A law to criminalise “virginity repair” surgery, known as hymenoplasty, has been introduced by the British government. Under an amendment to the health care bill added on Monday, Jan. 24, any procedure that attempts to reconstruct the hymen will be illegal no matter if the individual undergoing the surgery consents or not. A growing…
The Indian government has said India is the highest employer of labour in Nigeria after the Federal Government. The Acting High Commissioner of India to Nigeria, Velagaleti Surendra stated this as he led an envoy during the commemoration of the 73rd Republic Day of India in Abuja on Wednesday, January 26. The Indian envoy also revealed…
Actors Keith Powers and Ryan Destiny have called it quits after four years together. The Tomorrow War actor, 29, and Star actress, 27, are “taking time to focus on themselves and their emerging careers but are remaining close friends,” an insider confirming the split told People. The former couple spoke about their romance to the digital magazine We the Urban in July…
The world’s oldest man has died less than a month before his 113th birthday. Father-of-eight, Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia passed away at his home in the northern Spanish city of Leon on Tuesday morning, January 18. The retired shoemaker was due to celebrate his birthday with his family on February 8, the date he claimed…
A New York Judge on Wednesday January 12, ruled that a civil case against Prince Andrew from Virginia Giuffre, a victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s underage sex ring can proceed to trial. Giuffre sued the prince in August, claiming that he abused her on multiple occasions in 2001 when she was a 17-year-old victim of the sex trafficking…
A Nigerian national, Richard Mbudu Cyril, has been arrested by the Bengaluru Central Crime Branch (CCB) for manufacturing synthetic drug, Methylsulfonylmethane (MDMA) crystal in his rented house using a pressure cooker. A police team headed by Soladevanahalli police inspector R Virupakshaswamy raided the suspect’s house in Tarabanahalli village on Hesaraghatta Road, North Bengaluru on Monday, January…
Boris Johnson apologised today, Jan. 12, as he finally admitted attending a lockdown-busting drinks bash at Downing Street. After 24 hours of chaos and questions, the British Prime Minister confessed about the garden party but claimed he was there for just 25 minutes and it was a “work event”. He told MPs: “I certainly wish that…
An Indonesian man took Covid vaccine 17 times in place of anti-vaxxers who didn’t want to take the vaccine but wanted Covid vaccine passes. Indonesian Police are currently investigating the case of self-proclaimed “vaccine jockey” Abdul Rahim who claims he was paid £40 for each shot he took on behalf of others. In Indonesia, you need a vaccine…
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain, his doctor Antonio Luiz Macedo told the news website UOL from the Bahamas. He was taken to the Vila Nova Star hospital in the south of Sao Paulo on Monday, January 3 Dr. Macedo said that the president was under the tutelage of his team so far and that…
Police have shut down an app in India that puts up Muslim women for sale. It comes after two Indian states registered reports after an app shared photos of more than 100 Muslim women saying they were on “sale”. The police have now arrested the developers of the app and Twitter handles that shared the…
