Canada’s most populous province Ontario is slapping a retaliatory 25% surcharge on electricity it sends to US states in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods. Ontario leader Doug Ford confirmed the move in a news conference on Monday morning, saying it will increase costs about $10 (£7.75) per megawatt-hour for US customers….
Israel cut off the electricity supply to Gaza, officials said Sunday, affecting a desalination plant producing drinking water for part of the arid territory. Hamas called it part of Israel’s “starvation policy.”Israel last week suspended supplies of goods to the territory of more than 2 million Palestinians, an echo of the siege it imposed in…
The political crisis in Rivers State took a new turn on Sunday as Governor Siminalayi Fubara invited the Amaewhule-led members of the House of Assembly to a meeting. This was contained in a letter issued in Port Harcourt on Sunday by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Tammy Danagogo, and sent to newsmen. The…
Rumors have been swirling about ex-spouses Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck after they were pictured sharing an intimate moment while on a paintball outing with their children. However, sources have shared how Garner truly feels about the issue, explaining that she’s “deathly afraid” of falling back in love with the actor as she still has…
Justin Bieber’s longtime personal assistant has reportedly quit, leaving the pop star’s inner circle significantly smaller. Reports suggest that the singer has also let go of his bodyguards and drivers and has “ended several close friendships and business relationships that no longer served him.” Justin Bieber has been sparking health concerns from fans after making…
Ma$e has revealed that back when he first signed to Bad Boy Records, he had a heretical opinion: he preferred listening to 2Pac, rather than the label’s star artist The Notorious B.I.G. On the Wednesday (March 5) episode of his show with Cam’ron, It Is What It Is, the Harlem rapper and host looked back…
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has disclosed that Speaker Mudashiru Obasa is not expected to resign as part of the agreement to resolve the leadership crisis in the Lagos State House of Assembly. Reacting to rumours about Obasa’s resignation, the APC spokesperson in Lagos, Seye Oladejo, dismissed the claim.“To the best…
It was a drama-filled Wednesday at the plenary session the senate, as Senate President Godswill Akpabio has denied allegations of sexual harassment made against him by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.Akpabio denied the allegation on Wednesday during the Senate’s plenary session after a one-week break. He said, “At no time did I ever harass any woman. I…
Operatives of Federal Capital Territory Command of the Nigeria Police Force have launched a manhunt against the lady who visited the hotel room of ex-Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, David Shikfu Parradang. The Police have said that, Parradang, died in an Abuja hotel after receiving a female visitor, contrary to reports that he…
Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein has reacted to Adrien Brody mentioning his children with ex-wife Georgina Chapman during the actor’s 2025 Oscars acceptance speech. Georgina Chapman began dating Adrien Brody in 2020 amid her divorce from Harvey Weinstein. While accepting the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in “The Brutalist” on Sunday, Brody referenced…
