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Reactions As Davido And Peter Obi Are Spotted Hanging Out At Birthday Party (Video)

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Popular singer Davido and former presidential candidate, Peter Obi got netizens talking as they were spotted together at a birthday party. The two notable personalities who are big shots in their respective niches met at the event. Peter Obi greeted Davido by placing his hands across his shoulder in a fatherly gesture. As photographers tried to get decent close-ups of the two of them, they exchanged glances and carried on talking about an unidentified topic. Read More...

UFC's James Krause suspended, Darrick Minner released over betting probe

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Explore More There are new developments as a potential betting scandal in UFC gets investigated. UFC announced Friday afternoon that the Nevada State Athletic Commission suspended coach James Krause’s license and that fighter Darrick Minner has been released from the organization. “Along with the safety and health of its fighters, UFC believes there is no more important component of professional mixed martial arts than the integrity of the sport,” UFC said in a statement. Read More...

In D.C., a ballet studio dances daily toward equity

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Kahina Haynes is thinking about the girl who put a boy’s phone in the microwave. She is now a young woman who attends Spelman College, but when that outburst occurred, she had just started studying ballet at the Dance Institute of Washington. The phone was ruined, emotions were running hot and the staff had to decide how to handle the situation. “That would have been grounds for expulsion at another school,” Haynes, who is the executive director of the institute, tells me as we talk about the girl and ballet and what it’s going to take to really diversify the centuries-old art form. Read More...