Nigerian sprinter, Blessing Okagbare has broken her silence on the 10-year doping ban issued to her by the Athletic Integrity Unit (AIU). Naija News had on Friday reported that the disciplinary tribunal of the AIU banned the 33-year-old from participating in World Athletics-sanctioned track and field event for breaching multiple anti-doping rules.
The sprinter got a five-year ban for the presence and use of multiple prohibited substances and another half-a-decade for her refusal to cooperate with the AIU’s investigation of her case.
Christina Evangeline - Age, Family, Bio
Model who is best known as the wife of Saturday Night Live performer Kenan Thompson. The couple was married in November 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Before Fame She worked as a model and was rumored to be a professional escort.
Trivia She held her wedding reception in the Arctic Room of the Georgia Aquarium.
Family Life She gave birth to a girl named Georgia in June 2014 who weighed 6 and a half pounds at birth.
Cooper Andrews - Age, Family, Bio
American actor who reached a new level of fame when he was cast as Jerry on AMC's hit zombie show The Walking Dead. He is also a stuntman and fight choreographer who has worked on films like The Little Death and Assassinmas XVII.
Before Fame He landed his first acting role in the 2006 film Death of Seasons.
Trivia He made his directorial debut with the 2011 film The Promotion.
Diogo Morgado - Age, Family, Bio
Portuguese TV actor who is best known for playing the role of Joao Ribeiro for more than 300 episodes on the series Lacos de Sangue.
Before Fame He signed his first modeling contract at age 14 and began acting at age 16.
Trivia He played Jesus Christ in the 2013 mini-series The Bible.
Family Life He has sons named Santiago and Afonso with Catia Oliveira, whom he separated from in January of 2017.
Issues With FG Students Loan And Tuition Fees
Almost 50 years after the General Yakubu Gowon regime instituted the students’ loan board in 1974 to provide Nigerian students with loans repayable after 20 years of graduation, President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, signed the Student Loan Bill into law which stipulates that beneficiaries start repaying two years after their national youth service. The piece of legislation, which was sponsored by the Speaker of the 9th House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, passed the third reading at the House on May 25, 2023.
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Michael Douglas
July 20, 2009 12:00 AM EDT
He had the most piercing blue eyes, and you always had a sense of where you stood with him by looking into them. They shone either with warmth or with wariness, depending on the situation–and if you ever drifted down and looked at his busted-up nose, they grew very wary.
My first meeting with Karl, who died on July 1 at age 97, was in the office of the producer of The Streets of San Francisco, the ’70s TV show.
Mark Dacascos - Age, Family, Bio
Movie actor who became known to audiences for his martial art skills. He has appeared on Hawaii Five-0, The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, and Mortal Kombat: Legacy.
Before Fame He was a champion martial artist who competed around the world before pursuing a career in acting.
Trivia He was in the 9th season for Dancing with the Stars and became Chairman for TV show Iron Chef.
Family Life He married actress Julie Condra in 1998 after co-starring with her in Crying Freeman.
Martin Aiono - Age, Family, Bio
The patriarch of the Aiono family, he is known as the father of singer and musician Alex Aiono.
Before Fame In July of 2012, he first began posting photos to his self-titled Instagram account.
Trivia In 2016, he and his wife celebrated 26 years of marriage together.
Family Life He and his wife, Heather, are parents to four children. They have one son, Alex, and three daughters, Taylor, Sidney, and Hallie.
Neiman Marcus Photographs from LIFE Magazine in 1945
The store that was born on the corner of Ervay and Main Streets in Dallas has become, like most other things from Texas, larger than life. When Neiman Marcus was founded as a purveyor of luxury womenswear and goods in 1907 by department store buyer Herbert Marcus and his sister and brother-in-law, Carrie and A.L. Neiman, it was a gamble on an untapped market. Though Dallas has a ritzy-ditzy urban cowboy reputation now, it was more of a down-home midwestern town when doors opened to the public on Sept.