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Donald Trump Found Liable for Sexually Abusing E. Jean Carroll and Is Ordered to Pay $5 Million

A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. The verdict was split: Jurors rejected Carroll’s…

10/05/2023

LinkedIn to Cut 716 Jobs Globally Over Slow Revenue Increase

World’s largest social media platform for professionals, LinkedIn, has disclosed plans to cut 716 positions across the globe. The company further disclosed that it would shut down its jobs app in mainland China. The Chief Executive Officer of the company, Ryan Roslansky, explained that despite…

09/05/2023

US Therapist Pleads Guilty in Okagbare Olympic Doping Case

A Texas therapist faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty on Monday to supplying performance-enhancing drugs to Olympic athletes including banned Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare, US authorities said. Eric Lira, a “naturopathic” therapist based in the city of El Paso,…

09/05/2023

At Least 22 Dead After India Boat Capsizes

At least 22 people died when a tourist boat capsized in India, officials said Monday, with many of those on board thought to be children. It was not clear why the double-decker boat carrying at least 30 people tipped over in the southern…

08/05/2023

COVID-19 No Longer Public Health Emergency – WHO

The Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus has declared COVID-19 is no longer a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). He made the declaration on Friday after a review of current evidence that shows there is high…

08/05/2023

UK ‘Was Urged to Investigate’ Ekweremadu Before Organ Trafficking Plot

A former US intelligence analyst warned the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) to investigate the activities of a senior Nigerian politician before he trafficked a man to London in an attempt to harvest his kidney, the Guardian can reveal. On Friday, Ike…

08/05/2023

Charles III Crowned King

King Charles III has been crowned at London’s Westminster Abbey at a solemn Christian coronation steeped in 1,000 years of history and tradition, but adapted to reflect 21st-century Britain. The build-up to the ceremony — the religious confirmation of Charles’s accession after the…

06/05/2023

UK Nursing Council To Probe 512 Nigerians Over ‘Fraudulent’ Test Results

The UK Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) says it will probe the registrations of 512 Nigerians who passed its exams at a computer-based test (CBT) centre in Ibadan. The test of competence is deployed by the NMC to assess people applying to join…

06/05/2023

Ekweremadu, Wife, Doctor Jailed For Organ Trafficking

A judge at The Central Criminal Court, also known as the Old Bailey, has sentenced former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, his wife Beatrice, and Doctor Obinna Obeta to jail. At a sentencing hearing on Friday, Ekweremadu was jailed for nine years and…

05/05/2023

British Musician Ed Sheeran Wins US Copyright Trial

British pop phenom Ed Sheeran did not plagiarize Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” when composing his 2014 hit “Thinking Out Loud,” a US jury ruled Thursday. Sheeran stood up and hugged his team after jurors ruled that he “independently” created his song,…

05/05/2023