LeBron James is exercising his $52.6 million option with the Los Angeles Lakers for 2025-26, further confirming that he will become the first player in NBA history to play a 23rd season, a person with knowledge of the decision said Sunday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither James nor the team announced the decision publicly. ESPN and The Athletic were among those to first report the decision. James, who recently returned to on-court workouts after taking several weeks to recover after spraining a knee ligament in the Lakers’ final game of this past...
At Least 37 People Killed In A Bus Collision In A Remote Part Of Tanzania
Dozens of people were killed when two buses collided and burst into flames in a remote part of northern Tanzania, officials said. President Samia Suluhu Hassan expressed deep sorrow in a statement Sunday following the crash that killed at least 37 people and left 30 others injured. The collision happened on Saturday evening in the Sabasaba area along the Moshi–Tanga highway in the Kilimanjaro region. The identities and nationalities of the victims weren’t immediately known. “I send my heartfelt condolences to Kilimanjaro Regional Commissioner Nurdin Babu, the bereaved families, relatives, and friends,” Hassan said in a statement. “May God grant...
Azerbaijan Cancels Russian Events Over The Killings Of 2 Citizens In Yekaterinburg
Azerbaijan has canceled all cultural events planned by Russian state and private institutions in protest over the deaths of two Azerbaijani citizens during police raids in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, Azerbaijani officials said Sunday. Azerbaijan’s Culture Ministry wrote on X that concerts, exhibitions, festivals and performances were canceled on account of “the demonstrative targeted and extrajudicial killings and acts of violence committed by Russian law enforcement agencies against Azerbaijanis on ethnic grounds in Yekaterinburg.” According to Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry, Russian law enforcement raided homes of Azerbaijani residents in the industrial city in Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday. Two Azerbaijani...
AP Source Discloses NBA Free Agent Malik Beasley Under Investigation Regarding Gambling Allegations.
NBA free agent Malik Beasley is under investigation by the U.S. District Attorney’s office regarding gambling allegations tied to league games, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Sunday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment on the matter. “We are cooperating with the federal prosecutors’ investigation,” NBA spokesman Mike Bass said in a statement released to the AP and other outlets on Sunday. ESPN was the first to report on the investigation. “There have been no charges against Malik,” Steve Haney, Beasley’s attorney, told the AP. “It’s just...
Beyoncé And Jay-Z Become The Main Event As Paris Crowns Celebrity The World’s Hottest Trend
If any force dominated the global fashion industry this season — eclipsing fabric, form and even the wildest silhouettes — it was the spectacle of celebrity. In a year marked by global anxiety and a hunger for fantasy, star power flooded Paris Fashion Week, turning runways into gladiator arenas where A-list icons, K-pop idols and digital megastars became the main event. Beyoncé and Jay-Z didn’t just attend Louis Vuitton’s blockbuster show — they became the show. As they swept into the Pompidou Center, cameras flashed and phones shot skyward. Before the first look even hit the runway, images of the couple ricocheted across the globe. K-pop...
You keep writing.Critical national and global issues have always taken the centre stage in your critical analysis.
You keep writing.Critical national and global issues have always taken the centre stage in your critical analysis. This is done with such strength and bravery of wanting to say the truth at all times. I had given you earlier suggestions in one of which is that these articles of yours can significantly constitute a good or relevant publications as your humble contribution to national discourse. The pulling out of the APC Chairman Dr. Ganduje, a very strong man of the APC on health grounds if it true wouldn’t it be a major set back for APC, particularly the embattled Kano...
THE HISTORIC HAJ TRIP OF ALH ALHASAN DANTATA.
The first prominent Nigerian to perform the Haj by sea was The Emir of Katsina Muhammadu Dikko in 1921. The second was Alhaji Alhasan Dantata, reputed to be the wealthiest man then in the West African sub-region. The richest Black man in the world today, Aliko Dangote is his great-grandson. On 1/4/1927, Alhaji Alhasan Dantata left Kano with the following entourage: The entourage left Kano by rail to Lagos, then drove to Tema, Gold Coast (Ghana). On 7/4/1927, they left Tema and arrived Liverpool port, United Kingdom on 21/4/1927 after 14 days at sea. They were received on arrival by...
LASG GOES TOUGH ON REAL ESTATE PRACTITIONERS, AGENTS, OTHERS
The Lagos Government has stated that it is an offence to practice real estate business, either as a commission agent, realtor, or real estate practitioner, without proper registration with the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Housing and Head of the Lagos State Real Estate Regulatory Authority (LASRERA), Barrister Barakat Odunuga Bakare gave the warning today at Alausa – Ikeja. She stated that it is an offence for anyone to even deal with persons or organisations that have not registered and obtained the LASRERA certificate of practice. Reaffirming for the umpteenth time that...
PBAT HAS BROKEN THE VICIOUS CYCLE IN THE POWER SECTOR AND THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN IN NIGERIA.
If Nigerians know what PBAT is doing they will give him a standing ovation and a trillion Gbosas . The electricity bandits sit in the Ministries in Abuja and award contracts to themselves and the job will not be done. The money is pocketed. If they manage to do anything they will send their agents to destroy it in the dead of the night and the vicious cycle continues. They pull down power Generating Stations, Transmission Stations and Distribution Stations without caring a hoot. This is the reason why the huge investments in the Power industry for close to 40...
How Georgetown Scholar Badar Khan Suri Parented His Three Kids While In ICE Detention
For months while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, Badar Khan Suri, the Georgetown University postdoctoral scholar who was targeted for deportation by the Trump administration, said he spun a tale for his 5-year-old sons to help them cope with his absence. “For my younger twins, I created a story they could hold on to: I told them I was traveling and had gotten lost somewhere in the clouds, trying to find my way back home,” Khan Suri said in an email to NBC News. It was one of the ways, Khan Suri said, that he attempted to continue to...