Japan has denied Nigeria’s announcement of a special visa program for skilled workers in Kisarazu, clarifying that the initiative is limited to cultural exchange and business collaboration. Following the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) on August 22, Nigerian officials claimed it would ease immigration for talented youths amid Japan’s aging population challenges. A statement signed by Abiodun Oladunjoye, director of information at the State House, had said the Japanese government would create “a special visa category for highly skilled, innovative, and talented young Nigerians who want to move to Kisarazu to live and work. “Artisans and other blue-collar...
The Viral Story Of The 13-Year-Old Moroccan Boy Gang Rape By 14 Men
A teenage boy was the victim of a brutal gang rape during the annual Moulay Abdellah Amghar festival in El Jadida province. The child, referred to as W.B., is a 13-year-old boy who lost his father and whose mother suffers from a serious mental illness. He attended the festival accompanied by a group of young men from Youssoufia, Sifi Benour, and Sifi Ahmed. During the event, some of these individuals repeatedly drugged and sexually abused him. When the boy regained consciousness, he discovered that 14 men had assaulted him over the course of several days, beginning on Tuesday. After returning...
Us Envoy: Saudi Arabia, Qatar To Invest In Lebanon Economic Zone For Disarmed Hezbollah
Saudi Arabia and Qatar are ready to invest in an economic zone in south Lebanon near the border with Israel that would create jobs for members of the militant Hezbollah group and its supporters once they lay down their weapons, President Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East said Tuesday. Tom Barrack made his comments in Beirut after trips to Israel and Syria where he discussed with officials there the ongoing situation in Lebanon following this month’s decision by the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah by the end of the year. Hezbollah’s leader rejected the government’s plan, vowing to keep the weapons....
NMA Threatens To Withdraw Services In Two Akwa Ibom Hospitals Over Poor Welfare
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Akwa Ibom State chapter, has threatened to withdraw medical services from the Ibom Specialist Hospital and St. Luke Hospital, Anua, over what it describes as the poor welfare and meager salaries of its members. The union urged the state government to set up committees that would ensure that all the doctors in those hospitals were paid good salary and provided with a condition of service that is commensurate with what is paid in the state. This was part of the resolutions taken at the end of a weeklong 2025 Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference...
Indonesia Cane Two Men 76 Times For Consensual Same-Sex Relations
Two men were publicly flogged in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Tuesday after being convicted of having same-sex relations. The punishment, which took place in a public park in the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, saw the men each receive 76 lashes from a rattan stick under the province’s strict Islamic Sharia law. Gay sex is outlawed in Aceh, which imposes a version of sharia, the Islamic legal code, but it is not illegal elsewhere in the world’s most populous Muslim majority country. The men were part of a group of 10 who were flogged on Tuesday at a park in...
President Trump Relieves Federal Reserve Governor Of Her Duties, Lisa Cook Refuses To Resign
President Trump has fired the Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook after she was referred to the DOJ for mortgage fraud by Bill Pulte, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. He claims she committed mortgage fraud although she has never been charged. However, Cook asserted she will continue to carry out her duties and Trump has no authority to fire her. Releasing a statement via her lawyers following the attempt by President Trump to remove, Cook stated: “President Trump purported to fire me ‘for cause’ when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so....
