The Islamic Movement in Nigeria better known as Shi’ites have debunked reports of planned reprisal attacks on police operatives over the killing of their members in Kaduna recently. This was in reaction to a notice of ‘Police wireless message’ by the Borno State Police Command. The intelligence message Referenced CB.0900/BRS/VOL.12/60 released at 11:30 am on 9th April, 2024 was circulated to all police formations across the State, with additional instruction to snap and share among operation bases commanders for quick dissemination. The source of the message according to the Command warned that the “armed wing” of the movement is planning to attack…
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As candidates prepare for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, scheduled to commence on April 19, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, and the Nigeria Police have warned them against patronising fake sites. The two organisations gave the warning at a joint news conference in Abuja on Saturday. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the emergence of several fake websites created by unscrupulous individuals with the intention of misleading candidates had been observed. Therefore, he said, there was a need for candidates to beware of their tactics. According to him, these fake sites are designed to…
The ads do not meet the levels of disclosure Meta says the platform needs for AI-generated posts linked to India’s election, raising questions about enforcement. Bengaluru, India – In early March, a realistic AI-generated image of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, styled as Bhishma Pitamah from the ancient Hindu epic Mahabharata, was boosted as a political advertisement on Instagram. With long wavy grey hair, a sun-shaped mark on his forehead and donning body armour, the image depicted what Modi fans see as his role in today’s world: a reincarnation of supreme commander Bhishma who fought against foreign threats. This Instagram image, created…
Will Harrison nailed a drop goal in extra time as the Waratahs snapped a five-match losing streak to beat the Crusaders in a 43-40 thriller Friday that saw the lead change 12 times. The Crusaders’ Christian Lio-Willie crossed for a try in the 78th minute to seemingly kill off the ‘Tahs hopes in a see-sawing clash at Sydney’s Allianz Stadium. But Johnny McNicoll conceded a penalty in the dying seconds and Harrison converted a pressure penalty after the final hooter to level the scores at 40-40. It sent the match into a golden point scenario where Harrison, who until recently…
Bryson DeChambeau sits atop the leaderboard while Tiger Woods faces another Masters test on Friday as the year’s first major looks to get back on schedule after a rain-hit opening round. After storms delayed the start of play by 2-1/2 hours on Thursday, 27 golfers, including Woods, will pull double duty to finish up their first rounds before heading right back out onto a sun bathed Augusta National for the second. LIV Golf’s DeChambeau used a sizzling burst of late birdies to muscle his way to seven-under 65 and a one-shot clubhouse lead over world No 1 Scottie Scheffler on…
Erling Haaland has room for improvement according to Pep Guardiola, but the Manchester City boss defended the Norway striker from mounting criticism over his performances. https://twitter.com/i/status/1778769949055492541 Haaland has netted 30 times this season and scored 52 goals last term when City won the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup. However, the 23-year-old failed to score for the third time against Real Madrid over the past two seasons in City’s 3-3 draw in their Champions League quarterfinal first leg on Tuesday. Haaland’s hold up play was labelled “League Two” standard by former Manchester United captain Roy Keane after a 0-0…
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry are continuing their work with Netflix. The streaming giant confirmed to CNN on Thursday that the couple’s Archewell Productions has two new nonfiction series in production at Netflix as part of a multi-year overall deal signed in 2020. The news was first reported by Deadline. Ad Feedback The first series will be curated by Meghan and “will celebrate the joys of cooking & gardening, entertaining, and friendship” according to Netflix. It comes on the heels of the announcement of another new business venture of hers, an apparent lifestyle brand named the American Riviera Orchard. The second…
Energy stocks are back in vogue. The S&P 500 index’s energy sector has popped roughly 17% this year, making it the second-best performing category of the benchmark index behind communication services. Shares of Marathon Petroleum have climbed 43%, Exxon Mobil shares have added 22%, Occidental Petroleum shares have gained 16% and Halliburton shares have jumped 13%. These robust gains come after a lackluster year for energy stocks. The energy sector fell roughly 5% in 2023, underperforming the broader S&P 500’s double-digit gains as concerns about the global economy hurt energy demand. That was a reversal from the prior year, when…
The Miss Universe Organization is disputing a flurry of what it calls “false and misleading” reports of Saudi Arabia’s participation in its 2024 pageant — news that, were it true, would have marked the Middle Eastern country’s debut. “No selection process has been conducted in Saudi Arabia, and any such claims are false and misleading,” the pageant said in a statement provided to CNN and released on its official website. “While Saudi Arabia is not yet among those countries fully confirmed (as) participating this year, we are currently undergoing a rigorous vetting process qualifying a potential candidate to be awarded…
The rust-colored barrier soars into the cloudless blue sky, a solid and almost impassable marker of the border between Mexico and the United States. But then it stops, when the rough, hilly terrain becomes a mountain, or a large boulder blocks the way. These are the spots well known by human smugglers, who bring migrants in vans, show them the gaps, tell them to head north and to call 911 if they can’t find US Border Patrol officers to hand themselves in. A few months ago, sometimes hundreds of people would come through every day, ending up in the backyards of…
Once considered among the most promising economies in Southeast Asia with a growing middle class, Myanmar is now suffering from soaring levels of poverty as a devastating civil war drives tens of millions further into destitution, according to a new United Nations report. Almost half of Myanmar’s population of 54 million is below the poverty line, with 49.7% of people living on less than 76 US cents a day — a figure that has doubled since 2017, researchers with the UN Development Program (UNDP) found. Three years after the military seized power in a coup, the economic situation in the country has…
Hauwa Ishaya vividly recalled the night in April 2014, when armed men stormed her boarding school in Chibok, abducting her and 275 other schoolgirls, forever changing the course of their lives. She told CNN how Boko Haram militants arrived at the Chibok Government Secondary School in northeastern Nigeria while the girls were preparing for exams; she was 16 at the time. The men forced the students, aged between 15 and 17, onto trucks bound for their hideout in the vast and dense Sambisa Forest, burning down the school’s examination hall and other buildings before they left. While 57 girls managed to escape that…
House Speaker Mike Johnson will stand Friday with Donald Trump at an appearance that will amplify the former president’s most damaging falsehood: that America’s democratic elections are catastrophically tainted by fraud. The country’s most powerful elected Republican, who is seeking to save his job under threat from Trump-aligned members of his own party in Congress, will travel to meet the true power in the GOP at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. The visit comes as the the ex-president’s allies are eviscerating his authority and even threatening to topple him. It also takes place three days before Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, becomes the…
The future of the French international women’s cricket team is in doubt after 17 players called for an investigation into allegations that its governing body staged fake matches to secure funding from the International Cricket Council. With cricket set to become an Olympic sport after the 2024 Paris Games, FRANCE 24 looked at the reasons behind the team’s collapse. Tara Britton turned up to training, held every Thursday for the men’s and women’s French national cricket teams, last November 16 as scheduled. It wasn’t a big turnout for the women’s side, as she was one of only two who showed. A day earlier,…
“The Golden Bachelor” Gerry Turner and wife Theresa Nist are getting a divorce. The couple, who wed earlier this year on the first season of the ABC reality show, announced the split on “Good Morning America” Friday morning. “Theresa and I have had a number of heart-to-heart conversations, and we’ve looked closely at our situation, our living situation, so forth and — and we’ve kind of come to the conclusion mutually that it’s probably time for us to dissolve our marriage,” Turner told Juju Chang on “GMA.” Turner, 72, and Nist, 70, married on live television in January with the season’s other contestants in attendance, ages…
The House speaker and the former president are expected to deliver remarks at Mar-a-Lago about preventing noncitizens from voting — a practice that is already illegal. WASHINGTON — With his job in jeopardy, House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to head to Florida on Friday to meet with the one man who could save his precarious speakership: the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump. Trump and Johnson, R-La., plan to deliver remarks about “election integrity,” said several sources, one of whom said the two Republicans will talk about legislation focused on preventing noncitizens from voting. That’s already illegal — and very…
Until now, the U.S. has trained Nigerien forces and considered the country a close and stable ally in a region swept by corps and attempted coups in recent years. State television in Niger has broadcast footage of Russian military trainers arriving in the country aboard a plane equipped with security supplies. A member of the team told the television on Thursday that their mission was to help train Nigerien forces. Niger is battling a worsening insurgency waged by jihadi linked groups. Until now, the U.S. has trained Nigerien forces and considered the country a close and stable ally in a…
Republican Rep. Gino Bulso argued for an amendment to allow first-cousin marriages if the couple first seeks counseling from a genetic counselor. NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Republican-led Tennessee Legislature has overwhelmingly voted to send GOP Gov. Bill Lee a proposal that would ban marriage between first cousins. The House cast a 75-2 vote Thursday on the bill after the Senate previously approved it without any opposition. But a particularly vocal opponent, Republican Rep. Gino Bulso, took up most of the debate time, as he argued for an amendment to allow first-cousin marriages if the couple first seeks counseling from a…
Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice, facing eight felony counts stemming from a hit-and-run crash on a Dallas expressway, turned himself in to police on Thursday and was subsequently released on bond. Rice, 23, was given 24 hours by Dallas police to surrender after charges were filed on Wednesday. Rice was booked at the Glenn Heights (Texas) Police Department and was taken to DeSoto Jail. According to WFAA-TV, his total bond was $40,000. “I want to re-emphasize Mr. Rice’s continued cooperation with law enforcement,” Rice’s attorney, Royce West, said in a statement released to USA TODAY Sports. “Mr. Rice acknowledges his actions and…
Plus, O.J. Simpson, the former NFL player who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend, has died of cancer. He was 76. Ukraine warns it could lose its war against Russia as Congress delays crucial aid. A dinner for graduating law students becomes a flashpoint after a Palestinian student’s protest. And a once-in-a-lifetime cicada emergence is almost here. Here’s what to know today. Ukraine warns it could lose its war with Russia without U.S. help Ukraine is digging in to stop a collapse across their front lines as Russian attacks and American delays leave Kyiv to confront the…