US rapper Young Thug was released from jail Thursday night after pleading guilty to multiple charges, including gang, drug, and gun offences. His release concludes what has been the longest criminal trial in Georgia’s history, the BBC reports. The 33-year-old Grammy winner, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, had been held for over 900…
US President, Joe Biden says Nigeria deserves a permanent seat at the United Nations security seat. This is as he said his country was committed to seeing Africa have two permanent seats at the United Nations, UN, security council.Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, said Biden made his stance on Nigeria’s quest for a…
Popular Chicago rapper Lil Durk, whose real name is Durk Derrick Banks, is currently incarcerated at Broward County Jail, facing federal charges, including a murder-for-hire charge. His arrest was carried out by U.S. Marshals between late Thursday and early Friday, according to NBC on Friday. Lil Durk’s arrest “coincides with the indictment of five members…
American rapper, Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar, known as Cardi B, has landed in the hospital following a medical emergency. The rapper, who welcomed her third child with her ex-husband Offset last month said she has been in the hospital for some days. She disclosed this in a statement shared via her social media pages recently. She…
Former federal lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has urged the Nigerian government to demand an investigation and explanation from its United States counterpart over an incident at JFK Airport in New York affecting Vice President Kashim Shettima’s plane. reports that a statement issued on Thursday by a presidential media aide, Bayo Onanuga, said the VP’s plane…
American rapper Cardi B has announced her intention to take legal action against the person who made an anonymous call to the Child Protective Services (CPS), leading to an unwarranted visit to her home. Enraged by the visit, the rapper, who had been hospitalised before the incident, took to her Instagram live session on October…
Kamala Harris said Tuesday that America is “absolutely” ready to elect its first woman president but downplayed her historic bid, saying she simply wants to turn the page for a nation “exhausted” by Donald Trump. With two weeks to Election Day, Harris and Trump are saturating swing states with rallies and taking to the airwaves…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday “now is the time” to end the conflict in Gaza, and urged Israel to avoid further escalation with Iran. Israel is fighting Iran-backed Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and has pledged to hit back against Iran’s October 1 missile strike. In Lebanon, state media…
One of the tightest US election races of modern times enters its final, two-week stretch Tuesday, with Republican Donald Trump making a special pitch to Latino voters as Democratic rival Kamala Harris sits down for a national network interview. Both campaigns are pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into a final push for any wavering,…
Former US president Donald Trump hits the campaign trail in hurricane-hit North Carolina on Monday, having heavily criticised the government’s disaster response after at least 124 people were killed there by storm Helene. Emergency services are still distributing food and water in the worst-affected parts of the state almost a month after Helene slammed into…
