Paternos Payback? Penn State Football Is No. 1 in Academic Bowl

 Posted on July 16, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  488 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Scott Stuart / Southcreek / ZumaPenn State Nittany Lions running back Michael Zordich (9) and linebacker James Van Fleet (54) prepare to take the field against Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio Louisiana State University may again be the best team in the nation going into the recently announced college bowls, but when it comes to the football team’s academic performance, it’s a lower-than-middling No. 13. According to an analysis by the New America Foundation (NAF), only 48% of the school’s football players graduate within six years or less. [Read More]

Remembering Alice Guy-Blach, the First Female Director

 Posted on July 16, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  623 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Alice Guy-Blaché was the first woman to direct a film. She helmed or produced over 1,000 movies, in addition to writing, editing and set decorating many of them. Guy-Blaché also cast interracial actors long before Hollywood ever did. [Read More]

Spartak Moscow's Quincy Promes Sentenced To 6 Years Imprisonment

 Posted on July 16, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  213 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

Quincy Promes’ drug trafficking saga became official in May 2023 when he was charged with being a part of a gang that smuggled 1,350 kilograms of cocaine. The said amount of cocaine is reportedly worth £65 million. In 2020, Security operatives started tracking the 32-year-old winger, who currently plays for Russian Premier League side Spartak Moscow. The operatives started tracking the footballer after they intercepted two batches containing 650 kilos and 713 kilos of cocaine in the port of Antwerp in January 2020. [Read More]

Taxi Driver Showers Female Passenger With Romantic Words, Says She Won't Work if He Marries Her

 Posted on July 16, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  381 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

A lady who boarded a taxi discovered the romantic side of the driver who started a conversation with herAs the journey progressed, the taxi driver was busy telling the lady how she would enjoy life if she was his wifeThe man said if he got married to the beautiful passenger, he would make sure she did not do any workA romantic taxi driver has gone viral on TikTok because of how he spoke to a female passenger. [Read More]

'We Will Crucify Kukah And No One Will Stop Us'

 Posted on July 15, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  227 words  |  Larita Shotwell

The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Mathew Kukah, has been warned by a Sokoto-based Islamic cleric, Abubakar Malami, to desist from challenging President Muhammadu Buhari-led government. This is coming a few days after the Muslim Solidarity Forum has asked the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah to apologise to the entire Muslim Ummah over his recent comments against Islam or leave Sokoto. Malami in a sermon threatened the Bishop Kukah would be crucified and there will be no one to stop them if he does not desist from challenging the government. [Read More]

20 trending vintage styles for the most stunning gowns for ladies

 Posted on July 15, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1534 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Are you planning to attend an event and are wondering how to dress for the occasion? A stylish vintage gown will enhance your appearance and catch the eyes of fashion enthusiasts. These gowns might be from past fashion trends, but wearing them today proves they are timeless and relevant. Uncover the best vintage styles for ladies' gowns to make heads turn. TABLE OF CONTENTSTrending vintage styles for the best gowns for ladiesUniqueness matters a lot when it comes to the fashion industry. [Read More]

Are You Single? Here Are All the Ways It Can Improve Life

 Posted on July 15, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1327 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Being single isn’t always a walk in the park—especially when movies and television shows seem to push the concept that you aren’t truly “complete” until you’ve found a significant other. People’s single lives are often portrayed as a sort of purgatory they are forced to endure until they find their soul mates. So much so that a 2008 study published in the European Journal of Social Psychology found that single people are often thought to be unhappy by others. [Read More]

Atiku Urges PDP, LP, NNPP, SDP, Others To Merge, Wrestle Power From APC

 Posted on July 15, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  539 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has warned against the likelihood of Nigeria slipping to becoming a one-party state. The former Vice President made the remarks on Tuesday when he hosted the national executive committee of the Inter-Party Advisory Council Nigeria (IPAC). According to the former Vice President, “the project of protecting democracy in our country is not about just one man. “You have come here today to say that we should cooperate in order to promote democracy. [Read More]

Buhari Postpones 70th Birthday - Legit.ng

 Posted on July 15, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  60 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

The birthday was billed for the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja.

The postponement was contained in a statement yesterday by CPC spokesman Rotimi Fashakin. “Buhari has conveyed his sincere apology to the Chairman of the occasion, Gen. Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma and the Guest Speaker, Bishop Matthew Hazzan Kukah for the general inconveniences caused by this unfortunate cancellation.

Source: Legit.ng

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Critters So Ugly They Have to Mate With Themselves

 Posted on July 15, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  131 words  |  Martina Birk

M.E.ClarkNasonia vitripennis female. Solo reproduction gets stranger in the insect world. Among certain wasp species, fertilized eggs develop into female offspring with the regular number of chromosomes. Unfertilized ones develop into males with only half. But if the female wasp is infected with the Wolbachia bacteria, a different kind of immaculate conception results. Instead of splitting to yield eggs with half the normal number of chromosomes, these wasp eggs forgo division and keep their normal chromosomal number. [Read More]