President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on Wednesday intended to ban transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports. The order, titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” gives federal agencies wide latitude to ensure entities that receive federal funding abide by Title IX in alignment with the Trump administration’s view, which…
A fire outbreak at an Islamiya school in Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State has claimed 17 lives. All the victims were said to be Almajiri students who were burnt beyond recognition while their charred bodies littered the building. Eyewitnesses say the fire started late on Tuesday night and raged for about three hours,…
President Bola Tinubu has increased the proposed budget size for 2025 from N49.7 trllion, which he presented to the joint session of the National Assembly in December to N54.2 trillion . President Tinubu announced an increase in the proposed budget size through separate letters forwarded to both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The…
Palestinians have doubled down on their decision not be driven out of Gaza, after President Donald Trump called for transferring of Palestinians from teh region, so the United States could take over the devastated territory and rebuild it for others. Rights groups said his comments were tantamount to a call for “ethnic cleansing” and forcible…
At least 10 people have been killed at an adult school in western Sweden in what the prime minister described as the deadliest shooting attack in the Nordic nation’s history.The mass shooting occurred at an adult education centre in the city of Orebro on Tuesday at 12:33pm local (11:33 GMT) with police initially reporting at…
The Senate confirmed Pam Bondi as U.S. attorney general Tuesday evening, putting a longtime ally of Donald Trump at the helm of a Justice Department.The vote fell almost entirely along party lines, with only Sen. John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, joining with all Republicans to pass her confirmation 54-46. Bondi, a former Florida attorney general…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the issuance of a N758 billion bond to offset outstanding pension liabilities for all categories of federal pensioners.The approval granted yesterday, on the second day of the FEC meeting at State House, Abuja, will allow the Debt Management Office (DMO) to raise funds needed to settle pension arrears…
Beyoncé got her long-awaited album of the year win at the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday: “Cowboy Carter” took the night’s final award, giving the superstar three wins (out of 11 nominations), she became the first Black artist to win best country album. A visibly shocked Beyoncé also won for best country album, saying…
The 67th annual GRAMMYs will be known as Kendrick Lamar’s year. The Compton rapper won all five of the categories he was nominated for to bring his total tally up to 21 wins. He took home the awards for Record of the Year, Best Music Video, Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance for “Not…
Nigerian Afrobeats singer, Tems won her first individual Grammy award on Sunday at the 67th Recording Academy Awards with her love track, Love Me Jeje. Tems beats her Nigerian Afrobeats compatriots, Burna Boy, Asake, Wizkid, Yemi Alade and the Davido and Lojay assisted ‘Sensational’ by Chris Brown to win the second Grammy in the Best…
