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  Great-Grandmother Says Making Adult Content Has Become Her Retirement Plan A 72-year-old great-grandmother has revealed how making adult content with her husband became a new venture following her retirement from the manufacturing industry. DD White, who has eight great-grandchildren, said the couple initially began filming for their own enjoyment before turning the activity into what she described as a "great retirement" plan. She has since launched an OnlyFans account and developed an online following. White said she met her Italian husband during a Ladies' Night event at a disco. They have now been married for 40 years. According to her account, the couple participated in partner-swapping activities early in their marriage but stopped while raising their blended family. They returned to the lifestyle after their children and grandchildren had reached adulthood. White previously co-founded a manufacturing company. After retiring, she and her husband began recording co...

  Spain Begins Three Days Of Mourning After 69 People Lost Their Lives In Train Crash Spain's government has declared three days of mourning after the country's second high-speed rail disaster this year claimed the lives of 69 people. Wednesday's crash occurred in the central province of Toledo, where one train struck a stationary train from behind, derailing three carriages, raising fresh concerns about the safety of the country's rail network. Search teams with sniffer dogs continued to look for victims on Thursday morning, while cranes helped shift the carriages as police and soldiers helped pick through the wreckage. One more body was found overnight, taking the death toll to 69, according to the regional leader of Castilla La Mancha, Emiliano García-Page. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez pledged an investigation into the collision and improvements to prevent further tragedies on the railways as he visited the crash site near the town of Urda. As recently as Jan...

Alleged N76bn, $31.5m Fraud:  How N4.9bn Arik Air Assets Were  Diverted to Fund NG Eagle- Witness   The fourth prosecution witness, PW4, Bawa Usman Kaltungo, in the trial of a former Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, Ahmed Kuru, and four others over an alleged N76 billion and $31.5 million fraud, on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, told Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos that  Arik Air Limited’s assets worth N4.9 billion were clandestinely used to establish and fund NG Eagle Airlines, which was subsequently sold for approximately N149 million.  Kuru, alongside Kamilu Alaba Omokide, Roy Ilegbodu, Union Bank of Nigeria Plc and Super Bravo Limited, is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy, stealing and abuse of office. One of the counts reads: “That you, Union Bank Nigeria Plc, somet...

 PSC PROMOTES 3,800 POLICE OFFICERS; ELEVATES 2 DIGs, 10 AIGs, 17 CPs The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of over 3,800 police officers, including two Deputy Inspectors-General, ten Assistant Inspectors-General and seventeen Commissioners of Police, following successful promotion examinations and oral interviews. In a statement, the approvals were granted at the Commission’s plenary meeting in Abuja, presided over by its Chairman, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu, retired. Among the beneficiaries are AIG Olaolu Adegbite, Head of INTERPOL National Central Bureau, Abuja, and AIG Dankombo Morris, Head of Zone Four Headquarters, Makurdi, both elevated to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General. The exercise also covered officers across other senior ranks, including 3,218 Assistant Superintendents promoted to Deputy Superintendents. The PSC Chairman charged the newly promoted officers to see their elevation as a call to greater responsibility, professionalism and dedication ...

 Patrick Stewart, Star Trek' and X-Men, star dead at 86 Sir Patrick Stewart, the actor best known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek and Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men films, has died at age 86.  The announcement was shared on his official social accounts on Thursday, October 29, 2026, stating he passed Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles after "a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia".  Stewart was born July 13, 1940 in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England, and began acting at 12 before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1966. He led Star Trek: The Next Generation for seven seasons from 1987 to 1994, returned for four films, and again for the Paramount+ series Star Trek: Picard from 2020 to 2023.  As Professor Xavier he appeared in eight X-Men films starting in 2000, and was confirmed for Avengers: Doomsday scheduled for December 2026.   The family statement asked for donations in lieu of flowers to the ...

 Isa Ashiru Denies Blaming El-Rufai For Insecurity In Kaduna The Kaduna State governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rt. Hon. Isa Mohammed Ashiru, has denied reports suggesting that he blamed former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, for the worsening insecurity in the state. In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Abdulwaheed Olayinka Adubi, Ashiru described the report as misleading and a misrepresentation of his position.  He explained that his remarks during a television interview had been taken out of context and presented in a way that did not accurately reflect his comments. Ashiru insisted that the report did not correctly represent his views regarding the former governor or the security challenges facing Kaduna State. He expressed confidence that appropriate steps would be taken to ensure the published report reflected the actual content and context of the interview. The ADC candidate also urged media organisations...