The UN’s trade and development arm, Unctad, is calling on Donald Trump to exempt the world’s poorest and smallest countries from “reciprocal” tariffs, or risk “serious economic harm”. In a report published on Monday, Unctad identifies 28 nations the US president singled out for a higher tariff rate than the 10% baseline – despite each accounting for less than 0.1% of the US trade deficit. These include Laos, which is expected to face a 48% tariff; Mauritius, on 40%; and Myanmar, to be hit with 45%, despite trying to recover from a devastating earthquake. The White House last week put…
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Troops of the Nigerian Army has uncovered 11 new bunkering facilities, made some seizures and arrested seven suspects during a six-day operation conducted in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers. Lt.-Col. Danjuma Danjuma, spokesman for the Nigerian Army 6 Division, Port Harcourt, made this known in a statement on Monday in Port Harcourt. He said that seven suspects were arrested during the operations. ”Troops seized 13,600 litres of stolen crude oil, 4,890 litres of adulterated diesel, and 37,700 litres of various other unspecified petroleum products during the raids. ”Soldiers in Rivers raided the Imo River area, where they discovered six…
Another 10 alleged gang members have been deported to El Salvador, secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Sunday, a day before that country’s president is due to visit the White House. “Last night, another 10 criminals from the MS-13 and Tren de Aragua Foreign Terrorist Organizations arrived in El Salvador,” Rubio said in an X/Twitter post. The alliance between Donald Trump and El Salvador president Nayib Bukele “has become an example for security and prosperity in our hemisphere”, Rubio added. The US president is due to meet Bukele at the White House on Monday. It comes as US officials…
Few days after publicly voicing out that she would not mind remarrying as a second, third, fourth or even fifth wife, social media influencer, Toke Makinwa has disclosed that she’s been flooded with marriage proposals. NEW DAILY PRIME reported that the svelte lady expressed her frustration at the loneliness and lack of spousal support she was going through because of her single state and declared her readiness to remarry regardless of the set-up. During a recent episode of her podcast, Toke Moments, she spoke candidly about how her perspective on marriage has shifted over the years. In the viral clip,…
An unnamed student at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Distant Learning Centre, has reportedly died after being electrocuted while retrieving a ball from a compound in Moro, Osun State. According to eyewitnesses, the incident happened on Saturday evening in a private hostel located along the Moro/Ife route. The deceased had reportedly gone to the compound next to the one where he lived to retrieve a ball and after retrieving the ball, he was said to have thrown it to his colleagues and was about to jump over the fence when, unknowingly, he had contact with a high-tension wire, which immediately…
Prada has agreed to buy the Versace fashion brand for €1.25bn ($1.38bn) from the fashion conglomerate Capri Holdings. It comes after months of speculation about a potential deal to combine the two Italian fashion houses and, more recently, rumours that the acquisition was set to collapse after market upheaval in response to President Trump’s tariff policies. Insiders say the original deal was expected to be agreed at €1.43bn, but a discount of about €180m was achieved because the recent market turmoil and trade uncertainty has hit the retail industry particularly hard. Capri, which also owns Michael Kors and Jimmy Choo,…
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro revealed on Sunday (April 13) that an arsonist set fire to the official Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg, prompting an emergency evacuation of his family in the early hours of the morning. “Last night at about 2AM, my family and I woke up to bangs on the door from the Pennsylvania State Police after an arsonist set fire to the Governor’s Residence,” Shapiro said in a social media post. “Thank God no one was injured and the fire was extinguished.” Passover celebrations turn to emergency Just hours before the fire, Shapiro—who is Jewish—had posted a photo of…
This Long Island high school makes the grade when it comes to staggering sibling stats. Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School has 15 sets of twins in this year’s graduating class of 447 seniors. The plethora of twins at the Plainview school even includes two pairs of siblings with identical names: Rebecca and Josh. The teens’ school ties have been strong since grammar school. “Most, if not all, have been in the district since kindergarten,” Timothy Lamb, the school’s assistant principal, told Today. Thankfully, the 30 students are all fraternal twins, so their teachers don’t have to add to…
A Russian ballistic missile strike in the Ukrainian city of Sumy killed at least 34 people and injured more than 100 as people were going to church for Palm Sunday, in the worst attack on civilians this year. Two missiles landed in the crowded city centre on Sunday morning. One hit a trolley bus full of passengers. Footage from the scene showed bodies lying in the street, burning cars, and rescuers carrying bloodied survivors. Two of the dead were children. “My seven-year-old son was running for shelter when the second missile struck. The blast ripped off a door which hit…
The founder and CEO of Cubana Group, Obinna Iyiegbu popularly known as Obi Cubana, clocked 50 years on Saturday, and the flambuoyant businessman celebrated his new age in a grand style. He held a birthday party, themed ’50 for 50′ at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja. The exclusive party, which held on on Friday was so themed (’50 for 50′) as the free-spending socialite distributed 50 pieces of Samsung S25 smartphones to 50 guests. Expectedly, the creme de la creme of the society and socialites graced the party, bearing luxury gifts of all kinds. Ebele Iyiegbu, Obi Cubana’s wife…
