Category: Foreign

8-year-old girl shoots male teacher to death in US

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In a shocking incident at ford Elementary School in Detroit, Michigan, 8-year-old Quianna Hudson brought her father’s gun to school and fatally shot her 56-year-old gym teacher, Jim Turner. During gym class, Mr. Turner took Quianna into his office, and three minutes later, two shots rang out, causing students to scream and flee the gym. School security rushed to the scene and found Mr. Turner dead, with gunshot wounds to his thigh and chest. Police arrived shortly afterward and took Quianna into custody At the police station, Quianna revealed that…

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Hamas leader killed in Israel strike in Iran -Hamas

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Hamas political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, has been killed in an Israeli strike in Iran, where he was attending the swearing-in of the new president. This was made known by Hamas who vowed the act “will not go unanswered”. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei too threatened “harsh punishment” for Haniyeh’s killing, saying: “We consider it our duty to seek revenge for his blood as he was martyred in the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran.” Israel declined to comment on the Tehran strike, which came after it struck a…

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Sean Combs allegedly ‘paid’ $1m for 2Pac’s assasination – Report

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Sean Diddy Combs, popular American rapper has been implicated in an alleged connection to the murder of Tupac Shakur, with court documents claiming he paid $1 million to have the late rap icon killed. According to reports, court filings by the prosecutor overseeing Tupac’s murder case extensively mention Combs, citing allegations made by Duane “Keefe D” Davis, currently facing charges in the murder, that Combs orchestrated a $1 million payment for Tupac’s assassination. In documents filed recently, Combs is referred to 77 times under his known aliases such as Puffy,…

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I was tricked to grant permission for my child to undergo puberty blockers -Elon Musk

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Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and Space X, has said he was “tricked” into granting permission for his child to undergo puberty blockers. Musk made the disclosure in a live interview with psychologist Jordan Peterson on X on Monday. During the conversation, Peterson mentioned Musk’s decision to relocate SpaceX’s headquarters from California, citing the state’s new legislation, Assembly Bill 1955, which enables schools to keep a child’s sexual orientation or gender identity confidential from their parents. This move came after California Governor, Gavin Newsom, signed the bill into law…

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Biden withdraws from US presidential race

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United States President Joe Biden has announced his withdrawal from the presidential race. Mr. Biden’s decision came four months before the country’s 2024 presidential election. Joe Biden’s campaign has been thrust into pressure, as panic and worry about his election chances pour in from the highest levels of the Democratic party. Below are some incidents and people who called for his withdrawal: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had expressed concerns in private to Mr Biden about his candidacy. His…

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UAE denies $10,000 bank balance, N640,000 fee for Nigerian visa applicants

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The United Arab Emirates has denied approving $10k bank balance, and N640k fee requirements for Nigerians applying for visas into the country, reports The Cable, an online news agency. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced on Monday, that the UAE authorities agreed to vacate travel restrictions imposed on Nigerians. Idris further revealed that applicants must fulfill certain conditions part of which was obtaining a document verification number on documentverificationhub.ae. According to the website, the verification costs a non-refundable N640,000 excluding VAT for each application. This does…

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Tech entrepreneur arrested for alleged fraud

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A tech entrepreneur, Kingsley Inegbedion, has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for his alleged involvement in romance scams and business email compromise schemes that witnessed him and an accomplice, Efemena Igbe, who is still at large, posing as legitimate business owners to defraud American citizens between April 2020 and May 2023. The FBI said the duo used sham corporate entities to receive fraudulent funds distributed into other accounts within and outside the US to conceal the fraud. The FBI, in a statement, said it had been seeking…

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Wiz Khalifa charged with illegal drug possession

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Wiz Khalifa, US rapper has been charged with illegal drug possession after performing at a seaside festival in Romania, where he allegedly consumed cannabis on stage, prosecutors said Sunday. The hip-hop star was headlining at the “Beach, Please!” festival in the Romanian village of Costinesti on the shore of the Black Sea, when he got caught with the drug early Sunday, prosecutors say. Cannabis is considered a “risk drug” in Romania, and possession is punishable by up to ten years in prison. Videos posted on social media show the rapper…

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Tinubu, world leaders condemn Trump’s assassination attempt

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu joined other world leaders yesterday to condemn the assassination attempt on former US president Donald Trump at an election rally. Tinubu, in a statement on his verified X handle, described the incident as”distasteful,” adding that it “goes beyond the pale of democratic norms.” “I extend my sympathies to the former president and wish him relief,” he added. Other world leaders and governments, who reacted with shock to the assassination attempt, spoke against political violence and expressed their support for those affected by Saturday’s shooting, which killed…

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Prophet who claims God gave him key to gambling, wins £23k, banned from casino

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A “prophet”, Archbishop Emmanuel Mutumwa, who claimed God gave him a winning formula has been banned from a casino after taking home £23,487 ($30,000). Lucky Archbishop Emmanuel Mutumwa, leader of the Johanne Masowe eChishanu Apostolic Sect in Zimbabwe, had bragged about his mammoth win. But his celebrations were cut short when bosses at other casinos in Zimbabwe told him to stay away amid fears he was getting unfair help from the Lord. “They fear they will go bankrupt because I will win too often,” Mutumwa added. He said he used…

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