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The rising pop singer D4vd and 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez were in the throes of a clandestine relationship months before her mangled and decomposing body turned up last September stuffed in an impounded car registered to the musician.D4vd, born David Anthony Burke, is set to stand trial for murder, child sexual abuse and mutilation of human remains in connection to the teenager’s death.Los Angeles county prosecutors accuse Burke of stabbing Celeste to death and subsequently severing her limbs as he sought to prevent her from revealing their sexual relationship, which began when he was 18 and she was 13 in…

Bennett Oghifo  W eststar Associates Limited, the Authorised General Distributor of Mercedes-Benz in Nigeria, has announced the introduction of the new Mercedes-Benz Atego 1726, reinforcing its commitment to providing dependable, efficient and innovative commercial vehicle solutions tailored to the evolving needs of Nigerian businesses. The arrival of the new Atego marks an important milestone in the continued expansion of Weststar’s commercial vehicle portfolio. Replacing the Atego 1725, which has earned a strong reputation among fleet operators across the country, the Atego 1726 represents a genuine evolution of the model. Combining improved engineering, enhanced drivetrain technology and greater operational efficiency, the…

Over the past month, a series of advancements in China’s artificial intelligence, chip manufacturing and robotics technologies have rattled financial markets, caused divisions among US tech moguls and left the Trump administration scrambling to respond.Silicon Valley has long pointed to China’s tech industry as a competitive threat and used its growth as rationale for why US firms should not face regulatory oversight that could slow them down. In recent weeks, however, China’s progress has pushed US tech CEOs past vague warnings and into open disagreement over how to address Chinese-made products upending their industry.The most immediate threat to Silicon Valley’s…

The results of the election for a new mayor to succeed Andy Burnham in Greater Manchester show progressives standing at the threshold of a new era. But only if they work together.New mayor Bev Craig was elected using the supplementary vote which uses voters’ second preference if no one wins more than half the vote in the first round. Despite the Burnham bounce, Labour received only 47% of the vote in the first round, well down on Burnham who never achieved below 63% in his three campaigns. But when second preferences kicked in, it’s estimated that about seven in 10…

“The Inbetweeners” — the hit Brit teen comedy series from the late 2000s that spawned two successful spin-off films — is officially back. A reunion movie is now in the works at Netflix, Variety has confirmed, with the original lead cast of Simon Bird, Joe Thomas, Blake Harrison and James Buckley understood to be attached, although final deals are yet to be finalized. The news comes less than a year after rights holders Banijay U.K. revealed that it had struck a deal with “The Inbetweeners” creators Iain Morris and Damon Beesley and their Fudge Park Productions that, at the time, they said…

If you manage to spot a garden in bloom this summer, beyond the strips of bleached and torched grass, there may be one colour you see more than any other: purple, the horticultural hue of the season.Plants such as lavender, salvias and catmint are in vogue, according to the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), which conducted extensive research into the colours Britons best love to see in their gardens.In one experiment at RHS Garden Wisley’s Hilltop, more than 11,000 visitors were asked to choose their preferred shades. Purple flower hues accounted for the strongest preference (26.67%), closely followed by red (25.24%).Visitors…

Street-pop singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has alleged that actor Charles Okocha bit him during their celebrity boxing rematch in Lagos, saying the incident prompted him to leave the ring before the contest ended. Portable made the allegation in a series of posts on his official Instagram account shortly after he was disqualified, and Okocha declared the winner of the bout at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Friday. The rematch, promoted as “Unfinished Business” under the Chaos in the Ring celebrity boxing event, descended into chaos during the opening round as both…

101 East investigates how the Philippines’ ambitious regreening programme is failing the nation’s forests.In 2011, the Philippines’ government promised to deliver one of the world’s most ambitious regreening projects.The idea was simple: pay locals to restore forests and cultivate barren land by planting and tending millions of trees.But 15 years on, a joint investigation by 101 East and Lighthouse Reports reveals how the National Greening Program has failed to meet most of its targets.Satellite imagery shows that instead of being protected, some forests are being destroyed, while some Indigenous communities fear losing the land their livelihoods depend on.101 East investigates…

German Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt are closing in on the signing of Super Eagles midfielder Raphael Onyedika after reaching an agreement with Belgian champions Club Brugge. According to Sky Germany, all parties have agreed on a deal worth €9 million plus performance-related bonuses, with the Nigerian expected to complete his medical within the next 48 hours before signing a long-term contract until 2031. Frankfurt beat Saudi interest The Bundesliga club moved swiftly to secure Onyedika’s signature after fending off late interest from clubs in Saudi Arabia, which had also submitted offers for the midfielder. Read Also: Club Brugge reject Galatasaray’s…

The issue follows a separate incident on 24 July in which the PlayStation Network also suffered an outage for several hours.Both incidents have created unease about a so-called digital-only future in games and the questions over game ownership and licensing that come with it.In June, Rockstar Games announced that physical copies of GTA 6, perhaps one of the most hotly-anticipated games in history, would contain a code for a digital download for the game rather than a disc.Nintendo has also shifted further towards digital distribution in recent years with the introduction of Game-Key Cards – physical cartridges that act as…