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Feeling stuck and unappreciated at work? Want to work somewhere with a higher salary, better work-life balance and a boss you can actually stand? Maybe you’ve just had a really bad work day. Your first instinct might be to fire out applications to every relevant job listing you see—known as “rage applying”—but that might not be the smartest move. Rage applying is one of the new terms relating to workplace frustrations that has become part of the vernacular on social media, where other terms like “quiet quitting,” “act your wage,” and “quiet firing” have also spread. [Read More]

Different artists have curated songs that celebrate children and the joy of parenthood. These songs capture the joy of childhood and the delight it brings parents and society to see their young flourish. As the world marks the 2024 Children's Day, here are 10 songs to commemorate the global event. 1. Kuchi Kuchi - J'odie ADVERTISEMENT Singer J'odie deeps into her emotions for this timeless soundtrack that shares the joy and beauty of motherhood. [Read More]

The “most dangerous place” for women around the world may be at home. More than half of female murder victims last year were killed by their partners or family members, according to a new United Nations study. The findings were released by the U.N.’s Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Sunday to coincide with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The report found that of 87,000 recorded female homicide cases last year, 50,000, or 58%, were committed by the victims’ intimate partners or family members. [Read More]

As kids return to school, debate is heating up once again over how they should spend their time after they leave the classroom for the day. The no-homework policy of a second-grade teacher in Texas went viral last week, earning praise from parents across the country who lament the heavy workload often assigned to young students. Brandy Young told parents she would not formally assign any homework this year, asking students instead to eat dinner with their families, play outside and go to bed early. [Read More]

Next time you go to the grocery store you may have a hard time finding tinned fish like tuna, anchovies, or sardines in the aisle. That’s thanks to the viral “tinned fish” niche on TikTok and the growing group of online creators making video content on “conservas”—tasty and sometimes elaborate dishes made from canned fish and seafood. One such creator, Danielle Matzon, posts videos of her nearly daily consumption of tinned sardines, smoked mussels, and caviar to her 500,000 followers. [Read More]

October 7, 2016 3:22 PM EDT Hurricane Matthew was downgraded to a Category 3 storm before it brushed past Florida’s Atlantic coast Friday, but it still left a trail of destruction and hundreds of thousands of people without power. The Associated Press reports that more than 476,000 people lost power in the storm, and more than 1.5 million people were told to evacuate ahead of the storm. Matthew left at least 283 people dead in Haiti when it struck the island nation as a Category 4 storm. [Read More]

In Nigeria, music is said to be profitable for the superstars. In 2019, Boomplay which is arguably the most-used streaming platform by mainstream Nigeria released its list of most played genres in Nigerian music. Gospel was the leading genre. But on January 12, 2020, Nigerian gospel superstar, Frank Edwards visited Punch Newspapers. During his conversation with the platform, he discussed a number of issues and subtly opined that Nigerian gospel music is not as profitable as it could be. [Read More]

He made his ritualist debut in Nollywood's first blockbuster success, 1992's Living in Bondage, playing Chief Omego, a megarich motor spare parts dealer who sacrifices his mother for wealth. The film's mainstream success and the actor's magnetic performance in a supporting role launched a trend of ritualist films that populated the market in the 1990s and much of the 2000s. Kanayo O. Kanayo went on to play Gabriel, who unintentionally sacrifices his son for wealth, in Executive Billionaires; Edward, who sacrifices two sons and blocks his wife's womb, in The Diamond Secrets; Amobi, who, as a 30-year-old man, pledges to an occult group to die at the age of 42 in exchange for wealth, in Nothing for Nothing; and Nobert, who sacrifices his father, twin sister and wife to enjoy 10 maximum years of wealth, in Standing Order (Thou Shall Be Rich). [Read More]

Who cares about a piece of jewelry? The dress you wear to a wedding? In his trilogy of novels about contemporary Asians, which began with 2013’s Crazy Rich Asians, Kevin Kwan makes these small things matter, not for their glitz but for what those choices reveal about our inner lives and histories. Like August Wilson, Kwan is that rare male writer who understands women. It’s no surprise that his books are best sellers, with a fervent female fan base. [Read More]

It was gathered that the truck driver, Adelakun Joshua handed over the vehicle to Johnson to load at the Dangote Cement Plant in Ibese, Ogun State. To the surprise of Joshua, Johnson went away with the truck after loading it with cement. According to a truck manager, Issa Saheed, attached to the Ifytex Company, Ibese, who reported the theft at the Imashayi Police Division, the vehicle, with number plate WDL 643 XA was given to the driver, adding that efforts to locate the loaded truck and the motorboy had become futile. [Read More]