Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

 President Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf resort in Scotland has been daubed with pro-Palestinian graffiti, with a protest group claiming responsibility. Local media on Saturday showed images of red paint scrawled across walls at the course with the slogans “Free Gaza” and “Free Palestine” as well as insults against Trump. “Gaza is not for sale” was also painted on one of the greens and holes dug up on the course. Palestine Action said it caused the damage, posting on social media platform X: “Whilst Trump attempts to treat Gaza as his property, he should know his own property is within reach.”…

…He’s a real life Teen Wolf Lalit Patidar of India took home a world record for hairiest face on a man after it was determined he had a shocking 201.72 hairs per square centimeter of skin — meaning over 95% of his face is covered in hair, according to Guinness World Records. Patidar, 18, was born with an extremely rare condition called hypertrichosis, known as werewolf syndrome, which causes excessive hair growth. Since the Middle Ages, only 50 cases have been documented, making the chance to get it one in a billion. To assess him for the record, he traveled…

A foremost traditional ruler in Nigeria, the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi, has commended President Donald Trump of the United States of America for ending policies protecting Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) rights by recognising only the male and female genders. The monarch in a statement by his press secretary, Alli Ibraheem commended Trump for his stand in the Executive Order issued that, sexes cannot be changed and projected a ban on transgender people from serving in the US military. Trump also assured that government funds would not be used to promote gender identity. He has also…

Ramping up its anti-fake products war, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed counterfeit drugs at the Moniya dump site in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, said the counterfeit drugs worth a hundred billion naira were confiscated from pharmaceutical drug marketers in Idumota market, Lagos. The anti-fake drug czar noted that the step became necessary to prevent the reintroduction of expired, fake, substandard, and falsified drugs into circulation. Speaking during the burning exercise, Adeyeye said NAFDAC as the lead agency and chair of the…

The Wall Street Journal has called for Donald Trump to be sued to prevent tariffs being imposed on Canada and Mexico. The newspaper’s editorial board wrote in very blunt terms that Trump did not have the power to order the tariffs without Congressional approval. ‘He’s treating the North American economy as a personal plaything, as markets gyrate with each presidential whim,’ the WSJ board wrote. ‘It’s doubtful Mr Trump even has the power to impose these tariffs, and we hope his afflatus gets a legal challenge.’ The WSJ, published by Rupert Murdoch (pictured) who also owns Fox News, is usually…

…As U.S. cuts intelligence sharing with Kyiv Russian airstrikes on Ukraine have killed at least 20 people, officials said Saturday, as heavy aerial attacks continued into the second night following a U.S. decision to stop sharing satellite images with Ukraine. The decision to withhold intelligence and military aid came on the heels of a tempestuous White House visit last week by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Without U.S. satellite imagery, Ukraine’s ability to strike inside Russia and defend itself from bombardment is significantly diminished. At least 11 people were killed in multiple strikes on a town in Ukraine’s embattled Donetsk region…

Four years ago, Yalda never imagined that she would not be able to continue her education or achieve her dream of graduating from school. “My parents would often talk about the Taliban’s first rule [in the 1990s],” recalled Yalda, who requested that her full name not be used for security reasons. “I used to think it was fortunate I wasn’t born during those days. Sadly, we ended up experiencing the same fate.” Yalda, who was in 10th grade when the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, is one of the 1.5 million girls deprived of an education in Afghanistan.…

The death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 600, a war monitoring group said Saturday, making it one of the deadliest acts of violence since Syria’s conflict began 14 years ago. The clashes, which erupted Thursday, marked a major escalation in the challenge to the new government in Damascus, three months after insurgents took authority after removing Assad from power. The government has said it was responding to attacks from remnants of Assad’s forces and blamed “individual actions” for…

Police said Saturday that a Pakistani man has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting the administrator of a community WhatsApp group who removed him from the chat. According to the police, the admin, Mushtaq Ahmed was shot dead on Thursday evening in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province that borders Afghanistan, which has a history of bloody sectarian violence. A man named only as Ashfaq has been charged with his murder, according to police documents seen by AFP and a local police official. Mushtaq allegedly kicked Ashfaq out of the WhatsApp group following an argument, according to…

Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has announced the approval of the sum of N1 billion as soft loans to market women in the state. The governor disclosed this in Benin City at an event commemorating the 2025 International Women’s Day (IWD) celebration on Saturday. According to reports, the governor opined that the approved N1 billion soft loan for market women would help boost their businesses, improve their lives, and enhance the state’s economy. Okpebholo said the loans were in appreciation of their steadfastness, dedication, and commitment to moving the state forward.The governor said, “Since I assumed office as Governor…