TikTok App Prohibited

Doyinsola Johnson The popular TikTok app owned by the Chinese company Bytedance is said to be shutting down in numerous countries as of now already shut down in India. The concerns are threefold. Because TikTok’s parent company ByteDance is based in China there are fears the company may share user data with the Chinese government, whether intentionally through data requests or unintentionally through surveillance software. There are general privacy concerns about how much data TikTok collects from user devices. “The fear is that the information in TikTok could provide more…

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AFDB Agrees To A Fresh Independent Investigation Into Allegations Levied Against Its Bank President, Akinwumi Adesina

The board of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has agreed for an independent investigation of Akinwumi Adesina, the Nigerian Bank President. This is happening shortly after Steven Mnuchin, US treasury secretary, rejected the investigation and report of the bank’s ethics board which absolved Adesina of allegations with respect to favouritism. Bloomberg reports that the Ethics board of AFDB has agreed to an independent probe after “several foreign governments backed Mnuchin’s criticism of a bank-led examination into the allegations.” The countries supporting Mnuchin’s claim include; Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland as…

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Okeke Obinnwane (Invictus) Ready For A Guilty Plea Bargain With US Authority Over Fraud Charges

The young and vibrant CEO and Nigerian businessman by the name Obinwanne Okeke who was arrested in the United States last August, has surrendered after months of putting up a good fight against the two-count charge of wire and computer fraud slammed on him by American authorities. Mr Okeke, also known as Invictus Obi in Nigeria. He was named as one of the best grossing under 30s by Forbes. Mr. Okeke has now told American authorities of his resolve to enter a guilty plea to suffice a lesser sentence. The…

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With or Without Vaccine The Country Will Return To Normal, Trump Said

The President of the United States of America, Donal Trump, reveals a crash effort aimed at developing a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year on Friday.   President Trump however emphasized that the country would return to normal with or without a vaccine.   “I just want to make something clear, it’s very important. Vaccine or no vaccine, we’re back” Trump stated during a midday event in the Rose Garden. “And we’re starting a process.”   The formal announcement of “Operation Warp Speed” came as researchers around the…

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US Warned Against Chinese Cyber Hackers Making Effort To Steal Coronavirus Data On Treatments And Vaccines

The United States security authorities  on Wednesday 13 May 2020 warned against Chinese cyber hackers who made attempts to steal coronavirus data on treatments and vaccines. Thereby,  adding fuel to Washington’s war with Beijing over the pandemic according  to AFP reports. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency said organisations researching Coronavirus were at risk of “targeting and network compromise by the People’s Republic of China.” They security agencies warned that Chinese government-affiliated cyber hackers and others made attempts to obtain “valuable intellectual property and…

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Experimental Virus Drug Remdesivir Failed In COVID-19 Human Trial

-YOMMY AYILARA. Experimental Virus Drug Remdesivir Failed In COVID-19 Human Trial. The experimental antiviral drug Remdesivir has failed in its first randomized clinical experiment to treat the COVID-19 illness. This was reported on Thursday 23rd April, 2020, referring to draft documents where it was accidentally published by the World Health Organization. Gilead Sciences, the company behind the medicine, disputed how the now deleted post had characterized the findings, saying the data showed a “potential benefit.” The Financial Times reported that researchers in China carried out a study on 237 patients,…

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ADDITIONAL 193 AMERICANS REPATRIATED FROM NIGERIA ; 569 US CITIZENS ALTOGETHER LEFT NIGERIA ON TUESDAY

This repatriation is coming after we initially reported 376 Americans were repatriated on Tuesday morning. US Repatriated 376 American Citizens From Nigeria An additional 193 Americans were also repatriated to the United States from Nigeria yesterday. As recounted by the US Embassy in Nigeria on their social media handle; “It was thanks to a great job by the U.S. Consulate’s team, the folks at Delta Airlines, and our Nigerian partners at the airport in Lagos. Well Done everyone!” According to the Department of State, 46,302 Americans from 81 countries have…

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US Repatriated 376 American Citizens From Nigeria

Amid the pandemic COVID-19 situation in the world, people away from home are stranded and left with little or no hope of return due to travel restrictions in place to curb spread of the Coronavirus. The U.S will not take the citizens for granted as they came just in time to rescue Americans citizens who wish to return home. From Lagos, Nigeria on Monday 6 April 2020, 376 American citizens were flown to Washington. This was made know by the USA Consulate in Nigeria via a post on their social…

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COVID-19: GLOBAL UPDATES

  EUROPEAN UNION The EU council has proposed at least 30 days ban on travel from other countries to the EU excluding citizens returning home, commuters and essential workers. The EU are closing their borders to each other as well as other continents of the world in order to combat the virus. The French President, Emmanuel Macron has declared a war against the virus while he has confined the citizens to their homes for 15days. EU leaders will meet in 2 weeks time. This is an effort to jointly conform…

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TELLAFRICA INTERNATIONAL ART & CRAFT FESTIVAL (TIAF) BALTIMORE MD, US 2019

  There is a serious dearth of information across the black population all over the world; an apparent inability of the descendants of Africans especially in this 21st century to identify themselves as a part of their very interesting cultural heritage. Having realised this, His imperial Majesty, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, Arole Oduduwa (The Projenitor of the African Race) came up with the idea of TellAfrica. TellAfrica is a lifestyle; moral, culture & heritage and a travel blog dedicated to telling African stories to Africans all over…

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