Author: Alade Adisa

Tech billionaire, Elon Musk, with the backing of President Donald Trump, on Monday shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) tasked with humanitarian relief overseas after the two men adjudged the organization to be ‘beyond repair.’ Musk, the head of Trump’s government efficiency initiative, Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) reviewed the government agency with Trump’s go-ahead and decided to shut down USAID and its Washington, D.C. offices. Mail Online reports that staff were shocked when they woke up Monday morning to emails instructing them to stay out of the agency’s D.C. headquarters. USAID staffers said they tracked 600…

President Bola Tinubu has sworn in newly appointed members of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), the Federal Character Commission (FCC), and the National Population Commission (NPC). Before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Monday, the president also swore in eight former directors in the Federal Civil Service as Permanent Secretaries. 21 members of the RMAFC, along with one new member each for the FCC and the NPC, took their oaths of office at the Council Chamber shortly before the FEC meeting started. The newly appointed permanent secretaries from eight states passed a rigorous…

About 900 employees of the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (Kaduna Electric) has been laid off, with the company telling the affected workers that their ”net benefits will be paid into their accounts later and pension will come “in due course.” In a letter to the staff on January 31, 2025, Kaduna Electric announced that the services of the staff members were no longer required. – The letter signed Deputy Managing Director of the KADECO, Abubakar Mohammed, directed the workers to hand over the company’s property in their possession to the human resources department immediately. It learnt that the sacking comes…

*Erling Haaland’s father, Alf-Inge forced back Arsenal trolls in the wake of multiple swipes aimed at his son on February 2 *Arsenal players had their payback against Haaland after they beat Manchester City 5-1 on Sunday evening *Myles Lewis-Skelly and Gabriel Magalhaes were spotted mocking the Norwegian forward with their celebrations Erling Haaland’s father became the first person to come out and call out Arsenal in the wake of their 5-1 demolition of Manchester City. Arsenal ran rampant against the Premier League champions in front of their home fans in what is arguably, one of the results of the season…

Highly revered cleric and founder of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against fielding former vice president Atiku Abubakar as its standard bearer in the 2027 presidential election. The clergyman stated that the party should be prepared for a certain defeat if it gave its presidential ticket to the Turakin Adamawa. Primate Ayodele noted in a statement signed by his media aide, that Atiku does not have the capacity to defeat President Bola Tinubu. However, the cleric said the only way PDP could achieve victory, or inch near it in the coming…

The rapid rise in artificial intelligence has created intense discussions in many industries over what kind of role these tools can and should play — and health care has been no exception. The medical community largely anticipated that combining the abilities of doctors and A.I. would be the best of both worlds, leading to more accurate diagnoses and more efficient care. That assumption might prove to be incorrect. A growing body of research suggests that A.I. is outperforming doctors, even when they use it as a tool. A recent M.I.T.-Harvard study, of which one of us, Dr. Rajpurkar, is an author,…

Legendary Ivorian footballer, Didier Drogba has met with Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu in Lagos. The former Chelsea legend, who was one of the best strikers in the world over the last decade met with the governor at the Lagos State Government House, Marina on Monday, February 3, 2024. Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Governor Sanwo-Olu, Jubril Gawat disclosed the development in a video he shared on X on Monday morning. Gawat wrote in the video post, “@jidesanwoolu and African Football Legend, @ChelseaFC Legend, Didier Drogba @didierdrogba this morning at the Lagos House, Marina, as Team Drogba…

Senator Rasidi Ladoja, a former governor of Oyo State, has denied knowing anything about the death of the late Chief Bola Ige, a former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation. Ladoja spoke in reaction to the comments made by former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, on the unresolved assassination of Ige, in which he (Akande) alleged that Ladoja may have vital information regarding the murder. The APC chieftain, who spoke in an explosive interview with a broadcaster, Edmund Obilo in Ibadan, lamented that key figures who might have shed more light…

… Adds: ‘I release them only when I don’t like them anymore’ Forever swimming in seas of controversy, street rapper, Portable, originally named Habeeb Okikiola has once again found himself at the centre of public debates with his recent remarks about how he maintains control over his relationships using spiritual means. Confessing in a viral video, Portable shocked a multitude of netizens by revealing his approach to women, by saying that if he is interested in any woman, he “ties her down spiritually” and only releases her when he no longer wants to be with her. The Zazu-Zeh crooner also…

Controversial US rapper, Kanye West and his wife, Bianca Censori, unsurprisingly generated a major fuzz at the 2025 Grammy Awards before being escorted out of the venue over Censori’s sheer dressing and near-naked apparel. The couple arrived at the Crypto.com Arena and walked the red carpet, expectedly drawing attention to their appearance. While posing for photos, Bianca Censori removed her fur coat, revealing a sheer outfit that left little to the imagination. Initially turned away from the cameras, she eventually faced forward, standing nearly exposed in the transparent dress. Kanye West later stepped aside to allow photographers to capture solo…