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Abomination! JAPA is not for everybody. If you don't have handwork betterstsyback than going abroad to be a nuisance.

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South African businessman Patrice Motsepe has secured a second term as the president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after being re-elected unopposed.

Motsepe, 63, who first assumed office in 2021, had announced his intention to seek re-election in October 2024.

His second four-year term was officially confirmed during CAF’s extraordinary genera
l assembly held in Cairo on Wednesday, with FIFA president Gianni Infantino in attendance.
A renowned mining magnate and owner of South African club Mamelodi Sundowns, Motsepe expressed his commitment to building on the progress achieved during his tenure.

Under his leadership, CAF has undertaken various reforms aimed at strengthening African football.

While his re-election was a mere formality, elections were conducted for CAF’s executive committee, where Cameroonian football icon Samuel Eto’o secured a seat.

The continent’s representatives for the FIFA Council were also elected during the assembly.

Vanguard News
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/03/motsepe-secures-second-term-as-caf-president-re-elected-unopposed/

Why should I waste my data looking at recovered arms. When terrorist that should be killed are set free based on amnesty.

Bleep tinubu and wike! And if you're down with this 2 blood drinkers Bleep you too.

Herdsmen are having fun on Nigerian turf. This bastards from Niger are killing innocent Ronus

OMEGA009:
The celebrity crush of every Gen X that year. She and Omotola made us drool over our tv screens when we played their vcd. They all had clean records and very private lives until all these “yellow” girls with their mouka foam behinds came to spoil our Nollywood with their nonsense scandals and arguments about the difference between doggy and sitting on laps “with condom”. Tueh

O boy your meme bad gan

This Natasha reminds me of domitilla.
Nigeria will be great again

The guy supplying this banza. Codeine should be arrested.

kunle4toyeyaho:
the same 'demon' that granted LG financial autonomy that is making life comfortable for your father in the village? The same 'demon' that recently approved development commission for your zone and also established a campus of NCAT for your people? 'Obidense ' is truly a disease

APC have destroyed the judiciary.

Take lagos state House of assembly drama. Elected officials where begging party leaders to intervene in the their. Constitutional duty.

Edo election tribunal have. Hard evidence of APC rigging yet the await for party leaders to tell them what to do.

APC pardons all political thieves like orji Kalu so that there will be no honour amongst thieves.

Thank God for the realization, APC. Is a party of demons.

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Russia says Ukraine has launched a "massive" overnight drone attack on Moscow and the surrounding region, ahead of crunch peace talks between Ukraine and the US

Officials say at least two people have been killed, reportedly a 38-year-old guard working in a car park and a 50-year-old man

It appears to be the largest attack Ukraine has launched so far in and around Moscow, our Russia editor Steve Rosenberg reports

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin says 73 drones heading towards the city were shot down; four Moscow airports grounded flights temporarily

It comes hours before US and Ukrainian officials meet in Saudi Arabia for talks on ending the war, and military chiefs from around 30 countries meet in Paris to draw up plans for the "coalition of the willing


https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c51ypekv9xwt

'' One protestor said the aim was to make Tesla a 'toxic brand'

Elon Musk has responded to protests taking place across the world targeting the billionaire for his recent political activity, with campaigners attacking Tesla showrooms.

Activists have launched a "Tesla Takedown" campaign, which aims to protest Elon Musk's involvement with President Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is aiming to cut fiscal waste across the US Government.

While many of the protests against the billionaire have been peaceful, some incidents have been met with condemnation from the businessman and emergency services

In one case, a lot in Seattle saw four Cybertrucks set alight, although the Seattle Fire Department has yet to confirm whether foul play was suspected as the cause of the fire.

Writing on X, formerly known as Twitter, Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk reacted to a video of the Washington-based storage area which had seen four Cybertrucks targeted.
The five-minute clip shows firefighters tackling flames coming from a Cybertruck, prompting Musk to post: "This is crazy."

Pictures of the Cybrtrucks show badly damaged models, with some suffering minor cosmetic damage and others being completely destroyed.

Protestors also took aim at a Tesla showroom in New York City, in which they chanted "we need clean air, not another billionaire", and resulted in several being arrested at the scene.




https://www.gbnews.com/lifestyle/cars/elon-musk-tesla-protests-cybertruck-fire-showrooms-boycott

rolled out in 18% of the African countries it had planned for launch in 2024.

While it doubled its African footprint from seven to 14 countries, it pushed back estimated launch dates in 24 countries.

In South Africa, Starlink’s estimated launch date has been “unknown” since late 2022 due to the country’s stringent telecoms ownership rules.

The map below shows the status of Starlink availability around the world. Grey is used to show countries where Starlink does not plan to offer its services.


Starlink’s issue with South African laws
Unlike many other international companies operating locally, Starlink wants to deal directly with customers for its residential service and not partner with local Internet service providers (ISPs).

However, the Electronic Communications Act requires that telecoms licensees be 30% owned by historically disadvantaged groups (HDGs), including black people, youth, women, and people with disabilities.

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) has also approved a rule that would require licensees to be 30% black-owned.

Although Icasa has put the implementation of this particular requirement on hold, it could come into effect at a moment’s notice and is like a sword hanging over the telecoms industry.

In late 2024, it seemed as though some progress was being made towards getting Starlink over the regulatory line in South Africa.

Communications minister Solly Malatsi said he would call on the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) to develop equity equivalents that would make it easier for international companies to operate locally.

President Cyril Ramaphosa also met with SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk on the sidelines of a United Nations meeting in New York last year to discuss potential investments in the country.

However, the recent diplomatic tension between the United States and South African governments has likely hurt any realistic prospects of Starlink launching in the near future.


https://mybroadband.co.za/news/telecoms/585963-chinese-starlink-launching-in-over-30-countries-and-south-africa-could-be-on-the-menu.html

I see a return of militant to rivers. The ikweres should thread lightly.

What ever you say can not be verified, like most Nigerian agencies, the truth will emerge when they fall out with their boss.

However good to know you're making a difference.

Elon Musk's net worth has tumbled by $102 billion this year following a sharp decline in Tesla stock. That figure is about the same as the United Parcel Service's entire market value.

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO's wealth has dropped about 24% to $330 billion.
Tesla stock has been hit by sales declines, political aversion to Musk, and distraction concerns.

Musk is still comfortably the world's richest person, with a roughly $108 billion lead over second-place Jeff Bezos, despite being the biggest wealth loser this year. He's well ahead of Michael Dell, whose net worth is down $20 billion.

Musk's fortune has been hit by a 35% plunge in Tesla's share price this year, from about $404 to $263. The sell-off has cut its market value by more than $400 billion to under $900 billion.

Investors have dumped the automaker's stock for several reasons. Musk spent more than $250 million to help Donald Trump get reelected, stumped at the Republican candidate's rallies, and marshaled his X followers to vote for Trump in November's election.

The tech billionaire has remained a close advisor since Trump's victory, spearheading efforts to streamline federal spending with his White House DOGE office.

The combination of his divisive politics, concerns about his new role distracting from his CEO duties, and reports of Tesla sales declines in several countries have weighed on the company's shares.

Several other members of the $100 billion club have taken a hit to their fortunes from the recent slump in stocks, which has been fueled by worries that Trump's tariffs and government cuts will cool economic growth or even cause a recession.

https://africa.businessinsider.com/transportation/elon-musks-wealth-tanks-by-dollar102-billion-in-2-months-as-tesla-stock-hits-the/tn8gv1c

Diversity in the mud. Trump na real Weyrey.

Protests at Tesla showrooms and dealerships that are united by the slogan #TakedownTesla are picking up steam—with over 65 actions planned around the country and in Europe through the end of this week, and dozens scheduled for Saturday alone.

Tesla, billionaire Elon Musk's electric vehicle company, has become a site of resistance in the growing movement against the GOP megadonor's central role in the second Trump administration.

Since Trump's inauguration, Musk and the so-called Department of Government Efficiency have helped oversee punishing cuts to the federal workforce, infiltrated government agencies, and gained access to computer systems with sensitive personal information.

Because Musk is unelected, the protest movement urges people to make their voices heard as consumers—by selling their vehicles, getting rid of their stock in Tesla, and showing up to protest.


Already, protests have taken place in Devon, Pennsylvania; Berkley, California; Tucson, Arizona; Washington, D.C., and elsewhere. Signs at protests include messages likes "Musk is the Fraud" and "Tesla Funds Fascists," in part a reference to Musk's apparent Nazi salute during a post-inauguration celebration.

"No One Voted for This," assert the organizing materials provided on the #TeslaTakedown website.

Actor and director Alex Winter, one of the core organizers behind the protests and the creator of the movement's website, said that #TakedownTesla started on Bluesky between friends and activists and grew, according to Business Insider. It grew after Winter created the website to help centralize the effort.

"There have now been protests outside of Tesla locations in over 100 cities, and the movement is picking up speed and going global," wrote Winter in a piece for Rolling Stone that was published on February 21.

"We need an alternative to watching things unravel from our couches, that inspires hope and shows that we still have the capacity to oppose those who want to tear the fabric of our society apart and extract their own benefit from the wreckage," he continued.

Tesla's stock experienced a bump after Trump's election, but the company's share price has plummeted more than 40% from it's post-election peak in December, wiping out those gains. The tumbling of its stock meant that February was Tesla's second-worst month on record, only eclipsed by the 37% loss the stock experienced in December 2022, according to Yahoo Finance.

In Europe, where Musk has promoted far-right political parties, Tesla sales have slumped.

On Monday, one observer shared a visual of Tesla's stock declining and wrote "Turns out pissing off a good deal of the global population isn't good for business," along with #TeslaTakedown.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/teslatakedown-elon-musk

Bourbon is out, patriotism is in - How Canadians are facing Trump threats head on.


Not long after the US imposed their tariffs on Canada, a local neighbourhood pub in Toronto began removing all American products off their menu.

That means nachos, wings - and of course, beer - must all to be made now with local Canadian ingredients, or wherever not possible, non-US products from Europe or Mexico.

For Leah Russell, manager at Toronto's Madison Avenue pub, the boycott was a no-brainer. She adds that it is "pretty set in stone," even if the tariffs themselves are not.

"I'm glad that we're getting rid of American products and supporting local businesses," Ms Russell told the BBC on Thursday. "I think it's an important thing to do."

This defiant stance in response to President Donald Trump's tariffs and threats against Canada has been unfolding across the northern country.

Just ask actor Jeff Douglas, once the face of Molson Canadian Beer's "I Am Canadian" advertisements, who has filmed and posted a light-hearted, but deeply-patriotic video on Youtube this week addressing Trump's "51st state" rhetoric.

"We're not the 51st anything," declares Mr Douglas in the video, which has since gone viral in Canada.

Some of the backlash has been more symbolic, like one Montreal café changing the Americano on their menu to a "Canadiano" - a small gesture that the owners say is meant to display unity and support for their community and country.

Even the CBC, the country's public broadcaster, is feeling the full force of this wave of patriotism, after it dared run a programme asking Canadians what they think about Canada becoming "the 51st state", as Trump has suggested many times.

The show sparked intense backlash and accusations of "treason," "sedition" and even "betrayal"

Although Trump has since lifted some of the tariffs imposed this week and put others on pause until 2 April, many Canadians say the damage has already been done.

After Thursday's reversal, foreign minister Melanie Joly told CNN that Canada has been shown "too much disrespect by the Trump administration at this point, calling us a 51st state, calling our prime minister 'governor.'"



https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd92ynwne18o

The way Russia news is hitting front page, one would think nairaland is Russian.

The news are always empty and meaningless.

The past few months have not been kind for Tesla's shareholders, as massive sales slumps in Germany, China, France and greater Scandinavia drag the company's stock price through the mud.

Tesla's nosedive coincides with Elon Musk's first full month as unelected vizier to Donald Trump, a corporate power grab which has been met with widespread disgust bubbling over into property destruction.

Investors hoping for a break will have to keep waiting, because new reporting is showing a disastrous drop in Australian Tesla sales in February — to the tune of a catastrophic 70 percent compared to 2024. That's more than double an already agonizing 33 percent drop in January, the company's worst performance since 2022.




The past few months have not been kind for Tesla's shareholders, as massive sales slumps in Germany, China, France and greater Scandinavia drag the company's stock price through the mud.

Tesla's nosedive coincides with Elon Musk's first full month as unelected vizier to Donald Trump, a corporate power grab which has been met with widespread disgust bubbling over into property destruction.

Investors hoping for a break will have to keep waiting, because new reporting is showing a disastrous drop in Australian Tesla sales in February — to the tune of a catastrophic 70 percent compared to 2024. That's more than double an already agonizing 33 percent drop in January, the company's worst performance since 2022.


On its own, new Aussie registrations for Tesla's Model 3 tanked by a stomach-churning 81.4 percent in February, compared to the same month last year.

Some commenters have noted Tesla's slump is part of a broader decline in EV sales down under. That said, sales of BYD's Shark 6 — a Chinese-made hybrid truck — shot up to become the third best-selling utility vehicle in its second month on the Australian market, showing the country still has appetite for electrified vehicles.

Internally, Tesla is definitely not freaking out. A little after midnight yesterday, Tesla North America desperately posted a flurry of generous offers to court new buyers, starting with "0 percent APR now available for all Model 3 trims," followed up by promising "$0 due at signing also available."

The company's sad performance follows a growing stigma attached to Tesla's brand, which at one point was a leading institution for feel-good consumer progressivism.

Former consumer activists, EV fanatics, and drivers who once took advantage of the carbon tax credit are now shedding their Teslas in disgust. Others are disguising the company's emblem on their hood in a desperate bid to avoid associating with Musk's brand — a task complicated by Tesla's unmistakable designs.

Probably the most superficial protest is the bumper sticker declaring "I bought this before Musk went crazy," a sentiment which some longtime critics say comes about seven years too late.

Meanwhile, real protests of all stripes have been organizing around the shared goal of tanking Tesla's bottom line, an effective — if uncoordinated — strategy so far. The efforts range from picketing the company's stores to haranguing Tesla drivers, and in some cases destroying Tesla's property with bricks and Molotov cocktails.

https://futurism.com/tesla-sales-australia-catastrophic

Saga16:
Trump wan try China.

Wetin he smoke?

Elon Musk Don give am colorado.

Beijing
CNN
—
If every country were to put itself first, the ‘law of the jungle’ would return, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday in response to a question from CNN’s Steven Jiang about US President Donald Trump’s “America First” policy.
There are more than 190 countries in the world,” the Chinese diplomat said during a news conference in Beijing.

“Should everyone stress ‘my country first’ and obsess over a position of strength, the law of the jungle would reign again, smaller and weaker countries would bear the brunt first, and international norms and order would take a body blow,” he added.

Wang, China’s most seasoned diplomat and a trusted hand for Chinese leader Xi Jinping, made the remarks while hosting his 11th such news briefing on the sidelines of the yearly “two sessions” gathering of China’s rubber stamp legislature and its top political advisory body.

The highly choregraphed event is typically a chance for Beijing to broadcast its views on pressing global issues. But this year’s gathering, which comes as Beijing is wading into a new trade war with Washington and Trump upends US foreign policy, gave Wang a well-timed platform to present China as a reliable leader and stable partner.

When asked about Trump’s decision to double additional tariffs on Chinese imports to the US earlier this week, Wang struck a defiant tone: “No country should fantasize that it can suppress China on the one hand and develop good relations with China on the other.”

“This ‘two-faced’ approach is not only not conducive to the stability of bilateral relations, but also unable to establish mutual trust,” he added.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/07/china/china-wang-yi-press-conference-trump-intl-hnk/index.html

Trump has completely gone mad with this executive Bill shit.

Trump is pained that land disparity is being taken care of under the law.
But sees nothing wrong in confiscating Gaza.

Well Pres Cyril Rhamposa is not like tinubu a cocaine baron. Ramaphosa will put pepper in trumps eyes.

Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak says a software’s user interface is “the most important thing”—and on that metric, Tesla fails miserably. An early Tesla adopter, Wozniak has since soured on the carmaker and CEO Elon Musk after a number of software changes he says destroyed the driving experience. Wozniak detailed his complaints in a recent interview.
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak was once bullish on Tesla—a decade ago, the early adopter waxed rhapsodic about loving his Model S “the most of all our cars—ever.”

But Wozniak has soured on Tesla and CEO Elon Musk after a series of changes to Tesla’s interiors he said degraded the driving experience.

“Coming from Apple, the user interface, the way you deal with technology, is the most important thing in the world to me,” Wozniak said in an interview with CNBC Wednesday. “And Tesla is the worst in the world at that.”

“Every step up, where they changed a thing in the car, it got worse and worse and worse. And now it is just miserable for user interface,” he continued.

What makes it miserable, according to Wozniak, is the system’s constant changes.

“Where to find the time of day changes depending on what [driving] mode you’re in,” he said. “The buttons that go through your six favorite channels don’t work if it’s satellite radio channels. It takes so many tries to hit one button in your jiggly car, and it just doesn’t work.”

Tesla did not respond to a request for comment.

The carmaker was an early pioneer of now-ubiquitous touchscreens in cars. Where drivers once had an array of knobs and switches in their vehicles’ dashboards, Tesla offered a single sleek screen, with options that could change based on a driver’s earlier selections.

“Why have buttons when you have a screen?” one driver asked, praising Tesla’s approach not just for its futuristic look but for the way it allows the carmaker to update its controls seamlessly. (With no physical buttons, Tesla could rearrange the entire dashboard with a single software update).

But this futuristic look comes at a price, and for Wozniak, it’s the inability to ever truly know where a screen option is or what it does.

“The modes hide things that aren’t there, and your finger knows how to get them,” he told CNBC. “Nothing makes sense in that car, intuitively.


https://fortune.com/2025/03/07/steve-wozniak-says-tesla-is-worst-at-improving-driver-tech/

1 Peter 5-8 comes to mind
Our adversary the devil, goeth about like a roaring lion seeking whom to devour.

The Bible is wonderful.

Really , what value does the naira have. And how do you equate stabilising the economy to multi layer poverty sweeping across length and breadth of the country.

Sounds like a sponsored by government makeover.

South south people really amazes me you mean with all the agitation by tompolo, boyloaf, ateke, soboma, general, asari, they settled for security job. That's interesting.

No peace for the wicked South African.

Elon Musk’s wealth has plunged $121 billion since its December peak after Tesla stock experienced one of its worst days this year, Forbes reported.

The Tesla CEO on Thursday lost $8.8 billion in the stock bath, bringing his net worth down to $342 billion, according to calculations by Forbes. Musk was worth $464 billion less than three months ago on December 17, according to the magazine.

Tesla stock fell as the S&P 550 tumbled 1.78 percent Thursday, a day after President Donald Trump imposed tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico, spooking investors.

Musk’s wealth largely stems from his company holdings.

Tesla stock surged following Trump’s election in November. In December, the stock hit $479 a share. It was trading at $261 in Thursday’s after-hours market. China is the company’s second-largest consumer market

Similar to other American automakers, Tesla relies on Canada for imported parts to manufacture its vehicles. Even the company’s Chief Financial Officer Vaibhav Taneja warned investors in January about the harmful impact tariffs would have on operations.




https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/elon-musk-assets-plummet-tesla-b2710627.html

Why is it that Russian news is always on front page. Even though it is meaningless to the suffering nairalanders.

Zonefree:
Putting your country first is not a mistake...it's called patriotism.

To consider others is called equity.