Events Chronicles

Facial recognition ‘used to ID stalkers’ at show

December 13, 2018

Facial recognition software has apparently been used to identify stalkers at a Taylor Swift show. Fans watching rehearsal clips at a kiosk at the singer’s Rose Bowl show in LA earlier this year were snapped on a hidden camera, according to a report in Rolling Stone. Mike Downing, chief security officer of Oak View Group, […]

Simi, Falz, Ahmed Musa headline nominees for 2018 The Future Awards

December 13, 2018

Hip hop artist, Simisola Ogunleye, a.k.a. “Simi’’, ace rapper Folarin Falana (Falz) and Super Eagles Stand-in captain, Ahmed Musa, are among the nominees for the 2018 The Future Awards to be held in Lagos. Falz & Simi Messi’s fifth place in Ballon d’Or vote absurd, Barca coach says The list of the nominees for the […]

Sesame Street introduces homeless character

December 13, 2018

Sesame Street has introduced a homeless character named Lily to mitigate the impact of the trauma for young children without a permanent place to live. Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organisation behind the children’s TV show, announced a new initiative to tackle the growing number of homeless children in the US. Lily, a seven-year-old Muppet […]

Davido in fresh trouble as Gambian Police declare him wanted

December 13, 2018

Words currently on the lips of music pundits is that Nigerian pop music singer, Davido, may be jinxed as he has been reportedly declared wanted in Gambia for allegedly assaulting one Kenny Egbuke, a celebrity photographer who came to cover his recent music concert in Gambia. Davido The singer who currently risks prison sentence for […]

Poppins for PM? Meryl Streep calls Mary ‘a gift in dark times’

December 13, 2018

When P L Travers first wrote Mary Poppins in 1935, little did she know she’d be creating a role that would go down in cinema history. The original Disney film, which bagged multiple Oscars back in 1965, firmly established the magical nanny within the British childhood landscape, and she has subsequently been passed on down […]