they had opened an investigation after the body of a 25-year-old man was found at a house in Schotschekloof, a suburb in central Cape Town, on Saturday morning.…

The fashions and furnishings of Czechoslovakia in the 1980s — the height of the state’s racist program of suppressing the Roma population through coerced sterilization — are painstakingly evoked in Slovakian filmmaker Ivan Ostrochovský’s “Only Beautiful Things to Look At.” But the film’s attractive yet oddly bloodless presentation gives the impression of a period drama set much farther back, as though we’re peering at the prettily mounted arrowheads and artifacts of a long-gone atrocity through museum glass. Alongside the decision to centralize the perspective of a white female doctor, this old-school, soft-focus approach robs an undeniably well-intentioned movie of a…

Some of these taste tests – for instance, the oven chips one from last summer – surprise me with their overall quality and minimal processing. But others, such as today’s party cakes, sit firmly in the ultra-processed category, and often make contradictory claims, “handmade” and “carefully selected high-quality ingredients” being just two.The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more.I want my children to enjoy treats without food anxiety, but we also owe it both to ourselves and to them to know what we’re actually eating. Unusually, the price of…

Ann Widdecombe may have been dead at her home for 24 hours before her body was discovered, police believe.In an update on Saturday afternoon, officers said they were working on the assumption that the 78-year-old former politician was attacked at about 12.30pm on Wednesday.The ambulance service found Widdecombe’s body at her bungalow in Haytor, Devon, at 11.40am on Thursday.Ann Widdecombe speaks during a rally of the Brexit party in Peterborough in 2019. Photograph: Simon Dawson/ReutersA 26-year-old man arrested in Newton Abbott on Friday in connection with the investigation was released without charge early on Saturday and is no longer part…

• Project to be formally illuminated July 11 The Ogunbanjo Family, with the support of the Chris Ogunbanjo Foundation, has completed the first phase of the Bamofin Abimbola Ogunbanjo ÌMỌ́LẸ̀ Project, a landmark community development initiative aimed at improving public safety, promoting renewable energy and equipping residents with technical skills in Erunwon, Ijebu-Ode.The project, conceived as a living tribute to the late Bamofin Abimbola Ogunbanjo, combines sustainable infrastructure with community empowerment, reflecting his values of integrity, leadership, service and commitment to community development. As part of the first phase, according to a statement by the Chris Ogunbanjo Foundation Media Office,…

Wall Street is anticipating a near-record earnings season, but for investors a key question remains: Will it be enough to keep stock market bulls running?

But despite all the new assets and graphics, there is no escaping the fact it is based on a game first released in 2013.Ubisoft had to make lots of calls about what to reuse and change from the original.Welsh actor Matt Ryan’s performance is excellent, but some of the initial game’s animations – such as characters repeatedly biting and spitting out a cork from a bottle – might have been best left in the past.The game also suffers from a problem all too common in modern gaming: it holds your hand far too much.In the most extreme case, at one…

Widdecombe’s political career spanned decades – she served as MP for Maidstone in Kent for 23 years and worked as a Home Office and employment minister in John Major’s government between 1994 and 1997.Following news of the police investigation, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said it was “shocking news” and his thoughts were with Widdecombe’s family “at this awful time”.He said he had spoken to the Speaker of the House of Commons Lindsay Hoyle, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, Reform UK’s Nigel Farage, as well as Andy Burnham, “to urge everybody to come together”.Badenoch said she was “stunned” and “really struggled…

The Zamfara State government has approved six months’ maternity leave for female civil servants as part of efforts to promote exclusive breastfeeding and improve maternal and child health. The State Head of Service, Yakubu Haidara, announced the approval on Thursday in Gusau while receiving a delegation from Civil Society–Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN). The delegation, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), visited to advocate for six months’ maternity leave, increased funding for nutrition programmes and improved budget tracking to ensure timely release of funds. Mr Haidara said the approval reflected Governor Dauda Lawal’s commitment to strengthening exclusive…