One year after his sudden hospitalisation that had his fans and family worried, American singer and actor Jamie Foxx has revealed that he had a brain bleed which eventually led to a stroke. He revealed this on his newly released Netflix Special titled What Had Happened Was..., stating that it all started with a really bad headache. The actor narrated …
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Some Yoruba people are against Farotimi’s fight for justice – Charly Boy | Pulse Nigeria
Nigerian activist and musician, Charly Boy, has taken a stance against what he perceives as a lack of support from certain Yoruba people for lawyer and activist Dele Farotimi’s fight for justice. Taking to Instagram in the early hours of December 11, 2024, Charly Boy weighed in on the tribalism with regards to Dele Farotimi’s arrest and detention over alleged …
Read More »?We don?t operate the same law? – Police Force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, counters man who criticized police officers for searching a man who recently returned to Nigeria from Canada
The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has countered an x user who criticized police officers for stopping and searching a man who recently returned to Nigeria from Canada The returnee had recorded police officers who stopped to search him. He felt violated and in the video he shared online, he expressed his anger and even …
Read More »Trainee herbalist allegedly slaughters his two-month-old son for ritual in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a trainee herbalist, Ifagbenga Taiwo, after his wife accused him of slaughtering their 41-day-old son for ritual purposes in the Keesi area of Adatan, Abeokuta. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Monday, December 9, 2024, after the baby’s mother, Raimat Wasilat, laid him on a bed while washing clothes outside …
Read More »Scottie Scheffler matches Tiger Woods record with third straight PGA Tour player of the year award
Scottie Scheffler matched Tiger Woods by becoming the only second man to win the PGA Tour player of the year award in three consecutive seasons. The American world number one collected his third Jack Nicklaus Award after winning 91% of the vote from his fellow players. Scheffler won seven titles across the season, including a second Masters title at Augusta …
Read More »Gold rallies ahead of Central Bank rate decisions and Syria tensions
Gold prices surged to a more than two-week high amid China’s return on gold buying and rising geopolitical tensions following the Syrian unrest. However, an analyst suggests caution. ADVERTISEMENT Gold prices rose for the past two trading days, fuelled by mounting haven demands and China’s renewed gold purchases. Expectations for further rate cuts by major central banks have also contributed …
Read More »Tension escalates as another Okuama community leader d!es in military custody
The 81-year-old treasurer of Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Dennis Okugbaye, has d!ed in military detention. This comes barely six days after the community’s President-General, Pa James Oghoroko, also died in military detention. Oghoroko, Okugbaye, alongside other leaders of the community including Prof. Arthur Ekpekpo, Chief Belvis Adogbo, Mrs. Mabel Owhemu, and …
Read More »Kwara court jails varsity student and three others for internet fraud
Justice Suleiman Akanbi of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Monday, December 09, 2024 sentenced a student, Akanbi Akorede Afeez, to two years imprisonment for internet fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in a statement on Tuesday, December 10, disclosed that Afeez was arraigned on a lone-count charge bordering on internet fraud. …
Read More »Bookstore staffers receive holiday bonuses from author James Patterson
“Booksellers save lives. Period,” the author said in a statement through his publisher, Little, Brown and Company. “I’m happy to be able to acknowledge them and all their hard work this holiday season.” ADVERTISEMENT Staffers at Thank You Books in Birmingham, Alabama, San Francisco’s City Lights Books and The Nook in Cedar Falls, Iowa, are among 600 booksellers receiving $500 …
Read More »General Motors pulls plug on Cruise robotaxi project
General Motors has announced that it will stop funding the development of the Cruise self-driving taxi. The company says it will now “refocus autonomous driving development on personal vehicles”. GM also pointed to the increasingly competitive robotaxi market as a reason for the move. In October, Tesla boss Elon Musk unveiled the electric car giant’s long-awaited robotaxi, the Cybercab, at …
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