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Nigerian Star Receives Title Abroad: Celebration Of The 10th New Yam Festival

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  Popular Nollywood actor Jim Iyke has been conferred a new chieftancy title of "OHADIKE 1 OF NDIGBO"  by HRH Dr AMB. Chukwudi J Ihenetu, Ezi Ndigbo in Ghana. This development has stirred firm controversies amongst Nigerians. Moreover a number of Nigerian celebrities including music star D'Banj, Actor Alex Ekubo, Reality TV Star Teddy A were conferred with chieftancy title in 2018.

Empowerment: Empowering Cambridge youth through data activism

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  Mayor’s youth employment program brought local high schoolers to MIT this summer. Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui visits the Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program (MSYEP) learning site at MIT while students worked on T-shirts that imagined how data science could be used to support marginalized communities. Left to right: Yusuf Solomon, Zeynep Yalcin, Olivia Dias, Raechel Walker, Cynthia Breazeal, Siddiqui, Jacob G., Jacob T., Lisa, Jesmin, Nina, Kiki, and Neko. For over 40 years, the Mayor's Summer Youth Employment Program (MSYEP, or the Mayor’s Program) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been providing teenagers with their first work experience, but 2022 brought a new offering. Collaborating with MIT’s Personal Robots research group (PRG) and Responsible AI for Social Empowerment and Education (RAISE) this summer, MSYEP created a STEAM-focused learning site at the Institute. Eleven students joined the program to learn coding and programming skills through the lens of “Data ...

Judge gets blamed as Tarrant County sends more kids to youth prisons than any other in Texas.

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  Critics say state District Judge Alex Kim is sending too many children to the state’s failing youth prison system. The longtime GOP politician points to a rise in teen gang violence. FORT WORTH — On a recent Wednesday, 10 boys and girls wearing olive drab jumpsuits sat in a jury box waiting to learn if they would have to remain in a Texas county’s juvenile jail. Detention is meant to be a last resort for children accused of criminal behavior. Over the last 15 years, the state has tried to keep as few youths locked up as possible, instead focusing on drug treatment, family counseling and other support services to help kids get and stay out of trouble. But in Tarrant County, incarceration is becoming more the norm. Although juvenile arrests have dropped sharply in recent years, children accused of crimes are being held longer in the increasingly overcrowded detention center. More than half of the kids detained last year were Black, while less than one-fifth of the county ...

Chichi qualifies for final as she emerges BBNaija head of house for week 9

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 Congats Chichi for the week nine HOH  The show coordinator, Biggie, announced Chichi as the new head of the house at the end of Monday’s games in the house. A Big Brother Naija housemate, Chichi, on Monday emerged as the Head of House for week nine. She consequently secured immunity from eviction from the reality television show. She also earned a place in the contest’s grand finale slated for October 2. The winner of the competition will take home the grand prize of N100 million.  

Hermes, Groovy, Chizzy, Bella, Sheggs and 3 others nominated for eviction from BBNaija 2022

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 On the BBNaija 2022, Hermes, Groovy, Chizzy, Bella, Sheggs and 3 others nominated for eviction Eight Big Brother Naija housemates were nominated for possible eviction from the reality television show on Monday. The housemates were Rachel, Groovy, Chizzy, Bella, Sheggs, Hermes, Adekunle and Bryan. The show Coordinator, Biggie, announced this after the new head of house, Chichi, used her ultimate veto power to save two of the housemates from being nominated for possible eviction. Chichi saved Daniella and Phyna after the housemates tried to court her favour. The nominated housemates had been warned to desist from open campaign for votes in the course of the show. There 11 housemates currently on the show, with nine housemates bidding for the N100 million grand prize The remaining two housemates who are known as rider housemates will not partake in the grand prize.     Hermes BBNaija Groovy BBNaija                  ...

Bobrisky Ex PA, Oye Kyme, reveals New Revelation About Their Intimate Relationship

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  Oye Kyme is alleging that Bobrisky had sex with her when she was his PA. Oye Kyme, the ex-personal assistant of crossdresser, Idris Okuneye popularly known as Bobrisky has made a new revelation about their intimate relationship. Oye Kyme is alleging that Bobrisky had sex with her when she was his PA. The Ivorian came to Nigeria to work for Bobrisky after the crossdresser decided to reward her for drawing a tattoo of him on her body. However,  the work relationship ended on a sour note and Oye returned to Ivory Coast. Since then, she has been making different allegations about Bobrisky. This time around, she is claiming Bobrisky used to have sex with her.                                                                               ...

Multichoice Nigeria has announced a bumper coverage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and a special Big Brother Naija +SA edition for its customers on DStv and GOtv.

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  *  Unveils Big Brother Naija+South Africa MultiChoice Nigeria has announced a bumper coverage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and a special Big Brother Naija +SA edition for its customers on DStv and GOtv. This was disclosed at the MultiChoice Media Showcase which held on Thursday, September 15, in Lagos. Speaking on the special coverage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup and the next Big Brother reality TV show, CEO, MultiChoice Nigeria, John Ugbe said all 64 matches of the World Cup in Qatar will be live on DStv and GOtv. He added that the special Big Brother edition will be even more intense with housemates from Nigeria and South Africa. “MultiChoice is excited to bring every single fan, all the action in their language, along with local commentary. To add value to all our customers, we are making all 64 World Cup matches, available in 14 different local languages including Pidgin, Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa. “The next Big Brother edition will have housemates from the two giant...