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Adidas terminates partnership with Kanye West after pressure from the public following antisemitic comments

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 Adidas has ended its partnership with Kanye West after he made a series of antisemitic remarks and embraced a slogan associated with white supremacists that earned him widespread condemnation. The German sportswear giant said on Tuesday, October 25, that it "does not tolerate antisemitism" after the rapper was suspended from Instagram and Twitter over offensive posts. Adidas added that recent comments and actions from Kanye West had been "unacceptable, hateful and dangerous, and they violate the company’s values of diversity and inclusion, mutual respect and fairness".  The company said it would take a "short-term" hit of €250m (£217m) to its income for this year after deciding to stop the brand’s business with immediate effect. It is to end production for products under West’s Yeezy brand and stop all payments to the rapper and his companies.  In 2020, the partnership brought in nearly $1.7bn in revenue for Adidas, according to Bloomberg, and was due to

Body of 13-year-old boy swept away by flood recovered in Abuja

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 The  body of a 13-year-old boy, Tosin Faisal Otun, has been recovered four days after he was swept away by flood in Abuja.   According to the victim's sister, Toyosi, the incident happened when the victim was sent to get a goat tied beside a drainage channel close to their house along SCC Road in the Bwari area of Abuja. Shortly after the incident, Toyosi took to Twitter to announce that he was missing.  "Pls, help find my brother. His name is Tosin Faisal Otun, a 13-year-old. He was swept away by water on Friday around 4pm, 14th October, 2022. Pls, retweet till we find him.” Confirming the development to Punch on Monday, October 24, Toyosi said her brother might have slipped in the process of untying the goat while it rained heavily in their community.  "He was sent on an errand to bring our goat into the compound. I think he tied the goat close to the drainage. So, he went to get the animal when rain started. I think he slipped,"   The deceased’s father, Adewale,

Father allegedly beats his 2-month-old son with hanger in Imo for disturbing his sleep, breaks the baby's arm leading to amputation

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 Father allegedly b£ats his 2-month-old son with hanger in Imo for disturbing his sleep, breaks the baby's arm leading to amputation The National Human Right Commission (NHRC) and the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Imo State chapter have called on the Imo State Government and the Nigeria Police Force to immediately arrest and prosecute one Mr Confidence Amatobi, for allegedly assaulting his 2-month-old baby, Miracle. Mr Amatobi was said to have assaulted little Miracle with a plastic hanger and broke the baby's arm for disturbing his sleep. The incident led to the amputation of the fractured arm at the Pediatrics ward of the Federal Medical Centre, FMC Owerri. NAWOJ, NHRC and the aggrieved mother of baby Miracle, made the call for justice in Owerri the Imo State Capital. Imo State Chairperson of NAWOJ, Dr Dorothy Nnaji who spoke to newsmen after visiting the amputated boy at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Owerri, confirmed that the injury inflicted by the 3

Crossdresser James Brown speaks on why likes to dress like a woman

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Crossdresser James Brown says he prefers to dress like a woman because being a woman can bring wealth if one is smart.   He shared a photo of himself dressed like a man, and a follower of his pointed out that he looks better dressed as a man that he is. James begged to differ on this opinion and stated that it profits him more when he dresses like a woman.   See their exchange below