Alex Ovechkin could not contain his happiness moments after scoring his 895th goal to break Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record. After firing the puck into the net, Ovechkin turned and did a belly-flop slide down the ice like he had just won a pee-wee hockey game. The gap-toothed grin didn’t leave his face for hours. “We…
Nigerian comedian-turned-movie producer Bright Okpocha, popularly known in entertainment circles as Basketmouth, has a likeness on the other side of teaching children life lessons. The multiple award-winning humor merchant made the moment while sharing his thoughts on the financial impacts that children have on their parents’ lives. Basketmouth talked about the importance of teaching children life…
A species of wolf that went extinct about 12,500 years ago has been brought back to life—at least partially—by scientists at Colossal Biosciences, a biotech company based in Dallas. The firm announced it had successfully created three dire wolf pups using ancient DNA, cloning, and gene-editing techniques. The dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus), a prehistoric predator…
Four people have been killed in the renewed land dispute between the people of Ndukwe Community, Amasiri in Afikpo Local Government Area and the neighbouring Okporojo in Osso Edda Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. Houses and properties worth millions have also been destroyed in the renewed hostilities in the decade-long crisis between the two…
Tiger Woods was playing golf with Augusta National chairman Fred Ridley ahead of the Masters two years ago when Ridley mentioned the club’s soon-to-be-announced project to renovate a municipal course that for nearly a century had been an affordable haven for Augusta’s working-class and Black golfers. Woods was interested immediately, Ridley said, and that kicked…
