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  A US appeals court has cleared the way for the only woman on federal death row to be executed before president-elect Joe Biden takes office on January 20.    The ruling, handed down on Friday by a three-judge panel on the US court of appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, concluded that a lower court judge erred when he vacated Lisa Montgomery’s execution date in an order last week.   US district court judge Randolph Moss had ruled the justice department unlawfully rescheduled Montgomery’s execution and he vacated an order from the director of the bureau of prisons scheduling her death for 12 January.   Montgomery was initially been scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection at the federal correctional complex in Terre Haute, Indiana, in December, but Moss delayed the execution after her attorneys contracted coronavirus and asked him to extend the time to file a clemency petition.   She was found guilty of federal kidnapping resulting in deat...

    A 19-year-old model has been crowned the most beautiful woman on the planet after securing the top spot of an annual beauty contest.   Yael Shelbia has won the prestigious TC Candler "100 Most Beautiful Faces of the Year" gong after contesting for 4 years.   The Israeli teen, who is currently carrying out mandatory military service with the air force, told local media: "I’ve never come first at anything, it’s very nice."     This is not the first time Shelbia has rated highly in the competition.   She has shot up the rankings in recent years, placing 14th in 2017, 3rd in 2018 and 2nd last year, before taking the top spot in 2020.   The up-and-coming actress is reportedly dating 35-year-old Brandon Korff, the grandson of billionaire honcho Sumner Redstone.   Shelbia has modelled for Israeli fashion company Renuar, KM earbuds and Kim Kardashian’s KKW Beauty makeup line. She is also popular on Instagram with nearly 1 million followers. ...

  Media personality, Hero Daniels, took to Instagram to share photos of himself and his father who could pass for his older brother.   Hero via his comment section disclosed that he is actually his father's last child and that he has three other siblings.   See more photos below  

  The parents of 11-year- old Don-Davies Archibong, A JSS1 student of Deeper Life High School Idoro Uyo, who was allegedly sexually molested by his school mates two months after he resumed school, have demanded the sum of one hundred million naira as compensation from the school.   Don Davis's mum   The parents made the demand in a letter addressed to the Principal of the School and written by their solicitors, Eagle-Eyes Network Chambers, and signed by David Okokon (Esq).   The letter which is entitled   “Gross Child abuse, palpable molestation, serial bullying, criminal starvation, malicious oppression, and dubious maltreatment of master Don-Davies Archibong (11years old) by the Principal and Boarding Master, of Deeper Life Secondary School, Uyo”    and dated December 22, 2020, reads in part   “We are solicitors to Mr. and Mrs, Iniobong  Archibong, resident in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State herein after referred to as our client. ...

  The Kwara state government has announced January 11 as the date for the resumption of academic activities for all basic and tertiary schools in the state.   The Chief Press Secretary to the governor of the state and Spokesman for Technical Committee on COVID-19, Rafiu Ajakaye, made the announcement in a statement issued in Ilorin, the state capital on Friday, January 1. “Government has directed that the tertiary institutions should put in place appropriate safety protocols to prevent the spread of the virus on their campuses. The coordinating ministry is to work with the state technical committee on COVID-19 and other stakeholders to ensure that the schools do not take safety rules for granted. Specifically, the use of face mask is mandatory on the campus and in lecture rooms. Authorities are not to allow anyone, students or otherwise, into college facilities without the use of the face mask. Similarly, elementary schools in the state are scheduled to resume on January ...

  Yul Edochie showed off his adorable family in a new photo.   The actor who is married with four kids - a girl and three boys- explained that his family is the reason he has no time for trolls.   Read his post below.  

  Award-winning Nigerian author,  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie , says Catholicism in Nigeria is way too much about money, thanksgiving, and fundraising and this amongst many other reasons made her stop attending Catholic churches in Nigeria.   The 43-year-old novelist stated this during an interview with media personality, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu. According to her, she still considers herself a Catholic nominally and only attends masses outside Nigeria whenever she finds a “progressive” Catholic community that upholds humanity. “I grew up Catholic. Catholicism was very important to me. It‘s almost like a culture, not just a religion. So even if you leave the Catholic Church, it’s in you. Today, I don’t like to talk about religion because I don’t know,” she said. I think of myself as agnostic and questioning. Catholicism holds you tight. There are many other protestant denominations that are not so. It’s all-inclusive. ‘You cannot eat before mass. You have to go to confession.’...