Claim: An X user claims that ministers under the incumbent administration led by President Bola Tinubu have gotten low ratings compared to previous ministers in Nigeria. Verdict: Misleading. Full Text: The X user (@OdolayeAdisa) claims that “a recent study revealed that President Tinubu has the lowest “Best Minister” rating since 1999.” The post further claims…
Fans of the “Great British Baking Show” should be relieved to hear that filming for the next season of the much-loved baking competition show won’t be delayed due to the mystery “health issues” of one of its hosts, comedian Noel Fielding. A spokesperson for Fielding, a popular British TV personality and stand-up performer, has hit…
I have always dreaded the 150km Oyo-Ogbomoso highway, not because of its long stretch or the traffic delays, but because of the constant, nerve-wracking encounters with fuel tankers. Each time I travel that road, an unsettling fear grips me whenever I see one of these monstrous vehicles swaying on the narrow, pothole-ridden lanes. I clutch…
Ekpe By Anietie Akpan Ekpe lords in Calabar, Cross River State, have read the riot act to Ekpe initiates and non Initiates indulging in sacrilegious acts. Accordingly, ancestral sanctions await initiates and non-initiates for desecration of Ekpe. This warning was contained in a statement by the Iyamba Mosonko Ekpe Efik Ibeku which stated that…
DARFUR – The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has called for an end to attacks on healthcare workers and facilities in Sudan following a devastating drone strike on the Saudi Teaching Maternal Hospital in El Fasher, North Darfur. The attack, carried out on Friday, killed more than 70 people and…
A new fire exploded Wednesday north of Castaic, quickly charring more than 9,400 acres and forcing thousands to flee their homes amid a month of extreme fire conditions that have plagued Southern California. The Hughes fire started off Lake Hughes Road just before 11 a.m. and quickly prompted evacuations orders in and around Castaic Lake,…
