Media personality, DaddyFreeze has reacted to news of Afrobeat star Divine Ikubor, known popularly as Rema donating N105 million to the church he attended while growing up. NaijaOnPoint.com.ng (NOP) reports that the singer visited the Christ Embassy on Sunday, September 1, where he pledged N40 million towards the church infrastructure, N20 million to Rhapsody of Realities […]
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4 weeks agoTv ShowsComments Off on Evil Affairs – October 2024 Teasers
Published by ZEE STAR Team on 31 August 2024 Here’s a sneak peek of what’s happening on Evil Affairs this October 2024: Tuesday, 1 October 2024Episode 147:Malik summons the formidable Chudail, Netra, to compel Nikki to complete the Shaitani Rasmein. Nikki is alarmed when she discovers a corpse at the mansion’s entrance. Wednesday, 2 October […]
4 weeks agoNews TopicsComments Off on Robert Jenrick ‘thinks he’s nailed on’ for Tory leadership finale as rival Kemi Badenoch launches campaign today
TORY leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick believes he is “nailed on” to be in the final two contenders.
Campaign sources also took a dig at fellow frontrunner Kemi Badenoch for going on holiday during the campaign – insisting their man was the “hard-working” candidate and “this campaign doesn’t take holidays”.
Tory leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick speaks to party activists[/caption]
Frontrunner Kemi Badenoch is launching her campaign today[/caption]
Former Immigration Minister Mr Jenrick secured a boost today as Shadow Justice Secretary Ed Argar became the latest MP to back his bid.
Shadow Welfare Secretary Mel Stride, former Home Secretary Dame Priti Patel and ex-Security Minister Tom Tugendhat are also in the running.
Tory MPs will knock out the candidates until two remain to go forward to a ballot of the wider party membership.
A Jenrick campaign source said: “In terms of where the race is right now, we are very confident as a team that we have an absolute nailed-on route to 41 votes and getting to the final two.”
“Depending on exactly who votes .. you need 40 or 41 votes. We are very confident that we have those votes and a clear path to achieving them. We’ve been working very hard with MPs.
“Our style has been to be as active as possible, to be as personal as possible, to be respectful and to listen to people’s concerns and to go and meet them in their constituencies over the course of the summer, and to try to build a broad coalition of people.”
The bookies’ favourite to replace Rishi Sunak will say the Conservatives need to “focus on renewal” to become “worthy of the British people’s trust again”.
She will say: “Labour will fail; and when that time comes, and the British people are looking for change, we have to be that change.
“We have to focus on renewal. The renewal of our party, our politics, and our thinking.”
Whereas Mr Cleverly will say Britain should become a “family-first society” not over reliant on the state.
He will say: “We accept that the state has a primary duty to protect its people and its borders. But Conservatives must be honest about the trade-offs in doing these things properly.”
4 weeks agoNews TopicsComments Off on Transgender parent-of-two Valentina Petrillo, 50, qualifies for Paralympics 2024 women’s 400m semi-final
AN ITALIAN runner who was born a man has become the second transgender athlete to compete in the 64-year history of the Paralympics.
Valentina Petrillo, who is 50 years old, has a visual impairment and competed in the heats of the women’s T12 400M class on Day Five of the Paris Games.
Valentina Petrillo of Team Italy made history during the Women’s 400m T12 Round 1 Heats on day five of the Paralympics[/caption]
The 50-year-old became the second transgender athlete to compete in the Games in its 64-year history[/caption]
Petrillo was born a man and underwent hormone therapy in 2019[/caption]
Petrillo, who does not require a guide, qualified for tonight’s semi-finals at the Stade de France with a time of 58.35 seconds as she finished behind Alejandra Paola Perez Lopez of Venezuela in heat four but ahead of China’s Shen Yaqin.
Without requiring the use of a guide runner, Petrillo qualified sixth overall and will be in contention for the podium spots at the Paras.
In 2017, the disabled star shocked her wife, the mother of their two children, when she revealed she wanted to become a transgender woman – and within two years, she was undergoing hormone therapy.
Running as a male, Petrillo won 11 Italian para-athletics titles but has started to win medals on the international stage since switching to female-only events.
In March 2023, World Athletics – the governing body of able-bodied track-and-field – took a firm stance on this controversial topic.
Officials decided to exclude male-to-female transgender athletes who had gone through male puberty from competing in international events for women.
Seb Coe, the president of the governing body, said “decisive action” was taken “to protect the female category in our sport”.
While some might feel that Petrillo has a considerable physical advantage, despite being in her sixth decade on the planet, the International Paralympic Committee refused to implement any ban, saying they do not have any “framework” of rules.
Channel 4's Paralympics Line-Up
Channel 4 have a star-studded line-up of hosts and pundits for their coverage of the 2024 Paralympics
The presenting team is headed up by former Paralympian turned TV host Ade Adepitan.
Five-time Paralympic swimming champion Ellie Simmonds is making her debut with the broadcaster, alongside actress, producer and former Strictly winner Rose Ayling-Ellis.
Veteran sports broadcaster Clare Balding also appears on-screen, as does racing-driver-turned-commentator Billy Monger and Invictus Games medallist and presenter JJ Chalmers.
The line-up also includes adventurer and former rugby union player Ed Jackson, TV and radio presenter Vick Hope, comedian Josh Pugh and sports presenter Lee McKenzie.
A IPC spokesperson said: “We have had one previous transgender athlete at the Paralympic Games.
“This was a Rio 2016 Paralympian who represented the Netherlands.
“Our framework is very clear. The IPC have no specific rules on transgender.
“It’s the responsibility of the international federations, which is a very similar approach to the IOC (International Olympic Committee).”
Not everybody is convinced and some want a suspension to come into force.
Germany’s Katrin Mueller-Rottgardt, who competes in the women’s long jump, said: “Basically, everyone should live in everyday life the way they feel comfortable, but I find it difficult in competitive sports.
“Petrillo has lived and trained as a man for a long time, so there is a possibility that the physical requirements are different to those of someone who was born as a woman.
Valentina Petrillo wants to be a role model for other transgender people[/caption]
“This could give an advantage.”
Petrillo said: “I’m happy as a woman and running as a woman is all I want. I couldn’t ask for more.
“I dream of a future where no one has to hear stories like mine anymore.
“For 44 years I had no tools, I thought I was the only one in the world experiencing this situation.
“I was born in Naples in the seventies, where the ‘femminielli’ were considered the ‘scum’ of society.
“I had an older relative who declared that she was trans and she was kicked out of the house by her father. I was scared and hid.
“I dream of a future in which there are no longer children, girls, teenagers, forced to hide, to be afraid, to not be able to express themselves for who they are: in the family, in society, in everyday activities.”
Louise Minchin was a fixture on BBC Breakfast for many years[/caption]
The presenter opened up about her decision to leave Breakfast back in 2021[/caption]
Louise presented with Dan Walker from 2016 until her departure[/caption]
In an episode of James Martin‘s Saturday Morning, Louise revealed: “I talked about how much I loved being on the show and loved being part of this huge BBC Breakfast family but at the end of the day, you have to get up extremely early, you know it’s relentless.
“I was permanently jet-lagged and eventually I thought, I’ve loved this, it’s been fantastic but I need to get some sleep.”
Having made her first Breakfast appearance as a guest host, Louise was made a regular anchor beginning in 2012.
From 2016 until her departure, she shared presenting duties with Dan Walker.
During her ITV Saturday Morning appearance, Louise also discussed her shift in focus to writing.
She was promoting her new book, Isolation Island – her third overall release but first foray into fiction.
Its premise follows ten celebrities participating in a reality show that goes awry, with Louise’s experience on I’m A Celebrity playing a part in the writing process.
She shared: “When I was on I’m A Celebrity, it was in a castle in Wales and you may remember that, that year we got evacuated because of a once in a lifetime-storm.
“So that planted the seed that reality TV can and does go wrong.”
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