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…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum rose from its first 2025 monthly meeting held in Asaba, Delta State capital, on Friday, with a resolution backing the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which pronounced the former National Youth Leader of the party, Hon. S.K.E Udeh-Okoye, as the authentic National Secretary of the PDP and…
CBS says it will turn over an unedited transcript of its interview with Kamala Harris to the Federal Communications Commission, part of President Donald Trump’s ongoing fight with the network over how it handled a story about his opponent. Trump sued CBS for $10 million over the “60 Minutes” interview, claiming it was deceptively edited…
Israel began releasing a group of Palestinian prisoners hours after Hamas freed three hostages as part of the ceasefire deal that has halted 15 months of fighting in the Gaza Strip. A bus departed Ofer Military Prison with some 32 prisoners for the West Bank. About 150 other prisoners were being sent to Gaza or…
A commercial airplane with 60 passengers and 4 crew members on board has collided in midair with a Blackhawk helicopter as the jet was approaching a runway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The accident happened as the jet, operated by regional carrier PSA Airlines on behalf of American Airlines, was attempting to land just…
Selena Gomez’s tearful plea for migrant families has gone viral, sparking a fierce debate over Trump’s immigration crackdown. Border Czar Tom Homan defended the ICE raids, stating, “No apologies… we’re moving forward to make communities safer.” Critics call the crackdown unconstitutional, with lawsuits piling up. During his first week in office, Trump signed 10 executive…
