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Two Vietnam Airlines planes collided on the runway at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on Friday after a Boeing 787 taxiing for takeoff to Ho Chi Minh City clipped the tail of a stationary Airbus A321 preparing to depart for Dien Bien. Footage taken from a passenger window showed the Boeing’s right wingtip slicing…
Musk Renews Attack on Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,’ Calls It ‘Insane and Destructive’ Elon Musk has renewed his sharp criticism of former President Donald Trump’s proposed “Big, Beautiful Bill,” intensifying his opposition as Senate Republicans push to advance the 940-page proposal. Taking to X on Saturday, Musk warned his 220 million followers that the bill…
Reps Give Rivers Sole Administrator 48-Hour Deadline Over N24bn CCTV Budget The House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Rivers State has given the state’s Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd), 48 hours to submit a detailed breakdown of key allocations in the proposed 2025 budget, including the controversial N24 billion set aside for CCTV…
Atlanta Woman Kept on Life Support to Deliver Baby Laid to Rest Adriana Smith, the Atlanta mother declared brain-dead but kept on life support under Georgia’s anti-abortion law, has been laid to rest. Smith, who turned 31 while medically sustained, suffered a catastrophic stroke in February and was declared brain-dead at eight weeks pregnant. Her…
Tinubu: Over 100,000 Nigerians Benefit from New Consumer Credit Scheme President Bola Tinubu says his administration has achieved a fundamental shift in empowering citizens and supporting thriving businesses, with over 100,000 Nigerians already accessing the new national consumer credit scheme. He added that an additional 400,000 Nigerians have been enrolled for the next phase of…
Trump Threatens Iran with Strikes Over Uranium Enrichment Donald Trump has warned that the United States would “without question” bomb Iran again if intelligence showed Tehran had enriched uranium to weapons-grade levels. He also revealed that he had recently been considering lifting sanctions on Iran, one of Tehran’s key demands.
US Supreme Court Limits Judges’ Power in Win for Trump The US Supreme Court on Friday handed Donald Trump a major win by limiting the power of single federal judges to block executive actions nationwide. In a 6-3 ruling linked to Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship, the court said such sweeping injunctions “likely exceed”…
APC Chairman’s Exit Seen as Move to Appease North-Central Stakeholders The imminent exit of the APC National Chairman is reportedly part of a strategic plan by the ruling party to ease growing discontent among stakeholders from the North-Central zone, who have repeatedly demanded the return of the party’s top seat to the region. While there…
Syrian Teen Charged Over Alleged Taylor Swift Concert Attack Plot German federal prosecutors have charged a Syrian teenager, identified only as Mohammad A., with supporting a foreign terrorist organisation and preparing a serious act of violence after he allegedly plotted an attack at a Taylor Swift concert. Authorities said police detained three suspects, including a…
Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, says the signing of Nigeria’s new tax reform bills has given him a sense of fulfilment and renewed hope for the nation. Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Friday, Oyedele noted that while the legislation marks significant progress, the real…