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A Nebraska mother who pleaded guilty to giving her teenage daughter pills for an abortion and helping to burn and bury the fetus was sentenced on Friday to two years in prison. Jessica Burgess, a 42-year-old woman pleaded guilty in July to tampering with human remains, false reporting, and providing an abortion after at least 20 weeks of gestation, which is illegal in Nebraska. Madison County District Judge Mark […]
A veteran US senator has temporarily stepped down as head of the chamber's powerful foreign relations committee as he battles bribery charges. According to the BBC, Justice department prosecutors allege Robert Menendez and his wife accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in exchange for aid to Egypt's government. The couple have denied the charges and the embattled senator has rejected calls from fellow Democrats back in his home state […]
The police in Lagos have completed the exhumation of the corpse of Mohbad, the late Nigerian singer. Benjamin Hundeyin, the Lagos state police spokesperson, broke the news in a terse post on X, formerly Twitter. Mohbad, the 27-year-old street pop singer, died on September 12 and was buried the next day. The circumstance surrounding his death has continued to spark controversies on social media. The police earlier said it would […]
A student of the University of Lagos, Oluwakemi, has been sighted in the Ifako-Gbagada area of Lagos state begging to pay her school fees. She stood at the roundabout with an inscription on a placard, ‘Please help a final year student with her school fees. God bless you". Oluwakemi, a part-time student at the University of Lagos, claimed she has been making efforts to raise her fees. She also […]
Minister of Interior Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has suggested the possibility of broadening the use of the National Fire Academy, Sheda Abuja, to accommodate Private Fire Service Men. Speaking, after his first official inspection tour of the academy, Dr Tunji-Ojo said the facility can play key roles in training safety officers who will be “on-ground” responders for the private sector. He said a lot more would be done to ensure […]
President Bola Tinubu has appealed to Nigerians residing in the diaspora to return home, emphasizing the nation’s current state of growth and progress. Speaking at a presidential town hall meeting in New York organized by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) during the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, Tinubu highlighted the need for a change in the mindset to grasp the abundant business opportunities available in Nigeria. […]
The lower house of the Indian parliament has passed a bill guaranteeing a third of seats for women in the parliament and state assemblies. The bill which was first proposed in 1996, had been pending for decades amid opposition from some political parties. On Wednesday, the Lok Sabha passed it unanimously after hours of fierce debate. The bill will now require the approval of lawmakers in Rajya Sabha, the […]
Three South African navy submariners have died and four others injured after being washed off the deck of a submarine by high waves. BBC reported that the vessel was off the coast near Cape Town when the seven crew members were swept away. Meanwhile le a helicopter was delivering supplies during a refuelling operation at the time. The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in a statement said the submariners […]
The family of a US man who drowned after driving off a collapsed bridge is claiming that he died because Google failed to update its maps. Philip Paxson's family is suing the company over his death, alleging that Google negligently failed to show the bridge had fallen nine years earlier. Mr Paxson died in September 2022 after attempting to drive over the damaged bridge in Hickory, North Carolina. […]
