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  A stronger-than-expected Democratic showing in the U.S. midterms has taken pressure off President Biden as his party looks to the 2024 presidential race. Republican antipathy toward Donald Trump, who intends to run for president again, has also quieted Democrats’ anxiety over Biden’s poor approval ratings. Now, as the president mulls whether to seek a second term, interviews with more than two dozen Democratic elected officials and strategists suggest that, whatever misgivings some Democrats may harbor about another Biden candidacy, his party is more inclined for now to defer to him than to try to force a frontal clash with a sitting president. Younger Democratic operatives have begun considering what a Biden re-election campaign might look like. Lawmakers have lauded the president for the party’s history-defying midterm performance, crediting him with the major legislative accomplishments they were able to run on and with pressing a message that cast Republican candidates as ext...

  Swelling protests against pandemic restrictions in China are injecting uncertainty and instability into the global economy as nations struggle to manage the effects of the energy crisis, inflation and the war in Ukraine. Analysts warn that more unrest could further disrupt the global supply chain and might even push companies in the U.S. and Europe to disengage from China. Anger at China’s restrictive “zero Covid” policies turned to widespread protest after an apartment fire last week killed 10 people; many questioned whether a tight lockdown had prevented their escape.  It is unclear whether the demonstrations will be quickly snuffed out or erupt into broader resistance to the iron rule of China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, but so far the most significant economic damage stems from major lockdowns. Concerns about the economic impact of the unrest appeared to be partly responsible for a decline in world markets yesterday. The S&P 500 index closed 1.5 percent lower, while th...

  Brazil beat Switzerland 1.0 to qualify for the round of sixteen after winning their opening matches of the group. Brazilians had to fight for the win with Switzerland proving to be hard to break.  However, introduction of Real Madrid star Rodrygo  changed everything as the striker was all powerful upfront. Rodrygo chose to perform a tradition that left social media users in surprise, The forward decided to touch Ronaldo's legs for special powers going to the knockout stages of the tournament. The team will face Cameroon before the knockout stages.

   No fewer than 5.4 million of Twitter druggies' records including particular phone figures and dispatch addresses, are available on the dark web as part of a massive data dump.  The data dump was linked by the author of cyber security mindfulness company Habitu8, Chad Loder, who participated the news in a post on his Twitter handle on November 23 and had his account suspended shortly after posting the information.     Loder stated that the attack affects Twitter druggies in the European Union and the United States, and that he verified that the traduced data is correct and passed no earlier than 2021.  The junking of his tweet and suspense of his account has fueled enterprise that Twitter is trying to hide the data breach. 

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      The members of the Osun Online Media Practitioners Association( OOMPA), has complimented Senator Ademola Jackson Nurudeen Adeleke on his inauguration as the sixth administrative governor of the state.     We prompt the Governor to sustain smooth media relationship with media practitioners, other state workforce and labour unions to achieve the administration’s set- pretensions.  We also compliment the Chief Press Secretary, Rasheed Olawale, all other nominees as we wish you each well.     We wish to reiterate our readiness to be partner in the development of Osun at all times. 

Protests against harsh COVID restrictions have spread across China, including Beijing, with some protesters calling for President Xi Jinping to resign. Citizens on Sunday took to the streets and university campuses, venting their anger and frustrations on local officials and the Communist Party. There was heavy police presence in some areas where huge crowds gathered in Shanghai, after protesters at one of the locations on Saturday called for President Xi Jinping to step down, a level of national dissent unheard of since he took power a decade ago.

     The Independent National Electoral Commission( INEC) says one Nasiru Idris who was arrested for being in possession of 101 endless voter cards( PVCs) in Sokoto, has been doomed to one year in captivity.   INEC blazoned this on Sunday in a statement inked by Festus Okoye, its public manager.     Idris was restrained on October 10 following an intelligence report.   “ In the last couple of weeks, the police have arrested some individualities set up to be in illegal possession of namer cards in some countries, ” the commission said.     “ In one case, the police concluded the disquisition and handed over the case train to the commission performing in the successful execution of one Nasiru Idris at a Magistrate Court in Sokoto who was set up to be in possession 101 PVCs in violation of Sections 117 and 145 of the Electoral Act 2002. He has been doomed to a time in captivity.   “ also, the police in Kano state h...

       The governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, was sworn in on Sunday at the Osogbo City Stadium.     Senator Ademola Adeleke is officially incharge as the Governor of Osun after taking pledge of office.   The pledge of office was administered on the Governor by the State Chief Judge, Justice Oyebola Adepele- Ojo.   Speaking after taking his pledge, Governor Adeleke reversed the state from" State of Osun" to" Osun State".       Adeleke reversed all appointments made by the immediate past governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, effective from July 7, 2022.     The newly sworn- in governor ordered that all government bank accounts be firmed .   He also bared that all conduct of the Oyetola administration from July 17 will be redefined.  Present at the event were dignitaries that included the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate and his running mate, Atiku Abubakar and Governor If...

     As lately as the summer, American officers still had expedients of reviving the nuclear deal with Iran. Those days now feel veritably far down In the once week, Iran has told transnational inspectors that it plans to begin making near- lemon- grade nuclear energy deep inside a mountain. It also intends to dramatically expand its nuclear energy product, Times reports.    These adverts came after weeks of violence, in which Iranian forces shot or locked up antigovernment protesters and handed Russia with drones for its war in Ukraine. Some intelligence agencies suspect it may also be negotiating to produce dumdums for Russia’s depleted magazine.  A new period of direct battle with Iran has burst into the open. President Biden’s stopgap of dropping out the nuclear deal has all but failed. public security meetings now concentrate on how to undermine Iran’s nuclear plans, support protesters and intrude the country’s force chain of munitions to Russia, offic...

     As China’s harsh Covid rules extend deep into their third time, there are growing signs of disgruntlement across the country. The rare displays of defiance are a test of Xi Jinping’s leadership and emphasize the critical political question of how he can lead China out of the Covid period.     In central China, thousands of plant workers disaccorded with hoot police officers over a disagreement about delayed pay and poor Covid insulation protocols. Protesters in Guangzhou broke out of locked- down structures to defy health workers and ransack food vittles. And online, numerous Chinese raged after the death of a 4- month-old girl whose father said access to medical treatment for her had been delayed because of Covid restrictions.   Signs of frustration and despair with the lockdowns, insulations and mass testing that have reared everyday life are growing more visible. The wrathfulness, combined with outbreaks of Covid across the country that ha...

Nobel Prize-winning author, Wole Soyinka, has stated that he does not have a need for any religion and does not worship any deity.   He said at the public presentation of his two-volume collection of essays on Sunday, PMNews reports. Soyinka admitted that he is a mythologist and also believes that people have a right to create myths around themselves based on their experiences. He said, “Do I really need one (religion)? I have never felt I needed one. I am a mythologist. I believe that people have a right and cannot help creating mythologies around themselves, around their experiences about what they project from the inner recesses of their minds as answers to questions.   “And so I find nothing wrong with utilising mythologies as part and parcel of my creative warehouse. "But religion? No I don’t worship any deity. But I consider deities as creatively real and therefore my companions in my journey in both the real world and the imaginative world.”

  ...We 'II continue to deliver on our promise until last road is in good standing -- Oyetola   In what appears like a season of road  and infrastructure revolution in the last few weeks, the Osun State Government has once again inaugurated a network of roads in the State. The immediate past Ekiti State Governor, Dr. John Kayode Fayemi, inaugurated the roads on Monday in Osogbo, the State capital. This is even as Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun restated his avowed commitment to continuously unleash infrastructure development on the State as a catalyst for the industrial revolution and part of the administration's efforts at actualising the dream to making Osun the economic and industrial hub of the southwest. The administration of Governor Oyetola had in the last few weeks embarked on a massive  inauguration of roads across the State as part of efforts for further enhancement of the socioeconomic activities of the good people of the State. The newly-completed roa...

  Diplomats from nearly 200 countries concluded two weeks of climate talks in Egypt yesterday by agreeing to establish a fund that would help poor, vulnerable countries cope with climate disasters.  A committee with representatives from 24 countries will work out the finer details of the fund over the next year. The deal follows more than three decades of calls from developing nations for rich, industrialized nations to provide compensation for the costs of destructive weather events linked to rising temperatures. The U.S. and other wealthy countries had long blocked the idea for fear that they could face unlimited liability in the future, which the new agreement precludes. While the new climate agreement deals with the damages from global warming, it does far less to address the greenhouse gas emissions that are the root cause of the crisis. To keep warming at relatively safe levels, experts say, all nations must slash their emissions much more rapidly.

 At least no fewer than five people were killed when a man stormed into an L.G.B.T.Q. nightclub in Colorado Springs just before midnight on Saturday and opened fire with a long rifle, the authorities said.  Officials praised patrons inside the establishment, Club Q, for quickly subduing the gunman, though at least 25 people were injured in the chaos, The Times reports. The gunman entered the club wearing body armor and began firing with an AR-15-style rifle, according to law enforcement officials briefed on the shooting. Quickly, someone grabbed a handgun from the shooter and then hit him with it, subduing him, John Suthers, the city’s mayor, said. When the police burst in, the man was still pinning the gunman down, he added. The city’s police chief, Adrian Vasquez, identified the suspect as Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, and said the authorities were investigating a motive. A person of the same name and age was arrested by sheriff’s deputies last year after a bomb threat outside C...

 The Central Bank of Nigeria has reemphasised the need for Nigerians to handle the new naira notes with dignity as strict consequences await those mishandling the currency. Speaking at a sensitisation, enlightenment and bank fair programme held in Osogbo, Osun state on Thursday, ahead of the introduction of the redesign notes, the CBN’s Director of Corporate Communications, Mr, Osita Nwanisobi, said the Naira is a symbol of national pride and must be handle with care. Represented by Akpama Uket, he said there are damning consequences for those who handle the Naira without dignity. According to him, “The Naira remains a symbol of our national pride which must be treated with utmost dignity. I, therefore urged you not to spray, squeeze, or counterfeit the Naira, as default goes with serious consequences. “As you all may be aware, the Central Bank of Nigeria, riding on internationalbest practice and Section 2 (b) of the CBN Act 2007, which stipulates currency management as one of its ...

 Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Thursday inaugurated the iconic Olaiya flyover in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. Akeredolu described the performance of Oyetola in the State as incredible and worthy of emulation.  This is even as Governor Adegboyega Oyetola said the construction of the flyover was a child of necessity aimed at putting a permanent end to avoidable road accidents and other mishaps hitherto being experienced by road users and residents of the State. The newly-inaugurated Olaiya flyover was completed within the  one-year time frame allotted to it a few months ago with a target to substantially ease the growing traffic, eliminate unnecessary cases of accident, secure the lives of the valued citizens and further enhance the architectural beauty of the State capital. Addressing the people at the venue of the inauguration, Governor Oyetola said the successful completion of the flyover was an attestation to the efficacy of the Alternative Project ...

  Brigadier General J. Ibrahim, the new Commander, Seventh Division Garrison, Nigerian Army, has called for improved collaboration between the Army and the zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Maiduguri, Borno State. He made the call on Tuesday, during a courtesy visit to Maiduguri Zonal Commander, Shuaibu Umar, in his office. Details Shortly...

  Donald Trump last night  declared his intention to seek the White House again  in 2024, ignoring the appeals of Republicans who warn that his continued influence on the party is largely to blame for its weaker-than-expected showing in the midterm elections. Trump’s unusually early announcement was motivated in part by a calculation that a formal candidacy may help shield him from multiple investigations into his attempts to cling to power after his 2020 defeat, which led to the attack by his supporters on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021., as well as into highly sensitive documents held at his private club in Florida. “We will make America wealthy again,” he said as he concluded an hourlong speech at Mar-a-Lago, his club. “We will make America strong again. We will make America proud again. We will make America safe again. We will make America glorious again. And we will make America great again.   Trump has been eager to announce a campaign since this summer, nearly di...

  President Biden has pledged support for an investigation into a missile that killed  two Polish citizens in an explosion , but suggested to reporters that the missile probably had not been fired from Russia. “There is preliminary information that contests that,” he said, citing the missile’s trajectory. His comments came after Poland held an emergency meeting of its national security and defense council. It follows an announcement by the Polish president, Andrzej Duda, that he would most likely call for invoking Article 4 of the NATO charter, under which members confer when a nation’s territorial integrity or security has been threatened. The Kremlin has denied any involvement in the explosion, and no evidence has emerged that the strike was intentional, or that Russia was responsible. Russia yesterday bombarded Ukraine’s electrical infrastructure, in one of  the widest   aerial attacks since the invasion   began. Two diplomats from NATO countries s...

  After several months of deliberation, international managers are finally confirming their squads for the upcoming World Cup in Qatar. Confirmed to be going Goalkeepers: Matt Turner (USA), Aaron Ramsdale (England). Defenders: Takehiro Tomiyasu (Japan), William Saliba (France), Ben White (England). Midfielders: Granit Xhaka (Switzerland). Forwards: Gabriel Martinelli (Brazil), Gabriel Jesus (Brazil), Bukayo Saka (England). Expected to travel indicates potential involvement Midfielders: Thomas Partey (Ghana) Injured / not selected Emile Smith Rowe (England - injured) Rob Holding (England - not selected) Reiss Nelson (England - not selected) Eddie Nketiah (England - not selected) Gabriel Magalhaes (Brazil - not selected) Marquinhos (Brazil - not selected) Albert Sambi Lokonga (Belgium - not selected) Cedric Soares (Portugal - not selected) Fabio Vieira (Portugal - not selected) Oleksandr Zinchenko (Ukraine - didn't qualify) Kieran Tierney (Scotland - didn't qualify) Mohamed Elne...

Dr Kola Oredipe, the Director, New Media to the Bayelsa State governor, Douye Diri, has distanced his principal from a leaked sex tape in South Africa. A sex tape of the Speaker of the Free State, Zanele Siftuba, had been leaked and trending on social media in the country early November and there had been speculations that a Nigerian leaked the sex tape. In a development on Friday, a newly opened Facebook page named after the speaker shared a photo of Diri and accused him of being the one who leaked the intimate tape. Oredipe in a statement on Saturday denied the claims, saying the post was meant to tarnish the image of the Bayelsa governor who hasn't travelled to South Africa in 10 years and can't be demanding a ransom of eight million naira. Part of the statement read, "Let it be stated without any equivocation that Governor Diri does not know and has had no contact nor relationship with the said woman at the centre of the scandal. He has also not been to South Africa in...