Author: Alade Adisa

The premier of Canada’s most populous province on Wednesday threatened to cut off energy supplies to the U.S. if President-elect Donald Trump implements his proposed tariffs on Canadian goods. This bold move highlights the escalating tensions between the two nations as they grapple with potential trade conflicts. “We will go to the full extent depending how far this goes. We will go to the extent of cutting off their energy, going down to Michigan, going down to New York State and over to Wisconsin,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford said during a press conference following a virtual meeting with Canadian Prime…

President Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic and is pardoning 39 Americans convicted of nonviolent crimes. It’s the largest single-day act of clemency in modern history. The commutations announced Thursday are for people who have served out home confinement sentences for at least one year after they were released. Prisons were uniquely bad for spreading the virus and some inmates were released in part to stop the spread. At one point, 1 in 5 prisoners had COVID-19, according to a tally kept by…

A woman in Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State whose husband is a commercial Keke NAPEP rider has given birth to conjoined twins. The conjoined twins were delivered at a local healthcare facility in Gidan Buba community of Lafia. A family source who confirmed the twins’ birth lamented that they had been discharged due to the ongoing strike over the non-implementation of the 2024 National Minimum Wage Act, leaving them stranded. According to the family source, they are in dire need of financial assistance from members of the public to save the lives of the conjoined twins.

….Sets up probe panel The Nigerian Senate has asked the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to halt demolition of properties in the FCT, pending the conclusion of investigations by its ad-hoc committee. The resolution was reached on Thursday following a motion raised by Senator Ireti Kingibe, who expressed concerns that the demolition in the FCT has taken a dangerous dimension. Kingibe insisted that there was need for the Senate to intervene. Parts of Kingibe’s motion read: “Further concerned that demolition in FCT is no longer in line with due process and that a cross section of individuals…

President Bola Tinubu is set to present the N47.9 trillion 2025 budget to the national assembly on December 17. Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced the development at a plenary on Thursday.“The president has made his intention known to the National Assembly to present the 2025 budget to the joint session of the National Assembly on the 17th of December, 2024,” Akpabio said. On November 14, the federal government proposed N47.9 trillion as the total expenditure in the 2025 budget. Tinubu later submitted the medium-term expenditure framework and fiscal strategy paper (MTEF/FSP) for 2025–2027 to both the senate and the house…

President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration next month, multiple sources told CBS News, and inauguration officials are making plans for additional foreign dignitaries to attend the swearing-in ceremony. Trump invited Xi in early November, shortly after the election, sources said, but it was not clear whether he has accepted the invitation. A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington did not immediately comment. Transition spokesperson, Karoline Leavitt told CBS News on Thursday that Trump invited Xi to the inauguration. She told Fox News on Thursday that it is an example of Trump “creating…

TIME Magazine has named incoming US President, Donald Trump as its person of the year for the second time. “For marshaling a comeback of historic proportions, for driving a once-in-a- generation political realignment, for reshaping the American presidency and altering America’s role in the world, Donald Trump is TIME’S 2024 Person of the Year,” Time Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs said in a letter to readers. The Republican president-elect is set to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday to commemorate the honour alongside several of his family members. Trump was first named person of the year…

In a landmark political shakeup, Governor Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State yesterday reshuffled the state’s executive council .In the decision said to geared towards ‘effecting pragmatic political realignment of current administration, the office of the Chief of Staff was scrapped and consequentially, Alhaji Shehu Wada Sagagi was dropped .Also, the Secretary to the State Government,(SSG) Dr. Abdullahi Baffa Bichi was not reappointed on health grounds.In a statement by the Governor’s spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa ,he said that ,the first major rejig of the governor’s cabinet takes immediate effect.According to the statement, Yusuf maintained the much awaited decision finally…

Damilola Adeyemi, the girlfriend of singer Portable, has announced the end of their relationship after he “publicly insulted” her during a TikTok live session.The incident occurred on Wednesday when Portable criticised Damilola for being online late at night. He also accused her of engaging in “polygamy and prostitution”.“What are you doing online at this time? Do you want to be practicing polygamy. Do I not tell you not to be coming online at this time?” he asked.“Are you a prostitute? What is a housewife doing online at the time? Are you a prostitute?”Reacting via an Instagram post, Damilola expressed her…

Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola also known as ‘Yayi’ has come under intense criticism for awarding multi-million naira projects in Yoruba territory to an Igbo contractor. The decision has sparked outrage and disappointment among many Yoruba people, who feel that the senator should have prioritized local contractors and supported the regional economy. Many Yoruba groups has expressed their discontent and frustration, stating that there are many qualified Yoruba contractors who could have done a better job. Some argued that the senator’s decision was a betrayal of the trust placed in him by his constituents. However, many Yoruba people feel that the…