I recently listened to an insightful 25-minute interview of The Guardian journalist Chris McGreal on Democracy Now’s YouTube channel (Democracy Now!, 2025), which looked at the apartheid roots of Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, who has carved out for himself a big job in Trump’s government to reorganise the US’s federal bureaucracy. In that…
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles have started wrapping up preparations for their partipation at the 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) with a win in a warmup game. The Flying Eagles, led by coach Aliyu Zubairu, defeated Morak FC 2-1 in a test game in Abuja on Friday. Kparobo Arierhi and Precious Benjamin were on target…
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested an alleged serial r@pist, Chidiebere Mbene, for the m3rder of a 15-year-old boy in Unubi, Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, April 18, 2025, said the suspect k!lled the…
Private equity is on the prowl for new sources of funding and workers’ personal retirement retirement savings are in the cross hairs. In the first Trump administration, the Department of Labor approved including private equity in workers’ IRAs and 401(k)s.under certain circumstances. Take up was disappointing. In Trump 2.0, PE expects more leeway in what…
The Kano State Fire Service said fire destroyed six shops at Kurmi (Yan’ Jagal) Market in Kano on Friday. A statement signed and issued to journalists by the Public Relations Officer of the State Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, made this known on Friday in Kano. Mr Abdullahi said the service received a distress call from…
