
Kemi Badenoch’s Brother’s ‘Shoes’ Replaced+ Deizani And $52.8M Loot +Trump’s Inauguration – Trending With Ojy OkpeIn the United Kingdom, a Nigerian man has responded to the country’s conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch’s allegations that some officers of the Nigerian police force stole her brother’s watch and shoes.
Badenoch made the allegations during an interview with The Free Press.
In response, the Nigerian man, James Akinwande posted a video where he was seen buying a new pair of shoes and a watch to replace the ones allegedly stolen from Badenoch’s brother.
In the United States, President Donald Trump was sworn in on Monday, for a historic second term at an indoor ceremony.
Trump addressed the crowd pledging that his legacy would be that of a peacemaker and unifier, and promised Americans a new golden age.
Some religious leaders spoke at Trump’s inauguration, Michigan Pastor, Reverend Lorenzo Sewell got a standing ovation after delivering a powerful prayer, that America would begin to dream again.
Hours after being sworn in on Monday, Trump signed several executive actions of his second presidential term and repealed dozens of former President Joe Biden’s actions.
Trump signed the executive orders at the Oval office withdrawing the U.S. from the Paris climate accords and the WHO and sought to keep TikTok open in the U.S for another 75days.
Trump also pardoned roughly 1,500 people for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Elon Musk generated controversy hours after Trump’s inauguration with a gesture made during his speech that drew immediate comparisons to a fascist salute.
President Trump has a new page on X, Elon Musk took to the microblogging platform to share Trump’s updated profile which reads, 45th and 47th President of the United States, The golden age of America begins right now, with the caption, “The return of a King”.
Trump posted a video on his new X account with the caption; America is back.
41-year-old Carrie Underwood’s performance during the inauguration ceremony has been praised online, after she was forced to sing without her musical instruments due to a technical glitch. She performed a cappella, delivering an outstanding rendition of America the Beautiful.
In Nigeria, the socio-economic rights and accountability project, Serap in a post on X, urged President Trump and his administration to identify US-based stolen assets traced to Nigerian public officials and ensure the return of such assets to the Nigerian people. The group also encouraged Trump to ban such officials from the United States.
Senior advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, who is counsel to a former minister of petroleum resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has said that his client did not acquire the recently repatriated $52.88 million dollars said to be Galactica assets.
On January 10th, the Nigerian and United States governments signed an asset return agreement on $52.88 million dollars, recovered from the Galactica assets, purportedly linked to Alison-Madueke.
Ozekhome said Alison-Madueke’s name was attached to the assets to sell the storyline and tarnish the image of the former minister using a bouquet of consistent, persistent and unrelenting cocktail of falsehoods and misinformation.
Ozekhome further stated, that the said Galactica yacht was acquired by Kola Aluko, a Nigerian businessman, who he said had been in the oil and gas business before Alison-Madueke became minister.
Nigeria’s women under-19 cricket team, ‘The Junior Female Yellow-Greens’ secured a two-run victory over New Zealand at the 2025 ICC U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in Malaysia, marking Nigeria’s first outing in the global tournament.
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