MPs, experts and campaigners have called on King Charles to make a formal apology for transatlantic slavery, after research highlighted how the British crown and Royal Navy extended and protected the trade in enslaved African people for hundreds of years.

The king has previously expressed “personal sorrow” at the suffering caused by slavery and has spoken of committing to “finding creative ways to right inequalities that endure”. However, the British crown has never issued a formal apology.

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Two surgeons have been banned from practising plastic surgery after a billionaire patient died during a pen!s enlargement procedure.

Belgian-Israeli diamond dealer, Ehud Arye Laniado, 65, died of a heart attack during the procedure to enlarge his pen!s at the Saint-Honore-Ponthieu aesthetic clinic in Paris.

His surgeon, known as Guy H, was known for operating on wealthy clients, and he treated Ehud two to four times a year in procedures costing tens of thousands of euros.

Wealthy Omega Diamonds owner Ehud had been having injections into his penis to make it appear larger. 

An investigation was swiftly opened into potential manslaughter charges following his death. However, it soon shifted to charges of failing to assist a person in danger, drug offences, and practising medicine without a licence.

A Paris court on Wednesday suspended Guy H’s licence and sentenced him to 15 months behind bars. His surgeon, who had been standing in for him on the evening of Ehud’s de@th, was handed a 12-month suspended sentence.

They have been permanently banned from practising medicine and must pay €50,000 (£43,323) and €20,000 (£17,329) respectively, reports Le Parisien. 

A source told the outlet, “When investigators looked into the cause of death, the injection into the penis was quickly ruled out. The question remained why the surgeon had made an initial call for help at 8pm, before a second call, this time to the fire department, two hours later.”

The defendants initially claimed the first call had been made due to Ehud’s irritable behaviour and his insistence on having the injections, despite complaining of abdominal pain. 

The source continued: “It’s easy to say in hindsight that the heart attack started there, but since the patient had an ulcer, it was impossible to consider a heart problem, and emergency services wouldn’t have been called out for such a minor issue.”

The surgeon attempted CPR, but it was not enough to save Ehud’s life. His lawyer, Martin Reynaud, added: “This cardiac incident could have happened anywhere, even in a pizzeria. Would the pizza maker have been prosecuted in that case?”

While the death occurred in shocking circumstances, an unnamed Parisian practitioner said the incident did not come as a surprise. The person said: “This will still cause a stir in a clinic that relies on its name, its techniques, and where the entire family works. But this affair will surprise no one; in these upper echelons of cosmetic surgery, they often bend the rules.”

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The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has continued to ignore FIJ’s enquiry into its investigation of Luka Solomon, an Assistant Superintendent of Immigration (ASI1) who murdered Dayal Zephanial, his colleague, over a woman.

Solomon had killed Zephanial on May 19, 2023, and has remained in the service despite an initial suspension.

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FIJ first contacted the service via email and phone calls on December 5, 2025, 56 days ago, after a reliable source stated that Solomon had been spotted writing promotional exams within the service despite being on trial for murder.

To confirm NIS’ update on the case, FIJ first called the service via its publicly available phone number two times on Friday afternoon, but it was switched off.

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A retired Justice of Nigeria’s Supreme Court, Hon. Justice Musa Muhammad Dattijo, has issued a pointed clarification following claims by former Kano State governor and national leader of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, that he visited the homes of Supreme Court justices to plead over governor Abba Yusuf’s election dispute.

Justice Dattijo stressed that he was speaking strictly with respect to himself, insisting that at no time did he meet Kwankwaso or Kano State governor Abba Yusuf, whether in connection with the election or any other matter, while he served on the apex court.

His statement follows recent remarks by Kwankwaso alleging that after the 2019 Kano governorship election was declared inconclusive, he personally took Yusuf to the residences of all Supreme Court justices to seek intervention.

In a statement made available to Law & Society Magazine, Justice Dattijo, who retired on October 27, 2023, challenged Kwankwaso to provide specifics of the alleged visits, while making it clear that his response should not be interpreted as a blanket denial on behalf of the judiciary.

“I speak only for myself,” the retired justice said, noting that he was a serving Justice of the Supreme Court at the time and never held such a meeting with Kwankwaso or Governor Abba Yusuf.

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He added that if Kwankwaso maintains his claim, he should state when and where such meetings occurred, who was present, and which justices were involved, stressing that careless generalisations risk damaging the integrity of judicial officers who may have had no involvement whatsoever.

Warning Against Reckless Political Claims

Justice Dattijo cautioned politicians against indiscriminately dragging judicial officers into partisan disputes, warning that such claims, whether substantiated or not, feed public cynicism toward the courts.

While acknowledging that public perception of Nigeria’s judiciary has deteriorated over the years, he reiterated a position he articulated in his valedictory speech, where he described public attitudes toward the courts as “witheringly scornful and monstrously critical.”

However, he underscored that judicial accountability must be pursued through evidence and due process, not sweeping political narratives.

“My intervention is not intended to defend or indict anyone else,” he said. “It is simply to clarify that I was not part of any such engagement.”

Constitution, Faith, and the Limits of Speech

Justice Dattijo invoked the 1999 Constitution, noting that while freedom of expression is guaranteed, it is not without limits—particularly where statements risk harming the reputation of others or undermining public institutions.

He also framed his response within his personal faith, citing Qur’an Chapter 4 (An-Nisa), Verse 135, which enjoins believers to stand firmly for justice, even against themselves or those close to them.

He warned that societies unravel when wrongdoing is ignored, tolerated, legitimised, and ultimately celebrated—before those who resist it are punished.

Quoting organisational psychologist Adam Grant, Dattijo stressed that integrity requires loyalty to principles rather than personalities, adding that judicial reform must be grounded in honesty, restraint, and collective responsibility.

Political Context: Defection and Fallout

The controversy unfolds amid political upheaval in Kano following Governor Abba Yusuf’s defection from the NNPP to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Yusuf cited internal party crises and leadership disputes as reasons for his exit. Kwankwaso, however, accused his former ally of handing over the NNPP’s mandate to political opponents.

Speaking to supporters in a widely circulated video, Kwankwaso revisited the 2019 election crisis, describing it as an unprecedented injustice and recounting what he said were desperate efforts to salvage Yusuf’s mandate—including the alleged visits to Supreme Court justices.

Revisiting the Kano Election Battles

The 2019 Kano governorship election was declared inconclusive after the margin between the leading candidates fell below the number of cancelled votes. Following a supplementary poll, APC’s Abdullahi Ganduje was declared the winner—a decision later upheld by the Supreme Court in January 2020.

In 2023, Yusuf returned to power on the NNPP platform. Although his victory was overturned by both the election tribunal and the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court in January 2024 reinstated him, faulting the lower courts and restoring cancelled votes.

That ruling remains one of the most consequential and closely watched electoral decisions of Nigeria’s recent democratic history.

Judiciary in the Crosshairs

Justice Dattijo’s clarification has sharpened the debate, not by closing it, but by drawing a careful line between personal denial and institutional judgment.

As political tensions rise, his message is a narrow but pointed one: claims involving the judiciary must be precise, evidence-based, and responsibly framed, lest they further weaken public trust in an institution already under strain.

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An American lawyer died after dozing off on her mother’s shoulder on a UK-bound Delta flight from Minnesota

 Minnesota attorney Rachel Green, 44, was on the flight to London to conduct research for a novel she was writing when she fell asleep on her mother’s shoulder on April 30, 2025, and tragically “never woke up,” a West London Coroners Court heard this week, per The Sun.

 Cabin crew attempted to wake Green and asked for a physician to help, but resuscitation attempts did not save her, the outlet reported.

Green had a cocktail of prescription drugs in her system, including several antidepressants, melatonin, cannabinoids, and a low concentration of alcohol, officials revealed during the court hearing, the Daily Mail reported.

She was also found to have a preexisting heart condition, which likely caused her death in combination with the prescription drugs.

“This lady simply died whilst on a flight. She was coming to our country to do some research, staying for some time with her mother,” Senior Coroner Lydia Brown told the courtroom, according to The Sun.

“Instead, she did not even get off the plane without her mother and sister being bereaved. Poor Rachel never did [finish] that book. I wish it were different; it is not,” Brown said.

Pathologist Dr. Alan Bates also told the courtroom that Green’s heart was “normal” other than one of her coronary arteries that was covered in myocardial tunnelling, which is a common congenital heart condition where a segment of one’s coronary artery runs through heart muscle, instead of over its surface.

Green’s sister, Roxanne Carney, questioned the number of prescription drugs she was on and added that her sister had an “abnormal” heart test and was never referred to another doctor.

“I wonder why she was never referred to a cardiologist before being prescribed this combination,” Carney said, per the outlet.

“Why was she on this regimen? Why are they prescribing this combination of medications?”

In a final tribute during the hearing, Carney described her sister as an attorney who also specialised in insurance and loved history.

“On April 30th, 2025, we lost an angel on earth and gained one in heaven. My beloved sister and friend to so many, Rachel S. Green, passed away peacefully in her sleep as she was flying from Minneapolis to London for a much-anticipated trip to the UK,” she said.

“My sister was the absolutely most incredible and selfless person in this world.”

A twisted 40-year-old man has pleaded guilty to stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death after their brief romance ended.

Adedapo Adegbola brutally attacked Steph Irons, a 23-year-old university student, as he visited her address in Mapperly, Nottingham, United Kingdom, on October 21 last year.

Her body was discovered after her colleagues raised the alarm when a series of “concerning messages” were sent to them.

Police confirmed the pair’s relationship had come to an end before the horror killing.

Adegbola appeared at Nottingham Crown Court on Monday, where he pleaded guilty to murder.

He and Steph had been in a relationship after meeting as co-workers, but had recently split.

Emergency crews were scrambled to Steph’s home at around 10.07 pm, where they discovered the student with knife wounds in her living room.

Tragically, she could not be saved and was declared dead at the scene.

Meanwhile, Adegbola had fled the home, leaving behind a trail of discarded evidence on the streets of Mapperley and Carlton.

This included blood-stained trainers and a jumper, Nottingham Police said.

The killer then travelled to Mansfield, Worksop, Sheffield and finally to Hull before eventually handing himself into police.

Despite answering “no comment” in interviews with officers, police were able to piece together his movements before and after the murder.

Adegbola has been remanded into custody ahead of sentencing on February 5.

Detective Inspector Stuart Barson, lead investigator of the case, said: “This is a tragic case in which a caring and compassionate young woman was taken away in horrific circumstances.

“Following the attack on Miss Irons, Adegbola made no attempt to call for an ambulance, and was concerned only with getting away from the scene and attempting to dispose of vital evidence.

“I want to thank Miss Irons’ family for the incredible strength that they have shown through this process.

“I hope that this outcome assists Steph’s family in coming to terms with such a dreadful loss.”

Paying tribute previously, Steph’s family said she had an “infectious smile and laugh which lit up any room she walked into”.

They added: “She was a beautiful, loving and caring daughter, sister, niece, cousin and friend. She had a compassion for others and would always see good in everybody.

“She had a huge heart and wore it on her sleeve.

“Her ambition to be a psychologist was well on the way after gaining both a degree and masters in clinical psychology. After gaining experience, she was about to apply for her doctorate in clinical psychology.

“Our bright young star has had her future taken away and while we can’t comprehend what has happened, she will be forever with us.”