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US President Joe Biden on Thursday signed the “Juneteenth National Independence Day Act,” officially establishing Juneteenth – June 19 as a federal holiday in the US. “I regret that my grandchildren aren’t here, because this is a really, really, really important moment in our history,” Biden said prior to signing the bill into law. And with the stroke of many pens, President Biden signs into law the #Juneteenth bill — making the day a federal holiday. The Senate passed the bill unanimously, only 14 House Republicans, many representing states that were part of the slave-holding Confederacy, opposed it. The June 19 holiday, aptly dubbed ‘Juneteenth National Independence Day,’ comes as the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day – January 17 – was established in 1983. The new federal holiday will commemorate the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans dating back to 1865 when a Union general informed a group of enslaved people in Texas that they had been...

A gas tanker reportedly exploded around 11pm on June 17, at Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way in Ikeja, Lagos. An eyewitness alleged that the fire was caused by a leaking gas tanker that broke down just after a Filling station, causing panic at the filling station and making both staff and customers flee for their lives. The eyewitness said;    The fire was caused by a leaking gas tanker that broke down just after Total Filling station at around 10:30pm causing panic at the filling station that made both staff and customers flee for their lives. Repeated calls to the Lagos state fire service for preemptive measures proved abortive until the tanker exploded at about 11:PM and the resulting inferno quickly spread around, especially into the plaza after the filling station. A gallant effort from the Lagos state fire service when did arrive curtailed the rage of the fire and arguably prevented further damage.   Many reportedly sustained varyi...

  Lala Anthony has filed for divorce from Carmelo Anthony after more than 11 years of marriage and nearly 20 years together. According to TMZ, she filed on Thursday, June 17, citing "irreconcilable differences." The estranged couple have been separated for some time and the divorce is an amicable one, sources told the publication. La La initially separated from the NBA star in 2017 after rumors arose that he cheated and possibly fathered a child outside of their marriage of then seven years. At the time, images leaked online of Carmelo on a boat with another woman just days before La La celebrated her 36th birthday. In 2018, there were speculations that they were reconciling as they started making appearances together again in public. But by 2019, they were estranged again.     Lala was last seen publicly with Carmelo at an NBA game in 2019 while attempting to help their son Facetime with his father during the game. Also, the family came together to quaranti...

  Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the brutal murder of a 21-year-old gay woman in South Africa. The body of Anele Bhengu was discovered in a ditch near a school in the KwaMakhutha community, south of Durban on Sunday, June 13. She was allegedly raped before being stabbed. Her stomach was cut open and her throat was slit. Her family last saw her on Friday evening when she left home to sleep at a friend's house ahead of a church event on Saturday. Provincial spokesman, Colonel Thembeka Mbele said the suspect was arrested on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday afternoon, June 17. "Police officers from Port Shepstone Tactical Response Team, Margate Detectives and the law enforcement agency followed up information regarding the suspect who brutally killed a woman in KwaMakhutha," Colonel Mbele stated. "The team went to Mlahlandlini area at Gcilima in the South Coast. Upon seeing the police officers, the suspect fled from his home into th...

Daredevil Alex Harvill died on Thursday, June 17 while practicing for a world record motorcycle ramp jump, officials in Washington state have said.  He was just 28 years old.     Harvill, who lived in Washington, was hoping to break the record of a 351-foot jump, according to the Moses Lake Airshow, where his attempt was scheduled to occur on Thursday. Before he died he posted a video on his Instagram page showing fans the challenge he was about to undertake. The video of the practice jump at the Grant County International Airport posted to social media showed Harvill's motorcycle running directly into the top edge of the large dirt berm being used as his landing ramp, resulting in Harvill been thrown from the bike. He was trying to break the record set by Australia's Robbie Maddison on March 29, 2008, according to Guinness World Records. Harvill already owned a Guinness World Record of his own, with a 297-foot dirt-to-dirt jump in 2013. "Our deepest symp...

  Stanley Eguma, Head Coach of Rivers United Football Club has been freed by his abductors.  Eguma was reportedly kidnapped along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway at about 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday June 15, while returning from Gombe to Port Harcourt after a Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) game. Okey Kpalukwu, General Manager of the club confirmed his release in a post shared on the club’s WhatsApp platform on Friday June 18.    Kpalukwu wrote;    “We are grateful to God for His mercy. Our Technical Manager, Stanley Eguma, has been released by his abductors. Our God is gracious."