Author: Papa Linc

The former disco star whose Motown rendition of the club hit I Was Born This Way inspired Lady Gaga’s similarly-titled song has died in Los Angeles aged 77.Archbishop Carl Bean’s death was announced by the governing body of the Unity Fellowship Church, a protestant denomination he founded in 1982 to minister to African Americans who identify as LGBTQ in Los Angeles.Before heading the church, Bean released a version of the song I Was Born This Way with Motown Records in 1977. The disco song, written by Chris Spierer and Bunny Jones, became an anthem for gay pride. The song served as the foundation for…

A 65-year-old man, Gilbert Nnagi, has been allegedly raped to coma by two men in Ondo Town, headquarters of Ondo West Local Government of Ondo State. With one of the suspects on the run and the other detained at Yaba Police Division, Ondo town, they accused of allegedly performed sodomy on the victim who is a farmer. The suspect was said to have apprehended by the police from Yaba Division after the suspects’ neighbour raised an alarm over the development. According to sources, the victim had informed his wife that he was going to somewhere at Ajilo area but did…

Gunmen have kidnapped three workers of former President Olusegun Obasanjo at a village in Abeokuta on Wednesday. A source told our correspondent on Wednesday that the gunmen waylaid the three workers at the Obasanjo Holdings in Kobape in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area. The source said the workers abducted are the financial controller, group auditor and group store manager of the firm. The source said, “They were abducted around 4pm at Seseri village after their Hilux car was shot at by the gunmen, who took them away. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident. He…

Hua Chunyin, spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, said the decision was announced during the first meeting of the foreign ministers of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries and would be “for emergency use to the Afghan people.”Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also announced that China will donate 3 million vaccine doses to Afghanistan in the first batch, according to the Chinese state news agency Xinhua. It is not clear when the vaccines are scheduled to be delivered.Chinese leaders have repeatedly said that China would share its coronavirus vaccines with the world, especially with lower income countries, and officials had previously promised Afghanistan would…

Bui Hydro-electric power Dam The Bui Power Authority (BPA), responsible for the management of the 400 megawatts Bui Hydro-electric power Dam, has prioritised renewable energy to add to the Dam’s generating capacity.This is also to help reduce its over-dependency on the Black Volta to determine power generation.The Bui Hydro-electric project was initiated in 2007 by the Government on the Black Volta in the Banda District of the Bono Region. It was completed and inaugurated in 2013.Currently known as the Bui Generating Station (BGS), the Dam had a capacity to generate 400MW of hydro power, evacuating the same from a 161KV…

The plan, backed by former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who is now director of development at world football’s governing body FIFA, would be part of an extensive shake-up to cut out what Infantino called “too many meaningless matches”. “We have to have a system which is simple and is clear, which everyone understands, which clearly defines when there are national team games and when there are club games,” he said in an SNTV interview made available to AFP by FIFA. With the existing international match calendar ending in 2024, “we need to take some decisions by the end of this…

Samuel Takyi (fourth right) won Ghana’s only medal at the 2020 Olympics Denk Pharma Ghana have gifted amateur boxer, Samuel Takyi, $1000 for winning a bronze medal at the just ended Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan.Takyi emerged a bronze medalist in the men’s featherweight division at the 2020 summer Games to end Ghana’s Olympic medal drought since Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992.The Country Manager of Denk Pharma Ghana, Naa Okailey Adamafio-Manteau, presented the package which included a pair of retro leather boxing gloves autographed by the legendary Ike “Bazooka” Quartey, and selected products from the Denk Nutrition portfolio plus…

A number of officials serving on military academy advisory boards are refusing to resign following President Joe Biden’s purge of the 18 men and women who were appointed to their positions under former President Donald Trump.  Sean Spicer decried the terminations on NewsMax Wednesday, where he is the host, Kellyanne Conway wrote in a tweet that Biden should resign instead and Russ Vought asserted that he would carry out his three-year term. The three were among the 18 that President Biden told to either resign or be fired at 6pm, provoking accusations that his administration was politicizing what should be non-partisan advisory groups. Six…

The BMW car which Tupac Shakur was riding in before being shot in 1996, has been put up for sale for nearly $2m.   The superstar rapper was in Las Vegas on September 7, 1996 with Suge Knight and their entourage, to watch a Mike Tyson fight. However after they were stopped at a red light after the bout, suspects in a white vehicle opened fire. Shakur was hit four times,  including one bullet that struck him in his lung. Six days later, it was announced that Tupac had passed away.   The car which has been restored to its…

Ohanaeze Ndigbo has dissociated itself from the statement making the rounds in social media that it is against the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Imo State.   This was contained in a statement made available to journalists in Enugu on Wednesday by Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, Nation­al Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.   It said, “The attention of the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo has been drawn to a statement making the rounds in the media and purportedly issued by the President-Gen­eral of Ohanaeze Ndigbo. The press statement, issued by one Chidi Ibeh, a non­descript and unknown to Ohanaeze, gave the…