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Events / Re: Blood Moon: Why Arochukwu Residents May Missed The Lunar Eclipse by ClipHog: 1:03am On May 16, 2022 |
I don crash............ |
Events / Re: Blood Moon: Why Arochukwu Residents May Missed The Lunar Eclipse by ClipHog: 1:02am On May 16, 2022 |
Alarm 3am Ringtone Big shots by Kendrick Lamar |
Events / Re: Blood Moon: Why Arochukwu Residents May Missed The Lunar Eclipse by ClipHog: 1:01am On May 16, 2022 |
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Events / Re: Blood Moon: Why Arochukwu Residents May Missed The Lunar Eclipse by ClipHog: 1:01am On May 16, 2022 |
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Events / Re: Blood Moon: Why Arochukwu Residents May Missed The Lunar Eclipse by ClipHog: 1:00am On May 16, 2022 |
I promise I go video the event tonight stay tune... |
Science/Technology / Re: Full Lunar Eclipse to bring Super Blood Moon Tonight [photos] by ClipHog: 12:58am On May 16, 2022 |
prince57:Okay nah... When its time abeg wake me up |
Politics / Re: Deborahsamuel: Video Of Igbo People Lamenting Burning Of Their Shops By Rioters by ClipHog: 12:25am On May 16, 2022 |
I have block all potential bloodsuckers for my WhatsApp and contacts shap sahp Cause I can't be hanging around with vipers as friends... Spits 3 Likes |
Science/Technology / Re: Full Lunar Eclipse to bring Super Blood Moon Tonight [photos] by ClipHog: 12:23am On May 16, 2022 |
prince57: Abeg abeg una tok say after 12, and now na 3am! Una wan kee me be that |
Science/Technology / Re: Full Lunar Eclipse to bring Super Blood Moon Tonight [photos] by ClipHog: 12:14am On May 16, 2022 |
I no sure say this thing go happen for Naija oo |
Science/Technology / Re: Full Lunar Eclipse to bring Super Blood Moon Tonight [photos] by ClipHog: 12:12am On May 16, 2022 |
BlaqT: Its 12:13am i don keep watching tire |
Politics / Re: I Deeply Regret Fighting To Keep Nigeria One...Pa Babawande by ClipHog: 9:42pm On May 15, 2022 |
Buckeyemedia1:Guy I no be IPOBian I be Borno citizen, Pure Marghi bred, I just can't swallow the fact that the brutal war was fought to curl secessionist spirits.. That the crime of the innocent men, women and childrens killed, starved to death was just because of self determination!... I always pray may they (the bloodsucking monsters Armies) never find peace, even in the graves 3 Likes 1 Share |
Science/Technology / Re: Full Lunar Eclipse to bring Super Blood Moon Tonight [photos] by ClipHog: 9:30pm On May 15, 2022 |
Medianna:Same thing here oo Since 5pm e never stop |
Politics / Re: I Deeply Regret Fighting To Keep Nigeria One...Pa Babawande by ClipHog: 9:17pm On May 15, 2022 |
More perils are coming your way... Are coming your way... The Blood of Biafrans will haunt you forever.... Will haunt you forever You will live forever in pains and regrets... TO ALL NIGERIAN VETERANS OF BIAFRA WAR 2 Likes 1 Share |
Events / Blood Moon: Why Arochukwu Residents May Missed The Lunar Eclipse by ClipHog: 6:36pm On May 15, 2022 |
Damn, I was eager and thought I will savor the the so-called Bloodmoon full lunar eclipse tonighty, but what I fear most came to pass... The sky don turn black full of rain clouds Nevertheless I will try to stay awake to see whether we will be fortunate to see the moon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9QkjjMzGeQ |
Politics / Re: 2023: Nobody Will Steal Money Under My Watch As President Of Nigeria – Atiku by ClipHog: 4:10pm On May 15, 2022 |
NOBODY WILL STEAL MONEY UNDER MY WATCH AS PRESIDENT of Nigeria EXCEPT ME AtikuHEADLINE FIXED |
Science/Technology / Re: Full Lunar Eclipse to bring Super Blood Moon Tonight [photos] by ClipHog: 3:15pm On May 15, 2022 |
I pray make cloud no cover sky for Arochukwu ooo Modified shit its raining https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9QkjjMzGeQ 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Phones / Re: Infinix And Transsion At It Again. They Have Scammed Me. by ClipHog: 3:03pm On May 15, 2022 |
Me here rocking my transion since 2019 like Kilode |
Politics / Re: Igbos Trapped As Fulanis Burn And Loot Their Shops(video Evidence) by ClipHog: 9:37pm On May 14, 2022 |
Politics / Re: Hausa People Have Started Again by ClipHog: 9:34pm On May 14, 2022 |
Politics / Deborahsamuel: Video Of Igbo People Lamenting Burning Of Their Shops By Rioters by ClipHog: 9:13pm On May 14, 2022 |
Politics / Re: Deborahsamuel: Sokoto State Video Of Radical Islamist On Looting Spree by ClipHog: 4:22pm On May 14, 2022 |
Hmm |
Politics / Deborahsamuel: Sokoto State Video Of Radical Islamist On Looting Spree by ClipHog: 4:21pm On May 14, 2022 |
Science/Technology / Re: Mysterious Mars Doorway by ClipHog: 3:41pm On May 14, 2022 |
Sharp angle like that cause by erosion! Abeg I no go swallow this one |
Science/Technology / Mysterious Mars Doorway by ClipHog: 3:36pm On May 14, 2022 |
A photograph taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover on Mars that resembles a doorway cut into the side of a cliff is actually just boring old erosion, scientists explained, after speculation that the squared-off structure might have been crafted by alien species. What appears to be a rectangular hole, photographed last week by the rover, was actually formed by “normal geological processes,” Professor Sanjeev Gupta of Imperial College told the Daily Telegraph, pointing to a rock fracture that he says could have happened at any point in the last few hundred million years. Perhaps more important – for humans seeking that ever-elusive proof of extraterrestrial life, at least – the “doorway” is quite small, so much so that if some entity did make its home there, it probably wouldn’t pose much of a threat to humans. Planetary geologist Nicholas Mangold calculated the alcove’s height at less than three feet, while experts who spoke to “fact-checking” site Snopes claimed it was even smaller, around 30cm by 45cm. The image was taken by Curiosity on May 7 and went viral on Thursday when people began speculating the squared-off region resembled a doorway. Without any reference points for how tall the opening really is, it certainly does look like one. Even British geologist Neil Hodgkins called it “a very curious image” before admitting it “look[ed] like natural erosion” to him. The geologist blamed “Martian winds” for eroding horizontal strata exposed on the surface and pointed to where they intersected with natural vertical fractures, noting that the picture appears to show “a large boulder [having] fallen out under its weight” from the Martian gravity, leaving behind the hole that has attracted so much attention. The boulder in question can be seen to the right of the “door” in the photo. Far from proof of alien life, then, the door is “all very natural and similar to outcrops you can see in many arid places on Earth,” said the scientist. The Curiosity rover and the Ingenuity Mars helicopter have been exploring and photographing Mars since last February. They are also collecting samples and plan to spend at least two years in the area of the Jezero crater on the red planet.https://www.rt.com/news/555461-mars-doorway-curiosity-explained/
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Celebrities / Re: 'Take It Easy On Me', Eniola Badmus Cries Out As Men Flood Her With Love Message by ClipHog: 11:08pm On May 12, 2022 |
In Travis Scotts voice Niggaz with attitude shall get easy on me they said she's nasty when she's squirting but that's sexy to me |
Politics / Re: Black Slavery Might Have Been African Immigration by ClipHog: 8:12pm On May 11, 2022 |
Immigration in chains! Op I swear you must be Suffering from conscience deficiency |
Foreign Affairs / Re: What You Need To Know About Russia (Facts And Pictures) by ClipHog: 11:43am On May 11, 2022 |
seguno2:Is Nigeria among the countries on the picture he shared? What's an hour wage in Nigeria? |
Foreign Affairs / Re: What You Need To Know About Russia (Facts And Pictures) by ClipHog: 5:43pm On May 10, 2022 |
[quote author=jimetagambo post=112697821]:[/quote Seems like someone isn't proud of his country cause I can't see Nigeria own in the pic of the world country 6 Likes |
Celebrities / Re: Young Thug, Atlanta Rap Star, Is Arrested On Gang-related Charges by ClipHog: 7:04am On May 10, 2022 |
Thugger! 2 Likes |
Celebrities / Young Thug, Atlanta Rap Star, Is Arrested On Gang-related Charges by ClipHog: 6:57am On May 10, 2022 |
By Richard-fausset. ATLANTA — The rap star Young Thug, one of the most influential artists to emerge from Atlanta’s famously fertile hip-hop scene, was arrested on Monday on suspicion of gang involvement and conspiracy to violate the Georgia criminal racketeering law. The rapper, whose real name is Jeffery Williams, was charged in a sweeping grand jury indictment that identified him and 27 other people as members of the same criminal street gang and charged some of them with violent crimes including murder and attempted armed robbery. Mr. Williams has reshaped the rap world throughout his decade-plus career and inspired a host of emulators as three of his albums reached No. 1 on the Billboard chart and he collaborated with stars across the rap world and beyond. His arrest comes as District Attorney Fani Willis of Fulton County — a Democrat best known for investigating whether former President Donald J. Trump and his allies committed election fraud in Georgia — has vowed to crack down on street gangs in Atlanta, a city reeling from violent crime. The arrest of Mr. Williams at a house in the well-heeled Buckhead neighborhood was confirmed on Monday night by Jeff DiSantis, a spokesman for Ms. Willis’s office, who said that several other people named in the indictment were also arrested. The indictment alleges that Mr. Williams is a founder of Young Slime Life, a criminal street gang that began in Atlanta in 2012 and is affiliated with the national Bloods gang. Mr. Williams’s successful record label has been variously called YSL Records or Young Stoner Life Records; the label refers to its artists as part of the “Slime Family,” and a compilation album called “Slime Language 2” hit No. 1 on the charts in April 2021. All 28 people named in the indictment were charged with conspiracy to violate the state Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO, which is closely modeled on the federal law that has most famously been used against organized crime members. In 2014, Ms. Willis helped lead a controversial racketeering prosecution in which Atlanta public-school teachers were accused of cheating on standardized tests. She has also raised the possibility that Mr. Trump and some of his allies may have violated state RICO law in their alleged efforts to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election. Ms. Willis and other Georgia officials have raised alarms recently about gangs in the Atlanta region, where they have historically not been as prevalent, or as culturally rooted, as they are in places like greater Los Angeles. In a recent public meeting, Ms. Willis called gangs “the No. 1 threat against public safety” in Atlanta and claimed they were responsible for as much as 70 percent of the crime in Georgia. The indictment comes at a time when other big-city lawmakers and law enforcement officials are worried about hip-hop artists and their ties to criminal activity as the nation struggles to contain a nationwide spike in violent crime. Those concerns, and the pushback from civil libertarians and hip-hop fans, echo the debates of the late 1980s and early 1990s, when explicitly violent lyrics in the emerging gangster rap genre stirred controversy. “We go through cycles, moral panics, if it’s the Tipper Gore era, in the ’90s, or now,” said Erik Nielson, a professor of liberal arts at the University of Richmond who studies hip-hop culture. “It’s a convenient scapegoat for authorities who are not getting the job done.”Monday’s 88-page indictment, however, alleges that the gang was involved in a wide variety of illegal activities, including witness intimidation, murder, attempted murder, carjacking, robbery, theft and drug dealing. A number of people are named as victims of shootings or attempted shootings, including Dwayne Carter, the New Orleans hip-hop star who raps under the name Lil Wayne, and whose tour bus was shot at by a YSL member named Jimmy Winfrey in April 2015, according to the indictment. Mr. Williams is named as having committed a number of illegal acts for which he is not charged, but which are described as “overt acts” in furtherance of the group’s criminal conspiracy. Among those allegations are an instance of threatening to kill a man at a mall and possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute it. Mr. Williams is also alleged to have rented a silver Infiniti Q50 sedan that was used in the commission of the murder of a rival gang member, Donovan Thomas Jr., in January 2015. Five men are charged with murder in connection with Mr. Thomas’s death. One of them, Deamonte Kendrick, is identified as Yak Gotti, a rapper on the YSL label.Contacted late Monday night, Drew Findling, a lawyer who has represented Mr. Williams in the past, declined to comment. In an interview with WSB-TV, Brian Steel, described by the station as Mr. Williams’s lawyer, said, “Mr. Williams committed no crime whatsoever and we will fight to my last drop of blood to clear him.” In previous court documents, prosecutors have described how another cluster of Bloods-affiliated gangs are engaged in a hostile rivalry with Young Slime Life. In April 2021, Ms. Willis charged a dozen people who were said to be members of gangs in that rival cluster, including Rayshawn Bennett, another famous rap artist whose stage name is YFN Lucci. Mr. Bennett was indicted on, among other things, a felony murder charge in connection with a drive-by shooting. Monday’s indictment charges three people accused of being YSL members with attempted murder in an attack on Mr. Bennett, who was stabbed in jail in February. “I am not impressed with the fact that you are a rapper — that’s not going to keep you from being indicted by default,” Ms. Willis said at a news conference in April, in which she criticized a judge for granting bond to Christian Eppinger, who raps under the name Big Bhris, is reported to be a Young Slime Life member and is accused of shooting an Atlanta police officer six times in February. “If they committed acts of violence, and if we have enough evidence to substantiate that, you’re going to see indictments,” Ms. Willis said. Mr. Eppinger is facing 15 new charges under Monday’s indictment, including attempted murder. The new charging document and other court records show that Fulton County prosecutors have been paying close attention to the music and social media output of Atlanta-area rappers and their associates for some time, using the content to bolster their criminal cases against a number of suspects from both rival gang groups.The indictment claims that after the killing of Mr. Thomas, the rival gang member, Mr. Williams appeared in a video in which he stated that some people “get killed bro, from me and YSL,” while using an expletive. In another video in 2018, he is alleged to have stated, “I never killed anybody, but I got something to do with that body.”Using rap lyrics against artists is a tactic prosecutors have used for decades, even as once-controversial gangster rappers have been absorbed into the American mainstream, and as many critics and fans have argued that rap artists should be given as much freedom to explore violence in their art as Quentin Tarantino or Shakespeare. The fresh crackdowns on rappers and their music have taken different forms in different cities. In New York this year, Mayor Eric Adams suggested that social media companies should ban some music videos by artists in the graphic drill rap genre after two aspiring rappers were killed in Brooklyn. “I mean, we pulled Trump off Twitter because of what he was spewing, yet we are allowing music — displaying of guns, violence — we’re allowing it to stay on these sites,” Mr. Adams saidIn Chicago, a federal indictment unsealed in October charged five people said to be members of the O-Block street gang with racketeering, accusing them of the 2020 murder of Carlton Weekly, a rapper who went by the name FBG Duck; the indictment said the men increased the gang’s status “with the use of social media platforms and music.” A federal prosecutor said that online posts and music videos were being used regularly by Chicago criminals to boast of acts of violence and issue retaliatory threats. In Jacksonville, Fla., law enforcement officials believe that a small cohort of people have been committing many of the gun crimes in the area, and the police actively monitor their online posts and rap videos for potential crimes. One rapper, Tyler Jackson, who performs under the name Y&R Mookey, was found to have held a semiautomatic pistol in a rap video, which was illegal for him to do because of his prior convictions as a juvenile. In April, a jury sentenced him to 10 years in prison after prosecutors also accused him of being a gang member. Though some of Young Thug’s lyrics trade in violence, his success is rooted in a broader musical palette, with delivery that can feel playful, psychedelic and occasionally bizarre. He has a nose for mainstream musical success, including a guest vocal spot on “Havana,” the Camila Cabello song that topped Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart in January 2018. He won a song of the year Grammy in February 2019 as a co-writer of Childish Gambino’s “This Is America,” a widely praised work of jittery social commentary.Ms. Willis’s aggressive posture against gangs puts her at odds with more liberal Democratic prosecutors. Both George Gascón, the Los Angeles County district attorney, and Chesa Boudin, the San Francisco prosecutor, have stopped requesting longer sentences for people suspected of gang activity. Mr. Boudin has argued that such sentences “worsen racial disparities” and contribute to mass incarceration. Dean Dabney, a professor of criminal justice at Georgia State University, was skeptical about Ms. Willis’s contention that gangs had become the No. 1 public safety threat. “I’ve seen no convincing systematic evidence that substantiates that,” he said, adding that gun violence, more generally, was certainly a big problem. Monday’s indictment notes that in December 2020, Mr. Williams appeared in a video for a song full of violent language as well as boasts about the good life and of legal success. Its title: “Take It to Trial.” https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/09/us/young-thug-arrested-gang.html
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