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Bella Shmurda – High Tension 2.0 EP

Nigerian very own remarkable, Dagbana singer Bella Shmurda delivers his amazing hit body of work tagged “High Tension” which comprises of eight tracks.

High tension 2.0 seems to cool as Bella Shmurda put extra effort in satisfying fans with this big project.

Download and enjoy

Out There

Rush

World

Lako

Champion

Far away

Soldier Go

Next door party

DOWNLOAD ZIP FILE: Bella Shmurda – High Tension 2.0 EP

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Cybercrime: Two Convicted For Internet Fraud In Plateau

Two persons were on Thursday convicted of cybercrime criminal offense as they pleaded guilty of committing the crime that is punishable under section 309 of the Plateau State administration of criminal justice act.

Justice Christine Dabup of the Plateau State High Court No 3 handling the prosecution of criminal justice sentenced Mr. Chinaza Miracle Obida alias James hit and Obadare Obayemi to one Month in prison (a correctional center) or pay a fine of N120,000.00 for cheating and defrauding an American girl of the sum $989 as he promised to marry her name (Rose Kate).

The accused person (Mr. Obadare Obayemi ) who is standing trial presented himself as an American citizen’s resident in Africa for which he was arraigned under section 369 punishable by section 308 of the criminal justice law of Plateau state administration.

The prosecution counsel, Barr. S.N Robert told the court that the accused person has already pleaded guilty to committing the crime and should be convicted by sending him to the correctional center pursuant to section 284 administrative criminal justice law.

Source: Universal Reporters

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Paul Kay – No Time

This is another hot hit single by your number one Africa favorite as you already know
(Paul Kay 4 Africa), who has been given us sound hit Vibes’s back to back for the past years now,
This awesome talented celebrity recently released a Love song which really hit up the fan’s solidly as a great soundtrack titled (For You)
Paul Kay came back this time to burst your humble hearing with another great Love soundtrack
Which he tagged “No Time”


For the past year’s now the street have been enjoying Paulkay4africa as there’s no any dull moment with this talented celebrity,
I so much believe you won’t want to miss this out
Sit back as you enjoy this one
Titled “No Time”

DOWNLOAD MP3: Paul Kay – No Time

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Ishaku: Taraba Gov advocates two-year military training for NYSC corps members

Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, has advocated for a mandatory two-year military training for National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members as a means of combating insecurity,

Ishaku stated that the NYSC scheme should be extended to two years with the first involving core military training.

NYSC which runs for a year was designed by the Nigerian government in 1973 to encourage nation-building among graduates.

The Governor made this call during a guest appearance on Channels TV on Wednesday, July 7.

According to him, an extension of the duration would better equip graduates with self-defense techniques especially at a time like this when national insecurity is now rife.

“The NYSC I will say should be two years. One year for compulsory military training and the other year for the social works that they are doing now so that anybody who graduates as an NYSC person can know how to handle the gun and defend himself,” he said.

“Just as it is done in Israel, Lebanon, etc, you must engage your citizens to be proactive. When you cannot provide security, you must allow the people to protect themselves.”

The governor also reacted to the insurgency and banditry that have ravaged the northeast and northwest regions of the country, noting he has repeatedly asked security agencies who the sponsors of the criminal elements are.

When asked if the issue has political undertones, the governor replied in the affirmative.

Nigeria has been experiencing a series of security threats ranging from terrorism, banditry, militancy, cultism among others in several parts of the country.

The country has been battling terrorism for more than a decade with thousands killed and hundreds of others displaced.

The Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) split from the jihadist group Boko Haram in 2016 and has since become a dominant threat in Nigeria, attacking troops and bases while killing and kidnapping passengers at bogus checkpoints.

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Trump sues Facebook, Twitter, Google over social media bans

Former President Donald Trump sued Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and their chief executives, raising the stakes in his battle against social media giants who have blocked him.

Billing the effort during a Wednesday press conference as a move to defend First Amendment rights; Trump filed three separate class-action lawsuits in federal court in Florida against the tech giants and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and Google’s Sundar Pichai.

The lawsuits seek court orders to restore his social-media accounts, along with punitive damages; to ensure other users can’t be banned or flagged by the tech giants. The legal team is being led by John P. Coale, a trial attorney involved in lawsuits against big tobacco companies.

“We’re going to hold big tech very accountable;” Trump said during the press conference at his Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey. “If they can do it to me, they can do it to anyone.”

Twitter permanently banned Trump in January for his role in stoking the mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6 in a deadly riot to stop the counting of Electoral College votes for President Joe Biden. Facebook last month said Trump would remain suspended from its networks for at least two years; with the possibility of being reinstated in 2023 if risk to public safety has subsided.

YouTube, Google’s giant video service, also froze Trump’s account following the Jan. 6 riot. The former president’s videos are still accessible; but he isn’t permitted to post new videos. Susan Wojcicki, YouTube’s chief executive, has said that the company will reverse its policy when it decides that the “risk of violence has decreased;” without providing details.

QuickTake: Why Free Speech on the Internet Isn’t Free for All

Facebook, Google and Twitter declined to comment on the suits, which were criticized by tech-funded advocacy groups. NetChoice; whose members include Amazon and other tech companies, said the action shows a “deliberate misunderstanding of the First Amendment” and is without merit.

“President Trump has no case,” NetChoice CEO Steve DelBianco said in a release. “The First Amendment is designed to protect the media from the President; not the other way around.”

The Computer & Communications Industry Association, whose members include Facebook, Twitter and Google, said in a statement that digital services have the right to enforce their terms of service and “frivolous class action litigation will not change the fact that users — even U.S. presidents — have to abide by the rules they agreed to.”

Joshua Davis, a professor at University of San Francisco’s law school, agreed Trump’s legal argument was “weak” but said politics may inspire some judges to rule differently.

Trump is very likely to lose the cases “on the legal merits,” he said. “Having said that, there are political movements afoot that probably make it attractive to conservative judges who I think are concerned about effects of social media on conservative causes and also more liberal judges who are concerned about the power that social media commands.”

Twitter closed down 2% in New York, while Facebook fell 0.7% and Google rose less than 1%.

Trump and the Republican National Committee began blasting fundraising solicitations almost immediately; including one appeal seeking donations “to show your support for President Trump’s lawsuit against Big Tech.”

Trump is seeking to overturn a federal law that shields internet companies from liability for content posted by users. Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act protects social media platforms from lawsuits accusing them of unfairly removing posts or accounts; among other legal challenges. The First Amendment prohibits the government from forcing tech companies to leave up or take down certain categories of posts.

The companies are private and therefore not subject to First Amendment claims from users and have liability protections under Section 230. But in his lawsuits; Trump is arguing that the tech giants worked with the government to censor Americans and thus are “state actors” who can be sued.

The banishment of Trump by major tech platforms reignited Republican calls to revoke the legal shield; arguing that it has enabled social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to censor conservative viewpoints.

The lawsuits aren’t the first time Trump has taken aim at Section 230. While in office, he tried to get Congress to repeal it by threatening to veto a Defense Department spending bill. Democrats have also proposed bills to curtail the legal shield to encourage tech companies to more aggressively rid their platforms of bigotry, abuse, and harassment.

Tech companies have largely resisted changes to the law, fearing that the proliferation of lawsuits will force them to clamp down on the free-flowing user-generated content. However, both Zuckerberg and Dorsey have expressed openness in recent months to Section 230 reforms.

Without access to the broad reach afforded by social media giants, Trump has struggled to maintain an online presence. He shut down his blog-like “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump,” though he frequently sends out several press statements a day — often targeting fellow Republicans he believes are insufficiently loyal.

Trump recently stepped up his public activity by restarting rallies and making a trip to the southern U.S. border last week to criticize Biden’s immigration policies. He’s backing candidates in the 2022 midterm elections and actively opposing others. He has also held out the prospect of running again for president in 2024.

The former president has been teasing that he’ll launch a new platform that can’t remove him. He said on Dave Rubin’s “Rubin Report” podcast on June 25 that; “there’s a lot of platforms out there, that’s what we’re looking at; getting the right platform, a perfect platform, and I think you’ll see something fairly soon.”

During his presidency, Trump used Twitter for everything from insulting rivals to major policy announcements. Further, he relied on Facebook especially to raise money from small-dollar donors.

A Florida law that was supposed to go into effect July 1 prohibiting social media platforms from suspending the accounts of political candidates was blocked by a federal judge. Likening the state’s law to “burning the house to roast a pig,” U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle in Tallahassee said the legislation passed by a Republican legislature and a priority of Governor Ron DeSantis, violates the companies’ free speech rights.

The cases are: Trump et al v Twitter Inc et al, 21-cv-22441, Trump et al v Facebook Inc et al, 21-cv-22440, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida (Miami) and Trump et al v YouTube LLC et al, 21-cv-61384, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida (Ft. Lauderdale).

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Jeff Bezos hits wealth record of $211 billion

Jeff Bezos is leaving the rest of the world behind when it comes to wealth accumulation.

The world’s richest man reached a record $211 billion net worth Tuesday after Amazon.com Inc. shares rose 4.7% after the Pentagon announced it was cancelling a cloud-computing contract with rival Microsoft Corp.

The rally raised Bezos’s fortune by $8.4 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

The last time anyone in the Bloomberg ranking neared this amount was in January, when Tesla Inc.’s Elon Musk briefly hit $210 billion.

The two men spent the first part of the year trading the top spot as the world’s richest person; but Bezos has cemented his hold on No. 1 since mid-March as Amazon shares climbed almost 20% during that time.

Soaring stock prices in recent months have boosted the fortunes of a group of tech titans including Musk.

He remains in second place behind Bezos with a $180.8 billion net worth even as Tesla shares fell Tuesday.

French luxury goods magnate Bernard Arnault is third at $168.5 billion.

Bezos’s record haul is even greater than during a 2020 Amazon stock surge, when his net worth topped out at $206.9 billion as the pandemic turbocharged the company’s price.

Bezos, 57, officially stepped down as Amazon’s chief executive officer this week after a 27-year run.

He still owns about 11% of the company and serves as the firm’s executive chairman.

The Pentagon said Tuesday it was scrapping a $10 billion cloud-computing contract awarded in 2019 to Microsoft Corp. after several years of wrangling between the government and some of the biggest U.S. tech companies over the deal. The decision indicates it planned to split the work between Microsoft and rival Amazon.

MacKenzie Scott, Bezos’s ex-wife and the 15th-richest person in the world, saw her wealth jump $2.9 billion Tuesday; eclipsing the $2.7 billion she’s given away so far this year.

It’s just a reminder that some billionaires can’t give their money away faster than they make it.

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Plateau State Polytechnic To Start Postgraduate Programs

Postgraduate Programs Proposed To Kickstart In Plateau State Polythecnics

Plateau State Polytechnic, Barkin Ladi, popularly known as Pla-Poly, has been affiliated to Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK), to run Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) programmes.

Public relations officer (PRO) of the polytechnic, Dokotri Matthew Ajoro, disclosed this in a statement he issued at the weekend.

He said the rector of the polytechnic, Bldr. John Dawam, led the institution’s management team to the Nasarawa State University Keffi, to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU), to commence Post Graduate Diploma programmes in accountancy, public administration, business administration and management, amongst others, during the 2021/2022 academic session.

According to the statement, Dawam expressed overwhelming joy for the partnership with Nasarawa State University and assured the university management that the smooth working synergy formed, would be mutually beneficial, robust and sustainable to both Institutions. He stated that the polytechnic has enormous qualified and quality manpower.