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Uche Montana’s Monica 2 Breaks Records with Millions of Views in 24 Hours

Nollywood actress and filmmaker Uche Montana has achieved a major breakthrough with her latest film Monica 2, which amassed millions of views on YouTube...

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Prince Andrew has been stripped of a title ‘Freedom of York’

Prince Andrew has been stripped of his honorary 'freedom of York' title after a unanimous vote by York City Council. Councillors voted for the removal in an Extraordinary Council Meeting on Wednesday, April 27. It comes after Prince Andrew reached an out of court settlement – said to be £12m – with his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, in a civil sex claim filed in the US. Many councillors said the removal of his Honorary Freedom of the City of York was just a starting point for the changes that should be made. Councillor Gwen Swinburn slammed Prince Andrew as a "disgrace" who brought "shame and repetitional damage everywhere he goes, including to our city". "He needs to be declared persona non...

UK economy enters into recession

The UK economy has fallen into recession after recording two successive quarters of negative economic growth in the second half of last year. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by a worse-than-expected 0.3% in the three months to December having shrunk by 0.1% between July and September. A Reuters poll of economists had pointed to a smaller 0.1% fall in the October-to-December period. The fall in GDP in the fourth quarter was the biggest since the first quarter of 2021, the ONS said. Britain’s economy has been stagnating for nearly two years. The Bank of England has said it expects it to pick up slightly in 2024. “Businesses were already under no illusion...

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