Following intense public and labour union pressure, Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), was released from Department of State Services (DSS) custody on September 10, 2024. His arrest earlier that day at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja sparked widespread backlash from labour leaders and activists, with the NLC threatening a nationwide…
Tory Lanez’s prison cell was raided on September 9, 2024, leading to the confiscation of his recording equipment at the California Correctional Institution. The raid marks the end of Lanez’s ongoing “Prison Tapes” series, which had been released weekly on YouTube. Lanez, currently serving a ten-year sentence for the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion,…
James Earl Jones, the voice of CNN, the voice of Mufasa, the Lion King, the great King Jaffe Joffer of Zamunda, a fictional kingdom in Eddy Murphy’s comedy—Coming To America, has passed on at 93. He was the first great voice to speak those iconic words: “This is CNN.” Oh wow, what a life, what…
It has been officially announced that Kendrick Lamar, the renowned rapper and 17-time Grammy Award winner, will headline the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime Show. This highly anticipated performance will take place on February 9, 2025, at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, marking the first time Lamar will perform as the main headliner for the…
The big news last week was the general strike in Israel. If the idea of the strike was/is meant to exert pressure on Netanyahu, everyone in Israel ought to know him enough by now. If you don’t want a stubborn leader in office, stop voting for stubborn people. Netanyahu will not yield to anything that…
A recent study published in the Journal of Paediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism has found that certain foods commonly considered healthy, such as bananas, oats, and yoghurt, actually increase the risk of developing type 1 diabetes in children who are genetically predisposed to the condition. The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Copenhagen and…
In a devastating incident, at least 48 people lost their lives when a petrol tanker collided with a truck carrying travellers and cattle in Niger State, Nigeria. The tragic accident occurred on September 8, 2024, at around 12:30 am along the Bida-Agaie-Lapai road, approximately 2 kilometres from Dendo Community in Agaie Local Government Area. According…
I’m thinking here that I need to employ another language to properly express my exasperation at some of the issues that plague us, in this case, Petrol. This is why I’m resorting to speaking Latin as against the English language. Where is the President? Ubi Est Praeses? We need to know because he alone it…
Kate Sullivan and Arit John, CNN Former President Donald Trump on Saturday called for “modifying” the 25th Amendment to allow for the removal of a vice president who “lies or engages in a conspiracy to cover up the incapacity of the president,” a political nonstarter and the latest escalation of his attacks on President Joe…
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, has applied to proceed on an indefinite leave of absence to deal with medical matters affecting his nuclear family. The presidential spokesman in the memo sent to the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, pleaded that…
