President Donald Trump slammed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday, reiterating his frustration that the Fed has not aggressively cut interest rates and saying that the central bank leader’s “termination cannot come fast enough.” Trump hinted at moving to fire Powell, whose term does not expire until next year. The Republican president’s broadside comes…
An accident involving a container-laden truck on the Kara Bridge axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway severely disrupted vehicular movement on Friday morning, causing a long traffic jam. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said the crash, which occurred around 7:40 a.m., led to multiple collisions involving several vehicles, causing a traffic jam stretching as…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has questioned the preparedness of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 general elections, describing the opposition party as lacking cohesion and seriousness. Speaking during a live media parley in Abuja on Friday, Wike, a former governor…
Bandits have k!lled a Katsina businessman, Malam Ibrahim Dangwale, after ransom payment. It was gathered that the bandits abducted Dangwale in Turare, Dutsin-Ma Local Government Area of Katsina State. Security analyst, Bakatsine, who confirmed the development, said his body was later discovered in the Danmusa area on Thursday, April 17, 2025.
This is the sixteenth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in worlds beyond the pathological obsessions of Donald Trump. (This week, Trump continued his shakedown of the Ivy League—notably Harvard and Columbia—claiming that receipt of federal grants gives Trump the right to oversee…
