Comoros Ex-Leader, Sambi Bags Life Imprisonment Over Treason
A former President of Comoros, an island nation off Mozambique, Ahmed Abdallah Sambi has been found guilty of treason for selling passports to people from the Middle East and sentenced life imprisonment by a state security court. The country's former leader was charged with treason and the court said it found him guilty of selling Comorian passports to people in...
FBI Arrest Nigerian Scammer ‘Bobo Chicago’ Over $2.8m Fraud
Oluyomi Omobolanle Bombata, popularly known as "Bobo Chicago," has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on suspicion of participating in a $2.8 million money laundering and email scam. According to online media outlet Peoples Gazette, the 25-year-old allegedly terrorised fellow Nigerians living in the Houston metro area before fleeing to Chicago, where he established residency. He is currently...
Pope Advocates Debt Forgiveness For Poor Nations
Pope Francis has urged wealthy nations to allow indebted nations to recover and grow by forgiving their debts. The appeal was made in his 2025 World Day of Peace message, marked annually on January 1 to promote global peace. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the message, delivered by the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Martins, during Mass...
Ukraine Receives Over 1,200 Fallen Soldiers From Russia
Ukraine has received the remains of another 1,200 fallen soldiers from Russia, Ukrainian authorities confirmed on Friday, marking the second such handover this week. The exchange was facilitated by the International Red Cross, according to Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Earlier in the week, Ukraine had received 1,212 bodies of its soldiers and, in return,...
Coronavirus: Italy Sees 743 Deaths In A Day [VIDEO]
Italy's daily COVID-19 death toll shot back up today with 743 in one day, but more evidence emerged that the coronavirus infection rate is slowing thanks to a painful national lockdown. Three weeks into a lockdown restricting movement across the country, Italy's daily bulletin about its COVID-19 outbreak added thousands of more infections, pushing the nation's overall total up by...
Stampede At Ramadan Charity Distribution In Sanaa: 85 Killed, 322 Injured – Foreign Affairs
One of the deadliest stampedes in a decade claimed at least 85 lives and injured over 300 others on Thursday at a charity distribution event in war-torn Yemen, according to Huthi officials. Days before Eid al-Fitr, a Muslim holiday marked by eating to commemorate the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, the most recent tragedy to hit the poorest...
UK Government Set To Increase University Tuition Fees In 2025
United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer is planning to increase tuition fees in universities in the country effective from September 2025. The increase is going to be the first in eight years. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson is expected to announce the tuition fees rise in line with the Retail Price Index inflation. READ ALSO: Iranian Pilot, General Dies In Chopper Accident The fee...
Coronavirus: Senegal Bars Ministers From Overseas Travel
Senegal’s President Macky Sall ordered his cabinet ministers not to leave the country in a measure to control risks from coronavirus, the presidency said on Thursday. Senegal has registered four cases of COVID-19 since the virus first emerged in China in December and has since infected more than 90,000 people and killed over 3,000 worldwide. Sall has “decided to reduce to...
Bill Gates Tests Positive For COVID, Says He’s Fortunate To Be Vaccinated
Billionaire businessman and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates has stated that he tested positive for COVID-19. This was announced on Tuesday by Gates in a post on Twitter. Gates added that he is experiencing mild symptoms. “I’ve tested positiv...
Elon Musk Congratulates Bezos On Successful Launch Of New Glenn Rocket
Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX, congratulated Jeff Bezos, his rival, on the successful launch of his heavy-lift rocket New Glenn on Thursday. “Congratulations on reaching orbit on the first attempt, Musk wrote on X, the social media platform he owns, tagging Bezos in his post. Amazon founder Bezos established his rocket company Blue Origin nearly 25 years ago. But he has...
