Soldiers take over scene of planned #EndSARS protest in Abuja

Monday, October 19, 2020 NEWS No Comments

Soldiers have reportedly taken over the scene of the planned #EndSARS protest in Abuja.

Some soldiers were spotted at popular Aya roundabout early Monday morning with a roadblock and barricade. There were also police officers stationed in front of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) headquarters with Armoured Personnel Carrier and water cannons.

This is coming after Nigerian army's spokesperson, Sagir Musa denied claims of the recently launched ‘Operation Crocodile Smile’ being targeted at #EndSARS protesters.

Here are photos below;

PHOTO CREDIT: CHANNELS

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JUST IN #EndSARS: Anonymous Allegedly Hacks GTBank, Customers Receive N5,000

Monday, October 19, 2020 NEWS No Comments

Anonymous is back in the headlines again after reportedly hacking GTBank and crediting its customers N5,000.

The customers of the bank made the disclosure on the microblogging platform. Recall that DStv and GoTv were allegedly hacked yesterday by the same group which made all paid channels free without subscription.

Earlier this morning, it was gathered that Anonymous distributed 1K airtime after hacking Airtel regarding the #EndSARs protest.

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#EndSARS Protest: This government should not act as if people trust them - Seun Kuti

Monday, October 19, 2020 ENTERTAINMENT NEWS No Comments

 Nigerian Singer, Seun Kuti has called on the federal government to grant the request of #EndSARS protesters and not make decisions like they have the trust of the masses. 

 

Seun Kuti made this call while speaking of Channels TV's "Sunday Politics" programme.

Commenting on the federal government's claim of meeting all the request of the young protesters and calling for an end to the protest, the singer stated that the government does not fully get what is being demanded and what the protest is about.

 

He said; 

 

    “This government should not act as if people trust them. They should not wear that toga for themselves. That is what I am saying.

    “People should not sit in their high offices in Abuja. Bring yourself off your high horse. Come and relate with the people that just voted for you. Come and really hear what is going on. 

    “They have done judicial enquiry against SARS two years ago, what came out of it? It was this same government."

 

On claims of the protest being hijacked, Seun Kuti said; 

 

    “Don’t feel victimized, don’t think there is somebody trying to get you. No. These are your people trying to talk to you. 

    “This is actually a moment that we can actually build a bridge (between the government and the people), but they don’t want to hear that.”

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Former presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba accuses Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and feminists of using the #EndSARS protest to fund the LGBT cause

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Former presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba has accused Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and pro sars group, feminists.co of using the #EndSARS protest to fund the LGBT cause. 

 

In a tweet he shared, the former presidential aspirant accused the #EndSARS frontliners of deceiving Nigerian youths as he insisted that the bitcoin account for the #EndSARS protest was a conduit for funding LGBT activities in Nigeria. 

 

Adamu tweeted; 

 

t is now becoming clearer that @jack and so-called feminist co are using the #EndSARS protest as a conduit for funding the LGBT Cause through his call for payment into the Bitcoin account of same feminist co group We thank God for his mercy & protection against all evil forces.

May God Save the Federal Republic of Nigeria.  Why the intolerance @ToolzO? The fact remains the so-called feminist co Bitcoin account was a conduit for funding LGBT activities in Nigeria. Deceiving our brave youth that braces the street demanding #EndSARS . Why would they decent so low to such deceit. God has exposed them

 

 

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Footballer Jordan Ayew tests positive for coronavirus

Monday, October 19, 2020 SPORT No Comments

Crystal Palace striker Jordan Ayew has tested positive for coronavirus.

 

The Ghana international revealed his health status on Sunday evening, October 18, after missing Crystal Palace's 1-1 draw against Brighton and Hove Albion at Selhurst Park and says he has gone into self-isolation to treat himself.
 

Ayew recently returned to the club after going on international duty with Ghana in Turkey where he played in their international friendly fixtures against Qatar and Mali after making four appearances in the Premier League for his club this season.

 

 

The 29-year-old striker has disclosed he is asymptomatic to Covid-19 but he has commenced the self-isolation at home.

“Sadly, I have tested positive for Covid-19 and have begun my quarantine in line with the health guidance,” Ayew tweeted.

“Thankfully, I am feeling fine and I do not have any symptoms. I will be cheering the boys on from home and look forward to being back on the pitch soon.”

 

 

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IGP lists qualifications of SWAT operatives as training begins today

Monday, October 19, 2020 NEWS No Comments

The Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed has announced that the training for operatives of the special weapons and tactics (SWAT) unit will commence on Monday October 19. 

 

The police chief made the announcement in spite of the protest against the replacement of defunct and controversial police unit, SARS with the newly created unit (SWAT). 

 

In a statement released on Sunday October 18 by Nigerian Police Force spokesperson Frank Mba, the IGP was quoted saying that the security operatives will operate within “high professional and ethical standards, rule of law and dictates of best international policing practices”.

 

Adamu Mohammed also disclosed that those to be absorbed into the new police unit are young, smart, and energetic officers with at least seven-year work experience and clean service records with no pending disciplinary matters and no record of violation of rights of citizens or misuse of firearms.

 

The statement read; 

 

“The IGP reiterates that no personnel of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) will be a member the new Tactical Team. He notes that the officers selected for the training are young, smart and energetic officers who have acquired not less than seven (7) years working experience with clean service records – no pending disciplinary matters, no record of violation of rights of citizens or misuse of firearms – and are physically fit to withstand the rigour of SWAT Training and Operations. 

“The selected officers shall be subjected to physical fitness test, medical and toxicology screening etc and those found to be unsuitable shall be discharged.

“The ICRC, an independent International human rights and humanitarian support organization with over 71years of experience in humanitarian services and institutional support and development, will provide resource persons and materials to handle the human rights components of the training program.

“Specifically, they will handle topics touching on humanitarian laws, police conduct in conflict situation, human rights standard especially in the use of force and firearms, arrest and detention amongst others.

“Other areas of the training program will include modern-day police ethics and values, Intelligence-led policing, Operation planning/Tactical decision-making processes, Hostage rescue tactics and operation, weapon handling, first aid/basic life-saving skills, stress/fear management, police-citizens relations and emotional intelligence etc.

“The training modules will be handled by other carefully selected development partners, security experts as well as veterans from the civil society and human rights community.”

 

Mba who noted that the immediate establishment of a new tactical team is in view of the need to fill the void created by the dissolution of the defunct SARS “particularly during the ‘EMBER Month’ traditionally characterized by an upsurge in armed robbery and other violent crimes in the country”, added that that the police will partner with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and other development partners for the training of the team which will take place at at the Police Mobile Force (PMF) Training School, Ila Oragun, Osun state and the PMF Training School, Ende Hills, Nasarawa state.

 

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Cardi B deletes her Twitter account after receiving backlash for reconciling with Offset despite filing for divorce

Monday, October 19, 2020 ENTERTAINMENT NEWS No Comments

Cardi B has been forced to delete her Twitter account after receiving backlash from fans for reconciling with her husband, Offset, weeks after filing for divorce. 

 

During an Instagram Live session on Saturday, October 17, the rapper said she deleted her account after getting tired of tweets from fans who were criticizing her and harassing Offset  after they reconciled. 

 

"A whole bunch of 15-year-olds telling me how to live my life like I'm mother----ing Ariana Grande or something," the mother of one said in the video, "like I came from Disney or something."

 

 

"I'm so tired that because of y'all I've gotta continuously explain myself," said Cardi, who recently reconciled with Offset after filing for divorce. "I didn't put my divorce out there, a f---ing court clerk put it out there. And because people are making rumors up, 'Oh, this guy has a girl pregnant,' this and that, I have to address it."

 

“I’m so tired that because of y’all I’ve gotta continuously explain myself,” she continued.

 

“I didn’t put my divorce out there, a fucking court clerk put it out there. And because people are making rumours up, ‘Oh, this guy has a girl pregnant,’ this and that, I have to address it.”

 

Cardi then complained about online harassment she claimed Offset has been receiving since they got back together. 

 

“You guys want to be harassing this n****. Bro, if I work things out, why are you going to this n****’s Twitter to harass him? That shit don’t make no fucking sense,” she said, going on to point out that this behaviour was coming from her “fans”.

 

“I’m tired of it,” she said. “I do whatever the fuck I want to do. Like I love my fans and I’m grateful and thankful for what you do but some of y’all really be acting like I be sleeping with y’all.”

 

“Offset is not the only fucking problem that I deal with,” she said. “To be honest with you, my marriage is one of the least worries that I have right now.”

The "WAP" rapper also discussed her personal choice to smoke after fans accused Offset of influencing her.

 

"I smoke a cigarette... 'Oh my God... You smoking a cigarette because of Offset, you're stressed,'" she said of people's comments. "Bro, when I was a stripper I used to smoke cigarettes every day. I been smoking cigarettes since I was 15. I started smoking cigarettes because I'm bored and I was drinking on my birthday. I'm not an avid smoker, I don't really smoke so stop."

 

In September, Cardi filed for divorce from Offset in Fulton County, Ga, describing her marriage as "irretrievably broken" and that "there are no prospects for a reconciliation."

 

At her 28th lavish birthday party which took place in Las Vegas last week, the pair we spotted partying together before she confirmed that they were back together. 

 

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Google introduces new feature that allows you find the name of a song by humming and whistling, instead of from lyrics alone

Monday, October 19, 2020 NEWS No Comments

 

Google has introduced a new feature that allows you to identify a song even if you don't know the lyrics.

 

You can now hum, sing or whistle the tune into your phone and the name of the song will come up.

 

The technology to match tones to a database of identified songs through singing, humming and whistling -- instead of from lyrics alone -- has existed for more than a decade, and was a staple in the music app SoundHound as far back as 2009.

 

To start using Google's new feature, open the latest version of the Google app or Google Search widget on your phone, then, tap the Microphone icon and say "what's this song?" You can also tap the Search a song button. Finally, start humming, singing or whistling the tune to get your results.

 

Google announced the new feature on Thursday, October 15, and has started rolling it out globally to iPhone and Android users. It's currently available in English for iPhone users and in more than 20 languages on Android. 

 

This new tool only works on mobile devices, so at this time, it won't work on your Google Home or Nest speakers.

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