Singer R Kelly Convicted In Sex Trafficking Trial
R Kelly faces the possibility of decades in prison for crimes including violating an anti-sex trafficking US law. R&B superstar R Kelly has been convicted in a sex trafficking trial in the United States after decades of avoiding criminal responsibility for numerous allegations of misconduct with young women and children. A jury of seven men and five women on Monday found Kelly, 54,...
More Troubles For Abba Kyari As US Prepares 6,700 Page Documentary Evidence Against Him
Embattled police cop, Abba Kyari’s woes are far from over as the United States Government has gathered over 6,700 pages of documentary evidence and 2,700 electronic files from trial in a $1.1 million fraud case involving him and disgraced fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abass a.k.a Hushpuppi. It can be recalled that Kyari entered hot water earlier this year after he was...
Anthony Joshua Heads To Hospital To Fix Broken Eye Socket
ANTHONY JOSHUA was taken to hospital with a suspected broken eye socket after his battering by Oleksandr Usyk. And promoter Eddie Hearn revealed the deposed heavyweight champ could not see out of it after the ninth round of his heavy points defeat. Joahua failed to make use of his 18lb weight advantage over former cruiserweight king Usyk, who landed a barrage...
Anthony Joshua Loses Title To Oleksandr Usyk
Oleksandr Usyk has become the new unified heavyweight world champion after dethroning Anthony Joshua with an incredible performance at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. The Ukrainian put on a master class in front of 65,000 fans, outclassing Joshua over 12 rounds, and hurting the defending champion on numerous occasions. The scorecards were 117-112, 116-112, 115-113 – all for Usyk and...
Nigeria Is A Super Corrupt Country – British Envoy, Catriona Laing
The British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has said Nigeria’s major problem is corruption. She said the country is blessed with the human and material resources needed for its desired development but was being tied down by pervasive corrupt practices. Laing spoke yesterday when she visited the country home of former House of Representatives member, Prince Ned Nwoko, at his...
South African Airways Resumes Flights After Bankruptcy
South Africa’s embattled national airline on Thursday flew its first plane since March 2020 after emerging from bankruptcy proceedings. Passengers on the South African Airways (SAA) flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town were greeted on their departure by singing and dancing airline staff. Once Africa’s second-largest airline after Ethiopian Airlines, SAA had survived for decades on government bailouts and was shedding...
Brazil’s Health Minister Tests Positive For Covid At UN General Assembly
Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tested positive for Covid-19 hours after accompanying President Jair Bolsonaro to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The Brazilian government made the announcement on Tuesday night September 21. Queiroga will remain in New York in quarantine, the government's communications office said. "The minister is doing well," the statement said. It added that the rest of...
New Zealand Relaxes COVID-19 Restrictions In Auckland
New Zealand’s largest city, Auckland is moving out of a strict COVID-19 lockdown, as the country contained a Delta variant outbreak. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday that the city would see restrictions slightly eased from Wednesday. The country was put in a hard lockdown within hours of a single case being detected on Aug. 18, with all schools and...
Taliban Govt Says Girls No More Allowed In Afghan Schools, Closes Down Ministry Of Women Affairs
Girls were excluded from returning to secondary school in Afghanistan on Saturday, after the country’s new Taliban rulers ordered only boys and male teachers back to the classroom. The hardline Islamist group ousted the US-backed government last month, promising a softer brand of rule than their repressive reign in the 1990s, when women were mostly banned from education and work. But...
Founder Of South Korea’s Biggest Church, Cho Yong-gi, Dies At 85
South Korean Pastor David Yongi Cho, who used to have the largest church and congregation in the world has died at the age of 85. Yongi Cho died on Tuesday. With his mother-in-law Choi Ja-shil, he was a cofounder of the Yoido Full Gospel Church (Assemblies of God), the world’s largest congregation, with a claimed membership of 830,000 as of 2007. Cho was born on...
