Nigerian socialite Samuel Ugberease, alias Putsammy, was extradited to the US on May 14, 2026, to face romance scam charges linked to a $1.5m fraud case.
A Former Nigerian Power Minister, Saleh Mamman has been sentenced to 75 years in prison over $24.71 million state funds fraud case. Details spark reactions online.
"Forever chemicals" used in daily items like nonstick pans have long been linked to serious health issues –- a result of their toxicity and extreme resistance to being broken down as waste products.
The suspected assailant of Salman Rushdie pleaded not guilty on Thursday to attempted murder and assault charges at a brief court hearing in upstate New York. Rushdie, who was born in India in 1947, moved to New York two decades ago and became a US citizen in 2016.
A Saudi woman given 34 years in prison for tweets critical of the government knew people were informing on her but did not take it seriously, a friend said Thursday. "We discussed people harassing her on Twitter and reporting her tweets to the security services online," the friend told AFP. "She didn't think the authorities would be interested in someone with less than 2,000 followers," she added.
World
Load more
US
Read more
Asia
Read more
Africa
Read more
Europe
Read more
