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Upcoming final season of  Game of Thrones , which premieres on April 14. Those promotions include encouraging fans to go on a quest #ForTheThrone by searching for six of the series’ signature Iron Thrones that HBO has hidden in far-flung locations around the world. HBO posted a few 360-degree YouTube videos of the first hidden throne at  https://www.forthethrone.com , which showed what appeared to be the throne hiding in a forest. Turns out, the mystery setting was an ancient wooded site in Gloucestershire, England, and it was found by these guys (who got a crown as a reward for their successful sleuthing): https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Meanwhile, HBO is already teasing its next hidden throne, which has been squirreled away in the “North.” A vague reference, of course, but also one that’s highly relevant to  Game of Thrones  fans. Take a look for yourself and see if this locale looks familiar to you: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUciklA...

John Wick: Chapter 3  –  Parabellum  is blasting into cinemas on  May 17, 2019, and, to celebrate, Lionsgate has unleashed a load of fancy new posters – which give us our first proper look at the film’s main villain, Zero. But we’ve thrown all the posters into a handy gallery, which you can click through while walking the dog or taking out contracts on your enemies, whatever it is you do on a Thursday. Oh, and here’s the film’s awesome synopsis. John Wick is on the run for two reasons… he’s being hunted for a global $14 million open contract on his life, and for breaking a central rule: taking a life on Continental Hotel grounds. The victim was a member of the High Table who ordered the open contract,” it reads. John should have already been executed, except the Continental’s manager, Winston, has given him a one-hour grace period before he’s ‘Excommunicado’ – membership revoked, banned from all services and cut off from other members. John uses the ser...

The Queen often hosts private events at her home in Buckingham Palace, and it has been revealed that on Wednesday, she invited a selection of guests for a lunch in the 1844 room. The monarch invited her son, the  Duke of York , to the meal, along with guests Ms Judith McNicol - Director, National Railway Museum, Ms Jane Lush - Deputy Chair, BAFTA, Ms Felicity Aston – an explorer, Vice Admiral Timothy Fraser - Chief of Joint Operations, Mr. Peter Glenser - Chairman, BASC, Mr. Willie Cameron - Director, Highlands & Islands Tourism, Mr. Anthony Joss - Welsh Livestock Welfare, abd Sir David Adjaye – an Architect. The 1844 Room is of special significance in the Palace, as it is the room where Her Majesty meets her valued guests, including Angelina Jolie and Barack and Michelle Obama. The Queen has had a busy week, and on Tuesday undertook her first ever solo royal engagement with her granddaughter-in-law, the Duchess of Cambridge. The pair paid a visit to King's College London to ...

The planned upward review of the Value Added Tax up to 50 percent was disclosed by the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, and the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Babatunde Fowler, in Abuja when they appeared before the Senate Committee on Finance. The duo, who was in the Senate to explain details of the 2019-2021 Medium-Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper expected to be the benchmark for the 2019 budget deliberations, added that the increment in VAT would enable the Federal Government fund the new national minimum wage. Fowler further explained that the proposed payable VAT by Nigerians, based on the increment, would actually be between 35 percent (6.75%) and 50 percent (7.25%). The government is currently charging five percent VAT on all products in the country. Fowler said the FIRS’s goal was to achieve an N8 trillion revenue generation target this year. He said: “By the end of this year, we should be ready for an...

The Nigerian Senate has approved N30, 000 as minimum wage for workers in Nigeria. The national minimum wage bill will become effective after the president, Muhammadu Buhari, assents to it. The chairman of the ad-hoc committee set up to review the bill, Francis Alimikhena, presented a report on Tuesday. The report recommended that N30, 000 be approved as minimum wage for Nigerian workers. It also recommended that the federal government put in place a procedure to review revenue sharing formula to enhance state capabilities towards implementation of the new wage. The committee also suggested that relevant agencies should compute the cost implication of the bill on the 2019 budget and forward same to the National Assembly. N75, 000 was recommended as fine ‘for not keeping records of employees. The lawmakers adopted all the recommendations. The Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan, commended the federal government for its effort on the bill. The Minority Leader...

Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi has been called into the England squad for the first time ahead of the Euro 2020 qualifiers against Czech Republic and Montenegro. The teenager joined up with Gareth Southgate's squad at St George's Park just hours after travelling to Bristol to join Aidy Boothroyd's Under-21s side. The call-up comes after Chelsea team-mate Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Manchester City pair Fabian Delph and John Stones pulled out through injury, along with Manchester United's Luke Shaw. Southgate drafted in Southampton midfielder James Ward-Prowse earlier on Monday and 18-year-old Hudson-Odoi will also have the chance to impress as he pushes for an international debut. "It's been a crazy day but getting my first [senior] international call-up is an amazing feeling," said Hudson-Odoi. "Today has been a very long day for me because I had to travel to Bristol first for the Under-21s and then, getting told that I have to come over ...