Author: niyidaram

Yes. Ye’s two planned concerts in Russia are now officially cancelled, ending more than a month of conflicting statements about whether they would happen. The rapper formerly known as Kanye West was scheduled to perform at Gazprom Arena in St Petersburg on 10 and 11 October 2026. Russian promoter Say Agency confirmed on 30 September that the concerts cannot take place on the scheduled dates. Ticket holders will be offered refunds, reportedly beginning 12 October, with detailed instructions still to be released. This is different from what happened in August. Gazprom Arena had said it never signed a rental agreement…

Tennessee death-row prisoner Christa Pike has survived an attempted execution after receiving two doses of the lethal-injection drug pentobarbital. Pike, 50, was taken by ambulance to a hospital after her heart continued beating following both rounds of drugs. Her lawyers said she had lost consciousness but still had a heartbeat and could be heard snoring loudly inside the execution chamber. Her current medical condition has not been publicly disclosed. The circumstances are highly unusual. Tennessee’s protocol provides for a second set of lethal-injection syringes if the prisoner remains alive after the first, but apparently does not specify what officials should…

South Africa has summoned US Ambassador Brent Bozell for the third time since he took up his post nine months ago, accusing the American diplomat of “undiplomatic conduct” as tensions between Pretoria and Washington continue to escalate. Bozell was called to South Africa’s foreign ministry on Tuesday, September 29, the same day he published an opinion article accusing President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government of hostility towards the United States. A senior South African foreign ministry official said Bozell had been summoned to explain his conduct but did not identify which particular comments prompted the latest diplomatic protest. “It was the third…

Police in Fiji are investigating after nearly 40 kilograms (88 pounds) of cocaine stored as evidence for a major drug trial were stolen from a courthouse, with most swapped out for flour. The cocaine, worth 30 million Fijian dollars ($13.3 million), had been seized in a 2019 case involving Fiji-Canadian national Joshua Rahman. He was convicted of unlawful possession, according to official records. The confiscated drugs remained stored at the Suva High Court while appeals were heard, but during an inspection on September 15, officials discovered that seven out of 39 cocaine bars were missing, police said. Following an investigation,…

Two Nigerian men who were serving in the United States Air Force have been sentenced to a combined 189 months in federal prison for their involvement in an international cyber fraud operation that targeted businesses and nonprofit organisations across the United States. Chijioke Timothy Odimegwu, 25, was sentenced to 111 months in prison, while Harafat Mogaji, 26, received a 78-month sentence, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa. The pair were sentenced on Friday, September 25, following an investigation by the FBI and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. Prosecutors say scheme used phishing…

A Flydubai passenger flight travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv has made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after a violent altercation between its pilots triggered an international hijacking alert. Flight FZ1073 was travelling to Israel on Wednesday, September 30, when it transmitted emergency transponder codes, including 7500, the internationally recognised code for unlawful interference or a possible hijacking. The aircraft subsequently diverted to Tabuk in northwestern Saudi Arabia, where it landed safely. All passengers have been reported safe. Initial reports prompted fears that the aircraft had been hijacked. Israeli authorities activated a major security response, including scrambling fighter aircraft…

Lady Gaga and her fiancé Michael Polansky reportedly welcomed their first child together via a surrogate. According to TMZ, the 40-year-old singer’s daughter, named Rose Bean Polansky, was born on June 9 at 11.19 pmm at Los Angeles’s famed Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, with the pair opting to use a surrogate. While the reason for surrogacy remains unclear, the hitmaker has long been open about her battle with fibromyalgia, a condition that causes severe pain and exhaustion A birth certificate obtained by TMZ revealed the sex and name of the couple’s newborn child, as well as details about her birth. The child was delivered by Dr Robert Katz, an OB/GYN who…

Kim Kardashian has been awarded €1 ($1.15) in damages by a Paris court, nearly a decade after she was robbed at gunpoint during a traumatic jewellery heist in the French capital. The symbolic compensation, awarded on Tuesday, September 15, was the exact amount Kardashian had requested and follows last year’s convictions of eight people for their roles in the October 2016 robbery. Kardashian and her stylist, Simone Harouche, welcomed the ruling in a joint statement, saying their legal action had been about recognition and accountability rather than financial compensation. “The experience was deeply traumatic, and its impact has stayed with…

Veteran Nigerian actor and film executive, Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, popularly known as Olu Jacobs, has died at the age of 84. According to TVC, the actor’s son, Olusoji Jacobs, announced his death in a post on Instagram on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, saying the family was grateful for his life and asking the public to respect their privacy. “It is with gratitude to God for a life well lived and fought, that we announce the passing of our dear husband, father, grandfather and uncle. The Lion of Lufodo. “We call on all bloggers and social media influencers to respect our families…

The US Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to introduce sweeping new restrictions on postal voting before November’s midterm elections, leaving in place a lower-court order that blocks the changes. The decision means the US Postal Service (USPS) cannot implement new requirements governing mail-in ballots for the 2026 elections, delivering a significant setback to President Donald Trump’s efforts to overhaul postal voting. Trump signed an executive order in March directing USPS to deliver ballots only to voters appearing on approved citizen lists. The plan also called for unique tracking barcodes on ballot envelopes and required state and local…