Wiz Khalifa charged with illegal drug possession

Wiz Khalifa, US rapper has been charged with illegal drug possession after performing at a seaside festival in Romania, where he allegedly consumed cannabis on stage, prosecutors said Sunday. The hip-hop star was headlining at the “Beach, Please!” festival in the Romanian village of Costinesti on the shore of the Black Sea, when he got caught with the drug early Sunday, prosecutors say. Cannabis is considered a “risk drug” in Romania, and possession is punishable by up to ten years in prison. Videos posted on social media show the rapper…

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Tinubu, world leaders condemn Trump’s assassination attempt

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu joined other world leaders yesterday to condemn the assassination attempt on former US president Donald Trump at an election rally. Tinubu, in a statement on his verified X handle, described the incident as”distasteful,” adding that it “goes beyond the pale of democratic norms.” “I extend my sympathies to the former president and wish him relief,” he added. Other world leaders and governments, who reacted with shock to the assassination attempt, spoke against political violence and expressed their support for those affected by Saturday’s shooting, which killed…

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