The long-awaited trial of medical staff who treated the late Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has started in the capital, Buenos Aires. Maradona was convalescing when he died of a heart attack at his home in 2020, aged 60. He had been recovering at home from surgery on a brain blood clot earlier that month….
Nigerian lawmakers have suspended a senator for six months, after she submitted a petition alleging she had been sexually harassed by the senate president. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan first made the accusations against one of the country’s top politicians, Godswill Akpabio in an interview last Friday. After dismissing her petition on procedural grounds, the ethics committee recommended…
Ghana is celebrating its 68th Independence Day today, Thursday, March 6, marking nearly seven decades since the country gained freedom from British colonial rule. This year’s theme, “Reflect, Review, Reset,” emphasises the importance of looking back on the nation’s journey, assessing its current state, and planning for a brighter future. Unlike previous years, the celebrations…
More than 250,000 Canadian residents have signed a parliamentary petition asking Canada to revoke Elon Musk’s citizenship and passport. Musk’s relationship with US President Donald Trump, who plans to levy a 25% tariff on all Canadian imports next month and proposed annexing the country as the 51st state, is “against the national interest of Canada,”…
Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for over a week, is in critical condition after a “prolonged asthma-like respiratory crisis,”. The Vatican disclosed this in a statement released on Saturday, February 22. The pope is “more unwell than yesterday.The Holy Father’s condition remains critical. The Pope is not out of danger.”the statement in part reads…
Megachurch pastor TD Jakes has denied allegations of sexual assault against two pastor brothers decades ago. Jakes, 67, was first accused last year of targeting former pastor Duane Youngblood, 58, over 40 years ago, before his alleged victim’s older brother Richard Edwin Youngblood Sr., 62, filed his own allegations earlier this month. According to Richard’s…
The Pope’s funeral is allegedly being rehearsed after the 88-year-old warned he may not survive pneumonia. The Swiss Guard protecting the Pope, 88, is rehearsing his funeral, with members under a curfew as they are ‘preparing for the pontiff’s death’, Swiss newspaper Blick claims. The Pope previously revealed he had ‘already prepared’ his tomb, but…
Pope Francis is currently reported to be in critical condition, with the Vatican revealing that his respiratory tract infection has resulted in a “complex clinical procedure,” necessitating extended hospitalisation. However, no specific timeline has been provided for the 88 year old’s release. Two Nigerian nuns, Sister Mary Lucy Okwuwulu and Sister Mary Beatrice Nnenji, sat…
Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering figure dubbed the world’s first openly gay imam, has been shot dead in South Africa. The 57-year-old cleric ran a mosque in Cape Town intended as a safe haven for gay and other marginalised Muslims. He was killed on Saturday morning after the car in which he was travelling near the…
Liberian President Joseph Boakai, who has pledged to eradicate corruption, has suspended more than 450 government officials for failing to declare assets. The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) identified 457 officials, including the minister overseeing the budget as well as ambassadors, as having not declared what they own before a November deadline, as required by the…
