May 2025
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President Donald Trump announced a $14 billion deal between U.S. Steel and Nippon on Friday as well an increase on steel tariffs to bolster the investment. He called the investment the “single-largest investment” of any kind in any industry. In a speech from West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, on Friday carried live by Newsmax, Trump announced that additional…
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Elon Musk arrived in Washington, D.C., with high hopes but left with a literal and reputational black eye. President Donald Trump marked the end of Musk’s tenure as a government employee with an event in the Oval Office May 30, where he thanked the billionaire for his work leading the Department of Government Efficiency and gave him a…
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Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembélé has said that a potential Ballon d’Or award is firmly at the back of his mind as he prepares for Saturday’s Champions League final against Inter Milan. The France international has been a key figure for the Parisians during their run to the final and has been one of the outstanding players in Europe this…
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Former Big Brother Naija reality show star, Chukwuemeka Okoye, popularly known as Frodd, has opened up about being molested as a child by different house helps. He claimed that he was physically molested by different house helps they had, except for his nanny. He added that a certain neighbour also molested him. Frodd explained that…
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Muyiwa Awoniyi, the manager of Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has revealed that the singer wasn’t financially buoyant when they first met. Featuring a recent episode of the Afrobeats Intelligence podcast, Awoniyi recalled that the singer had only N200 in her bank account during their first encounter. He explained that despite…
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Super Eagles winger Ahmed Musa has tied the knot with his fourth wife, Asmau Moriki, MEZIESBLOG reports. The private wedding ceremony took place in Kano. The 31-year-old married Jamila in 2013, with the couple divorcing four years later. They had two children. Musa hooked up with Juliet Ejue, from Ogoja Cross River shortly after his separation…
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The World Igbo Congress, WIC, has called on the Nigerian government to proclaim a national holiday to mark Biafra Day. Festus Okere, the Chairman of WIC, said Ndigbo should never desecrate its generational customs because Igbos are duty-bound to gather on May 30 annually to honour Biafra fallen heroes and heroines. Okere spoke during the…
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Former member of House of Representatives, Nkem Uzoma Abonta has said that Governor Alex Otti of Abia State may be afraid of being sabotaged, hence he runs the State without accommodating the members of the opposition in his inner team. He claimed that the members of the opposition are still in “fighting and war mood”…
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The National Secretary of the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, Peter Ameh, has accused President Bola Tinubu of destroying every fabric of the economy within his two years in office. Ameh, a former presidential aspirant, stated this during an interview on Arise News on Friday night, insisting that the way and manner the fuel…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. The Independent National Electoral Commission is holding onto the application of 104 groups and associations seeking to be registered as political parties. Weekend Trust gathered that the104 applications were filed after the 2023 elections to enable more groups take part in future electoral activities as political parties.…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. Suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara said on Thursday that the declaration of emergency rule by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu saved the state from “looming anarchy”. He said the President’s swift intervention shielded the state from the consequences of the festering political crisis.…
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Suspended Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has admonished his supporters, the people of Rivers State, and Nigerians to thank President Bola Tinubu for his swift intervention in salvaging the state from looming anarchy arising from the festering political crisis. Fubara, in a statement on Thursday by his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, also revealed that…
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Elon Musk’s days working at the White House are over. Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO whom President Donald Trump enlisted to cut waste in the federal government, started offboarding from his role Wednesday, a White House official told NBC News, a day after he criticized a Republican bill to fund much of Trump’s agenda. Two…
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Paris St Germain are on the brink of a maiden Champions League title, chasing European glory in their first campaign since the departure of France striker Kylian Mbappe, but street-wise Inter Milan stand between them and history in Saturday’s final. Luis Enrique’s Ligue 1 champions, backed by owners Qatar Sports Investments, have been impressive in…
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Germany defender Jonathan Tah has signed a four-year contract with Bayern Munich after leaving Bayer Leverkusen, the Bundesliga champions said on Thursday. The 28-year-old, who made 402 appearances for Leverkusen and helped them win the Bundesliga in 2023-24, joined Bayern on a free transfer. “I’m very happy to be at FC Bayern. I want to…
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For the transgender players at London’s Goal Diggers FC, the landmark UK court ruling that the legal definition of a woman should be based on biological sex has left the soccer team questioning who they can play against, and where. Last month’s Supreme Court statement that only biological and not trans women met the definition…
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