His first son, Chukwuma Aneziokoro, confirmed his death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Enugu. Chukwuma said his father died peacefully in his sleep early hours of Saturday in his house in Enugu. ”He had been sick for some time but he died peacefully around 4 am. He was a great man, caring father and husband. I will sorely miss him,” he said. ADVERTISEMENT
As a result, Muslims are expected to fast for one more day to complete their 30 days of spiritual abstinence in the holy month. According to the information provided by the official X handle of HaramainInfo quoted by Aljazeera, the 2024 Eid-el-Fitr will be celebrated on Wednesday because the Shaawal moon was not sighted. The tweet reads, “The crescent moon was NOT sighted in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, Eid Al Fitr will be celebrated on Wednesday, 10th April 2024.
Queer Eye Changed More Than Lifestyles
2024-08-05
Ten years after the show debuted, its influence on reality TV still strong
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Gallery When “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” premiered in July 2003, most of the attention was focused on what was then a daring hook: Each week, five gay men — Carson Kressley, Ted Allen, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia and Jai Rodriguez (aka the Fab Five) — would invade a straight man’s world and completely makeover his fashion style, his home and his lifestyle.
‘Africa Unite’ is an extraordinary album that pays homage to the Reggae icon's greatest hits, beautifully reimagined and infused with the infectious rhythms of Afrobeats. ‘Africa Unite’ features inspiring collaborations between Bob Marley's classics and a stellar lineup of contemporary African musicians. Bob Marley's impact on Reggae and Afrobeats music culture is immeasurable. His ageless music transcends borders and generations. This project is no different as it invites listeners on an enchanting musical journey.
With almost 200 miles of pristine coastline fringed by the emerald forests of the Sierra Madre and the Pacific Ocean, Riviera Nayarit offers the coast’s most unspoiled tropical beauty. A host of luxury hotels (upcoming and recently opened) are enticing travelers to experience this under-the-radar region. Susurros del Corazón, a seaside stunner from Auberge Resorts Collection, is scheduled to open in Punta de Mita in November, with 26 guest rooms and 36 indoor-outdoor terraced suites, decorated with Mexican furnishings and textiles from local artisans.
In 2013 a Silicon Valley software engineer decided that food is an inconvenience—a pain point in a busy life. Buying food, preparing it, and cleaning up afterwards struck him as an inefficient way to feed himself. And so was born the idea of Soylent, Rob Rhinehart’s meal replacement powder, described on its website as an International Complete Nutrition Platform. Soylent is the logical result of an engineer’s approach to the “problem” of feeding oneself with food: there must be a more optimal solution.
Sport: Scoreboard, Jan. 27, 1958
2024-08-05
TIME
January 27, 1958 12:00 AM GMT-5
¶ It took the Dodgers’ President Walter O’Malley five consecutive days of negotiation and four considerably different “final offers” before he managed to rent a Los Angeles home for his footloose ball club. The site: the monstrous (101,528 seats) L.A. Coliseum. The price, to be paid to the city and county of Los Angeles and to the state of California: $200,000 a year for 1958 and 1959, plus 10% of the gate, and all concession profits for the first nine games of each season following an opening series with the San Francisco Giants.
Stories of Israelis Taken Hostage
2024-08-05
Across 75 years, Israel has built itself around a military so formidable in battle that the country qualifies as a warrior state. But for the 2,000 years before that, the story of the Jews was one of perseverance through persecution, flight, and the kind of intimate, house-to-house slaughter Israelis awoke to on the morning of Oct. 7. What Hamas recorded on smart phones and uploaded to social media was a 21st century pogrom.
Profession: Film Director, Producer and Actor
Biography: Sydney Pollack was an important Hollywood filmmaker, whose fame rests on his work as both a director and producer but also as an actor and screenwriter. One of Pollack's greatest successes was "Out of Africa" (1985) made with his friend and frequent collaborator Robert Redford and which won 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. "Tootsie" (1982), starring Dustin Hoffman and which Pollack directed, produced and acted in was another major success.