1 Trump: Consumer prices dropping, energy costs down, country making $2B daily from tariffs. “We’re fixing trade deals that should’ve been addressed decades ago. America is finally demanding respect.” 2 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth: Signed agreements securing Panama Canal with US military presence. Troops returning to former bases to counter Chinese influence that grew under previous admins. 3 Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick: Countries lining up to negotiate after tariff announcements. Gold Card program launches within a week—potential citizenship pathway previously undisclosed. 4 Education Secretary Linda McMahon: Holding back $400M from Columbia, $8B from Harvard over campus anti-Semitism. Meeting with governors...
Twitter: Man Shares Classism Case He Witness While Actively At Work
A man with the handle YirmeYAHu on X shared one of the classism case he encountered while on work duty. The young man narrated that he had taken a high profile customer to an elite gathering on the highland and was Okayed to park his car, however drama ensued when a lady came out demanding why he parked near classic Benz. In his words: “Something truly hilarious and captivating happened yesterday that I can’t wait to share. I picked up a woman in her 50s from Surulere and drove her to Ajah for a high-profile event, one reserved for an...
“We Are Exploring All Available Legal Options To Ensure That Justice Is Done”— Human Right Lawyer Speak Of Alabi’s Predicament
Public interest and Human Right Activist Inibehe Effiong in a post disclosed that they “are exploring all available legal options to ensure that justice is done” regarding Quadri Yusuf Alabi’s predicament, the teen in Peter Obi iconic photo during 2023 presidential campaign, handed over to the police by street hoodlums. Recall that TheSubstance News reported that Alabi has been at the Kirikiri prison since January when he was handed over to the police by street hoodlum for allegedly not giving them from the money made from his chanced encounter with Peter Obi in 2023. The teen who is barely 18...
Chess In The Slum Convener And Coach Tunde Onakoya Appreciates Davido For Showing Up, Says “Thanks For Inspiring And Supporting The Kids”
Tuned Onakoya happily expressed that one of his protégée Mary has been singing the praises of David Adeleke a.ka Davido, an afrobeat musician who showed up for the ‘Chess in the Slum’ in New York to show support at the ongoing United Nation Chess Competition. His post read: “Mary has declared that she’s the first person from her village to meet Davido in person, and everyone else has only just seen him on TV. It’s been 3 days now and we still haven’t heard the last of it”
Firing Squad Execute South Carolina Man Who Killed An Off-Duty Police Officer
A firing squad on Friday executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer, the second time the rare execution method has been used by the state in the past five weeks. Mikal Mahdi gave no final statement and did not look to his right toward the nine witnesses in the room behind bulletproof glass and bars once the curtain opened. He cried out as the shots hit him, and his arms flexed. A white target with the red bull’s-eye over Mahdi’s heart was pushed into the wound in his chest. He groaned two more times about 45...
Israeli Hostage’s Wife Relentless Effort To Hear From Her Husband, As He Turns 48
Omri Miran’s wife Lishay, started sending whatsapp messages three weeks after Hamas gunmen violently snatched her husband from their home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, on 7 October 2023. She calls the chat Notes to Omri. She’s lost count of the number of messages she’s sent. “My love, there are so many people you’ll need to meet when you come back,” she wrote at the end of October 2023. “Amazing people who are helping me. Strangers who have become as close as can be.” Three-and-a-half months later, she posted a message from the couple’s eldest daughter. “Roni just said goodnight to...
U.S. To Terminate Afghans And Cameroonians Temporary Deportation Protection Status
Thousands of Afghans and Cameroonians will have their temporary deportation protections terminated, the US Department of Homeland Security has said. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem found the conditions in Afghanistan and Cameroon no longer merited US protections, according to a statement from DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin. An estimated 14,600 Afghans previously eligible for temporary protected status (TPS) are now set to lose it in May, while some 7,900 Cameroonians will lose it in June. It comes on the same day a US judge ruled that the Trump administration could deport a university graduate, detained last month over his role in pro-Palestinian protests. TPS...