The Nigerian government has initiated its plan to block cryptocurrency trading platforms such as Binance, OctaFX, Coinbase and others in a bid to avert what it considers continuous manipulation of the forex market and illicit movement of funds. Sources within the major telecommunication companies in the country told Premium …
Read More »New York City sues TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and other social platforms over youth mental health crisis
New York City, its schools, and public hospital system have announced a lawsuit against the tech giants that run Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, and YouTube, blaming their “addictive and dangerous” social media platforms for fueling a childhood mental health crisis that is disrupting learning and draining resources. The lawsuit …
Read More »LP crisis: 36 State Chairmen deny plot to suspend Peter Obi
The 36 State Chairmen of the Labour Party including FCT, have denied plans to suspend the Presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi. The chairmen said this during a solidarity visit to the LP National Chairman, Julious Abure, at the party’s National Headquarters in Abuja, on …
Read More »Tinubu, governors meet today to provide solutions to food crisis in Nigeria
According to ThePunch, the president will have a closed-door meeting with the governors at 11:00 am before he leaves the country for Ethiopia for the African Union meeting. Confirming the meeting, a source in the presidency told the newspaper that “The President will meet all the governors tomorrow (today, Thursday) …
Read More »Middle East Crisis: Hostage Rescue Elates Israel and Stokes Fears of Invasion in Rafah
Israeli special operations forces raided a building in the southern Gazan city of Rafah early Monday to free two hostages held by Hamas, the military said, as Israel launched a wave of attacks overnight that killed dozens of Palestinians in Rafah, according to the Gazan health ministry. The operations were …
Read More »Mideast Crisis: Hamas Response to Cease-Fire Proposal Shows Wide Gaps Persist
Israel has called securing the freedom of the hostages abducted to Gaza a key goal in its war against Hamas, so many in the country were shocked on Tuesday when it emerged that at least a fifth of the captives were already dead. The news was likely to worsen a …
Read More »Middle East Crisis: Blinken Arrives in Mideast to Rally Support for Cease-Fire Plan
American warplanes destroyed or severely damaged most of the Iranian and militia targets they struck in Syria and Iraq on Friday, according to the Pentagon, the first major salvos in what President Biden and his aides have said will be a sustained campaign. Maj. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder, the Pentagon …
Read More »Dr. Phil Torches Kamala Harris Over Border Crisis – 'Unlike Anything We've Seen Before'
Opinion Source YouTube: CNN, CBS News Dr. Phil McGraw visited the southern border last week and called out the Vice President Kamala Harris for her failures as the “border czar.” Dr. Phil made it to the #TexasBorder — blasted Team Biden for sparking a “humanitarian crisis unlike anything we’ve seen …
Read More »Widening Mideast Crisis: Iran Suggests It Doesn’t Want War After U.S. Warning Over Drone Attack
Key donors to the United Nations agency that aids civilians in Gaza have signaled they will continue to support the organization under the right conditions despite Israeli accusations that some of its employees were involved with terrorist attacks in Israel on Oct. 7. That support, which comes as the Israeli …
Read More »Widening Mideast Crisis: Iraqi Militia Blamed for Lethal Attack Says It Will Stop Targeting U.S. Forces
In a surprise move, an Iran-linked militia in Iraq that the Pentagon said was likely responsible for a lethal drone attack on an U.S. base in Jordan over the weekend announced on Tuesday that it was suspending military operations in Iraq under pressure from the Iraqi government and from Iran. …
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