Chile’s National Seismological Center reported a 7.5-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Antofagasta on May 1, 2025, prompting a tsunami warning for 1,000 kilometers of coastline. The quake, at a
Lydia Mugambe, a 49-year-old United Nations judge and former Ugandan High Court judge, was sentenced to six years and four months in prison on May 2, 2025, by Oxford Crown
Rockstar Games announced on April 30, 2025, that the highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA VI) will now launch in May 2026, postponing its original late 2025 release. The
A South African court convicted Racquel “Kelly” Smith, 33, on May 2, 2025, of human trafficking for selling her six-year-old daughter, Joshlin Smith, for 20,000 rand ($1,085) in February 2024.
Hundreds of women staged a dramatic walkout from an empowerment program organized by Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Remi Tinubu, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on May 2, 2025, protesting the
President Bola Tinubu declared on May 1, 2025, that Nigeria would not succumb to plots aimed at destabilizing the nation, speaking during a May Day rally in Abuja. Addressing 10,000
A Lagos State High Court sentenced Bus Rapid Transit driver Andrew Nice Ominikoron to death by hanging on May 2, 2025, for the murder of 22-year-old fashion designer Oluwabamise Ayanwola.
The trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), resumed on May 2, 2025, at the Federal High Court in Abuja, under heavy security with 2,000
Indian authorities launched an urgent investigation in Maharashtra on April 30, 2025, after 100 children fell ill from suspected snake contamination in a school lunch program at a government primary
Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, arrived in Beijing on May 1, 2025, for high-level talks with Chinese officials and investors to fund a $500 million water supply project
