France’s government wants to set the age of sexual consent at 15 and make it easier to punish long-ago child sexual abuse. Victims of sexual abuse and child protection activists have long pushed for tougher laws and greater societal recognition of the problem of sexual abuse and this new development has been welcomed by…
Kobe Bryant’s daughter Natalia has signed a modeling contract with IMG Models Worldwide. Natalia, who only turned 18 last month, is the eldest child of late basketball legend Kobe, who tragically died in a helicopter crash last year with daughter Gianna. The international modelling agency on Monday night announced that Natalia had joined its roster.…
Former US President, Donald Trump has been banned from ever rejoining the Screen Actors Guild—American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. This came after SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris and the national board approved a disciplinary hearing against Trump which was held on Saturday February 6. This resulted in Trump being barred from rejoining the union because of the way he…
The Federal Government has lifted the ban it placed on Emirates Airlines. The airline was barred from lifting passengers from Nigeria after the United Arab Emirates made it mandatory for such passengers to carry out Rapid Antigen Testing in laboratories that are not approved or authorized by the appropriate regulatory bodies. The UAE has now withdrawn the Rapid Antigen Testing requirements…
Canadian-born actor Christopher Plummer has died at his home in Connecticut. The actor who starred in films including “The Sound of Music” died on Friday morning, Feb 5, He was 91. His family confirmed the news, saying he died peacefully at home in Connecticut with his wife of 53 years, Elaine Taylor, by…
An associate of R&B singer R. Kelly pleaded guilty this week to trying to bribe a witness to keep her from testifying against the singer. Richard Arline Jr., of Dolton, Illinois, admitted in a Brooklyn Federal Court teleconference that he tried to pay off a woman known in court documents only as Jane Doe to…
President Joe Biden on Tuesday February 1, signed three executive orders aimed at reversing former President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration policies including establishing a task force designed to reunite families separated at the US-Mexico border. He signed orders on family separation, border security, and legal immigration. This brings to nine the number of executive…
The Public Affairs Section of the US Mission Nigeria has called for application from qualified Nigerians wishing to teach Hausa or Yoruba languages and cultures to American students in US universities and colleges. The FLTA program allows foreign teachers to teach foreign languages and culture to American students in universities and colleges while also…
The Senior Special Assistant on Diaspora Matters to Oyo State Governor, Mrs Bolanle Sarumi-Aliyu, has drawn attention to a Nigerian postgraduate student, Jamiu Adebayo Adekunle, who has been declared missing in Turkey since 2020. The missing student from Iseyin, Oyo State, graduated from the University of Ilorin and then proceeded to Uskudar University, Istanbul, for…
A second police officer who responded to the attack on the Capitol by a violent mob on Jan. 6 has died by suicide, marking the third law enforcement death in the aftermath of the pro-Trump riot. Acting Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) chief, Robert Contee identified the officer as Jeffrey Smith, who he said was…
