Cristina Lopez Garcia was excited to buy a house last February. It was an eight-minute drive from her job in the kitchen of a Las Vegas casino and she was confident that she and her husband could afford their new bills. But about a month after they moved in, that financial stability disappeared. The casino Read More…
Month: January 2021
Tesla 2020 deliveries beat estimates, but fall just short of Musk’s target
Tesla Inc on Saturday reported better-than-expected 2020 vehicle deliveries, driven by a steady rise in electric vehicle adoption, but narrowly missed its ambitious full-year goal during a punishing year for the global auto industry. The company delivered 499,550 vehicles during 2020, above Wall Street estimates of 481,261 vehicles, according to Refinitiv data – but 450 Read More…
Everything We Know About the Next James Bond Film, ‘No Time To Die’
Ahead of its April release, we’ve got the intel on Daniel Craig’s Bond farewell After two delays, we’re only a few of months away from the release of No Time To Die, the 25th official James Bond film and the last in which Daniel Craig will duff up bad lads in the name of Queen Read More…
Dr. Dre agrees to pay estranged wife $2 million as he recovers from brain aneurysm
Dr. Dre has agreed to pay his estranged wife Nicole Young $2 million (£1.5 million) in spousal support as he recovers from a brain aneurysm. The 55-year-old rap mogul was admitted to the intensive care unit at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Monday and missed a divorce case hearing on Wednesday as he Read More…
Ndidi and Iheanacho help Leicester City demolish Mikel’s Stoke City
The Nigeria stars were on parade as the King Power Stadium outfit secured a comfortable victory over the Potters Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho featured in Leicester City’s 4-0 demolition of John Obi Mikel’s Stoke City in Saturday’s FA Cup tie. Ndidi started for the Foxes in a 4-5-1 formation and starred in the midfield Read More…
Arsenal’s new superstar Smith Rowe making a mockery of Willian’s woeful performances
The 20-year-old underlined why he is ahead of the well-paid Brazilian in the pecking order by coming off the bench to inspire a 2-0 win over Newcastle Less than a month ago, Emile Smith Rowe hadn’t started a league game in over a year. Now, Arsenal’s brilliant young playmaker will be one of the first Read More…
FG warns public against using Lagos Airport Road Flyover
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mr Olukayode Popoola, on Friday advised the public to stay off Airport Road Flyover in Lagos dangerously burnt by fire, pending the determination of its structural safety. The bridge which runs over Toyota Bus Stop on the Apapa-Oshodi-Ojota-Oworonshoki Expressway being reconstructed, was engulfed by fire when a petrol Read More…
NCDC confirms 1,544 new cases of COVID-19, 12 deaths in Nigeria
Lagos still surges with 739 cases and two deaths The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 1,544 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC, on its verified website on Friday, also confirmed additional 12 coronavirus-related deaths. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the country’s daily new infections accelerated to Read More…
NCDC Boss, Ihekweazu, joins CNN’s Christiane Amanpour and Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg at Reuters conference
Nigeria’s Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is one of the speakers at Reuters Next, an international virtual summit holding from January 11-14, 2021.. He will be joining Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook; Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s Chief International Correspondent and Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and CTO Read More…
Nigerian oil firm Lekoil loses board fight with top shareholder
* Lekoil shareholders vote in favour of expanding board * Lekoil loses fight against top shareholder Metallon* Ministry of Petroleum warns Lekoil over change in control* Nominated advisor and broker resign in recent months Shareholders of London-listed Nigerian oil company Lekoil voted on Friday to approve an investor’s bid to add three members to the Read More…