Chinedu Igbokwe honored for his expertise in assembling effective teams and knowledge of the energy industry

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BILIE Human Rights Initiative, a registered charitable organisation in England and Wales, expresses profound concern over recent developments in Nigeria regarding the Biafra Day Terrorist Attack in Aba

John Foy & Associates is pleased to announce the recipient of the Strong Arm Leukemia Scholarship.

Well, April felt simultaneously short and long! I should have just posted these at the beginning of the month, my SIGBOVIK papers from 2020:

Is this the longest chess game? is another needless chess paper, here trying to figure out the longest possible legal game. There are several rules that make sure games can't go on forever, and some surprisingly subtle details/ambiguity to those rules. The whole game is of course included in the paper (17697 moves), but I was far from being the largest waste of space in this year's proceedings, as one provocateur had a paper with 150 pages of citations. Mathieu made a 5-hour video of the chess game I computed for his companion blog post.

What is the best game console? A market-based approach is a silly idea taken too far. It was a year in the making (mostly waiting) and didn't quite turn out the way I was expecting due to world events, but that's part of the "fun" I guess!

Conditional Move For Shell Script Acceleration was another collaboration with Jim (mostly his doing, but I like to lather on an additional patina of absurdity).

This month I have mostly been trying to keep sane and healthy during the shelter-in-place order. It's been harder than usual to find the energy to be creative, but I have had some spurts. I basically only leave the house to run (not going anywhere near other people). But I have been doing that pretty regularly, so between that and the prohibition against going out to bars and ice cream, I'd say I'm currently in the best I have been in ~6 years. Yesterday I claimed some course records for some Strava segments in my neighborhood! I also finished up Doom: Eternal, which was good but you pretty much already know what it's like and I'm playing Animal Crossing and haven't yet gotten sick of that. The timing for the release of that latter game couldn't have been more perfect, huh? Sometimes I need something with a little challenge, so I just started Nuclear Throne. I'm liking it but not sure if I have decided whether it's good enough to invest the time in to win (I almost always play games to the end but these randomized roguelikes demand a certain kind of potentially infinite investment. Like I never did beat the last boss in Wizard of Legend, and even in Dead Cells, which I loved, I had to settle for some modest personal criteria for "winning.") Any other recs? Could use a good Metroidvania perhaps?

A Coalition of Igbo groups has risen in defence of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, as the crisis within the Ohanaeze Ndigbo widens. DAILY POST had reported that a new Ohanaeze Ndigbo has now emerged with the registration of Ohanaeze Ndigbo General Assembly by the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC. With the development, the Chief […]

2023: Igbo groups back OYC, chide Ohanaeze on State creation

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Kenneth Lonergan said he would love Elaine May, the great comic actress, writer and film-maker, to star in a West End production of his bittersweet masterpiece The Waverly Gallery.

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BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Matilda The Musical - starring Ralph Fiennes as bullying, hammer-throwing headmistress Agatha Trunchbull - has become a top priority film for Hollywood.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Flanigan, a singer-songwriter who plays the fiddle and acoustic guitar in a folk-punk band, had been working at a deli when she was offered an audition by Hittman.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Florence Pugh was fit and fight-ready the moment she stepped on the set of Black Widow after undergoing some extensive fight training in preparation for the role.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Laura Dern's role as a high-priced, attack-dog attorney in the film Marriage Story is set to be a career highlight. A handful of scorching moments belong to the Little Women star.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Cynthia Erivo once described herself to me as 'this little black girl from South London who wants a big career'. On Sunday, she is in the running for two Golden Globe awards.

Keira Knightley was in her teens when she went on her first political march, but she has already taken her four-year-old daughter, Edie, to protest. They joined the People's Vote march in London in Spring.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Keira Knightley felt 'cocky' about learning Mandarin for her role as whistle-blower Katharine Gun who exposed lies about Irag's invasion. She thought she had 'cracked it'.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Keira Knightley is to star in a film about how the British spend Christmas. Her screen son will be played by 12-year-old Roman Griffin Davis.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Jennifer Lawrence has been devouring all the information she can find about mobster life in postwar New York during the Fifties, Sixties and Seventies.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Stars of the hit Netflix drama The Crown led the British charge as nominations for the Golden Globe awards were announced yesterday.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Duff said she returns to the stage as often as she can because it's like 'going home after being away for a long time, and getting back to your books and records and loved ones'.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Kristen Scott Thomas's Kate hides her character behind a façade of effortless efficiency. Her husband, played by Greg Wise, is headed back to Afghanistan.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Kate Fleetwood has scooped the role of Cruella de Vil in the new musical based on Dodie Smith's classic 101 Dalmatians. 'Puppies,' said Fleetwood down the phone from Prague.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: The Shining is to be adapted for the stage by Belgian theatre artist Ivo van Hove in London. No theatre dates will be confirmed until the part of Jack Torrance has been cast.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Aaron Taylor-Johnson has been lured back to the stage to star in Martin McDonagh's pitch-black drama The Pillowman, last seen in London 17 years ago.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Singing legend Tom Jones is on the brink of joining the team of producers behind a new show featuring songs the hip-swivelling Welshman made famous, that's what.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Judi Dench (pictured) declared that we could all do with some 'levity' and 'cheering up'. The great dame enters that spirit with a deliciously comic masterclass in comedy Blithe Spirit.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Elton John (pictured) has accelerated plans for his latest musical by collaborating with one of the UK's top directors on a show about televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE has the latest on the new James Bond flick No Times to Die, THandie Newton's thoughts on Westworld season three and chats with Jacqueline Wilson about the new film Four Kids and It.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Michael Ball will be boasting a scene-stealing, 54EEE treasure chest in the hit musical Hairspray when it moves to a brand new date in the autumn.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Kristin Scott Thomas is delighted that people will still get to hear her sing in the Military Wives feature film, even though its cinema release was cut short by the coronavirus outbreak.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Helen McCrory and Damian Lewis have been toying with the idea of making their first West End appearance together.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: The BAFTA and Olivier award-winning entertainer said when she and partner Jamie Horn attended musical shows, pre-lockdown, the baby would 'kick like mad'.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Nigel Havers and Patricia Hodge are going to help Britain find its funny bone again by taking Noel Coward's classic Private Lives on the road in October, planning to open in Bath.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: The big screen version of Take That musical The Band is being actively developed during the lockdown, with 'high calibre' film stars being sought to appear in it.

Sitting at the table, watching old sitcoms out of the corner of her eye while having tea with her family, helped Esther Smith develop her comic chops.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Matilda The Musical - starring Ralph Fiennes as bullying, hammer-throwing headmistress Agatha Trunchbull - has become a top priority film for Hollywood.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Flanigan, a singer-songwriter who plays the fiddle and acoustic guitar in a folk-punk band, had been working at a deli when she was offered an audition by Hittman.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: The plot focuses on Washington, an intelligence operative who can anticipate events that haven't occurred yet. His number one task is to prevent World War III.

Here, BAZ BAMIGBOYE gives you a look at the line-up for the third season of the Crown with a quiz, helped by his first-watch clues, to see if you can guess who the actors are playing.

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: The plot focuses on Washington, an intelligence operative who can anticipate events that haven't occurred yet. His number one task is to prevent World War III.