The former president of U.S.A proudly showed off a new T-shirt designed with his mug-short on Thursday, in a bid to cash in on his most recent arrest. He hopes his fans will buy to help fund his campaign and legal defenses.

“You can go out and get it, have fun with it, but people do like it I must say,” the former president and reality star said in a video he posted on his Truth Social website where he showcased the $34 shirt.

The shirt features his mug-shot, which was taken after his most recent arrest, and the words “NEVER SURRENDER!”

“They make me look like a criminal,” Trump stated in a video, but insisted that the mug shot “totally backfired,” because it gave him leeway to raise $10 million. Proceeds from the T-shirt will go to Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc and Save America.

“The people get it!” he said in the video as he market the ‘mug’ shirt.

The mug shot products range from $12 for a bumper sticker to $34 for long-sleeve T-shirts. 

 

Fulton County, Georgia, judge Scott McAffe who is overseeing the 2020 election subversion case against former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants says that all proceedings in his courtroom related to the case will be livestreamed and also televised. In other words, he would make all hearings and possible trials available to be broadcast on the Fulton County Court Youtube channel.

The former reality star who pleaded not guilty, waved the court appearance and formal arraignment in the 2020 election interference case, thereby avoided having to enter his plea on Camera.

Trump also faces two federal indictments, one related to the mishandling of classified information and another also related to 2020 election interference. The former president also faces charges in Manhattan related to hush money payments before the 2016 election.

Nevertheless, if any of the defendants succeed in getting their case transferred to federal court, as former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is seeking to do, McAfee’s ruling would not apply.

A group of high-ranking military officers in Gabon appeared on national television on Wednesday (August 30) to announce that they have seized power from President Ali Bongo, following controversial re-election. The announcement was made on behalf of a group calling itself the “Committee for the Transition and Restoration of Institutions.”

They stated that they’re annulling the results of Saturday’s election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner of a third term.

The electoral commission said Mr Bongo had won just under two-thirds of the votes in an election the opposition argued was fraudulent.

The officers declared the dissolution of “all the institutions of the republic,” claiming to represent all of Gabon’s security and defense forces.

One of the soldiers said on TV channel Gabon 24: “We have decided to defend peace by putting an end to the current regime.”

He added that the reason for their action was due to irresponsible, unforeseeable governance resulting in a continuing debasement in social cohesion that risks leading the country into chaos,” he added.

Mr Bongo came to power when his father Omar died in 2009.

In 2018, he suffered a stroke which sidelined him for almost a year and led to calls for him to step aside.

If the news is true, that would end his family’s 53-year hold on power in Gabon. The officers also announced that borders are closed untill further notice.

About 100 people arrested for attending a gay wedding in Nigeria

Numerous ‘gay suspects’ were arrested by the Nigerian police for attending a gay wedding. Police stormed a hotel in Ekpan town, located in Delta state, southern Nigeria, at about 2 a.m. on Monday and arrested at least 100 people.

Two of the suspects allegedly got married at the event, Delta State Command spokesman Bright Edafe told a press conference. He further stated that homosexuality would “never be tolerated” in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country with about 230 million inhabitants.

“The amazing part of it was that we saw two suspects, and there is a video recording where they were performing their wedding ceremony,” he said.

“We are in Africa and we are in Nigeria. We cannot copy the Western world because we don’t have the same culture.”

He made it clear that police officers in Nigeria cannot fold their hands and watch gay people openly express their orientation in the country, adding that the suspects will be charged in court at the end of the investigation.

Arrests of gay people are common in the West African country, where the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act prohibits same sex relationships.

The law means that anyone belonging to a gay organization can get up to 10 years in jail, and anyone married to a person of the same sex can get up to 14 years.

The law, enacted by President Goodluck Jonathan in 2013, has been condemned by several Western countries.

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The incident happened in Prestea, Western region of Ghana, where the teacher was allegedly caught having sexual intercourse with another man. Some men who live in the neighborhood quickly apprehended him and gave him a serious beating. There’s a social and cultural stigma surrounding homosexuality in Ghana. The trending video has received mixed reactions on social media.

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Donald Trump’s Mug Shot has been released by Fulton County Sheriff’s office. The shot was taken shortly after the former U.S. president turned himself in to the authorities in Georgia Thursday evening, following his election interference indictment. He was processed and released on $200,000 bond from Fulton County jail where he was given the inmate number P01135809, according to the police department. Mr. Trump is the first former U.S. president to have a mug shot taken.

Eighteen burned bodies were discovered on Tuesday in northern Greece, possibly of migrants, in an area affected by wildfires, the fire brigade said, as gale-force winds fanned blazes across the country. The area where wildfires have been burning for days is near the Turkish border. The fire brigade is investigating the possibility that these individuals entered the country illegally.

“Given that there have been no reports of disappearances or missing residents from the surrounding areas, the possibility that these are people who entered the country illegally is being investigated,” the fire brigade said.

The Evros region is a popular route for migrants crossing from Turkey into Greece. The wildfire is still ongoing and has burned over 10,300 hectares, the European Forest Fire Insormation (EFFIS) said.

“Searches throughout the entire area where the fire broke out are ongoing,” the fire brigade said.

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A bus carrying Mexican and Venezuelan migrants crashed into a freight truck Tuesday in central Mexico, killing 16 people and injuring 36, local authorities said.

According to ‘The National Immigration Institute (INM),’ fifteen Mexicans and one Venezuelan were killed in the crash. Nine of the injured were Venezuelans who had appointments on the CBP app to apply for asylum at the U.S. border.

The accident happened early Tuesday on a highway in Central Mexico frequently used by smugglers to transport migrants. Nine of the 36 injured passengers, who were Venezuelan, were transferred to the Tehuacan Hospital in Puebla, the Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM) said.

Last month, five Honduran migrants were killed and another 18 injured when the van they were riding in crashed on a road on Mexico’s southern Gulf coast.

The UK National Crime Agency (NCA) announced on Tuesday that they have charged Nigeria’s former oil minister and OPEC president, Diezani Alison-Madueke with bribery relating offences. The head of the NCA’s international corruption unit, Andy Kelly, said in a statement: “We suspect Diezani Alison-Madueke abused her power in Nigeria and accepted financial rewards for awarding multi-million pound oil and gas contracts while in governement.”

According to the head of the NCA international corruption unit, Alison-Madueke is alleged to have benefitted from at least £100,000 ($127,000) in cash, chauffeur-driven cars, flights on private jets, luxury holidays for her family, and the use of multiple London properties.

Her charges also detail financial rewards including furniture, renovation work and staff for the properties, payment of private school fees, and gifts from high-end designer shops such as Cartier jewelry and Louis Vuitton goods.

The agency added that 63 year-old Alison-Madueke, who currently resides in London, will appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on October 2. She has been on bail since first being arrested in London in October 2015. She has previously denied any wrongdoing.

“These charges are a milestone in what has been a thorough and complex international investigation,” said Andy Kelly, head of the NCA’s International Corruption Unit. “Bribery is a pervasive form of corruption, which enables serious criminality and can have devastating consequences for developing countries. We will continue to work with partners here and overseas to tackle the threat.”

The National Crime Agency added that assets related to the alleged offenses – worth millions of pounds – have been frozen as part of the investigation.

US President Joe Biden tripped and fell at the US Air Force Academy graduation ceremony in Colorado Springs on Thursday. The incident happened after the president finished delivering a speech and and handing out diplomas to graduates. Biden, who is the nation’s oldest serving president at the age of 80, was seen being helped up by Air Force officials and walking back to his seat unassisted after evidently tripping over a sandbag on the stage. The White House communications director Ben LaBolt confirmed that the president is fine. The president was later seen jogging back to his motorcade, after the event.

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