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Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing Olympic and college female gymnasts, has been stabbed multiple times by another inmate at a federal prison in Florida, U.S., AP News reports. The attack happened on Sunday at United States Penitentiary Coleman, that is experiencing staffing shortages. It was gathered that Nassar was in stable condition on Monday, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. One of the people said Nassar had been stabbed in the back and in the chest. The two officers guarding the unit where Nassar was held were working mandated overtime…
A 22-year-old Dutch-Moluccan, Rikkie Valerie Kolle, has made history by becoming the first-ever transgender to be crowned Miss Netherlands. The pageantry took place at AFAS Theater in Leusden. The 22-year-old Dutch-Moluccan model who lives in Breda is succeeding Ona Moody and will now prepare to represent the Netherlands at the 72nd Miss Universe (Miss Universe 2023) in El Salvador. The 26-year-old Nathalie Mogbelzada, from Amsterdam, was named first runner-up, while Habiba Mostafa and Lou Dirchs were awarded Miss Congeniality and Miss Social Media, respectively. READ ALSO: US Carries Out First Execution Of Transgender After Being Denied Clemency Reigning Miss Universe…
A policeman in Florida, USA, Matthew McNichol, has been allowed to retire from his department over a shocking incident involving him and a pregnant black woman, Nerillia Laurent. In a viral video, the policeman could be seen dragging Laurent out of her car and slamming her to the ground. The incident happened in May when the police was called to a scene in Boca Raton in Florida by a witness who said that partners Harry Hardy and Nerillia Laurent had been arguing. Body camera footage shows the officer, Matthew McNichol, confronting the couple and claiming Boca Raton was “his city”,…
ABUJA, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – President Bola Tinubu has emerged the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government on Sunday in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. President Tinubu, who is the latest entrant into the exclusive club of Heads of State in West Africa, enthusiastically accepted the honour, on behalf of Nigeria, with a solemn pledge to bear the responsibility of the office and run an inclusive administration of the regional organization. The Nigerian leader, however, warned that the threat to peace in the…
Sanchez Iniguez, a missing regional correspondent for leading Mexican newspaper La Jornada, has been found dead. His body was recovered on Saturday, 8 July, a day after he went missing in the western state of Nayarit, the daily said. “A body found in the village of Huachines, in the municipality of Tepic was identified as Luis Martin Sanchez Iniguez, 59 years old, correspondent for La Jornada,” the Mexico City newspaper said on its website. The journalist’s wife, Cecilia Lopez, told investigators that she had been unaware of his whereabouts since Wednesday night, when she was in another town visiting relatives,…
LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Reports gathered by voiceofnaija.ng have it that an unidentified number of persons have died in a tragic motor accident that occurred in Lagos on Sunday morning. According to Vanguard, the people lost their lives in Agemowo area of Lagos-Badagry expressway when two tipper vehicles and an 18-passenger bus had a head-on collision. Manoah, an eyewitness who witnessed the incident, reportedly told Vanguard that majority of passengers in the commercial bus died in the incident. According to him: “The bodies are being transported to the morgue at Badagry General Hospital, where their families can come…
ABUJA, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has arrived Bissau, capital of Republic of Guinea-Bissau, for the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). President Tinubu also used the opportunity of the summit to visit the Nigerian contingent stationed in the country under the ECOWAS Stabilisation Force. The 63rd Ordinary Session summit, which will open on Sunday 9 July, 2023, will be the first international engagement of the President within the African continent since he assumed office on 29 May, 2023. President Tinubu’s…
ABUJA, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Reports reaching voiceofnaija.ng have it that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be traveling out of the country to attend his first ECOWAS Summit as Nigeria’s President. According to the President’s media team, Tinubu will depart Nigeria on Saturday, 8 July and return on Monday, 10 July. The ECOWAS Summit will hold in Bissau, the capital city of Guinea-Bissau, with other African leaders who are part of ECOWAS expected in attendance. In a statement signed by Dele Alake, the presidential spokesperson, the summit is expected to address the memoranda on pressing sub-regional issues including security…
Two Palestinian militants have been killed and three others injured on Friday, in the occupied West Bank, by Israeli forces. This comes a day after the United Nations urged a “meaningful political process” to stem renewed violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A firefight erupted during an Israeli military raid on the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Israeli and Palestinian officials said. The Palestinian health ministry announced that “two martyrs and three injured as a result of the occupation (Israeli) aggression on Nablus”. The Israeli army reported “no injuries” among its forces. The army said it had entered Nablus to…
French club Paris Saint-Germain believe Kylian Mbappe has already agreed to join Real Madrid on a free transfer next summer. Mbappe, 24, has one year left on his current deal at the French club and has been handed an ultimatum to either sign a new contract or leave this European summer. Mbappe was sent a letter by PSG on Monday making it clear he would be sold this summer unless he agrees to extend his contract before the end of this month. READ ALSO: Kylian Mbappe Requests Stunning €240m Contract To Leave PSG If he does not extend, PSG will…