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South Korean film Parasite has been named best picture at this year’s Oscars, becoming the first non-English language film to take the top prize. Renee Zellweger won best actress for playing Judy Garland in Judy. Joaquin Phoenix was named best actor for Joker. Brad Pitt and Laura Dern scooped the supporting acting awards for their roles in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood and Marriage Story respectively. RT @TheAcademy It’s official! #Oscars pic.twitter.com/b8MN5f3cCY — #Oscars (@Oscars2020_) February 10, 2020 Parasite won four awards in total, while Sir Sam Mendes’s 1917 took three. The World War One epic had been the…

Inter Milan launched a superb second-half comeback from 2-0 down to stun rivals AC Milan 4-2 sending themselves top of Serie A. Inter started in third but leapfrogged Lazio and head the table on goal difference from champions Juventus. Ante Rebic tapped home from Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s knockdown and the Swede headed in the second before the break. ???????????????????????? ???????? ????????????????.#InterMilan #DerbyMilano#FORZAINTER ⚫️???? pic.twitter.com/h13q7LOFB4 — Inter (@Inter_en) February 9, 2020 But Marcelo Brozovic volleyed in and Matias Vecino stroked home Alexis Sanchez’s cutback before Stefan de Vrij and Romelu Lukaku both scored headers. Antonio Conte’s side looked beaten at half-time after…

Two  limited liability companies Sunlek Investment Limited and Sunsteel Industries Limited have slammed  N7 billion suit on First City Monument bank Plc (FCMB) over alleged breach of contract. In a 126 paragraph statement of claim accompanied by another 27 paragraphs of a witness sworn to on oath and filed before a Federal high court sitting in Lagos south west Nigeria by Mr. John Olusegun Odubela SAN, the two companies alleged that they operated loan accounts with FCMB upon which disbursement was made for all letters of credit /loan facility granted to  them by the bank for the importation of raw…

The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has described as sheer hypocrisy the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) decision to blame President Muhammadu Buhari for the transportation and traffic challenges in Lagos. BMO said PDP’s comment blaming Buhari for the situation in Lagos as an audacious move by the former ruling party to cover up its neglect of the country’s former capital city between 1999 and 2015 through its blatant refusal to provide any major presence in the state. In a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke, BMO said PDP has again exposed itself as an opportunistic group…

The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development (FMHDSD) is set to collaborate with USAID and the World Bank to finance a large-scale programme for disability and women empowerment in the country. The Minister of FMHDSD, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, who announced this in Washington DC said it is part of the package of takeaways and successes achieved by the Ministry during the US-Nigeria Bi-national Commission meeting held on February 3-4, 2020, in Washington DC, the United States. The disability and women empowerment programme will especially cater for the welfare of the disabled in the country and vulnerable women. The…

Mr Alessandro Gerbino, Trade Commissioner, Italian Trade Agency (ITA), said the Italian government was ready to invest in Nigeria’s agricultural sector. Gerbino who stated this at a dinner explained that investing in the agricultural sector will be part of Italy’s effort to strengthen trade relations with Nigeria. He said that as Italy was known for transformation of raw materials, the Agency would focus on the agricultural sector  in dealing with Nigeria. “Our priorities are agro industrial and food processing machineries, packaging, storage  and everything from the field to the super market. “Italy is famous for being able to certify a perfect…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the government of Nigeria and Cross River state government of governor Ben Ayade to ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja “over the prolonged, arbitrary detention; unfair prosecution; persecution, and sham trial of journalist Agba Jalingo.” Jalingo, who is the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, was arrested on August 22 over a report alleging that Mr Ayade diverted N500 million belonging to the state. In the suit number ECW/CCJ/APP/10/2020 filed last week at the ECOWAS Court, SERAP is arguing that: “The sole objective of the government of Nigeria and the Cross River state government of governor…

A mother and her six children, including a one-year-old baby, died after a fire destroyed their house early on Saturday in the US state of Mississippi, officials say. The father was the only survivor of the blaze that engulfed the wooden house in the city of Clinton. He was taken to a hospital suffering from smoke inhalation and second-degree burns. The cause of the fire is being investigated. Local officials said there was no suspicion of “foul play”, and told US media an electrical failure could have caused the blaze. The house in Clinton, some 10 miles (16km) from the…

Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo will miss the club’s training camp in Spain because of fears the coronavirus outbreak could lead to him being refused entry back into the UK.

Kwara state deputy governor, Mr Kayode Alabi, on Saturday visited victims of the fire incident, which occurred in the early hour of Saturday at Kokeu compound, Isale koko area, Ilorin. Conducting the Deputy Governor round the scene of the fire incident, one of the residents, Ibrahim Haroon, explained that the inferno started at about 2 a.m. and lasted for hours before members of the community were able to put it out. Haroon, who explained that he got a distress call about the inferno at about 2 a.m., noted that they had to search for contact numbers of the state fire…