A 21-year-old woman in Texas has been arrested after she allegedly tried to sell her newborn baby boy to the “highest bidder” on Facebook.   Juniper Bryson was arrested and taken into custody last week after she allegedly attempted to pawn her baby off on Facebook, seeking a minimum of $150 from prospective buyers before even going into labor.   …

As Donald Trump returns as the 47th US president, several markets respond strongly to his policy shift. Here are five winners and losers as investors adjust to the new US administration. ADVERTISEMENT Donald Trump has returned to the White House as the 47th US president, making him the first to serve two non-consecutive terms since Grover Cleveland in the late …

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has lamented the incessant collapse of the national grid saying power failures knows no tribe or religion but is suffered by all Nigerians.   The country was on Tuesday plunged into darkness following the collapse of the dilapidated national grid just three weeks after a similar incident, the …

Following the electoral win of Republican, Donald Trump on Wednesday morning, tech mogul, Elon Musk shared an edited image of him holding a sink against the White House’s Oval Office background.    The image was a throwback of him strolling into Twitter headquarters with a sink after he acquired the social media platform.   The billionaire, a vocal and heavy …

In a three-hour hearing held on Wednesday, Maria Luís Albuquerque rejected calls to slash insurance laws to boost the economy, while brushing off conflict-of-interest fears from her own private sector career. ADVERTISEMENT The US must implement post-crisis banking rules, despite fears an incoming Trump administration could slash regulatory protections, Portugal’s pick to be EU financial services commissioner told a European …

On November 6, 2024, the rapper took to X to express his puzzlement, writing, “I will never understand Nigerians / Africans who show some form of solidarity with the election process in nations that fuck us all for a living.” Nigerians with different stances on the topic commented on his post, airing their views on the subject matter. An X …

The British and Irish Lions have unveiled their shirt for the 2025 tour of Australia, revealing they will wear a darker shade of red. The shirt also features a pattern woven into the fabric, symbolising the union of four nations, and an old-fashioned ‘grandad’ collar. Lions chief executive Ben Calveley said the change in colour was intended to create a …

The German luxury brand, Hugo Boss, has warned of potential delays in reaching its ambitious 2025 sales target due to tepid consumer demand, especially in China. ADVERTISEMENT The company’s third-quarter earnings report showed slight gains above market expectations but also highlighted ongoing challenges within the Chinese market. The company’s share price dropped more than 4% to €41.2 in Frankfurt, erasing …

As results from the US presidential election are tilting towards Donald Trump winning, activist/lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, says the only body that can help Democratic Party candidate, Kamala Harris, at this point is the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.    

As election day dawned in the US on October 5, 2024, Davido took to X to post a picture of him holding his ‘I voted’ sticker, happily announcing that he exercised his civil right for the first time ever. However, his post was not well received by many Nigerians, who accused him of not being as vocal about the Nigerian …