Townsend to her opponent: “But you can learn how to take a loss better. Thank you so much. Great job. Great play.” *smiles brightly, walks off*
Taylor Townsend Speaks Further On Her Confrontation Upsetting Her Opponent, Jelena Ostapenko
Townsend: “She told me I have no education, no class…Whether it had racial undertones…that’s something she could speak on…I let my racket talk…She’s packed up & gone, I’m here…I don’t take any offense…I’m proud the way I handled myself “ –
Ondo Police Arrest Pastor, Wife Over Staged Self-Kidnap
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 42-year-old woman, Mrs. Sanmori Taiwo, and her 62-year-old husband, Pastor Sanmori Joshua, for allegedly faking her abduction to extort N10m from relatives abroad. The state’s PPRO, DSP Olushola Ayanlade revealed this in a statement on Wednesday, he explained how the drama played out on August 23, 2025 at the couple’s residence on Road 5, PowerLine, Ondo City. According to him, Taiwo deliberately secluded herself in a room while her husband reached out to her relatives, claiming she had been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. “Suspicious of the claims, one of the relatives, Mr...
Nigerian Human Trafficker Loses Appeal, To Serve 18-Year Jail Term In South Africa
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa has upheld an 18-year prison sentence for a Nigerian national, Chinedu Justice Obasi, for his role in a human trafficking syndicate in Pretoria. The ruling by the Gauteng High Court on Monday, August 25, 2025, affirmed the original conviction and sentence handed down in 2018, dismissing Obasi’s appeal Obasi, who was found guilty of human trafficking and entering into a fraudulent marriage to secure residency. According to Independent News Eswatini, Obasi was convicted in December 2017 on three counts and handed his sentence in September 2018. Court records seen by the news...
French Journalist ‘Isolated’ In Algerian Prison Amid Paris-Algiers Tensions
A prominent French sports journalist sentenced to seven years in prison in Algeria at the end of June is reportedly in “fighting mood” but feels “isolated”, his parents told AFP after visiting their son earlier this month. Christophe Gleizes, who is being held in the city of Tizi Ouzou, is being detained against the background of escalating political tensions between Paris and its former North African colony. Gleizes, a contributor to the French magazine So Foot, was arrested in May 2024 while on a reporting trip. Algerian authorities accused him of having contacts with members of the Movement for the...
