A court in Uganda has convicted a 21-year-old Tiktoker, who campaigned for the public flogging of President Yoweri Museveni on the short-form video hosting service, TikTok. Emmanuel Nabugodi, who created a video depicting a mock Museveni trial, faces up to seven years in prison for “spreading hate speech” against the Head of State. Nabugodi pleaded guilty on Wednesday and was …

United States President-elect Donald Trump has appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk to lead a soon-to-be-established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Musk, owner of X, the microblogging platform previously known as Twitter, was an avid supporter of Trump during the electioneering leading up to the November 5 presidential election. The former president defeated Vice President …

The leader of the world’s Anglican communion, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, announced Tuesday he was resigning following a damning report that concluded the Church of England covered up a serial abuse case. Welby had faced days of growing pressure to quit after the independent probe found Welby “could and should” have formally reported decades of abuse by a Church-linked …

In a tragic incident that shocked the Minnesota community, authorities have reported that a man who had posted anti-Donald Trump and left-wing statements online fatally shot his wife, ex-partner, and two sons before taking his own life. Duluth Police Chief, Mike Ceynowa confirmed that the shooter, identified as 46-year-old Anthony Nephew, had struggled with mental health issues over a period …

Ukrainian authorities issued widespread air raid alerts on Monday after a series of Russian airstrikes killed at least six people in the southern regions of Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia. The Ukrainian Air Force confirmed in a post on Telegram that Russian bombers were airborne, stating, “Attention! Missile danger throughout Ukraine! MiG-31K takeoff,” as reported by AP. The attacks, which began early …

Four Nigerians have made strides in international politics, securing various elected positions in the United States and Australia. A statement by the spokesperson for the Nigeria in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abdur-Rahman Balogun, on Sunday disclosed that Dr Oye Owolewa, Segun Adeyina, Adeyemi Mobolade, and Chiaka Barry emerged victorious in recent elections, representing different communities and parties. In the United States, …

Nearly 70 per cent of the verified deaths resulting from Israel’s bombardment of Gaza between November 2023 and April 2024 were women and children, according to a new report from the United Nations Human Rights Office. The report, published on Friday, revealed that out of 8,119 confirmed fatalities in Gaza during the six-month period, 2,036 were women and 3,588 were …

US prosecutors announced charges on Friday in an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate former president Donald Trump and a prominent dissident Iranian-American journalist. The foiled assassination plot on Trump was allegedly directed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to avenge the death of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in 2020 in a US strike ordered by then-president …

Ukraine announced on Friday that it had received the bodies of 563 soldiers from Russian authorities, mainly troops who had died in combat in the eastern Donetsk region. The exchange of prisoners and the bodies of killed military personnel remains one of the few areas of cooperation between Moscow and Kyiv since Russia invaded in 2022. “The bodies of 563 …

Since learning that Donald Trump will return to the White House, undocumented immigrant Angel Palazuelos has struggled to sleep. The 22-year-old, a graduate student in biomedical engineering who lives in Phoenix, Arizona, is haunted by the incoming president’s promises of mass deportations. “I was terrified”, said Palazuelos, reflecting on the moment he heard the news. “I am in fear of …