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December 29, 2020 It has been, shall we say, an exceptional and trying year. Such times require exceptional leadership and should be bring out the best in our leaders. Unfortunately for Wisconsin, Governor Evers has not lived up to the moment when we needed him the most.  Governor Tony Evers and his administration have shown us time and time again that they are not up to the task. From misleading the public about coronavirus, to adding fuel to the flammable riots and looting, to illegally-reco...

By Raheem Akingbolu Mediacraft Associates, a public relations firm and Nigeria affiliate of the FleishmanHillard global PR network, has announced the appointment of Segun McMedal as its new Director of Innovation and Business Development. His appointment takes effect from first week in January, 2021. McMedal, an experienced PR practitioner, is the current Chairman of the Lagos State Chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), a position he has held since 2016. Group CEO, Media...

Soldiers’ Home veteran dies after testing positive for virus  An ambulance arrives at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO Published: 12/23/2020 10:49:24 AM HOLYOKE — A resident of the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke who had been residing at Holyoke Medical Center since April died last Wednesday after testing positive for COVID-19. The death, which the state’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday, brings the total number ...

Tell us why you ventured into Nollywood? My venture into filmmaking is out of passion. Before l gained admission into the university, I was a regular customer at Rainbow Cinema Mushin and Super Cinema Surulere in Lagos. I watched mainly Indian movies. Those experiences wired my brain cinematically. In fact, my initial interest as a teenager was to be an Actor. x Tell us how has year 2020 been for you? Year 2020 has been a wonderful year with its peculiarities...

 CREDIT: Photographs by Christopher Payne Walk into the gift shop in Spangler Candys factory and youll find several displays that highlight the various confections--Coconut Balls, Creme Peanut Clusters--the company has launched and retired over the years. Its what CEO Kirk Vashaw lovingly refers to as a "museum of failures." But thats quite all right. "You can have product lines that fail," he says. "You just have to know when to let things go." Vashaw, a member of the fourth generation of th...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 22 December 2020 NIGERIA is light years away from being governed by the rule of law, evinced by the fresh cases of mob killings. Over the past few months, the act of setting crime suspects ablaze, euphemistically called “jungle justice,” has seized the landscape. Gruesomely, many persons accused of crime have been lynched in gory ways in Ogun, Osun, Oyo, Lagos, Delta, Kwara, Benue, Imo and Cross River states. Execution-style jungle justice clearly poses a...

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Anti-vaxxers have mocked and smeared V-Day heroine Margaret Keenan on social media sites amid a surge of ‘toxic misinformation’. A mob of online conspiracy theorists – some claiming to be NHS staff – used Facebook to spread slurs about the 91-year-old grandmother and her family after she became the first in the world to have the Pfizer Covid-19 jab outside medical trials. Calling her a ‘guinea pig’ and an ‘actress’, the anti-vaxxers accused her of making a Masonic sign and of ha...

Home » News » New Domestic Abuse Resource Pack launched ahead of “Particularly Difficult Christmas”. Sgt Catriona Holohan with Aisling Mulhall, Tusla, Sgt Aiden Lonergan, Mayor Mary Howard, Paul Fitzgerald, Court Service, Siobhan OConnor, Clare Haven Services, Madeleine McAleer, Clare Haven Horizons and Dr Maura Finn at the launch of the Domestic Abuse Resource Park for County Clare. The Domestic Abuse Resource Pack has been undertaken jointly by The Clare Local Area Network Opposing Vio...

Update Dashboard for December 15. Between March 16, 2020, and today, December 16 at 1 pm, Barbados has surpassed the 300-mark for recorded confirmed cases on island. However, there are only 20 active cases in Isolation at the government facility as of this date. In Tuesdays report, four visitors tested positive for COVID-19. Their tests were conducted on Monday. They are two women, ages 42 years old and 37 years old, who arrived on American Airlines on December 10 and 11. The other cases are ...