Eighty-six year-old monarch was taken to
a hospital for unspecified tests in the Red
Sea city of Jeddah, state media report.
Saudi Arabia’s aging king has been
admitted to hospital in the Red Sea
city of Jeddah to undergo medical
tests weeks after he had the battery
of his pacemaker changed.
A report in the official Saudi Press
Agency on Sunday did not provide
further details about King Salman’s
condition nor the nature of the
examinations. It said the king, 86,
was admitted to King Faisal
Specialist Hospital.
“May God preserve the Custodian of
the Two Holy Mosques and may he
enjoy health and wellness,” a royal
palace statement was quoted as
saying.
Earlier this year, state media
reported King Salman was
hospitalised in the capital Riyadh to
have the battery of his heart
pacemaker replaced. In 2020, he had
surgery to remove his gallbladder
after a stint in the hospital that
revived speculation about the state
of his health.
Saudi Arabia has generally sought to
quell speculation over the health of
its king, who has ruled the Arab
world’s biggest economy since 2015.
Upon his ascension to the throne,
King Salman appointed his son
Crown Prince Mohammed bin
Salman, 36, as his successor .
However, he has also already
empowered Prince Mohammed to
lead day-to-day affairs of the
kingdom.
Since his elevation to power, Prince
Mohammed, also known as MBS, has
upended Saudi Arabia with dizzying
social reforms, sidelined royal rivals,
and cracked down on perceived
opponents.
Under his rule, the Gulf powerhouse
has launched ambitious economic
reforms for a post-oil era and given
more rights to women, while
adopting a more assertive foreign
policy – including entering a war in
neighbouring Yemen.




Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/8/saudi-king-admitted-to-hospital-for-medical-examinations
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A British legislator from the governing Conservative Party resigned after admitting he watched pornography on his phone in the House of Commons chamber.

Neil Parish, a member of Parliament since 2010, announced his decision on Saturday after pressure from members of his own party who sought to defuse sleaze allegations before the UK holds its local elections on May 5.

The ballot is seen as pivotal for Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is already facing a voter backlash over lockdown-breaking parties in government offices during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Parish, 65, stepped down after what he described as a moment of “madness”. Parish, chairman of the house’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, said he was trying to look at a tractor website, but stumbled into a porn site with a similar name and watched it for “a bit”.

Reports that a legislator had watched porn amid the historic green benches of the House of Commons triggered a flood of complaints from women in Parliament about the misogyny and sexual harassment they have faced while doing their jobs.

Long known for its boozy, macho culture, Parliament is now a more diverse place with women holding almost 40 percent of the seats in the House of Commons. But legislators and staff say harassment and inappropriate behaviour are still rampant under a system that largely allows members to police themselves.

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Parish’s resignation should be a moment for people across the UK to say “enough is enough.

“I don’t think there could really be any other outcome to what has come to light about this particular MP over the last few days,” she said. “Watching porn on a mobile phone in the House of Commons when you’re there representing constituents is just unacceptable.”

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com:443/news/2022/5/1/uk-lawmaker-resigns-after-viewing-porn-in-house-of-commons

During an interview with Afrimax TV, a woman who
identified herself as Kamaliza Verena explained how
she has spent 70 years of her life without having
intimacy with any man.
The 70-year-old woman told Afrimax TV that life seems
quite unfair to her because she has always been a
loving, caring and faithful person. She said she has
waited for so long but she can’t seem to find a man for
herself.
She said she has been waiting for her own man since
she turned 20 years old. She has waited for more than
50 years and sometimes, she feels like it is too late for
her to find a man.
Kamaliza stated that she is living a sad and tough
existence as a result of her inability to find a mate,
have children, and have a full family. She noted that
she is already feeling the effects of aging, since she
frequently becomes ill.
She indicated that her height may be a factor in her
inability to find a spouse. She stated that she used to
take offense when others made comments about her
height, but as she matured, she realized that what
mattered are one's attitude and personality, not one's
height or beauty.
She stated that she wishes to know what it's like to
awaken in the chest of someone she cares about.
However, she stated that her odds of it happening are
dwindling as she ages...
In the end, I'm a virgin. My relationship with my mother
ended when I was in my early twenties. I never had a
child of my own. And I never miscarried or aborted a
single one of my children. Maliza admitted, "I've never
slept with a man before, so I don't know how it feels."
According to her, there is something about her that
makes guys shy away from her. On a mission to
discover what it actually is, she hopes that when she
does she will be able to meet someone.
As Kamaliza has stated, she is waiting for the right
person to come along and commit to her for the rest of
her life. A miracle can yet happen to her, despite the
fact that it appears like it's too late.
She expressed her continued optimism that her partner
will come to her one day and that they will be able to
have an intimate relationship together. She stated that
it is not over until God declares it to be so.



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(Reuters) - Former U.S. president Donald Trump posted a brief message on Truth Social late Thursday for the first time since the app he founded launched two months ago, saying "I'M BACK!" Trump broke his silence as Elon Musk sealed a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, which last year permanently banned Trump citing a risk of further violence following the Jan. 6, 2021 siege by a pro- Trump mob on the U.S. Capitol. Republicans cheered Musk's buyout of the social media platform in the hope that the Tesla Inc Chief Executive, who has vowed to relax content moderation practices to restore free speech, will invite Trump back to the site. Since the deal was announced this week, Trump has said he would not return to Twitter. In Thursday's message, called a "truth" on the app, Trump wrote, "I'M BACK! #COVFEFE", referencing a typo on a Twitter message he sent while president that complained about the press and was widely memed. Trump's silence on his own app since the launch of Truth Social on Apple Inc's app store on Feb. 21 has raised questions about its long term viability. Ahead of its launch, his son Donald Trump Jr. tweeted a screenshot of his father’s Truth Social account with one “truth” that he posted on Feb. 14, verified at the account of @reaDonaldTrump, with the message: “Get Ready! Your favorite President will see you soon!” Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), Truth Social's parent company, is planning to go public through a merger with blank-check firm Digital World Acquisition Corp, shares of which were up 7.7% pre-market Friday. The deal is under scrutiny by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and is likely months away from being finalized.

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10: kirikiri Was Found In Nigeria

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Norway's harsh climate, there are still spots to visit that
are very cool and have magnificent architectural
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A Nigerian Army personnel arrested for
aiding Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West
Africa Province (ISWAP) is dead.
It is still unclear if he was working for either
of the terrorist organizations or both.
The member of the Armed Forces committed
suicide while being escorted to the barracks
on Tuesday.
His cover was blown by military intelligence
which exposed his involvement in the
massacre at brothels and beer parlours in
Yobe State.
Identified as Lance Corporal Jibrin, he was
involved in the attacks in Geidam and
Gashua towns. More than a dozen civilians
were killed.
“He was apprehended while attempting to
escape after he learnt that his movements
and activities with terrorists have been
discovered.
“After being handcuffed, he skillfully
snatched a gun from one of the escorts and
killed himself.
“Investigation is ongoing to nab other
suspects within the service”, a source told
PRNigeria.
Jibrin, an instructor with his Army Battalion
in Geidam, was initially not seen for days,
DAILY POST gathered Wednesday night.
He was later sighted among the Boko
Haram/ISWAP fighters that invaded the Yobe
communities.
A team, including the Battalion Commander
Officer, tracked his phone and found that
Jibrin was at Gashua, many kilometers from
his duty post.
On Tuesday, the soldier boarded a bus to
Gombe State, in disguise, but was
intercepted at a checkpoint in Gashua.
Jibrin, who implicated some other military
personnel, made revelations about Boko
Haram, ISWAP, the insurgents, his
participation, etc.
While in transit to Geidam, he disarmed one
of his escorts, overpowered another and
shot himself dead.



Source: https://dailypost.ng/2022/04/28/boko-haram-iswap-soldier-assisting-terrorists-commits-suicide-after-naming-other-collaborators/
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Former President Donald Trump said
Monday he would have no interest in
rejoining Twitter even if his account were
reinstated by Elon Musk, insisting that he
plans instead to stick with his fledgling
social media network, Truth Social.
“I am not going on Twitter, I am going to
stay on TRUTH,” Trump told Fox News in
a statement that was issued shortly
before Musk’s $44 billion buyout offer for
Twitter was accepted unanimously by the
company’s board.
“I hope Elon buys Twitter because he’ll
make improvements to it and he is a
good man, but I am going to be staying
on TRUTH,” Trump’s statement read.
Musk, the outspoken billionaire chief
executive of Tesla, has said he plans to
take Twitter private and minimize the
policing of its content.
Trump was permanently suspended by
Twitter , as well as by Facebook,
Instagram and Snapchat, for what the
companies described as his role in
inciting violence during the Jan. 6, 2021,
attack on the U.S. Capitol. His Twitter
account, which had more than 88 million
followers, was initially suspended for 12
hours during the riot after he condemned
then-Vice President Mike Pence, who was
in the process of certifying Joe Biden’s
2020 election victory.
“After close review of recent Tweets from
the @realDonaldTrump account and the
context around them, we have
permanently suspended the account due
to the risk of further incitement of
violence,” Twitter said in a tweet
announcing the permanent ban.
After leaving office, Trump announced
plans to create his own social media
platform, Truth Social , which saw a
turbulent launch last month.
Trump himself is not yet on the platform,
which has struggled to attract users. The
former president told Fox that he will
formally join “over the next seven days, as
planned.”
As a candidate, Trump used Twitter as a
cudgel to help propel him to the
presidency. Shortly after his victory in the
2016 presidential election, he said he
wasn’t sure how much he’d use Twitter
once he got to the White House.
“I’m going to be very restrained, if I use it
at all,” Trump told the CBS newsmagazine
“60 Minutes” days after the 2016 election.
But his use of Twitter only seemed to
intensify while in office, with Trump using
the social media platform to spar with
critics, float conspiracies and provoke
foreign adversaries.



Source: https://news.yahoo.com/trump-elon-musk-rejoin-twitter-201822842.html
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Cristiano Ronaldo has shared a moving picture of his
family with their newborn daughter - just days after the
tragic death of her twin brother.
The Man United forward, 37, said that he and his partner
Georgina Rodriguez were “grateful for the life” they had
brought into the world after suffering the tragic death of
their son on Monday.
They said they felt “all the love” after their baby boy’s
death.
Ronaldo wrote: “Home sweet home. Gio and our baby girl
are finally together with us.
“We want to thank everyone for all the kind words and
gestures.”
The Portugal star and Ms Rodriguez on Monday described
the death of their son as the “greatest pain that any parent
can feel”.
“Only the birth of our baby girl gives us strength to live this
this moment with some hope and happiness,” they said.
The news prompted a huge outpouring of support from
across the sporting world, with Liverpool fans singing
“You’ll Never Walk Alone” in the seventh minute of their
match against Man United on Tuesday.
He did not feature in Tuesday night’s match because of
the tragedy.
Ronaldo and Ms Rodriguez announced they had been
expecting twins at the end of October 2021.
They share their daughter Alana together while Ronaldo
also has son Cristiano Jnr and twins Eva and Mateo.
In 2015, the footballer said becoming a father had been an
“incredible” experience.
“It’s been incredible. I never imagined that my life would
change so much,” he told Spanish news agency EFE at the
time.
“It was always my dream to have a child young, when I
was 25. He’s changed the way I think, he’s always with
me, supporting me.”


Source: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/cristiano-ronaldo-shares-touching-picture-204526630.html
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Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson repeatedly punched a passenger on a plane about to fly out of San Francisco after reportedly becoming irritated by the man’s attempts to talk to him.

Cell phone footage showed Tyson leaning over the back of his seat and delivering a flurry of blows to the man, who appeared to be left with bruises and some bleeding in the incident on Wednesday.

“Iron Mike” was initially friendly to the passenger and his friend when they boarded the flight but reacted after the man “wouldn’t stop provoking” him, the TMZ entertainment website said.

The man “kept trying to talk” to the 55-year-old fighter, it reported.

“Tyson had enough of the guy behind him talking in his ear… and told him to chill. When the guy didn’t, that’s when the witness says Tyson started to throw several punches at the man’s face.”

Tyson was reported to have walked off the plane before it took off for Florida.

US police, the JetBlue airline and Tyson’s representatives made no immediate comment on Thursday.

Considered one of the best heavyweights of all time, Tyson is also known for his erratic behavior — biting off a piece of Evander Holyfield’s ear in a 1997 bout — and brushes with the law, including a conviction for rape and a cocaine addiction.

AFP

Source: https://punchng.com/mike-tyson-punches-passenger-on-us-plane-report/?amp

A$AP Rocky was arrested Wednesday morning at Los
Angeles International Airport for assault with a deadly
weapon (firearm) stemming from an alleged incident that
took place in November 2021, the Los Angeles Police
Department confirms to ET.
The 33-year-old rapper, whose birth name is Rakim Mayers,
had just returned from a vacation in Barbados with his
pregnant girlfriend, Rihanna.
Police say that on Nov. 6, 2021 at 10:15 p.m. PT, "an
argument between two acquaintances occurred" in the
Hollywood area. According to authorities, "The argument
escalated and resulted in the suspect firing a handgun at the
victim. The victim sustained a minor injury from the incident
and later sought medical treatment. Following the shooting,
the suspect and two additional males fled the area on foot."
ET has reached out to Rocky's lawyer for comment.
In the summer of 2019, Rocky, along with two members of
his entourage, were arrested in Sweden, after being involved
in an altercation with two unknown men the previous month.
Rocky was eventually released after spending time in a
Swedish jail in August 2019 and traveled back to the United
States. The same month, the rapper was found guilty , but
did not face any jail time.


Source: https://www.etonline.com/aap-rocky-arrested-in-connection-to-2021-shooting-in-los-angeles-182792
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Hours after gossip spread on Twitter
that A$AP Rocky cheated on his
pregnant girlfriend Rihanna with
shoe designer Amina Muaddi during
last month's Paris Fashion Week,
TMZ got clarification from a source
directly connected to Rocky and
Rihanna on the rumor's validity. It's
absolutely not true, the source said.
The source said, “100% false on both
counts,” adding again that it's “1
million percent not true. They're
fine.” Mauddi, who has
designed shoes for Rihanna’s brand, Fenty,
debunked the report on her Instagram page on
Friday night.
Neither Rihanna nor Rocky have
publicly commented on the rumor
yet.
Rihanna is in the third trimester of
her pregnancy with their first child.
The breakup gossip trended on
Twitter for hours yesterday. Some
users were skeptical about the
statement being true. Others were
shocked and outraged over the
alleged infidelity. And of course
there were memes, involving
Rihanna's ex Drake, because it's
Twitter.
Rihanna opened up in detail about
her relationship with Rocky earlier
this week in her newly-released
Vogue interview.
Rocky was a longtime friend before
he was her partner. “People don’t
get out of the friend zone very easily
with me,” she started. “And I
certainly took a while to get over
how much I know him and how
much he knows me, because we also
know how much trouble we can
land each other in.”
With Rocky as her partner, “I love
the simple things but also the grand
adventures,” she said. “There’s no
pretentious my-brand-your-brand
bullshit, it’s just us living. I just feel
like I can do any part of life by his
side.”
“What I love the most about us?”
Rihanna added. “Transparency with
everything: how we’re feeling, what
our goals are, what our fears and
insecurities are. The vulnerability to
be able to say what you feel about
each other.”


Source: https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a39735274/rihanna-asap-rocky-cheating-rumors-explained/
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Four men have been arrested after one of the accused’s phones was discovered to contain a video of them gang-raping a Bengal monitor lizard at the Sahydari Tiger Reserve in Maharashthra, India.

CCTV footage from the Maharashtra Forest Department showed the four men lurking around the forest and trespassing into the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, which was created by the Indian government in 2008 to conserve Bengal tigers.

In addition to the video of the men sexually abusing the monitor lizard, officials also found photos of various animals such as porcupines and deer on the mens’ phones.

Bengal monitor lizards can grow up to five and a half feet long and weigh almost 16 pounds. They are currently categorized as reserve species under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972.

Forest guards initially only caught one of the accused, while the others fled. The remaining three were later found in Hativ village in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. Officials said the men came to Kolhapur’s Chandoli village from Konkan to hunt.

The four hunters have been identified as Sandeep Tukram, Pawar Mangesh, Janardhan Kamtekar and Akshay Sunil.

The case was taken to the Indian Penal Court to discuss proper legal action and charges against the four men. According to the Indian Penal Code, Section 377 states that anyone who voluntarily commits intercourse with an animal “shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.”

Source: https://news.yahoo.com/four-men-arrested-raping-bengal-012732129.html

The reality star shot to fame after the sex tape
that shows her having sexual intercourse with
her then-boyfriend, Ray J, was leaked. Though
Kim has been able to turn the scandal around to
build a fortune out of it, it's all not over for her
yet.
Reports have gone rife that a second part of the
sex tape is in the air. This emanates from a new
scene from Kim's new reality show.
TMZ states that the 6-year-old son of Kimye,
Saint, asked his mom about "a pop-up ad he
stumbled upon touting alleged unseen footage
from her days with Ray J". According to the
website, upon Saint's questions about opo-up ad,
Kim went into a frenzy.
"She freaks out/phones attorneys, demanding
they stay on top of it and threatening legal action
against those who might leak any would-be
unearthed material that may or may not exist, "
TMZ reported.
“ Kim knows that Ray J made other tapes of them
together, ” a New York Post source close to the
reality TV star said and added that "some of the
footage is extremely personal. ‘Over my dead
body, is this happening again,’ she has told
lawyers .”
Kim tells her attorneys in the teaser of the new
reality show that "she's willing to sue over any
unreleased footage that might exist/leak, or
against anyone who resurfaces her actual sex
tape ... and she's pretty emotional," TMZ said
added that "she even called Kanye in the scene to
vent ".
However, this is exactly how their old E! show
started with a similar scene, therefore, some
Netizens and pop culture followers say this
scene is a deja vu, that only features her children
now.


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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and
finance minister Rishi Sunak are to be
fined for breaching Covid-19 lockdown
laws in what has become known as the
“Partygate” scandal, prompting calls on
Tuesday for their resignation.
Johnson’s wife Carrie will also be fined, as
the political storm following revelations of a
swathe of lockdown-busting parties in and
around Downing Street threatens to engulf
Johnson once more.
“The prime minister and chancellor of the
exchequer have today received notification
that the Metropolitan Police intend to issue
them with fixed penalty notices,” a Downing
Street spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
The announcement came after London’s
Metropolitan Police said they had issued
more than 50 fines over the parties,
without disclosing the number or identities
of those being fined.
The leader of the opposition Labour Party,
Keir Starmer, swiftly called for the two
most senior members of the government to
resign.
“Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have
broken the law and repeatedly lied to the
British public,” Starmer tweeted.
“They must both resign. The Conservatives
are totally unfit to govern. Britain deserves
better.”
Johnson was left fighting for his political
survival earlier this year after a several
lawmakers from his ruling Conservative
Party withdrew their support for his
leadership over the affair.
– A ‘government in crisis’ –
An unknown number of Conservative MPs
have submitted letters calling for a no-
confidence vote in Johnson’s leadership.
If the Conservative Party’s 1922 Committee
receives such letters from 54 of Johnson’s
360 MPs, it would spark a confidence vote.
The leader of the opposition Liberal
Democrats, Ed Davey, called for parliament
to be recalled from its Easter recess for a
confidence vote.
“This is a government in crisis neglecting a
country in crisis,” Davey tweeted.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had eased the
political pressure on Johnson over the
scandal. Conservative MP Roger Gale said
on Tuesday that now was not the time to
“unseat” the prime minister, as this would
bolster President Vladimir Putin.
“It’s serious of course,” Gale said.
“But… I am not prepared to give Vladimir
Putin the comfort of thinking that we are
about to unseat the prime minister of the
United Kingdom and destabilise the
coalition against Putin.
“So any reaction to this is going to have to
wait until we have dealt with the main
crisis which is Ukraine and the Donbas,” he
said, referring to the eastern Ukrainian
region where Moscow is now concentrating
its assault.
– Johnson ‘broke the law’ –
Bereaved families of victims of the Covid
pandemic also called on Johnson to resign.
Lobby Akinnola, spokesman for Covid-19
Bereaved Families for Justice, said
Johnson and Sunak “broke the law” and
“took us all for mugs.
“There is simply no way either the prime
minister or chancellor can continue… Their
dishonesty has caused untold hurt to the
bereaved,” he said.
“They have lost all credibility with the wider
public, which could cost lives if new
variants mean restrictions are needed in the
future.”
London police are still investigating claims
that Johnson and government officials
organised and attended at least a dozen
boozy events in 2020 and 2021 that
violated Britain’s then-strict virus curbs.
Carrie Johnson’s spokeswoman said that
“in the interests of transparency, Mrs
Johnson can confirm she has been notified
that she will receive a fixed penalty notice.
“She has not yet received any further
details about the nature of the FPN,” she
added.
It is not clear for which event or events the
trio are being fined, but all three reportedly
attended a gathering for Johnson’s birthday
in June 2020.
Johnson has already apologised for the
parties, which included Christmas
celebrations and a drink-fuelled gathering
the evening before Prince Philip’s funeral.
The prime minister initially denied any rule-
breaking events had occurred in the
complex where he lives and works, and he
consistently rejected any suggestion of
personal wrongdoing.
But his opponents accused him of having
misled parliament by insisting the Downing
Street events were work-related and within
the rules.


Source : https://www.channelstv.com/2022/04/12/boris-johnson-rishi-sunak-to-be-fined-over-lockdown-violations/

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Sharif elected prime minister by
parliament following the removal of
Imran Khan in a no-confidence vote.
Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s
parliament has elected Shehbaz
Sharif as the country’s new prime
minister following the weekend
removal of Imran Khan in a vote of
no confidence.
Ahead of the vote on Monday, MPs
from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-
Insaf (PTI) party resigned en masse,
boycotting the election of Sharif, the
younger brother of three-time Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif.
“Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif
has been elected as prime minister,”
said Acting Speaker Sardar Ayaz
Sadiq.
In his first address as prime minister
in the National Assembly, Sharif
announced an increase in salaries,
pensions and the minimum wage for
labourers.
Sharif discussed the foreign-policy
failures of the outgoing government
and said he will expedite the
multibillion-dollar China Pakistan
Economic Corridor (CPEC) project
and rebuild broken ties with
partners and allies.
“We want good relations with India
but there cannot be sustainable
peace unless the issue of Kashmir is
resolved,” he said.
Sharif invited his Indian counterpart
to help solve the Kashmir dispute in
line with United Nations resolutions.
The prime minister did not miss the
opportunity to deal with the
allegations levelled by Khan that the
United States conspired with his
opponents to topple his government.
Sharif ordered an in-camera briefing
of the parliamentary committee on
national security. Senior civil and
military officials, including
Pakistan’s foreign ambassador in
Washington, will also attend the
meeting.
“I will step down and if there is an
iota of evidence [against me],” he
said.
Earlier, Sharif secured 174 votes and
will now form a new government
that can remain in place until August
2023, when general elections are
due.
No prime minister has ever
completed a five-year term in office
during the country’s nearly 75-year
history.
The parliamentary vote was held
under tight security, with nearly all
roads leading to the National
Assembly sealed.

Source : https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/11/shehbaz-sharif-elected-as-pakistans-new-prime-minister-2
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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan
has been removed from office after no-
confidence motion against him succeeds. Prime Minister Imran
Khan has been removed from
office on Sunday after a no-confidence motion brought
against him succeeds by a vote of
174-0.
This is the first time a no-
confidence motion against a
prime minister of Pakistan has
been successful.
Speaker Asad Qaiser who was to
preside over the vote, ordered by
the Supreme Court, resigned prior
to the vote.
A defiant Khan says he is in a
fight to protect the country’s
sovereignty and has called his
supporters to the streets to defy
opponents determined to unseat
him.
Khan acted unconstitutionally last
Sunday in blocking the no-
confidence vote and dissolving
parliament, the Supreme Court
ruled on Thursday, ordering
parliament to reconvene.


Source: https://www.aljazeera.com:443/news/2022/4/9/pakistan-political-crisis-live-news-imran-khan-no-confidence-motion-parliament-liveblog

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Saudi Arabia says Muslims from inside
and outside the country will be able to
perform the Hajj providing they are fully
vaccinated against COVID-19 and no
older than 65.
Saudi Arabia has said it will allow
one million people – from both
inside and outside the kingdom – to
perform the Hajj this year compared
with only a few thousand local
pilgrims over the past two years.
In increasing the numbers, the
kingdom’s Ministry of Hajj and
Umrah said the annual Muslim
pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam’s holiest
site, would only be allowed for
people who have been fully
vaccinated against COVID-19 and are
under the age of 65.
“It is of supreme importance to the
government of the Custodian of the
Two Holy Mosques to preserve the
safety and security of Hajj pilgrims
as well as visitors to the Prophet’s
Mosque while ensuring that the
maximum number of Muslims
worldwide can perform Hajj and
visit the Prophet’s Mosque in a safe
and spiritual atmosphere,” the
ministry said in a statement early on
Saturday.
Pilgrims travelling from abroad will
also need to have a negative PCR test
taken no more than 72 hours before
their departure for Saudi Arabia, the
statement said, while health
precautions will be in place in Mecca
to curb the spread of the
coronavirus.
The Hajj is one of the five pillars of
Islam and a once-in-a-lifetime duty
for all able-bodied Muslims to
perform if they can afford it. It is
expected to take place in July this
year with the numbers allowed from
each country decided under a quota
system.
Just a few thousand people were
allowed to perform the pilgrimage in
2021 because of the COVID-19
pandemic, and only 1,000 the year
before that.
Before the virus emerged, some 2.5
million people would travel every
year to Saudi Arabia for Hajj.


Source: https://www.aljazeera.com:443/news/2022/4/9/saudi-arabia-sets-limit-of-1m-hajj-pilgrims-this-year
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Across Africa, there is a lengthening line
of governments embarking on a mass
disconnection drive of phone lines for,
among other things, domestic security.
Lagos, Nigeria – This Monday,
millions of Nigerians woke up to find
that they had been barred from
making phone calls. The number of
disconnected lines is reported to be
as many as 75 million, more than a
third of the total 198 million lines
nationwide.
But the move has been a long time
coming.
In December 2020, Abuja issued a
directive for all SIM card carriers to
link their lines to a unique National
Identity Number, citing a need to
tackle the plaguing insecurity in the
country.
That deadline was postponed
numerous times but last week’s
attack on a train by armed groups
was a wake-up call. When reports
started surfacing online that the
attackers had started calling families
of abducted passengers for ransom,
the government swung into action,
fulfilling its almost two-year-old
promise to cut off non-compliant
citizens.
On social networks, many –
especially southerners – are debating
the connection between SIM card
linkage with the national identity
number and the actions of these
groups, known locally as bandits,
whose axes of focus are swaths of
the northwest and central Nigeria.
In 2015, the Nigerian government
fined MTN, one of the continent’s
biggest telecom players, $5.2bn for
defaulting in cutting off unverified
customers. The National
Communications Commission (NCC)
had previously instructed the
telecom giant to deactivate between
10 and 18.6 million lines. But
government swung into action after
the high-profile kidnap of a former
Nigerian finance minister; police say
the kidnappers used MTN lines to
contact his family members.
Across the continent, there is a
lengthening line of governments
embarking on a mass disconnection
drive citing, among other things,
domestic security. In March, Zambia
announced it had deactivated two
million SIMs cards to stem the
volume of fraud carried out using
mobile lines.
Kenyan media have also reported an
April 15 deadline by authorities in
the East African country for the
deactivation of unregistered SIM
cards – the third such deadline in
the past 10 years. In 2013, it
switched off more than two million
SIM cards after an attack by the
armed group al-Shabab .
Last year, Tanzania said it had
blocked 18,000 SIM cards involved in
criminal activities. In a bid to also
curtail mobile scams, Ghana issued a
directive for every SIM card carrier
to re-register their SIMs with the
Ghana Card, the national residency
card, or lose them.
In faraway Hong Kong, a proposal
from last year to impose new
restrictions on phone line
registrations was approved this
March.
What are the issues?
With Africa having a 44 percent
mobile penetration rate, SIM cards
are one of the most ubiquitous
technologies around.
At least 50 of Africa’s 54 countries
have mandatory SIM registration
laws in place, but most have barely
been enforced – until now.
Registration usually involves the
submission of personal data and the
capture of citizen biometrics.
The rationale is that this registration
will help create a vast database to
help track criminal activity. Officials
say SIMs, accessible even on the
streets for sometimes as low as $1,
are frequently bought and discarded
by suspected criminals, without any
– or not enough – details of their
personal identity to trace and
monitor them.
“Since 9/11, in many countries, if you
want to get a SIM card, you have to
show some [form of] identification,”
Rebecca Enonchong, Cameroonian
tech entrepreneur and founder of
AppsTech told Al Jazeera. “It is
rather normal that the government
should require those who are using
cell services [to] register with the
operators and the
telecommunication companies
should know who is connected to
their services.”
On the surface, this sounds like a
quick and cheap solution for many
governments in a continent where
most countries have no unified
operational national database.
But multiple SIM ownership is
prevalent across Africa for many
reasons including varying data
prices, connectivity speeds and
signal strength. In 2018, four African
countries were among the top 10
globally, with dual or multi-SIM
mobile phones. Kenya even once had
plans to institute an ownership cap
of 10 SIM cards per person. Telecom
operators also often tailor
registration processes in order to sell
more prepaid SIM cards.
Experts say the outcome is that the
data gleaned from SIM registrations
are not as accurate or neat as they
ought to be.
“The ID systems [in Africa] are not
really backed by technology, there
are no linkages, so there is no
verification process,” Enonchong
said. “If the telecommunication
companies themselves don’t enforce
that, it is really very hard for the
government to make use of the
data.”
How did we get here?
At the root of it all is a mass
unwillingness to register SIM cards
due to a seeming lack of distrust by
residents to hand over their details
to the government.
Unsurprisingly, there are concerns
about data privacy and the
inestimable capacity of government
to use data collected for one purpose
for another, given the historical
intolerance for dissent in some of
these countries.
There is also a legal void around
government handling of data.
A 2021 report by Collaboration on
International ICT Policy for East and
Southern Africa (CIPESA), claimed
that only half of African countries
have adopted laws to protect
personal data.
Repeated registration exercises have
also weakened the will of the people,
experts say.
Over the years, Nigeria, Africa’s
most populous country and its
economic powerhouse, has
instituted multiple mandatory
identity registration schemes,
including Bank Verification Number
(BVN) and National Identity Number
(NIN), alongside more widespread
IDs like voters’ cards, international
passports and others.
Yet, the government is insisting that
the way forward is for every SIM
card to be linked with an NIN, a
policy that many Nigerians say will
be just as cumbersome and
bureaucratic as its predecessors –
and possibly end up achieving
nothing too.
“This is a trend of policy laziness,”
Gbenga Sesan, head of Lagos-based
digital rights advocacy nonprofit
Paradigm Initiative, told Al Jazeera.
“The problem does not lie with the
lack of a central database; it is about
impunity. If I know that if I commit
a crime and I know I would be
punished for it, then I will likely
think about it twice.”
In Kenya, citizens are also
complaining about the redundancy
of multiple registrations. The new
registration warrants the submission
of the phone number, copy of
passport or visa and biodata page,
exit stamps and scanned ID – items
they claim to have submitted during
the last exercise in 2018.
The bigger fear, however, is of
government surveillance under the
guise of national security, leading to
a widespread reluctance to willingly
submit personal data which can be
used to monitor their everyday
activities.
“The issue of data privacy
transcends Africa,” Ken Ashigbey,
the CEO of Ghana
Telecommunications Chamber,
noted. “The concern about Big
Brother sitting somewhere and using
your data to spy on you is always
going to be there, [and] when you
bring it into the examples of Africa
where our governments all seem to
have total power, definitely there
are risks,” he said.
The risks also extend to small and
medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in
a digital era where SIMs and the
world of possibilities on the internet
are helping empower many in the
absence of social welfare schemes.
Already, SMEs account for 84
percent of employment and make up
96 percent of businesses in Nigeria.
Shutting millions of people out of
seamless communication could
adversely affect the economy, Sesan
warned.
“What we are going to lose is
roughly one-third or about 35
percent of connected lines that we
have [and] there will be major
economic consequences [but] there
will be no gain in terms of security,”
he said.


SOURCE: https://www.aljazeera.com:443/features/2022/4/8/why-are-african-governments-are-blocking-phone-lines-of-citizens
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The Ramadan crescent moon has been sighted in Saudi Arabia on Friday evening, acccording to Alarabia report.

This marks the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan on Saturday, April 2, 2022, according to an official announcement from the Kingdom’s Supreme Court.

Muslims follow a lunar calendar consisting of 12 months in a year of 354 or 355 days. Sighting a crescent moon heralds the start of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar.

The first night of Taraweeh prayers will commence in Haramain after Isha.

Source:https://leadership.ng/ramadan-moon-sighted-in-saudi-arabia-fasting-begins-saturday/

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More than 1,000 Russian
soldiers have died during
the military operation in
Ukraine, Moscow
announced Friday, adding that 93%
of the territory of Luhansk
province has been "liberated" by
the self-proclaimed Luhansk
People's Republic (LNR), while
Donetsk People's Republic (DNR)
has taken control over 54% in
Donetsk province.
Russian news agencies quoted the
defense ministry as saying that
some 1,351 soldiers have been
killed since the end of February,
"Unfortunately, during the special
military operation there are losses
among our comrades. To date,
1,351 servicemen have died and
3,825 have been injured," it said in
a statement. The ministry earlier
said that the main targets of the
first phase of Russia's "special
operation" in Ukraine had been
completed.
However, according to Ukraine's
information, they claim around
15,600 Russian troops were killed
in just one month of fighting –
almost 15 times the number that
Russia declared Friday.
The ministry asserted that there
are many requests from Russians
who want to take part in the
operation in Ukraine. More than
23,000 foreigners from 37 countries
expressed their readiness to fight
on the side of the eastern republics.
"We offered the leadership of the
LNR and DNR to accept this
assistance, but they said that they
would defend their land
themselves," the ministry said.
The ministry said Russia would
continue with its operation until it
achieved the targets set by
President Vladimir Putin, RIA
reported.
The ministry added that it did not
rule out storming Ukrainian cities
that had been blockaded and that
Russia would react immediately to
any attempt to close the airspace
over Ukraine – something Kyiv has
asked NATO to do, but NATO has
resisted.
Russia sent tens of thousands of
troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24 in
its "special operation" to weaken
its southern neighbor's military
capabilities and root out people it
called "dangerous nationalists."
Ukrainian forces have mounted
stiff resistance to the invasion and
the West has imposed sweeping
sanctions on Russia in an effort to
force it to withdraw its forces.
Russia's military had considered
two options for its operation in
Ukraine, one confined to the
Donbass and the other on the
whole territory of Ukraine, the
defense ministry said.

Source: https://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/russia-declares-1st-phase-of-ukraine-war-complete-reveals-death-toll

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A US lawmaker could face expulsion from
Congress for lying about funding ties to
an African billionaire.
Jeff Fortenberry, a Republican from
Nebraska, lied to the FBI about taking
illegal donations from Gilbert Chagoury, a
high-flying Nigerian businessman, a
federal jury found.
He could be sentenced to 15 years in
prison on three felony counts.
The case has also renewed attention on
the access of foreign influencers on US
politics.
It is illegal for foreign nationals to make
political contributions, but Mr Chagoury,
75, has made several. In 2019, he was
fined $1.8m (£1.4m) by the US
government, and some recipients of his
donations were investigated.
In 2016, he illegally donated $30,000
(£22,736) in 2016 to Fortenberry,
funnelling the funds to the congressman
through donors at a Los Angeles event.
A Paris-based industrialist, Mr Chagoury
had a high profile. His name adorns a
wing of the Louvre Museum, and he was
once denied a US visa for alleged ties to
Hezbollah militants.
He was once a top advisor to Nigerian
military ruler Sani Abacha, who was later
found to have stolen billions from the
country as its head of state in the 1990s.
Mr Chagoury also happens to be
ambassador to the Vatican for the island
nation of St Lucia. Said to be a devout
Catholic, he and Fortenberry, 61, have
been linked to a Washington-based
nonprofit called In Defense of Christians.
Officials are yet to explicitly say why he
targeted the congressman, but US Justice
Department documents claim Mr
Chagoury was advised to "contribute to
US politicians from less populous states"
because the gifts would be "more
noticeable".
In a recorded phone call, Fortenberry was
told that he had likely received $30,000
illegally through associates of Mr
Chagoury.
But in meetings with FBI agents,
Fortenberry denied any knowledge, telling
them he would have been "horrified" to
hear such a claim.
Prosecutors argued he then "repeatedly"
concealed the donation in order "to
protect his job, his reputation and his
close associates".
On Thursday, jurors at his trial in Los
Angeles deliberated for about two hours
before finding him guilty on charges of
making false states and concealing facts
to federal agents.
"If we want anyone to follow the law,
ultimately it starts with the lawmakers,"
Chief prosecutor Mack Jenkins said. "We
hold them to a higher standard."
He is expected to be sentenced on 28
June, but has said he will appeal the
verdict.
Although he is not required to do so,
Republicans and Democrats in the US
House of Representatives have called for
him to resign. If he does not, he is almost
certain to be expelled, as has been the
case for previous Congress members
convicted of felonies.


Source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/nigeria/us-lawmaker-toppled-by-nigerian-billionaire-cash/ar-AAVv0Nk
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