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Julian Assange ‘to plead guilty in deal with US and return to Australia’

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Julian P. Assange, 52, the founder of WikiLeaks, pleaded guilty today to conspiring with Chelsea Manning, at that time a U.S. Army intelligence analyst, to unlawfully obtain and disclose classified documents relating to the national defense. After obtaining classified national defense information from Manning, and aware of the harm that dissemination of such national defense information would cause, Assange disclosed this information on WikiLeaks. The guilty plea concludes a criminal matter that dates back to March 2018, when Assange was first indicted in the Eastern District of Virginia. There, and in superseding indictments, Assange was charged with conspiring with Manning, then a “Top Secret” U.S. security clearance holder, to further Manning’s unlawful acquisition and transmission of bulk classified information, including Manning’s use of a government computer to illegally download hundreds of thousands of classified documents and transmit them without authorization to WikiLeaks....

Fuel Price Hike: VP Shettima summons Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and NNPCL GMD

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Vice President Kashim Shettima has summoned the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, and Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, to address the recent hike in pump price of petrol. The meeting, held on behalf of President Bola Tinubu, who is currently on an official visit to China, also included the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu. The Vice President is meeting with the trio in his office at the State House, Abuja today, Thursday, September 5. NNPCL on Tuesday increased the pump price of petrol from ₦568 to ₦855, ₦897 (depending on the location per litre) amid lingering fuel scarcity and the country’s crisis.

HOW A ‘FRIEND’ REPORTEDLY MURDERED CHRISTIANNAH IDOWU AND BURIED HER IN HIS COMPOUND..

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On the 19th of August 2024, Christiannah Idowu was declared missing after her parents were contacted by her abductors using her own WhatsApp contact. The first contact with the parent was established around 8:49pm after which they sent photos of the victim in captivity to them using the WhatsApp ‘view once’ feature. The abductors requested for a ransom fee of N1,500,000. Christiannah’s parents raised N350,000 immediately. The abductor then requested that the money be sent to a bet account through a bank deposit channel. (Info reserved for now)  After receiving the money, on the 22nd of August, the abductor requested that bank statement of the sender be forwarded to his email (withheld).  On the 23rd of August, family complied. Immediately after that, the abductor stopped communicating with the parents.  Meanwhile, on the 22nd of August, some amount was sent to the GTB account of Christiannah and the amount was then withdrawn into the we...

Gridlock in Nigeria amid fuel shortages and price hikes

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Nigerians have been hit by a double whammy of chronic fuel shortages and a hike in prices by the state-owned oil company. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), which imports the country’s fuel and distributes it to private sellers, blamed its debts and rising global prices for its difficulty in getting fuel. Many people have been left stranded with long queues at petrol stations nationwide. Commuters in Lagos have been lining up at bus stations, but there very few buses operating. Others told the BBC they have been forced to trek long distances as public transport prices have doubled along some route.  On Tuesday, the NNPC said it was putting up the petrol price from 617 naira ($0.40, £0.30) to 897 naira a litre. Why Nigeria's economy is in such a mess Why Nigerians are praying for the success of a new oil refinery People turn to 'throw-away' rice for food Its petrol stations have the cheapest fuel on sale in the country - but at the vast majority ...

China and Nigeria have pledged to deepen their economic ties ahead of a summit showcasing Chinese-African cooperation, inking deals on nuclear energy, media exchanges and Beijing’s signature $1 trillion infrastructure drive.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday held talks in Beijing ahead of the opening of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. Xi and Tinubu said they had elevated ties between their countries to a “comprehensive strategic partnership” on the eve of the three-day summit beginning on Wednesday. “China and Nigeria, as major developing countries, strengthening strategic coordination, will inject fresh impetus to China-Africa relations in the new era and spearhead common progress among Global South countries,” Xi said. China’s State Council said that Tinubu expressed his hope that Nigeria would become China’s largest trade and investment partner in Africa. The Nigerian leader also welcomed Chinese companies to increase investments in the country, expand cooperation in fields such as agriculture, manufacturing and mineral energy, and help poverty reduction efforts, according to the State Council. In a statement released by his office, Tinubu said...

Anthropic’s Claude Enterprise emerges as top competitor to ChatGPT in AI for big business

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Anthropic has launched Claude Enterprise, an opportunity for big businesses to integrate its artificial intelligence models into their operations. The new subscription plan, rivaling a similar one from OpenAI ChatGPT, grants subscribers more security, privacy, and administrative control. According to the Amazon-backed AI startup, it has been working on this new product since January, meaning it was almost ready when it launched the Claude 3.5 sonnet model in June. The company also released Claude Team in May; that product will now serve smaller businesses. Claude Enterprise is a virtual collaborator instead of an assistant The new product plan comes loaded with features, including a 500,000 tokens context window, allowing it to process a large swath of data with a single interaction. For context, it will take a single prompt to process 200,000 lines of code, several 100-page documents, or a 2-hour audio transcript on Claude Enterprise. This allows the chatbot to easily unde...

Satoshi Tells NBA Legend Pippen That Bitcoin Is Going to $84K in his dream..

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Scottie Pippen, one of the biggest basketball legends, recently attracted some ridicule on social media after claiming that Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious Bitcoin creator, showed up in his dream to predict that the leading cryptocurrency would hit $84,650 on Nov. 5. The bizarre post was met with a slew of reactions on social media that ranged from bewilderment to mockery and taunting.  "This is so weird. Who is running this account?" one user asked in response to Pippen's ridiculous revelation.  Some also pointed to the fact that Pippen's post coincided with another Bitcoin crash. "This couldn’t have been a more well-timed tweet," a user commented on the X social media network. Earlier today, the price of the leading cryptocurrency slipped to an intraday low of $55,602. As reported by U.Today, Pippen dipped his toes into the non-fungible token (NFT) sector back in 2022 by launching his own collection. In June, he showed some interest in crypto once again b...