Author: Lilian Azuh

Trump President Donald Trump on Friday froze US aid to South Africa, citing a law in the country that he alleges allows land to be seized from white farmers, despite Johannesburg’s denials. The law would “enable the government of South Africa to seize ethnic minority Afrikaners’ agricultural property without compensation,” Trump said in an executive order, which also noted foreign policy clashes between the two countries over the Middle East.Land ownership is a contentious issue in South Africa with most farmland still owned by white people three decades after the end of apartheid and the government under pressure to implement…

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IBEDC logo Residents of Adeoni Estate, a gated community in the Ojodu Berger area that straddles Lagos and Ogun states, and its environs, have expressed frustration over the persistent poor power supply in the area. They accused the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company of failing to supply power to the area, which is on the Band A tariff, with the expected 20 hours of electricity per day, while stating that the disco had failed to address the issue despite numerous complaints. According to residents, the erratic power supply had worsened in recent months, crippling businesses and making daily life unbearable. Many…

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EFCC logo A First Prosecution Witness, PW1, in the trial of one Xiao Hong Will, a Chinese, over an alleged cyber terrorism and internet fraud , on Friday, February 7, 2025, told Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how he was instructed by his employers to present himself as a female to gain clients’ trust. The witness, Rowland Turaki, a cyber security student, said he was one of the employees of the Chinese standing trial for alleged cyber terrorism and internet fraud. Hong Will is a member of the syndicate of 792 alleged cryptocurrency…

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West Kanye West has demanded his “hero” Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to be released from prison. The I’ll Be Missing You rapper is currently being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on sex trafficking and racketeering charges ahead of a trial in May. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges and denied all allegations of sexual misconduct. On Thursday night, fellow hip-hop star West, also known as Ye, took to X and called on the U.S. President to free his “hero” despite their previous feud. “@realDonaldTrump PLEASE FREE MY BROTHER PUFF,” he wrote, referring to Combs’s previous alias…

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