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US House Of Reps Passes TikTok Ban Bill

US House Of Reps Passes TikTok Ban Bill

United States House Passes TikTok Ban Bill The House of Representatives by a wide margin passed a bill that would make it illegal to distribute or host TikTok in the U.S. — effectively blocking it from some 170 million American users — unless Chinese owner ByteDance divests its interest in the popular app. It’s the first time a congressional bill has passed that would outlaw an internet app. The fears among many American lawmakers, who see TikTok as a national security threat: that the Chinese regime could demand access to data on TikTok’s U.S. users or somehow compel it to…
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U.S. Court Gives Fresh Orders To Finance Founder Money Laundering Charges

U.S. Court Gives Fresh Orders To Finance Founder Money Laundering Charges

U.S. Court Gives Fresh Orders To Binance Founder Over Money Laundering A U.S. district court has ordered that Binance founder Changpeng Zhao must surrender his Canadian passport and notify the court before travelling within the country. This comes after U.S. District Judge, Honorable Richard A. Jones restricted the bond conditions of Binance founder. The court ordered the businessman to surrender all valid and expired passports. The documents are to be transferred to a person his lawyers will hire, who will accompany the Binance founder on all trips where a passport may be needed. He must also notify the relevant authorities…
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UK-Based Nigerian Researcher Invents Tool To Identify Bandits

UK-Based Nigerian Researcher Invents Tool To Identify Bandits

UK-Based Nigerian Researcher Invents AI Tool To Identify Bandits Nigeria might be on its path to peace again after a decade of fighting terrorism as a UK-based Nigerian, Yunusa Jibrin said he has leveraged on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to be able to identify bandits and their hideouts in Nigeria. He said his findings, if adopted by the federal government, would help to direct the efforts of the military towards identifying and eliminating bandits wherever they may be hiding in the country. Jibrin who is a Master’s degree graduate in computer science from the University of Sussex, told Vanguard on Sunday…
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Gaza: Israel Kills 9 Palestinians Collecting Aid

Gaza: Israel Kills 9 Palestinians Collecting Aid

Gaza: Israel Kills 9 Palestinians Collecting Aid At least nine Palestinians were killed and several others injured when Israeli forces shelled a Palestinian crowd collecting humanitarian aid from a truck in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, according to medical sources. Sunday’s attack was the second in the last five days on displaced Palestinians in Gaza while waiting for humanitarian aid in the war-battered territory. Turkish broadcaster – TRT World reported the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf al-Qudra as saying via a statement that Israeli forces “committed a horrific massacre” in southern Gaza City, near the Kuwaiti…
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US Govt Releases Fresh Details On Wigwe’s Helicopter Crash

US Govt Releases Fresh Details On Wigwe’s Helicopter Crash

US Government Releases Fresh Details On Wigwe’s Helicopter Crash The US National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report on the helicopter crash which killed late Group Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, his wife, son and other business associates. The report revelled that law enforcement and eyewitnesses observed the helicopter transporting Wigwe engulfed in flames before it crashed. It added witnesses also reported the weather conditions in the area were ‘not good’ and raining with a snow mix. According to an initial investigation report by the NTSB, witnesses stated that the weather conditions on the…
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Ecowas Meets Today, May Lift Sanctions On Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali

Ecowas Meets Today, May Lift Sanctions On Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali

ECOWAS Meets Today, May Lift Sanctions On Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali The Economic Community of West African States is expected to suspend all sanctions imposed on Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, who are under military rule after juntas overthrew the civilian governments of all three countries. This was as President Bola Tinubu, who serves as Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States, hosts his counterparts at an extraordinary meeting at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, Saturday morning. Presidential sources told Saturday PUNCH that the meeting will consider so many issues including Sanctions.However, the military-led juntas of Burkina-Faso, Mali…
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President Tinubu Meets Brazil’s President In Ethiopia

President Tinubu Meets Brazil’s President In Ethiopia

Tinubu Meets Brazil’s President In Ethiopia President Bola Tinubu met with the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, on the sidelines of the African Union General Assembly in Ethopia. According to a post on the official X handle of the President on Sunday, both leaders discussed ways to enhance trade, commercial and cultural relations between Nigeria and Brazil. The caption read, “President Bola Tinubu had a bilateral meeting with the President of Brazil, where both leaders discussed ways to enhance trade, commercial and cultural relations between Nigeria and Brazil including increasing trade volumes, investing in agriculture and aviation,…
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Osimhen, Boniface Listed Among World’s Best Strikers

Osimhen, Boniface Listed Among World’s Best Strikers

Osimhen, Boniface Listed Among World's Best Strikers Nigerian strikers Victor Osimhen and Victor Boniface have been ranked by SPORTbible among the top 10 best strikers in the world and excluding the duo, only Lautaro Martinez and Julian Alvarez feature as compatriots on the list. With the focus solely on centre-forwards who play in the number nine role for their teams, there are few better then both Nigerian forwards with Osimhen recently claiming the 2023 African Footballer of the Year award for his goalscoring feat for Napoli in the 2022/23 season. Below are the top 10 best centre forwards as ranked…
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Hungary’s President Resigns Over Child Sexual Abuse Case

Hungary’s President Resigns Over Child Sexual Abuse Case

Hungary’s President Resigns Over Child Sexual Abuse Scandal Hungary’s president has resigned amid outrage over her pardoning of a man convicted in a child sexual abuse case. President Katalin Novak has faced days of growing pressure to resign because of her controversial decision to pardon a man who was convicted of covering up crimes committed by a sexual predator at a children’s home. The 46-year-old announced in a televised message on Saturday that she would step down from the presidency, an office she has held since 2022. “I issued a pardon that caused bewilderment and unrest for many people,” Novák…
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AFCON: South Africa Slams Nigeria For Warning

AFCON: South Africa Slams Nigeria For Warning

Afcon: South Africa slams Nigeria for football safety warning Avoid provocative celebrations, Nigerian fans are being told.A diplomatic row has broken out between Nigeria and South Africa ahead of the two sides' semi-final match at the Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday. The Nigerian High Commission in South Africa warned Nigerian football fans to refrain from boisterous celebrations if their team wins. That warning was intended to prevent the provocation of xenophobic attacks by frustrated South African supporters. But South Africa says that this has only created "false alarm". There has been a long-standing rivalry between the two footballing giants…
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