The United States Embassy in Nigeria has announced changes to its immigrant visa process, set to take effect on January 1, 2025. In a statement shared on its official X page on Tuesday, Dec. 10, the embassy revealed that applicants with scheduled interviews will now be required to visit the Consulate General in Lagos…
Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad illegally transferred $135 billion to Russia, Khalid Bey, an intelligence officer for the ousted Syrian regime, has told the Turkish newspaper Turkiye Gazetesi. Rebel forces swept into the capital of Damascus on Sunday, December 8, ousting President Bashar al-Assad and taking control of the country. Assad’s removal was met with…
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court has sentenced Mr Solomon Ogodo, a Superintendent of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for his involvement in forgery, employment racketeering and fraud. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) had in December 2022 arraigned Mr Ogodo in charge no: CR/503/2022 before…
Celebrity couple, Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly have reportedly ended their relationship, just weeks after announcing they were expecting their first child together. According to TMZ, the couple parted ways during a trip to Vail, Colorado, over Thanksgiving weekend, where tensions reached a boiling point.The outlet claimed the split stemmed from Fox discovering something…
Luigi Mangione, the man charged with the můrder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, has been pictured for the first time wearing an orange jumpsuit in a mugshot. Mangione, 26, was arrested Monday, December 9, at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, following an intense five-day nationwide manhunt after 50-year-old Brian Thompson was sh0t from behind on…
A 41-year-old man identified as AbdulFatai has d!ed in a fire incident in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday, December 9, 2024 at No. 158, Ile Alaparun Isale, Alore area of Ilorin. The Head of Media and Publicity of the Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Hakeem Adekunle,…
The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, says he always tells his daughters when they are getting married that if their husbands slap them, he expects them to return the slap. The emir said wife be@ting, domestic v!olence form 45 per cent of cases across nine Shari’a Courts of Kano in five years.…
Lagos-based legal practitioner, Dele Farotimi, has filed a preliminary objection asking the Ado Ekiti Magistrate Court to strike out the defamation suit filed against him by legal expert, Afe Babalola. This comes ahead of tomorrow’s hearing of the case.The preliminary objection dated December 9, 2024, was filed through his lawyer, Senior Advocate of Nigeria,…
Super Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye will undergo surgery, according to his Serie A club, Udinese. The 24-year-old shot-stopper sustained the injury which will keep him out of action for weeks in Udinese’s league clash with Genoa.Due to the wrist injury, Maduka will undergo surgery in the coming days the club said in a statement on…
Syria’s former prime minister, Bashar al-Assad, has agreed to hand over power to his rebel counterpart, the outgoing prime minister, Mohammad Ghazi al-Jalali, told Al Arabiya TV, according to Reuters. The leader of the Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) met with the Assad regime’s outgoing prime minister to discuss the transfer of…
