Kolawole Stephen: “I was in Sokoto today, and after a gruesome hours later, I found myself already in Abuja. “We moved in a convoy of only two Hilux vehicles, each one mounted with an AA gun. When we got to Kwangila Road and stopped for a moment, I looked around and saw a sea of vehicles pulling over with us. At first, I did not understand it. “So I asked. “That was when someone told me they had been following us since. They were using us as their protection, hoping that our presence alone meant safety. “Eetiz zat bad…” a...
A South African Radio Presenter Is Arrested On Suspicion Of Recruiting Fighters For Russia
A South African radio presenter appeared in court on Monday accused of recruiting men to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine. Nonkululeko Mantula, 39, was arrested alongside four men after a tip off, South African police said. She is accused of recruiting the four men and organizing for them to join the Russian army. South African police said three of the men were detained while trying to board a flight to Russia via the United Arab Emirates. Police said they believed another person had already traveled to Russia after being recruited by Mantula. It is illegal in South Africa to fight for another...
Baltimore Landlords Found Liable For Hiring A Sex Offender Who Set Tenants On Fire
Landlords in Baltimore are being held liable for hiring a convicted sex offender with a violent criminal record who then attacked two tenants and set them on fire, with a jury awarding the victims $21.5 million. The same man murdered a tech CEO just days after attacking April Hurley and Jonte Gilmore in their home in 2023, which he was able to enter by misrepresenting himself as building maintenance. The lawsuit argued the companies neglected basic background vetting for Jason Billingsley, who was allowed to live on the companies’ property and to perform paid upkeep tasks. The jury awarded the money,...
ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
An ectopic pregnancy occurs when a fertilized egg implants and begins to grow outside the main cavity of the uterus, most commonly in one of the fallopian tubes. This condition is a medical emergency and requires prompt attention, as it can pose serious health risks to the mother. WHAT CAUSES ECTOPIC PREGNANCY? Normally, a fertilized egg travels down the fallopian tube and implants in the uterus. In ectopic pregnancy, something interferes with this process. Common causes include: – Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) – Previous ectopic pregnancy – Surgery on fallopian tubes – Fertility treatments – Smoking, which affects tubal function...
UK Will Increase Its Spending On Medicine Under A Zero-Tariff Deal With The US
The U.K. has secured a 0% tariff rate for all U.K. medicines exported to the U.S. for at least three years, officials said Monday, in return for the U.K. spending more on new medicines. Under the deal, the U.S. agreed to exempt U.K.-origin pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical ingredients, and medical technology from import taxes. The Trump administration said in return U.K. drugs firms committed to invest more in the U.S. and create more jobs. The U.K. government said the 0% rate on all of its pharmaceuticals exports was the lowest offered to any country. As part of the deal, it said the country’s National Health Service will spend...
Son Of Drug Kingpin ‘El Chapo’ Pleads Guilty In US Drug Trafficking Case In A Plea Deal
One of the sons of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” pleaded guilty on Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, months after his brother entered a plea deal. Known locally in Mexico as the “Chapitos” — or “little Chapos” — Joaquín Guzmán López and brother Ovidio Guzmán López are accused of running a faction of the Sinaloa cartel. Federal authorities in 2023 described the operation as a massive effort to send “staggering” quantities of fentanyl into the U.S. Joaquín Guzmán López, 39, pleaded guilty to two counts of drug trafficking and continuing criminal enterprise after admitting his role in overseeing the transport of tens...
A Controversial Infant Jesus Is Stolen From A Belgian Nativity Scene
Belgian authorities are mystified over a brazen theft over the weekend from a Christmas Nativity scene of an icon of infant Jesus Christ that had been widely scorned online. Snatched from his crib on the Grand Place in historic old Brussels between late Friday night or early Saturday morning, this specific version of infant Jesus is part of a nativity scene which has been at the center of a maelstrom on social media because the faces of the characters lack eyes, noses and mouths. Artist Victoria-Maria Geyer crafted the nativity figure out of cloth in hopes the faithful from Japan...
Colombia Expels Members Of Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Sect Lev Tahor
Colombia said Monday it sent 26 members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect Lev Tahor to the United States after determining that the rights of some of the children in the group were at risk. Authorities detained the group of 17 children and nine adults on Nov. 22 following a raid on their hotel in Yarumal, a city in northwestern Colombia. Immigration officials said that while all of the children in the group were accompanied by at least one parent, there were five children with American and Guatemalan passports for whom Interpol yellow notices had been issued. The notices are global alerts...