Law enforcement officials announced on Wednesday that a Texas man was sentenced to over four years in federal prison after being convicted of smuggling more than 2,500 illegal immigrants into the United States in just six months during the Biden-Harris administration. In a Wednesday press release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Western District of…
Men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and police operatives attached to the Ekeki Division in Bayelsa State clashed over attempts to arrest a suspected drug dealer on Thursday. A resident of the area told journalists that some NDLEA officers stormed the area to arrest a woman suspected to be a drug peddler…
The Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, on Thursday, January 23, said the country’s Gross Domestic Product is expected to grow by 4.17 percent while inflation is expected to ease in 2025. While Nigeria’s inflation currently stands at 34.80 percent, Cardoso is optimistic that it will decline as President Bola Tinubu’s reforms start…
US President, Donald Trump has warned he will impose tariffs on all goods coming into the US while also claiming that a significant fall in oil prices would “immediately” end the Russia-Ukraine war. “If you don’t make your product in America, which is your prerogative, then very simply, you will have to pay a tariff,”…
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Akure Ondo State has remanded a 32-year-old Sunday Abilewa, in Olokuta Correctional Centre, for allegedly k!lling his 68-year-old father. Abilewa was arrested by men of the Ondo State Police Command and charged to court for murder. The Prosecutor, Inspector Abdulateef Suleiman, told the court that Abilewa,…
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Thursday called for restraint amidst the ongoing dispute between the United States and other nations over tariffs. She made the call after US President Donald Trump threatened tariffs against China, the European Union, Mexico, and Canada. In her address during a panel discussion on…
Swanky Jerry has acquired a new house in Lagos. The fashion stylist took to Instagram to share the good news alongside photos of the house. In the caption, he thanked God and quoted a Bible verse about God’s blessings. See photos below. The post “God did it again” Swanky Jerry says as he acquires now home in Lagos (photos)…
The Federal Government has set a 2027 target for transitioning the country’s examination system fully to Computer-based Testing (CBT). The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, disclosed this during the inauguration of the Committee on Improvement of Quality Examinations in Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja. He said the committee was mandated to address key challenges…
The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Professor Abayomi Sunday Fasina, has has said he regrets making romantic advances to Engineer Folasade Adebayo, Deputy Director at the university’s Directorate of Works and Services, following the exposure of his romantic advances. The incident has fueled allegations of sexual harassment involving the vice-chancellor and female staff…
Famed rapper Project Pat’s son, Patrick Houston Jr., has tragically died after a sh0oting in a Tennessee park, though the details surrounding the incident remain unclear, TMZ has learned. Patrick Houston Jr., the son of the rapper and nephew of Three 6 Mafia co-founder Juicy J, was k!lled last week in Imogene Heights, a…
