Clem Burke, the longtime drummer for the pioneering New Wave band Blondie, has died, the band announced Monday. He was 70 years old. The band said Burke died after a “private battle with cancer.” “Clem was not just a drummer; he was the heartbeat of Blondie,” read the statement on Instagram. “His talent, energy, and…
Four persons who were previously arraigned for their alleged involvement in suspected arson on the Rivers State House of Assembly in October 2023, have alleged that they were pressured to alter their original statements to implicate Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff to the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara. The four persons…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed Donald Trump to pursue deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members using a 1798 law that historically has been employed only in wartime as part of the Republican president’s hardline approach to immigration, but with certain limits. The court, in an unsigned 5-4 ruling powered by conservative justices, granted…
Nollywood actor, Sylvester Madu has denied selling second-hand clothes, better known as okirika, after a video of him went viral. In 2023, a video of the actor selling clothes in Enugu, with the floor as his store went viral. Reacting now in a new interview, the actor admitted that was him in the video but…
“When the Heart grieves over what is lost, the spirit rejoices over what it has left.” (Sufi Epigram) The news of the sudden death of the late governor of old Kano state, now Kano and Jigawa states, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar Rimi, at first, came to me as a fascinating tall tale from the tunnel of…
U.S. military officials recently confirmed that Mexican drug cartels are using drones to observe U.S. military troops deployed along the southern border between the United States and Mexico under President Donald Trump’s administration. According to Scripps News, roughly 10,000 U.S. military service members are currently deployed along the southern border as part of the 47th…
