At least 18 passengers were injured after an aircraft belonging to Delta Air Lines, which was on a trip from Minneapolis in the U.S., crashed and overturned while landing at the Toronto Pearson Airport in Canada on Monday evening. The flight was carrying 80 people – 76 passengers and four crew when it crashed. Initial…
The United States envoy to Nigeria, Ambassador to Nigeria, Richard Mills Jr. has disclosed that Nigerian deportees would be dropped in Lagos. Mills Jr. also explained that convicted prisoners would be among the first set of Nigerian deportees. He spoke during an audience with Nigeria Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu. The…
Israel’s defence ministry said Sunday that a shipment of “heavy” US-made bombs arrived overnight in Israel, as Marco Rubio began his first visit to the country as Washington’s top diplomat. “A shipment of heavy aerial bombs recently released by the US government was received and unloaded overnight in Israel,” the ministry said in a statement,…
US President Donald Trump delivered a blunt warning to Brics nations on Thursday, declaring that if they proceed with launching a common currency, they would face a 100% tariff on all imports into the United States. He also asserted that “Brics is dead.” This statement came just hours before his scheduled meeting with Prime Minister…
Nigerian-born American, Dr. Akinyemi Agbede has announced his intention to contest the forthcoming California governorship election next year. His decision to join the governorship race has elicited excitement from his friends and political associates. The renowned mathematician is not new to California politics as he had previously run for the position of senator and the…
US President Trump said he will be revoking former President Biden’s security clearance and stopping the former commander-in-chief’s daily intelligence briefings. “There is no need for Joe Biden to continue receiving access to classified information. Therefore, we are immediately revoking Joe Biden’s Security Clearances, and stopping his daily Intelligence Briefings,” Trump announced in a Friday…
US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced he will sign an executive order to make new Attorney General Pam Bondi the head of a task force “to eradicate anti-Christian bias.” “The mission of this task force will be to immediately halt all forms of anti-Christian targeting and discrimination within the federal government, including at the…
A United States district judge has ruled that Elon Musk cannot access US Treasury payments data, limiting the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to restricted oversight. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly approved a temporary agreement allowing only two Musk associates, Tom Krause and Marko Elez, to have “read-only” access to certain Treasury records. The decision follows concerns…
Al Green, Democratic lawmaker from Texas in the US house of representatives, says he would be filing impeachment articles against Donald Trump over the president’s plan to “take over Gaza”. Speaking during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, Trump said the US will take over the Gaza Strip to…
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday seeking to ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports, in his latest move targeting transgender people since returning to office. “From now on women’s sports will be only for women,” Trump said before he signed the order at the White House, surrounded by dozens…