President-elect Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he will soon make a decision regarding TikTok’s operations following the Supreme Court’s ruling. The court upheld a law mandating the platform’s ban unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sells it to an American firm. On Friday, January 17, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene in…
On Friday, January 17, President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of nearly 2,500 individuals convicted of non-violent drug offenses, marking what the White House described as the largest single-day act of clemency in U.S. history. The individuals whose sentences were commuted had been serving what Biden referred to as “disproportionately long sentences” compared to what…
Jack Smith, the special counsel who led the prosecution against U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, has resigned and left the country ahead of Trump’s inauguration on January 20. Officials stated in a document submitted to U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon that Smith had completed his duties and submitted his final confidential report on January 7. He…
American rapper and YouTuber DDG has hinted at the possibility of relocating to Lagos or London amid the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles. In a post on X, the rapper voiced his growing dissatisfaction with life in the United States, calling his home country increasingly unappealing. “America lowkey not it no more ngl.. might have…
Former child star Rory Callum Sykes, 32, tragically lost his life in the devastating wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles. His mother, Shelley Sykes, shared the heartbreaking news of his death in a fire that engulfed his home. It is believed that Rory was trapped inside a small cottage near Malibu when the flames broke out.…
A Manhattan judge ruled on Friday, January 10, that Donald Trump would not face any penalties for his conviction related to the concealment of a “hush money” payment intended to keep a sex scandal from voters. This ruling makes Trump the first person convicted of a felony to assume the presidency. Justice Juan Merchan, who…
Donald Trump is seeking to block the public release of a report by special counsel Jack Smith, which summarizes the investigation that led to criminal charges against him. Trump, who faced accusations of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results and mishandling classified documents after leaving office, had both cases dismissed following his victory in…
South Korean anti-graft investigators secured a new court-ordered arrest warrant on Tuesday, January 7, for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose failed martial law attempt triggered the country’s worst political crisis in decades. Yoon, a former prosecutor, has evaded questioning three times since issuing the martial law decree on December 3, staying in his residence…
Jordan, the son of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has successfully completed his Master’s in Law at the Queen Mary University of London, UK. A proud father, Wike shared pictures from the graduation ceremony in a post on his Facebook account on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. “Happy to witness, alongside my wife,…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation from office. At 53 years old, Trudeau revealed that he will step down as leader of the Liberal Party, which he has helmed since 2013. “I intend to resign as party leader and as prime minister,” he told reporters in Ottawa following a lengthy political crisis,…
