U.S. Actor Danny Masterson Charged with Raping Three Women

“That 70s Show” actor Danny Masterson has been charged with raping three women in separate incidents in 2001 and 2003, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office said on Wednesday night. The District Attorney’s Office said in a statement that it had declined to file sexual assault charges against Masterson in two other cases because of insufficient evidence and because of the statute of limitations. Masterson, 44, got his break-out role in the 1998-2006 television comedy...

Spotify Reaches Podcast Deal With Kim Kardashian West: WSJ

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian West reached a deal with Spotify Technology SA for a podcast about her work with the Innocence Project, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Kardashian West and television producer Lori Rothschild Ansaldi are to co-produce and co-host the show, the report added citing one of the people. Spotify, which has over 700,000 podcasts on its platform and reaches nearly 300 million monthly users,...

Lufthansa to File Bankruptcy Protection if Bailout Fails

German airline Lufthansa on Wednesday said it would have to apply for bankruptcy protection if the terms of a bailout deal with the German Government fail at an extraordinary general assembly, slated for June 25. According to the Frankfurt Headquarters of the company, Lufthansa will have to apply for bankruptcy protection proceedings shortly after the annual general meeting if a solution is not found immediately. The company was reacting to the statement by Heinz Hermann Thiele,...

TV Viewers Seek Out ’13th’ And Other Stories About Race Amid Protests

Television series, movies and documentaries about the experience of black people in the United States have seen a surge in viewership. This followed public demonstrations that have focused new attention on racial discrimination, according to industry data. The audience for filmmaker Ava DuVernay’s 2016 documentary “13th,” about mass incarceration that disproportionately affects black people, jumped more than 47 times higher over the past three weeks streaming service Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) said on Tuesday. Millions of people watched, the company said, though it...

Fashola Describes Letter of the CEO of the Executive Jets as Ridiculous

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has reacted to the letter written by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Executive Jets Services Limited, Sam Iwuakoju, on the circumstances around a Lagos-Abuja flight operated on Saturday. The Minister describes the letter as ridiculous as he claimed he has not travelled out of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Since March 22. The West African Pilot News has earlier reported the apology tendered by...

Mrs Obiano Advocates Promotion of Safe Child Initiatives

As the World Celebrates Day of The African Child on the 16th of June,2020, wife of the Governor of Anambra State, and founder of the NGO, Caring Family Enhancement Initiative (CAFE), Dr. Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano (Osodieme) has called for the promotion of Safe Child Initiatives to prevent and curtail the prevalence of child abuse and molestation in the society. Mrs. Obiano stated this in a special message in Awka signed on her behalf by the...

Executive Jet Services Apologises to FG For Transporting “Naira Marley”

The Executive Jet Services Ltd., on Tuesday tendered an unreserved apology to the Federal Government for transporting a popular musician, Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley. The airline’s Chairman, Dr Sam Iwuajoku, made made this known on Tuesday,l in the apology letter sent to the Minister of Aviation, a copy of which was made available to newsmen in Lagos. Iwuajoku said that the company transported Naira Marley, instead of Justice Adefope Okogie, whose name...

COVID-19: Resident Doctors in UPTH Pull Out of Nationwide Strike

Resident Doctors at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), on Monday, pulled out from the strike embarked upon by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NARD announced its strike on Sunday citing shortages of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and poor remuneration for members as reasons for the strike. Dr Samuel Ameh, the chairman of ARD in UPTH, told newsmen that the branch would not join...

Congolese Fashion Designer Goes Virtual as Virus Hits Runway Shows

U.S.-based Congolese fashion designer Anifa Mvuemba was excited about debuting her fashion line, Hanifa, at this year’s New York Fashion Week. But when her show was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mvuemba got creative. The 29-year-old designer held a virtual show on May 22 for her latest collection called ‘Pink Label Congo’. The 3D animated event was watched by tens of thousands of people who streamed it on her Hanifa Instagram Live page. “We...

Oscars Delayed to April Due to Movie Industry Coronavirus Chaos

The 2021 Oscars ceremony was moved to April from February on Monday due to the havoc caused in the movie industry by the coronavirus pandemic. The ceremony for film’s highest honours will take place on April 25, 2021, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said in a statement. It had originally been scheduled for Feb. 28. The coronavirus epidemic shut down movie theatres worldwide in mid-March and brought production of films to a...

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