Written by A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) says the United States President Donald Trump is convinced that the Nigerian government is not serious to address the issue of insecurity in the country. Trump had last Saturday ordered the Pentagon to map out a possible plan of attack in Nigeria, one day after warning … Continue reading “Trump Convinced Nigerian Govt Not Serious, Ready To Tackle Insecurity – Momodu”
China’s exports fell in October for the first time in eight months, official data showed Friday, as trade tensions flared in the weeks before Chinese President Xi Jinping met US counterpart Donald Trump. Shipments dropped 1.1 percent year on year, missing a Bloomberg forecast of a 2.9 percent rise. Imports in the same month … Continue reading “China’s Exports Fall For First Time In Eight Months”
Iran strongly condemned on Friday what it called “savage” Israeli attacks on Lebanon, after its arch-foe hit targets belonging to the Tehran-backed Hezbollah movement. In a statement, the Iranian foreign ministry urged “the United Nations, the international community and regional countries to confront the warmongering” of Israel while offering “condolences on the martyrdom of … Continue reading “Iran Condemns ‘Savage’ Israeli Attacks On Lebanon”
North Korea fired a ballistic missile Friday, Seoul’s military said, around a week after US President Donald Trump approved South Korea’s plan to build a nuclear-powered submarine. Analysts have said Seoul’s plan to construct one of the atomic-driven vessels would likely draw an aggressive response from Pyongyang. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said … Continue reading “North Korea Fires Unidentified Ballistic Missile”
The Las Vegas Raiders are 2-6 and dead last in the AFC West. They will face their division rivals, the first place Denver Broncos as big underdogs on the road. There really isn’t much going for them right now. They ended up shipping WR Jakobi Meyers to Jacksonville at the trade deadline, which will free … Continue reading “Tre Tucker start or sit: Week 10 fantasy football advice”
Thursday Night Football for Week 10 brings us two AFC West teams at opposite ends of the standings. The 7-2 Denver Broncos will host the 2-6 Las Vegas Raiders as big 9.5-favorites in Mile High. The Broncos aren’t always winning pretty, with nail-biters against the JEts, Giants, and Texans, but they are winning. And one … Continue reading “Troy Franklin start or sit: Week 10 fantasy football advice”
The NBA season is a little more than two weeks old, and everything we thought we knew going into the 2025-26 campaign is already being blown to pieces. It’s only fair that we update our power rankings from the preseason version published just before the season tipped off. No one would have predicted the Chicago … Continue reading “NBA power rankings: Bulls, Spurs vault into the top 10 with impressive starts”
Two days and a couple hundred games isn’t nearly a strong enough sample size to make any broad declarations about a season that will span five months and feature 365 teams. That doesn’t mean that we can’t do it anyway. The 2025-26 men’s college basketball season is “The Year of the Freshman.” That’s what it’s … Continue reading “College basketball’s ‘Year of the Freshman’ has arrived for men’s 2025-26 season”
It’s not often that hockey gets featured in sketches on Saturday Night Live, but it’s always magic when it happens. Chance the Rapper’s legendary “let’s do that hockey” skit came out seven years ago, but is still quoted to this day, and now we can add Miles Teller being the world’s most uncomfortable player for … Continue reading “Miles Teller’s NHL sketch on SNL was an instant classic”
Halloween has come and gone and the latest week of NFL action provided us with plenty of treats – or tricks – depending on which team(s) you were gunning for over the weekend. The Bills and Chiefs provided us with another classic between two AFC powers as Josh Allen came out on top over Patrick … Continue reading “Which NFL teams got tricked, and which got treats in Week 9?”