A jury determined on Friday that CNN is guilty of committing defamation against U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young. CNN will be forced to pay the Navy veteran $5 million, and the jury is expected to also determine punitive damages against the news outlet. According to Fox News, the jury determined that Young should be awarded…
Cubana ChiefPriest has called out Burna Boy for being “childish” after the singer reposted a video of someone driving through ChiefPriest’s neighbourhood in Ikoyi amid their online beef. On Thursday, January 16, Burna Boy reposted an Instagram video of someone listening to his song ‘Bundle By Bundle’ while driving through a neighborhood in Ikoyi with…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said on Friday vandals have again vandalised its 132 Kilo Volt (KV) transmission line and underground cables in Abuja. TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, said in a statement the incident resulted in power outages in the central area and surrounding neighbourhoods. She said the incident occurred…
A new report claims that the Biden-Harris administration gave almost 7,000 exceptions in Fiscal Year 2024 to refugees and foreign nationals who would typically be ineligible for entry into the United States under terrorism-related entry restrictions. Fox News reported that a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report on DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ authorization of exceptions for…
The Gombe State Police Command has arrested five teenagers for beating a young man to d3ath following an argument during a wedding ceremony. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, January 17, 2025, said the suspects, identified as Jauro Babawuro,17, Yayaji Bello,16, Baffaji Adamu,16, Babangida Dotti,18,…
The three tiers of government on Friday shared the sum of N1.424 trillion as revenue allocation for December last year. The Director of Press and Public Relations, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), Bawa Mokwa, disclosed this in a communiqué issued at the end of this month’s Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC)…
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. At least eight Buddhist monasteries and nunneries in southern Tibet have been severely damaged by the recent 7.1-magnitude earthquake, sources in the region told Radio Free Asia. The Jan. 7 quake that truck Tibet’s Dingri and Lhatse counties left 126 people…
OGOJA – The Chief Judge of Cross River State, His Lordship Honourable Justice Akon B. Ikpeme, has described the Ogoja High Court fire as being devastating to the judiciary. Ikpeme stated this on Tuesday, January 14, while inspecting the Ogoja Branch of the State High Court that was razed by fire on Sunday, January 5….
A toddler was found “submerged” in a canal while his family were in the process of “moving to a new home to minimise the risk of drowning”. Jayce Olutola, 2, was discovered “floating face down” in the Wolverhampton and Birmingham Canal on August 11, 2024. He vanished from his home in Ettingshall after escaping from his home. A police officer,…
President Bola Tinubu on Friday thanked the 36 state governors following their endorsement of the tax reform bills under consideration in the National Assembly. The governors had during a meeting with the Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, on Thursday in Abuja acknowledged the importance of improving the tax…
