AKWA IBOM COURT DELIVERS LONG AWAITED JUDGMENT IN CHILD MURDER CASE
By Micah JonahJanuary 17, 2026 The judgment delivered by the Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo brings painful closure to a case that has troubled the conscience of…
UGANDA ARMY DENIES ABDUCTING BOBI WINE AS ELECTION TENSIONS RISE
By Micah JonahJanuary 17, 2026 Uganda’s military has denied claims that opposition leader, Bobi Wine was abducted from his home, as confusion, tension continued following a tightly contested presidential election…
MOTHER OF ELON MUSK’S CHILD SUES xAI OVER GROK DEEPFAKE IMAGES
By Micah JonahJanuary 17, 2026 The mother of one of Elon Musk's children has filed a lawsuit against his artificial intelligence company, xAI, accusing its Grok chatbot of enabling the…
47 VENEZUELAN SOLDIERS KILLED IN U.S. ATTACK — DEFENCE MINISTRY SAYS
By Micah JonahJanuary 17, 2026 Venezuela's Defence Minister, Vladimir Padrino has said that 47 Venezuelan soldiers were killed during the recent United States attack on Caracas, the capture of President…
TRUMP TO PARDON FORMER PUERTO RICO GOV. WANDA VAZQUEZ FOLLOWING PLEA DEAL
By Micah JonahJanuary 17, 2026 President Donald Trump is set to grant a pardon to former Puerto Rico Governor, Wanda Vazquez Garced, following her acceptance of a plea deal in…
ISRAELI ATTACK KILL MANY IN GAZA AS GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETS IN CAIRO
By Micah JonahJanuary 17, 2026 Israeli attacks have killed at least three Palestinians in Gaza in what Palestinian officials describe as continued violations of the fragile ceasefire, even as a…
GREECE TO EXTEND TERRITORIAL WATERS DESPITE TURKISH WAR WARNING
By Micah JonahJanuary 17, 2026 Athens - Greece plans to extend its territorial waters further including potentially in the Aegean Sea despite a long standing warning from Turkiye that such…
GERMANY RAISES ALARM OVER SPREAD OF AI GENERATED HOLOCAUST IMAGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA
By Micah JonahJanuary 17, 2026 The German government and leading Holocaust memorial institutions have called on social media platforms to urgently curb the spread of artificial intelligence generated images that…
SHETTIMA ARRIVES IN GUINEA FOR DOUMBOUYA’S INAUGURATION
RismadarVoice ReportersJanuary 17, 2026 Vice-President Kashim Shettima has arrived in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the inauguration of President-elect Mamady Doumbouya. The Senior Special…
NBA UNVEILS “BEYOND LIMITS” THEME, LOGO FOR 2026 AGC
RismadarVoice ReportersJanuary 17, 2026 The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has unveiled the theme and logo for its 2026 Annual General Conference (AGC), announcing Port Harcourt, Rivers State, as the host…
