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An Iranian court has sentenced popular singer Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, known as Tataloo, to de@th after he was convicted of blasphemy.   “The Supreme Court accepted the prosecutor’s objection” to a previous five-year jail term on offences including blasphemy, reformist newspaper Etemad reported online.   It said “the case was reopened, and this time the defendant was sentenced to death …

Nigerian tech professional, Victor Asemota has said that women were biologically created more superior thinkers and he has no idea why it’s taken men long to notice.  He said this in reaction to a New Yorker article discussing women excelling better at school and in the workplace than men.  The caption on the New Yorker’s post on X reads: “Men …

Chinese authorities on Monday, January 20, executed a 62-year-old man who drove his car into people exercising outside a stadium last year, k!lling 35 people and injuring over 40. Fan Weiqiu, who was stated to be angry over the division of property after his divorce, carried out the attack a day before the Chinese military held its prestigious air show in Zhuhai City. The …

Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has urged Nigerians to avoid using the expression “May Nigeria never happen to you”.   The phrase used to express negativity about the country’s prospect and systemic corruption had gained traction among many Nigerians because of the present economic situation.  Speaking at The Platform, an event organised by …

Bobrisky has taken to his Instagram page to tackle the EFCC over calls by the commission for Nigerians to be human and sympathetic toward its officer.    Recall that the agency lost an operative over the weekend during a midnight raid in Anambra state. The officers had stormed the home of a suspected fraudster to arrest him but there was …

Singer, Raoul John Njeng-Njeng popularly as Skales, has reacted to the killing of an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC during a midnight raid in Anambra state over the weekend.   In a post shared on X, Skales said he is happy the sad incident happened to the institution.   Skales shared this opinion from a place …

The Trump Administration is reconsidering immigration raids on Chicago and New York after details were leaked in news reports.    This comes after it was reported that Donald Trump’s incoming administration plans to immediately order a series of deportation raids targeting illegal immigrants after his inauguration.   Now, Homan, former acting director of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told the Washington Post …

Incoming first lady Melania Trump launched her own cryptocurrency on the eve of her husbands inauguration, making billions in a matter of minutes. “The Official Melania Meme is live! You can buy $MELANIA now,” she posted on X on Sunday night, Jan. 19, attracting nearly 20,000 investors within the first hour.  It comes a day after Donald Trump launched his own $TRUMP crypto coin, which currently has a …

A Nigerian man, Olawale Oluwakayode, who grew up in a polygamous family has vowed not to marry more than one wife after his half-sister arrested him on the day he had an important interview.      He stated this under a Facebook post in which people shared their experiences growing up in polygamous families.   

A Nigerian woman, Shakirah Romoke Razak has lamented over being a ‘young’ first wife after her husband married another woman.  She stated this under a Facebook post about a Nigerian man and his second wife. The post It hurts being an older wife at my young age – Nigerian woman laments after her husband married second wife appeared first on Linda Ikeji …