Author: Papa Linc

Tom Cruise might be tiny.But the satire certainly isn’t in short supply ahead of the first ever Spitting Image stage show.The Hollywood star will be lampooned for his height alongside Meghan and Harry, Greta Thunberg and a host of British royals and politicians who have been given a comical makeover for their theatre debuts.Idiots Assemble: Spitting Image Saves the World will see Cruise tasked by King Charles with saving Great Britain, while Miss Thunberg performs a duet with Stormzy as Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, who has a bat on his shoulder, watch on from their premium seats in the…

CNN  —  Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claims in his upcoming memoir that former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley plotted with former President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka and his son-in-law Jared Kushner to try to become Trump’s vice president, according to an excerpt of the book obtained by CNN. Pompeo, in his book “Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love,” takes several shots at potential 2024 Republican rivals, including Haley and former national security adviser John Bolton, as the onetime Kansas congressman and CIA director fuels speculation about his own presidential ambitions. Pompeo writes that he was…

The Executive Secretary of the Lands Commission, James Dadson says the Commission is poised to sanitize the county’s land market. He said challenges such as multiple sales of lands, and land guards among others are a source of concern to them, stressing they will stop at nothing to nib them in the bud. Speaking to GBC News, Mr Dadson noted that the Commission has intensified its awareness programme, as well as engaged many stakeholders since last year, all in a bid to sensitise the public to its mandate as established in article 238 of the 1992 constitution. Mr Dadson indicated that his organisation…

The Minority in Parliament suspects that the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission’s (PURC) move to increase utility tariffs is a back-door approach to meeting the International Monetary Fund’s conditionalities in the energy sector. PURC on Monday, January 16, 2023, announced an increment in utility tariffs in the first quarter of 2023 effective February 1, 2023, despite admitting the present economic challenges. While the end-user tariff for electricity has been increased by about 30%, that of water has also seen an upward adjustment of 8.3 percent following the conclusion of the PURC’s regulatory processes for quarterly adjustments. In a statement signed by…

Ghanaian fetish priest and entertainer, Nana Top Kay, has launched a scathy attack on Big Akwes. For about two weeks now, Big Akwes has been trending on the internet on a negative note following his sika duro allegations against Frank Naro. RED ALSO: “I’m planning to give birth to twins this year” – Yvonne Nelson reveals According to Big Akwes in a series f videos he shared on the internet – The comic actor wildly alleged that Frank Naro’s end-of-year party was a plot to use some selected Kumawood stars for sika duro. Vociferous Big Akwes claimed that he was…

Fall in energy prices and lower debt interest payments have given Chancellor Jeremy Hunt a £27bn windfall, as ministers put on the pressure for tax cutsBy Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 17:46 EST, 20 January 2023 | Updated: 17:47 EST, 20 January 2023 The Chancellor will be handed a Budget windfall of up to £27billion, fuelling calls to cut taxes, experts have revealed.Analysts said falling energy prices, lower debt interest payments and a close to £4billion profit on Bank of England (BoE) bonds will hand Jeremy Hunt fresh firepower when he delivers his Budget on March 15.The cost…

(CNN) — And you think you helped scarf down a really big pizza recently? You’ve got nothin’ on this one.When Pizza Hut decided to bring back its “big New Yorker” pizza — a cheese and pepperoni pie with foldable slices designed to be eaten on the go in true Manhattan style — the company wanted to find a way to celebrate the news.So they went to the Los Angeles Convention Center, whose space would be big enough to hold a 13,990-square-foot pizza, with the aim of breaking Guinness World Record for the world’s biggest pizza.They went to work on the…

Usain Bolt is threatening to sue a private investment firm in Jamaica after more than £10million disappeared from his account.Lawyers for the eight-time Olympic gold medallist claim a check on his balance earlier this month revealed he had been left with barely £9,700 after what they described as a potential act of fraud.It has been reported in Jamaica that the retired sprinter, whose earnings per season were estimated to top £20m when he was active, has given the firm a 10-day deadline to return the money.Linton P Gordon, a lawyer for Bolt, said: ‘The account was part of Bolt’s retirement and…

The Ministry of Tourism has told the Public Accounts Committee that the financial account of the Marine Drive Project is empty and negatively impacting the progress of the project. Figures from the 2020 Auditor General’s report indicate that an amount of GH¢387,106 was misapplied, and it recommended a refund to the project account. But the amount is yet to be retrieved three years on. Speaking at the Public Accounts Committee meeting, the Chief Director of the Ministry of Tourism, John Yaw Agbeko revealed that the project is no longer under the supervision of the Tourism Ministry but under the Office…

Daniel Duncan-Williams, the son of the General Overseer of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, has apologized to his father for allegations he leveled against him in a video he shared on his Instagram page. In the video that went on viral on social media, D-Wills revealed that his father had him arrested and detained at the border after he decided to visit his girlfriend in Lagos. READ ALSO: I Felt I Wasn’t Worthy To Lay My Vocals On Bob Marley’s Record – Sarkodie Reveals He revealed that he was taking this trip without informing any of his family members…