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TRUMP DECLARES NATIONAL EMERGENCY AT BORDER IN FIRST SPEECH TO NATION
President Donald Trump has proclaimed “America’s decline is over” as he vowed to act swiftly through sweeping executive action, including declaring a national emergency at the US-Mexico border. In his inaugural address, Trump said he is “confident and optimistic” as he returns to the White House with “a mandate to completely and totally reverse a…
SOUTHPORT KILLER WAS REFERRED TO COUNTER-TERROR SCHEME SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE ATTACK
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana was referred to the government’s counter-terrorism Prevent programme several times before the attack over his general obsession with violence, government sources have told the BBC. On Monday the 18-year-old admitted stabbing three young girls to death in July last year at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class. He also pleaded guilty to…
MELANIA TRUMP LAUNCHES MEME COIN AS CRYPTO RALLIES ON DONALD’S RETRUN
The incoming US first lady, Melania Trump, has followed her husband’s lead by launching a multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency meme coin, amid a rally in digital currencies as he prepares to return to the White House. The price of the incoming president’s token, $Trump, had tripled to more than $70 (£57), giving it a total value of over $14bn shortly…
BIDEN PARDONS FAUCI AND MILLEY IN EFFORT TO GUARD AGAINST POTENTIAL ‘REVENGE’ BY TRUMP
Joe Biden has issued pre-emtive pardons for Anthony Fauci, retired Gen Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, using the extraordinary powers of his office in his final hours to guard against potential “revenge” by the incoming Trump administration. The pardons included two leading Republicans…
MUM’S HEARTBREAK OVER DAUGHTER’S ‘FAMILY-DESTROYING’ DISEASE
The mother of a terminally ill 11-year-old has spoken of her heartbreak at knowing her daughter may not live past her teens. Anna Lowri Roberts, from Sarn Mellteyrn, in Gwynedd, was diagnosed with CLN3 Batten Disease , external in May 2022. The illness is a fatal neurological disorder that usually begins in childhood. The strain Anna has affects…
CHANNEL NINE’S TONY JONES APOLOGISES TO NOVAK DJOKOVIC OVER ‘BANTER’ THAT LED TO COVERAGE BOYCOTT
Tony Jones has issued an apology to Novak Djokovic after comments the veteran broadcaster made at the Australian Open led to the Serbian tennis star boycotting Channel Nine’s coverage of the tournament. Djokovic opted not to give a customary on-court interview after beating Jiri Lehecka on Sunday to move into this year’s quarter-finals, before revealing he would…
UNITED KINGDOM-FIRST SURGERY REMOVES PATIENT’S ‘INOPERABLE’ TUMOUR THROUGH EYE SOCKET
Medics have performed a UK-first operation to remove a previously inoperable brain tumour using keyhole surgery through a patient’s eye socket. Ruvimbo Kaviya, 40, became the first person in the UK to have a brain tumour removed from the cavernous sinus, the space beneath the brain and behind the eyes, via the pioneering new type…
COURT ADJOURNS FALANA’S “DEFEMATION” SUIT AGAINST VERYDARKMAN TO JANUARY 2025
An Ikeja high court on Thursday fixed January 23, 2023, to hear the alleged defamation suit filed against VeryDarkMan (VDM), the controversial activist. The human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) and his son Folarin ‘Falz’ Falana filed a defamatory suit against VDM. NAN reports that when the case was called on Thursday, Muiz Banire (SAN), counsel to…
16 YEAR-OLD SUES FG OVER NEW POLICY RESTRICTING UNDER 16 FROM UNIVERSITY ADMISSION
A 15-year-old Senior Secondary School student, Chinaemere Opara, has sued the Federal Ministry of Education, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board[JAMB], and National Universities Commission [NUC] to court over new admission policy. Chinaemere, represented by his father and lawyer, Maxwell Opara, filed the suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking six reliefs as stated by News Agency…
MEN CAN HAVE BREAST CANCER TOO – EXPERT
The chief medical director of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Prof Abdullahi Yusuf, has said that men can also be affected by breast cancer. He, therefore, advised both genders to go for breast screening. Yusuf disclosed this in Ilorin, Kwara State, during an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of a ‘Walk for…