The mother of a 22-year-old man fatally shot by an FBI agent in Philadelphia in 2023 has sued, saying her son was unarmed when the agent and others chased after him and then used deadly force while seeking to arrest him. Tahiem Weeks-Cook was shot in the early afternoon hours of Aug. 4, 2023 as FBI agents in the Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood were attempting…
A Nigerian man has advised women to marry men who can assist them in the kitchen. As a lady, make sure you end up with a man who can assist you in the kitchenthat’s where true love and empathy reside, he wrote on Thursday. The post Make sure you end up with a man who can assist…
Prosper Africa and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost trade and investment between the United States and Africa in key sectors. This strategic partnership aims to leverage the unique strengths of both organizations to mobilize trade opportunities and investment capital, with a focus on creative industries, critical…
Firefighters continued to boost containment overnight of the Palisades and Eaton fires ahead of dangerous winds that began blowing through the region early Tuesday. Officials are concerned the strong winds paired with dry fuel and low humidity could result in new fire starts in Southern California or the expansion of the existing blazes. The Palisades…
President Joe Biden on Friday, January 17, commuted the sentences of nearly 2,500 individuals convicted of non-violent drug offences, marking what the White House called the largest single-day act of clemency in US history.  Those whose sentences were commuted were serving what Biden described as “disproportionately long sentences” compared to what they would receive…
A recent report from the Visitation Panel on the University of Abuja has uncovered over bloated expenditure among other levels of irregularities within the institution during the tenure of the immediate past Pro-Chancellor, Alhaji Sani Maikudi, who happens to be the father of the current Vice Chancellor. The Visitation Panel was established to investigate the…
