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Trump Just Committed These 'New Crimes' in New York: Kirschner
Trump has been under fire for various posts targeted at Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg that have been accused of encouraging violence against him.
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Updated Odds to Win March Madness With Final Four Set - UConn Favored Over Miami, San Diego State, FAU
See the updated odds to win March Madness 2023 ahead of the Final Four matchups between UConn vs. Miami, and San Diego State vs. Florida Atlantic.
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Edo plans airport in Auchi
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Rural dwellers get modern fishing training
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People, politics in 2023 general elections
The 2023 presidential election and National Assembly including governorship and state houses of assembly elections reflect the voters and their choices. They fully imbibe the power of the electorate to elect leaders who share their yearnings and aspirations amid divergent choices. The elections have once again affirmed that our democracy is thriving despite attendant challenges.
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Iwuanyanwu didn’t call Yoruba ‘political rascals’ – Ohanaeze
The Igbo apex socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has debunked the report that its Chairman, Council of Elders, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, called the Yoruba people as “political rascals”. In a statement on Sunday signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Dr. Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, Ohanaeze said Iwuanyanwu’s speech at the occasion was twisted out of context. The
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Federalism: Constitution amendment bills fall short
THE assent by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to 16 of 35 constitution amendment bills presented to him by the National Assembly in January represents a slight shift towards federalism. But in total, they still fall short of taking Nigeria to its natural configuration of a fully functional federal polity. While a few
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Air Peace to begin Israel flights April
Israel’s Transport Minister on Sunday approved an aviation deal with Nigeria that would allow non-stop flights between the countries to begin next month for the first time, the ministry said. The agreement, which still needs cabinet approval in Israel, will let carriers from the two countries operate flights between Tel Aviv and cities in Nigeria,
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CBN urges Ondo residents to embrace e-naira platform
The Central Bank of Nigeria has partnered with the Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi, on the usage of a digital currency called e-naira platform. The CBN said the partnership was to preach the use of cashless transaction channels to residents of Akure and the state at large. Speaking at Deji’s palace, on Friday, the
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Census holds May 3 – FG
The 2023 national population and housing census is to commence on May 3, the Federal Government has confirmed. A member of the Publicity and Advocacy Committee on the 2023 National Population and Housing Census, Dr Garba Abati, confirmed this on Sunday in Abuja when he appeared on the News Agency of Nigeria Forum. He said
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Stock investors record N13bn loss in one week
The Nigerian Exchange Limited closed lower last week as investors took stock of the hike in the Monetary Policy Rate by the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria and continued with their profit-taking. At the end of the trading activities last week, the market capitalisation declined by N13bn. The All-Share Index closed
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Ekiti gov shops for appointees five months after inauguration
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has set up an eight-member committee chaired by Chief George Akosile to coordinate the process for political appointments in the state. Oyebanji, who assumed office on October 16 last year, made a few appointments while the bulk has been put on hold till now. A statement on Sunday by
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Jonathan Majors Arrested on Assault Charge in New York
NEW YORK — The actor Jonathan Majors was arrested Saturday in New York on charges of strangulation, assault and harassment, authorities said. On Sunday, an attorney for Majors said there’s evidence that he is “entirely innocent.”
New York City police said that Majors, star of the recently released “Creed III”and “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania,” was involved in a domestic dispute with a 30-year-old woman. Police responded around 11 a.m. Saturday to a 911 call inside an apartment in the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea.
“The victim informed police she was assaulted,” a spokesperson for the NYPD said in a statement. “Officers placed the 33-year-old male into custody without incident. The victim sustained minor injuries to her head and neck and was removed to an area hospital in stable condition.”
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He was no longer in police custody as of Saturday night, the NYPD spokesperson confirmed to The Associated Press.
A representative for Majors denied any wrongdoing by the actor.
“He has done nothing wrong,” the representative said in an email to the AP on Saturday. “We look forward to clearing his name and clearing this up.”
On Sunday, an attorney for Majors, Priya Chaudhry, came out more forcefully, saying Majors “is provably the victim of an altercation with a woman he knows” and blamed the incident on the woman having “an emotional crisis.”
Chaudhry said there was evidence clearing Majors, including “video footage from the vehicle where this episode took place, witness testimony from the driver and others who both saw and heard the episode, and most importantly, two written statements from the woman recanting these allegations.”
An email seeking additional comment from the NYPD based on Chaudhry’s assertions was not immediately returned Sunday.
In the meantime, the U.S. Army suspended its TV ad campaign featuring Majors. The Army Enterprise Marketing Office said in a statement Sunday that the U.S. Army is “deeply concerned by the allegations surrounding his arrest.”
“While Mr. Majors is innocent until proven guilty, prudence dictates that we pull our ads until the investigation into these allegations is complete,” the office said in a statement.
Majors is one of the fastest rising stars in Hollywood. After breaking through in 2019’s “The Last Black Man in San Francisco,” Majors has starred in “Da 5 Bloods,” “The Harder They Fall” and last year’s “Devotion.” He also stars in the recent Sundance Film Festival entry “Magazine Dreams,” which Searchlight Pictures is to release in December.
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Ukraine Urges U.N. Meeting on Putin’s Atomic Weapons Plan
Kyiv demanded an extraordinary meeting of the UN Security Council in its first official response to Vladimir Putin’s announcement that Russia will station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.
“It is another provocative step, which undermines the principles of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the architecture of nuclear disarmament and the international security system,” the Ukrainian foreign ministry said Sunday in a lengthy response to the plan announced by Russia’s president.
The ministry also appealed to Belarusian society to prevent the “implementation of criminal intentions,” saying the plan hatched by Putin with the support of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, “will have catastrophic consequences for its future.”
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled Belarusian opposition leader, said Russia’s planned deployment “grossly contradicts the will of the Belarusian people” and would make the country a potential target for retaliation.
Ukraine urged the UK, China, US and France, as permanent Security Council members, to take “effective actions to counter the nuclear blackmail.” Yet the value of a UNSC meeting is unclear, since Russia, also a permanent member of the council, could veto any resolution or action that’s proposed.
Putin, in remarks broadcast on Saturday, said that Moscow wasn’t handing control of the weapons to Belarus, and as a result claimed that Russia won’t be in breach of its non-proliferation obligations. He noted that the US had previously stationed nuclear arms in Europe.
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Josep Borrell, the EU foreign policy chief, said Sunday that Belarus hosting Russian atomic weapons “would mean an irresponsible escalation and threat to European security” that could result in further EU sanctions. #Belarus hosting Russian nuclear weapons would mean an irresponsible escalation & threat to European security. Belarus can still stop it, it is their choice.
The EU stands ready to respond with further sanctions.
— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) March 26, 2023
NATO called Russia’s nuclear decision “dangerous” and “irresponsible.” Yet it’s unclear if Putin’s announcement truly alters the nuclear threat landscape, coming days after the visit to Russia by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told reporters last week after Xi’s trip that the Chinese leader made it “very, very clear” to Putin that he shouldn’t deploy nuclear weapons. China’s 12-point plan aimed at stopping hostilities in Ukraine states that “nuclear weapons must not be used and nuclear wars must not be fought.”
Putin in February announced that Russia was suspending participation in the New START nuclear arms treaty with the US, the last accord limiting their strategic stockpiles.
The Kremlin hasn’t publicly declared that any of Russia’s nuclear arsenal is based in other countries since the Soviet Union’s collapse, when Ukraine and Kazakhstan surrendered stockpiles of weapons on their territories. During the Cold War, NATO and the Moscow-led Warsaw Pact group stationed nuclear weapons in Europe.
The Institute for the Study of War said Putin was “attempting to exploit Western fears of nuclear escalation by deploying tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus.”
“Russia has long fielded nuclear-capable weapons able to strike any target that tactical nuclear weapons based in Belarus could hit,” the US-based military analysts said in a report.
US officials haven’t sounded the alarm.
“We’re just going to have watch and see,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said of Putin on CBS. “We haven’t seen any indication that he’s made good on this pledge or moved any nuclear weapons around. We’ve in fact seen no indication[...]
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Videos Show Panicked Run on Bottled Water After Pennsylvania Chemical Spill
Long lines and empty shelves at Philadelphia grocery stores dotted social media after city officials advised against using tap water on Sunday.
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Nexus between domestic savings and investments
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Taraba community protests as gov creates new chiefdom
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LASG promises clampdown on louts harassing motorists
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Lagos hospital screens students for oral health
The Orile Agege General Hospital has screened 2,500 students from schools as part of events marking this year’s World Oral Health Day According to a statement made available to newsmen, the exercise, which held at the Government Senior College Hall, was in collaboration with Lagos State Education District I, Agege. In his address, Commissioner II,
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Vigilantes beg Buhari to sign bill
The Vigilance Group of Nigeria has appealed to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to assent to Vigilante Bill before May 29 when he will leave office. According to the group, the National Assembly has already passed the VGN (Establishment) Bill 2022. The Commandant General of the group, Dr Usman Jahun, said this in
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Gombe, Jigawa top ‘friendliest business’ states
The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council has released the second edition of the Subnational Ease of Doing Business Report for 2023, which once again places Gombe and Jigawa ahead of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. Gombe, referred to as the Jewel of the Savannah, recorded a weighted score of 7.15 to emerge
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Osun seeks opportunities in AfDB $618m tech fund
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, had expressed readiness of his administration to collaborate with the African Development Bank and tap into opportunities provided by the organisation through its $618m tech fund. The governor directed the establishment of a support desk for Osun tech innovators and entrepreneurs to access the recently launched $618m tech fund by
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‘Risks to financial stability high’
International Monetary Fund chief, Kristalina Georgieva, has warned on Sunday that risks to financial stability has increased following the recent turmoil in the banking sector. Speaking at the China Development Forum in Beijing, the IMF managing director said she expected 2023 to be another challenging year, with global growth slowing to below 3.0 per cent
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Blame game, accusations as e-mandate fails to halt soaring unclaimed dividends
Unclaimed dividends have continued to rise despite the introduction of the e-dividend mandate by the Security Exchange Commission to address the challenge. OLUWAKEMI ABIMBOLA writes on why the challenge of unclaimed dividends persists The issue of unclaimed dividends often dominates discussions at Annual General Meetings of listed companies. Investors would always call on the regulator
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ASUP demands removal of rectors sacked by court
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has written to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, demanding compliance with the judgment of the National Industrial Court in Abuja, which sacked five rectors in federal polytechnics. The PUNCH had earlier reported how the industrial court ordered the sacking of five rectors, declaring that their appointment by the
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that he has any intention to use nuclear weapons, period, inside Ukraine.”
Despite the rhetoric out of Moscow since the start of the war a year ago, Wwe’ve seen nothing that would cause us to change our own strategic deterrent posture,” Kirby said.
ngement because of the doctrine of fair use. This doctrine says that for “purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright,” per the court’s opinion.
Koeltl ruled that Internet Archive’s use of ebooks did not adhere to these standards when rolling out the National Emergency Library, but also in its broader use of the lending library, saying there was nothing “transformative” about its use of ebooks that gave them the right to “scan those books and lend the digital copies en masse.
“IA’s fair use defense rests on the notion that lawfully acquiring a copyrighted print book entitles the recipient to make an unauthorized copy and distribute it in place of the print book, so long as it does not simultaneously lend the print book,” Koeltl added. “But no case or legal principle supports that notion. Every authority points the other direction.”
The Internet Archive still has the right to scan and distribute public domain books. How are people reacting to the case? The Authors Guild, an organization that offers resources to professional writers varying from legal tips to defending authors’ copyrights, tweeted on March 25 that it was “thrilled” by the court’s decision.
“As we have long argued, scanning & lending books w/out permission or compensation is NOT fair use—it is theft & it devalues authors’ works,” it added.
The Guild also claimed that they approached the Internet Archive years ago to create a license for books used on their Open Library, but the nonprofit declined to work with them.
However, more than 300 prominent authors—including Naomi Klein, Neil Gaiman, Hanif Abdurraqib, Chuck Wendig and Cory Doctorow—previously signed an open letter asking publishers and trade associations to cease the lawsuit in late September.
“Big Publishing would outlaw public libraries if it could — or at least make it impossible for libraries to buy and lend books as they have traditionally done, to enormous public benefit — and its campaign against the Internet Archive is a step toward that goal,” said co-founder of News Co/Lab, an initiative to elevate news literacy, at Arizona State University, Dan Gillmor.
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Internet Archive Loses Lawsuit Over Ebook Copyright Infringement. Here’s What to Know
A federal judge sided in favor of the four leading publishers in the U.S. who sued the Internet Archive for scanning and lending out numerous digital copies of copyrighted books for free during the early days of COVID-19.
Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, John Wiley & Sons and Penguin Random House all sued the nonprofit after they offered a National Emergency Library, a temporary book collection created from thousands of ebooks that ran from March 24, 2020 to June 16, 2020. The Internet Archive says the emergency library was launched to help people who lost access to their physical libraries during the pandemic.
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For the National Emergency Library, the Internet Archive was lending out multiple copies of a digital book at once, and the four publishers sued over 127 books in the collection. The Internet Archive said the National Emergency Library was legal under the fair use doctrine, publishers say the act was “mass copyright infringement.”
U.S. District Court Judge John G. Koeltl agreed with the plaintiffs, saying that the Internet Archive was making “derivative” works by turning print books into ebooks and distributing them. It no longer has the right to do so.
“Libraries are more than the customer service departments for corporate database products. For democracy to thrive at global scale, libraries must be able to sustain their historic role in society—owning, preserving, and lending books,” said Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle. “This ruling is a blow for libraries, readers, and authors and we plan to appeal it.”
Here’s what to know about the case. What is the Internet Archive? The Internet Archive is a nonprofit that has built a “digital library” of websites, books, audio recordings, videos, images and other research for the general public. Through digital archives like their Wayback machine, people can access now-defunct sites from more than 25 years ago. The nonprofit has been digitizing books since 2005. To date, it scans more than 4,000 books a day in 18 locations around the world.
The Internet Archive, which creates ebooks by scanning the print version of the novel, includes 3.6 million copyrighted books in its online archive, according to the court opinion.
Of those millions, they offer free, downloadable books that were published before 1927. Other more modern books can only be borrowed from their Open Library, whose vision is to “make all the published works of humankind available to everyone in the world.” Users only have to make a free account in order to borrow the digital copy of the book.
The nonprofit is also a member of a number of associations including the American Library Association and the international Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. What did the Internet Archive argue? Libraries have the right to lend physical books to users because of the first-sale doctrine, which gives individuals who own a copyrighted book the right to sell, display, or lend that copy.
Under the Internet Archive’s regular model, it does not allow users to mass download ebooks. Instead, it functions through “controlled digital lending,” which allows “entit[ies] that own a physical book to scan that book and circulate [the] digitized title in place of [the] physical one in a controlled manner.”
But controlled digital lending also requires that libraries only lend the number of copies it owns. The Internet Archive counts their own physical copy of a book, and up to one book copy owned by its partner libraries to dictate the number of ebooks they can lend.
However, they were not using this practice during the pandemic, lending out more digital book copies than courts say they had rights to.
The Internet Archive contends that they did not engage in copyright infri[...]
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