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A judge has ordered New York broadcast station WPIX/Channel 11 to pay a former anchor over $2 million (over N2.7billion) after a courtroom battle. Ojinika “Oji” Obiekwe worked for the Nexstar-operated company for 22 years and claimed the station fired her in 2023 because she spoke against alleged racial discrimination in the newsroom. Born and raised in Enugu, she moved to the United States (US) at age 16 for college and studied Communications at Seton Hall University. Ojinika is the second of five children. Obiekwe is an Emmy Award–winning journalist, global TV host, executive producer, and media strategist with nearly…

New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani acknowledged yesterday that he does not have the authority to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but urged United States (US) federal authorities to do so when Netanyahu visits the US later this year. “Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal, the architect of a horrific genocide against the Palestinian people,” Mamdani said in a video posted to social media. Mamdani, a Muslim of Indian descent, said he believed the International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest over alleged war crimes was justified, but admitted he lacked the legal authority to enforce it. “My…

*Gives Details Of His Miracle Escape *Israel, US Had Accurate Intel On Our Leaders, He Says *'Enemy Thought They Could Paralyse Us By Targeting Leadership, But They Failed' Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, has described how he was pulled from the rubble of a leadership compound after the US-Israeli airstrike that killed the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on the first day of the war (28 February, 2026), and has survived since by constantly moving around the capital, Tehran, by car. In an interview with the Iranian journalist Javad Mogouyi, Araghchi confirmed Israel and the US had accurate intelligence…

*Political Allies, Others Knock Mamdani *UN Kickout Precedent In The US “Benjamin Netanyahu will not be arrested, in any way, shape, or form, while in the United States of America,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, yesterday. Trump’s post came days after New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that he is in “active conversation” with the city’s Law Department about detaining a foreign leader like Netanyahu, who faces an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged actions related to Israel’s war with Hamas. Netanyahu often attends the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in Manhattan, New York, in September…

*Mandani Supports Hamas, Hates America, Netanyahu Fires Back New York mayor Zohran Mamdani says he’s still weighing whether he can arrest Israeli Prime Minister (PM) Benjamin Netanyahu when the latter is scheduled to visit the Big Apple in September this year. Hizzoner, a socialist Democrat who has faced heat for his anti-Israel rhetoric, is in “active conversation” with authorities ahead of Netanyahu’s trip to Manhattan for the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. Mamdani is a Muslim of Indian descent with his father, prominent academic Mahmood Mamdani, being a Gujarati Muslim. Mamdani has openly embraced his faith, and made history as…

*Nigeria, One Of World's Most Dangerous Places To Be A Christian -Slovak Legislator With only one vote against, a total of 501 lawmakers of the European Parliament have asked the Federal Government (FG) to take decisive action against insecurity in the country, especially in the Middle Belt region. Eighty-six lawmakers abstained from voting. The development came amid growing concerns over attacks on Christians in the region. The issue of killings of Christians in Nigeria has provoked local and international outrage with President Donald Trump ordering US troops, alongside the Nigerian military, to launch airstrikes on Islamic State (IS/ISIS) and allied…

In a message issued following the conclusion of the funeral and burial ceremonies for Iran's assassinated Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, his son and successor, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, today vowed that his country and its allies will shortly hunt down and kill those responsible for his father's death. Ali Khamenei was among those killed by United States (US) and Israeli missiles on 28 February this year in Tehran, the Iranian capital --the first day of the ongoing war on Iran. The younger Khamenei expressed heartfelt appreciation for the participation of tens of millions of people in Iran and Iraq in…

Hundreds of snakes, including cobras, have escaped from flooded breeding farms in southern China as severe storms continue to batter parts of the country. State media reported that a snake farm in Hengzhou, in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, was hit by flood waters after days of heavy rainfall caused by typhoon Maysak, prompting warnings for nearby residents. A dramatic video shared by state media showing local people using dip nets to catch snakes and a cobra poking its head above a torrent of muddy water went viral. Local media reported that the types of the escaped snakes included water snakes,…

*Burial Fixed For Thursday A mass funeral procession for Iran’s former Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, kicked off in Tehran, the Iranian capital, today. Millions have assembled in the capital for the six-day, five-city funeral for Khamenei, who was killed on 28 February this year during the first airstrike when the US and Israel started the current war in the region. He was succeeded by his son, Mojtaba Khamenei. The procession followed two days of public farewell ceremonies, during which there were calls for the assassination of US President Donald Trump. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian praised the crowds’ behaviour and expressed…

Iran’s secretive Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) chief emerged for the first time in months as he mourned alongside the casket of the assassinated former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi – who has been sanctioned by the US and has alleged ties to terrorism abroad – was seen yesterday, Thursday, with his hands on Khamenei’s coffin as Tehran prepared to hold the days-long funeral for the late Supreme Leader, according to photos published online by Iranian state media. He had not been seen publicly since 8 February this year — three weeks before Khamenei and several IRGC…