By Umar Yusuf, Peter Duru, Marie-Therese Nanlong, Abel Daniel, Gabriel Ewepu & John Alechenu MAKURDI — No fewer than 144 persons have been killed by herdsmen in the two north central states of Plateau and Benue states in the last…
[ad_1] Angel Mae Otom during Heat 2 of the women’s 50m backstroke S5 at the Paralympics 2024 in Paris.–PSC PHOTO Angel Otom obviously wasn’t pleased after finishing out of the podium in the 2024 Paris Paralympics. The nation’s fast-rising para…
[ad_1] Energy infrastructure company Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) will be reporting its first-quarter 2025 financial results today after regular trading hours. Listen to Kinder Morgan’s Q1 2025 earnings call live and read the real-time transcript On average, analysts forecast…
Stablecoins rose to popularity as a result of limitations in the US financial system — particularly restricted banking hours and the lack of a non-USD trading pair, according to Jerald David, president of Arca Labs. “So we start thinking about…
Mark Zuckerberg said that ByteDance Ltd.’s TikTok posed a “highly urgent” competitive threat to Meta Platforms Inc. when it first sprang up in 2018, as he testified for a third day in the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust trial. “We observed…
Reading Time: 3 minutes Back in February, we reported on the tragic news that Michelle Trachtenberg had died. The beloved actress rose to fame as a child as the iconic titular character in Harriet The Spy. She later starred as…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) appeared convinced their brand of progressive politics is resonating in traditionally Republican states as they spoke at a filled-to-capacity arena in Idaho. For weeks, the Vermont senator has been drawing large…
Gold prices extended their historic rally on Wednesday, breaching the $3,300 per ounce mark, driven by a weaker US dollar and rising tensions between the United States and China. As of 10:52 a.m. ET (1452 GMT), spot gold had jumped…
Here’s your daily news update: An easy-to-read selection of our top stories. News today includes tributes continue to pour in for veteran actor Don Mlangeni Nawa, who passed away at the age of 65. Meanwhile, fifteen-year-old Vanessa Mafu, the daughter…
Alarmed by the concerns raised by the experts over the imminent massive floods disaster in the country, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the immediate release of N15 billion to stop the looming national disaster. The Vice President, Senator Kashim…