The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede (NAM), on Friday, 1 August 2025, commissioned an industrial borehole in Umukabi Village, Ohodo Community, Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area of Enugu State. The project, which is equipped with state-of-the-art water storage tanks, a 30KVA soundproof generator, solar lights and surveillance cameras, is part of the Nigerian Army’s Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) projects executed in honour of Major General Patrick Ikechukwu Eze (rtd). Speaking during the commissioning ceremony, the COAS, who was ably represented by the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Division, Nigerian Army and Commander Joint Task Force South East Operation...
Arsenal Footballer Thomas Partey Arrives Westminster Magistrates’ Court, Facing Five Rape Charges And One Sexual Assault Charge Against Three Women
Thomas Partey has arrived at Westminster Magistrates’ Court for his first hearing, after being charged by the Crown Prosecution Service. Partey was met by a banner outside the court that read: ‘Arsenal said: ‘We do the right thing.’ Then do nothing.’ The 32-year-old was charged with five counts of rape against two women, and a charge of sexual assault against a third woman. The alleged offences took place between 2021 and 2022 when he was playing for Arsenal. Arsenal Supporters Against Sexual Violence urged others to join them at Westminster Magistrate court, it wrote via X: “To everyone who joined...
Former J&K Governor Satyapal Malik Passes Away At Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, After A Prolonged Illness
Satyapal Malik, the former governor of Jammu and Kashmir, died on August 5, 2025, at the age of 79 due to kidney-related ailments at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi. He became famous in Indian politics by uttering some truths, which few dare to do. Malik was governor when Pulwama attack happened. He had labelled the Pulwama as “intelligence failure”. The former governor said in an interview that PM Modi & NSA Ajit Doval had told him to “stay quiet or face consequences”. Known for his long and eventful political journey, Malik began his career inspired by the socialist ideology...
“If You Come Here Illegally On A Small Boat, You Will Face Return.” UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer On Illegal Immigrants
in a post on Tuesday via X, the Prime Minister of UK, Keir Starmer warned illegal immigrants against flooding the country, he wrote: “If you come here illegally on a small boat, you will face return. My government is fixing the broken asylum system we inherited. This is coming after mass protest across Britain against mass immigration. When US president Trump visited Scotland on July 25, he warned while granting interview to the press, that there is need to close down the border across Europe and deport all illegals back home, referring to the steps he has taken in the...
Australian Politician Convicted Of Rape, Fight To Remain In Parliament
Gareth Ward, an Australian politician convicted of rape is fighting – from his jail cell – to remain a member of the New South Wales (NSW) state parliament. Ward was last month found guilty of sexually assaulting two young men, aged 18 and 24, at his home between 2013 and 2015, and is now in custody pending sentencing. The NSW state parliament had planned to expel the 44-year-old this week after he refused to resign following the guilty verdict. However, lawyers for Ward – who plans to appeal his conviction – say they will seek an injunction, at a Supreme...
South African Farm Worker Says He Was Forced To Feed Women To Pigs
A white South African farm worker accused of killing two black women says he was forced to feed their bodies to pigs, according to lawyers. Adrian de Wet is one of three men facing murder charges after Maria Makgato, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, were killed while allegedly looking for food on a farm near Polokwane in South Africa’s northern Limpopo province last year. Their bodies were then alleged to have been given to pigs in an apparent attempt to dispose of the evidence. Mr De Wet, 20, turned state witness when the trial started on Monday and says farm...
Haitian Police Arrest A Former Senator Accused Of Working With Gangs To Attack A Peaceful Community.
Police in Haiti have arrested a former senator charged with conspiring against the state and financing criminal organizations for allegedly supporting gang members. Nenel Cassy was arrested Saturday at a restaurant in Petionville, a wealthy district of the capital, Port-au Prince, Haiti’s National Police said in a post on Facebook. The police shared photos of the former senator in handcuffs next to heavily armed officers wearing ski masks. Arrests of high level officials are rare in Haiti, where the government is also struggling to control neighborhoods and villages that have been taken over by gangs. Cassy was designated as a corrupt...
Israeli Government Votes To Dismiss Attorney General, Escalating Standoff With Judiciary
The Israeli Cabinet on Monday voted unanimously to fire the attorney general, escalating a long-running standoff between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the judiciary that critics see as a threat to the country’s democratic institutions. The Supreme Court froze the move while it considers the legality. Netanyahu and his supporters accuse Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara of exceeding her powers by blocking decisions by the elected government, including a move to fire the head of Israel’s domestic security agency, another ostensibly apolitical office. She has said there is a conflict of interest because Netanyahu and several former aides face a series of criminal investigations. Critics accuse...
Funeral Home Owner Who Sent Families Fake Ashes Pleads Guilty To Fraud
A Colorado funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a room-temperature building admitted in federal court Monday that she cheated customers and defrauded the federal government out of nearly $900,000. Carie Hallford, who ran Return to Nature Funeral Home with her husband Jon Hallford, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Carie Hallford faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, though federal prosecutors agreed to ask for 15 years at a December sentencing hearing. Hallford already pleaded guilty once in federal court, but a judge last year rejected the agreement with prosecutors and still has...
France And Saudis Vow To Keep Up Momentum For ‘Two-State Solution’ To Israel-Palestinian Conflict
After decades of inaction and frozen negotiations, the issue of an independent Palestinian state living in peace with Israel returned to the spotlight at a high-level U.N. conference — and France and Saudi Arabia, which spearheaded the effort, are determined to keep up the momentum. But hurdles for a two-state solution that would see Israel living side-by-side with an independent Palestine are very high. War in Gaza — a crucial part of a hoped-for Palestinian state — drags on with escalating violence in the West Bank, the other main component. And Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing government...