Two judges were killed in a shooting attack on Saturday at the Supreme Court building in Tehran, Iranian state media reported. “This morning, a gunman infiltrated the Supreme Court in a planned act of assassination of two brave and experienced judges. The two judges were martyred in the act,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported….
The US Supreme Court has upheld a law that bans TikTok nationwide unless its China-based parent company ByteDance sells the platform by this Sunday. TikTok had challenged the law, arguing it would violate free speech protections for the more than 170 million users it says it has in the US. But that argument was rejected…
Many Nigerians are reportedly being hired as prison officers in the United Kingdom, UK as the British government seeks to address staffing shortages in overcrowded prisons. According to The Telegraph, the UK prison service is now sponsoring skilled worker visas for the first time, as a result of a rule change that allows them to…
Three Nigerians in the US have been sentenced for their involvement in a prolonged fraud scheme that frequently targeted elderly victims, according to authorities. Fatai Okunola, 38, of Kalamazoo, received a prison sentence of just over 10 years for his role in the conspiracy and was ordered to pay more than $730,000 in restitution. Okunola…
A mother has been charged with poisoning her one-year-old baby girl and posting video of the infant’s distress to get online GoFundMe donations. The 34-year-old woman allegedly went to “great lengths” to conceal that she was giving prescription and pharmacy drugs to the baby without medical approval. Queensland, Australia, detective inspector Paul Dalton revealed this…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the United Arab Emirate, UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will visit Nigeria in 2025. This decision followed an invitation from Nigerian President Bola Tinubu during their meeting in Abu Dhabi. The leaders met on the sidelines of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week to discuss cooperation and investments. President…
A Nigerian woman, 27-year-old Patricia Masithela, was attacked and killed by a pack of hungry dogs in Latina, Italy, on Monday night. Patricia, who had recently moved to the Lazio region, went to visit a male friend at his abandoned villa, unaware that he was not home. During the visit, she was mauled by the…
Embattled music producer Sean “Diddy” Combs has formally requested that Judge Arun Subramanian allow the public release of a series of controversial videos colloquially called “freak-off tapes.” Combs’ legal team argues that these recordings will establish their client’s innocence unequivocally. According to Daily Mail, Combs’ attorneys filed a letter urging the judge to compel prosecutors…
A French woman, deeply in love with a fake, AI-generated Brad Pitt, was duped out of €830,000 after the impersonator convinced her that he needed the money for cancer treatment amid his divorce from Angelina Jolie. Anne, a 53-year-old interior designer, was so taken by the supposed Hollywood heartthrob that she divorced her husband and…
South Korean authorities have detained President Yoon Suk Yeol for questioning on charges of leading an insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law last month. According to reports, a warrant to detain Yoon was executed shortly after 10:30am local time on Wednesday, citing the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO). “To prevent an…