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Ekiti by-election: Shot policewoman recuperating – CP
Contrary to the news making the rounds, that a policewoman lost her life during Saturday’s bloody poll, in Ekiti East Constituency 1, the Ekiti State Police Commissioner, Mr Babatunde Mobayo, has clarified that she is alive and responding to treatment. Mobayo said the Policewoman who was shot during Saturday’s House of Assembly bye-election, only sustained gunshot wounds and was immediately rushed to the hospital for medicare. Three persons were on Saturday shot dead by suspected party thugs while five others sustained gunshot wounds during the House of Assembly bye-election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state constituency. Speaking with journalists via telephone in Ado Ekiti, on Sunday, Mobayo, who responded through the Command’s spokesman, ASP S...
Fifteen52 Stuffing a Honda Civic Type R Engine Into a 1996 Accord Wagon
The recent hoopla surrounding Honda Performance Development’s Civic Type R crate engine and controls package is certainly warranted. If you’re not in the know, cross-platform engine swapping in the Honda aftermarket community is as common as blinker-less BMWs. Honda’s modular powerplants have been plucked and repurposed in home garages around the globe since the late ’80s, but having the ability to order a crispy new K20C1 Civic Type R turbocharged engine (which puts down 306 hp in the stock Civic Type R) right from the manufacturer is something fairly new. See all 13 photos Unboxing the Potent New Engine for Something Old The Type R crate engine program was actually introduced a few years ago during the massive SEMA gathering, but at that time it was only available...
Lana Del Rey Vows to Get “Revenge” With Her Next Album Rock Candy Sweet
Lana Del Rey is just one day removed from the release of her seventh studio album, Chemtrails Over the Country Club, and yet she’s already plotting her next move. On Saturday, the singer announced that a follow-up album called Rock Candy Sweet will be released on June 1st. It seems Del Rey is largely motivated to respond to the commentary that preceded the release of Chemtrails — most of which she brought on herself. In an Instagram Story which included a screenshot of a Harper’s Bazar article titled, “Lana Del Rey Can’t Qualify Her Way Out Of Being Held Accountable”, Del Rey wrote, “Just want to say thank you again for the kind articles like this one and for reminding me that my career was built on cultural appropriation and glamorizing domestic abuse. I will continue to challenge those t...
A Volkswagen GTI Van?! The Transporter T6.1 Sportline Comes Close
Volkswagen has been making sporty-looking versions of its Transporter vans for a while now, but the latest version looks significantly more badass than the last one. The addition of the little “.1” appended to the T6 name indicates quite a bit has changed. The Sportline has always been a top-tier trim, but the T6.1 gets a serious injection of Golf GTI hot-hatch attitude—especially in the special Black Edition you’re seeing here. See all 2 photos All T6.1 Sportlines get a number of enhancements over the regular T6. The GTI-inspired touches are the most obvious: the red strip in the grille, a sporty front bumper skin, and the rear spoiler. The van is dropped an inch; the Black Edition additionally uses Eibach coilovers. Regular Sportlines can be had in grey, red, blue, or b...
Demi Lovato Opens Up About Her Recovery After Drug Overdose: ‘I Had to Essentially Die to Wake Up’
The singer also opened up about the progress she’s made in dealing with her substance abuse issues since last appearing on CBS Sunday Morning in 2016. “I was probably 24 when we did the interview, Lovato says. “I’m in recovery for a bunch of things and I had been sober for how many years, but I’m still miserable. For the first time in my life, I had to essentially die to wake up.” Lovato’s CBS Sunday Morning interview — which airs March 21 at 9 a.m. ET — arrives ahead of the singer’s four-part documentary series, Demi Lovato: Dancing With the Devil, premiering March 23 on YouTube. The tell-all docuseries explores Lovato’s devastating overdose, which left her with three strokes and a heart attack, as well as blind s...
Nicki Minaj’s Mother Files $150M Lawsuit Against Driver Charged in Father’s Hit-and-Run Death
“He was not only irresponsible and negligent, but more concerned about running away and hiding than seeking help,” Crump’s post continued. “Polevich’s behavior was criminal, cowardly, and immoral. We will hold him responsible for his reckless actions that led to Robert Maraj’s death!” Polevich’s attorney, Marc C. Gann, sent the following statement to Billboard: “Mr. Polevich has expressed empathy and condolences to the Maraj family. While the civil suit is not unexpected, the criminal charges pending against Mr. Polevich have no bearing on the civil case. It has yet to be determined whether there was any negligence involved in the accident or the degrees of any negligence. I will add that the amount demanded is shocking to say the least...
Lana Del Rey Teases ‘Rock Candy Sweet,’ Her ‘Next Record’
“Just want to say thank you again for the kind articles like this one and for reminding me that my career was built on cultural appropriation and glamorizing domestic abuse,” she quipped via sideways text overlaying the article. “I will continue to challenge those thoughts on my next record on June 1 titled Rock Candy Sweet.” In her latest Instagram post, she repeated that album announcement: “ROCK CANDY SWEET,” she captioned a photo of herself. “June 1.” Billboard has reached out to a representative for Lana Del Rey for comment about Rock Candy Sweet. Her new album Chemtrails Over the Country Club, featuring singles “Let Me Love You Like a Woman,” “Chemtrails Over the Country Club” and “White Dress,” is av...
Lauren Alaina Tests Positive for COVID-19
“I’m so disappointed I won’t be at the show, but it may help cheer me up a bit if you go and send me videos and pictures,” she wrote. “Please go to the show tonight and celebrate my friends Jon Pardi, Jordan Davis, Travis Denning, and Priscilla Block. Thanks to WAMZ and WBUL for being so understanding.” On her Instagram Stories on Saturday, Alaina checked in with fans to give an update about her symptoms. “I am resting up and trying to feel a bit better,” said Alaina. “Some people have it way worse than me, so I just have a little bit of shortness of breath, a really bad headache, no taste or smell, pretty bad congestion and I feel pretty tired. But I overall feel like it’s going to be OK.” You Deserve to Make Money Eve...
Kanye West Grossly Inflated His Net Worth
Earlier this week, a new report from Bloomberg insinuated that Kanye West’s net worth had skyrocketed to a whopping $6.6 billion. It turns out that those numbers were grossly inflated. According to Forbes, the figures we and numerous other publications reported on were based on West’s own speculative wealth, not the actual amount of money and assets he currently owns. As Forbes points out, the bulk of that $6.6 billion sum — which would make West the richest Black man in America — comes from a $4.8 billion valuation of his Yeezy company. A huge chunk of that figure is ascribed to the value of his Yeezy Gap partnership, but since the fashion collaboration has yet to launch or sell a single item of clothing, the assertion that it’s worth several billion dollars is en...
Lana Del Rey to Release New Album Rock Candy Sweet in June
Well, that was fast. A day after the release of Chemtrails Over the Country Club, Lana Del Rey has another release ready to roll. In an Instagram post (which you can see below), the singer-songwriter announced that more music is on the way. Titled Rock Candy Sweet, Del Rey says that it’s due out on June 1. It would be her eighth studio album. <!– // Brid Player Singles. var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_10143537”, “obj”: {“id”:”25115″,”width”:”480″,”height”:”270″,”playlist”:”10315″,”inviewBottomOffset”:”105px”} }); –> Additionally, in an Instagram Story (which you can see below, but is a bit hard to ...
Urban One Honors Highlights Women Making Changes With ‘Women Leading The Change’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Urban One / Radio One Digital The annual Urban One Honors plans to highlight the exemplary accomplishments of African American women in this year’s tribute show. By way of a press announcement, Grammy-Award-winning gospel artist, author, and syndicated radio personality Erica Campbell, and award-winning journalist, author, and news anchor Roland Martin will host the annual event with the working 2021 theme as ‘Women Leading the Change” which will highlight the extraordinary contributions of women in business, media, health, politics, leading to impactful change within the Black community. “I am thrilled to co-host this year’s URBAN ONE HONORS with Roland Martin,” Campbell said via a statement. “I love anything that celebrates and exemplifies Black excelle...
Time to Worry About Thieves Stealing Your Car’s Catalytic Converter
If you weren’t aware that catalytic converter theft is A Thing, well, it is—and the problem is getting worse. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, the pandemic has seen a rapid rise in catalytic converter theft. In 2019, an average of 282 catalytic converters were stolen every month; in 2020 the average had risen to 1,203—and that’s just an average. In December alone, 2,347 catalytic converters were stolen. See all 4 photos What’s the deal here? Catalytic converters contain precious metals which are rapidly increasing in value, including platinum (currently worth about $1,100 per ounce), palladium ($2,400 per ounce), and rhodium ($24,000 per ounce). A contributing factor could also be that many cars have been sitting quite a lot during the pandemic, what with...
