It is a peculiar feature of Nigerian political commentary that verifiable evidence is often sacrificed on the altar of sentiment. A recent Editorial of Leadership Sunday questioning the relevance of the 10th Senate and portraying it as a mere appendage of the executive, though expressing the legitimate anguish of citizens battling hunger and i...
•Trump and Bitcoin Bitcoin hit a record high above $109,000 today as Donald Trump, who has signalled plans to deregulate the cryptocurrency sector, prepares to be sworn in as US President. Bitcoin surged to reach an all-time peak of $109,241 ahead of Trump’s inauguration ceremony, before falling back to $107,765 at around 0740 GMT, reports [&h...
•Nigeria’s Super Eagles The latest FIFA rankings released today has Nigeria recording the most significant drop following unimpressive performances in the last international window. In the November rankings, the three-time African champions plummeted from 36th to 44th globally, an 8-place decline, reports Channels TV. From its previous 1503 to...
Bitcoin was close to $73,000 in Asian trade today, approaching a record high with investors keeping a cautious eye on the US presidential election. The leading digital currency was trading around $72,470 at 0800 GMT, after climbing as high as $73,563.63 in late US trade, just shy of its all-time peak of $73,797.98 in March, […]
•Real Madrid’s midfielder Jude Bellingham (2nd Left) vies for the ball Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund announced today that they achieved the highest single-year turnover in the club’s history, generating €509.1 million (£442 million) last season. This figure, excluding transfer fees, represents a 24 per cent increase from the previous...
•Asake and Wizkid Musical duo, Asake and Wizkid’s highly-anticipated collaboration “MMS” has made history by setting a new record for the biggest first-day streams on Spotify Nigeria with 870,000 streams. This feat has surpassed the previous record of 626,000 held by Wizkid’s “IDK” featuring Zlatan. This achievement further underscores the imm...
July 2024 was both the second-warmest July and the second-warmest month on record, the European Union’s climate change service, Copernicus, said today. July 2024 saw a global average temperature of 16.91 degrees Celsius, 0.04 degrees Celsius lower than the average temperature in July 2023, currently the hottest month on record, reports AFP. Un...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said it supported Nigeria to break the world record for the highest number of lactating mothers breastfeeding simultaneously as 30,000 mothers breastfeed their babies, across the country in one day. Disclosing this in a statement yesterday, to mark the 2024 World Breastfeeding Week, UNICEF also ...
•Garri The price of cassava flakes, popularly known as garri and rice have recorded more than a 50 per cent increase in Enugu metropolis. Our correspondent, who conducted a market survey today in Enugu, observed that prices of foodstuffs such as garri and rice have increased by 50 per cent in the metropolis, reports NAN. […]
•Russian President Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin was today sworn into office at a lavish Kremlin ceremony for a record-breaking fifth term with more power than ever before. The 71-year-old has ruled Russia since the turn of the century, securing a fresh six-year mandate in March after winning presidential elections devoid of ...
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