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South Sudan on Wednesday ordered internet providers to block social media platforms, including Facebook and TikTok, following violent protests over the deaths of its citizens last week. Demonstrations erupted in the capital Juba last week over reports that clashes in neighbouring Sudan had killed 29 South Sudanese but turned violent with people looting Sudanese-owned businesses.…

Elon Musk said Tuesday he was exploring a presidential pardon for "Bitcoin Jesus," who was arrested last year on fraud and tax evasion charges, after applauding Donald Trump for exonerating the founder of a dark web drug marketplace. In a sign of the tech billionaire's influence over the new US administration, Musk said he was…

Some staffers of the Federal University Dutsin-ma (FUDMA), Katsina State, have urged the government to pay their outstanding salary arrears which the government has been allegedly owing them. The affected members of staff claimed that they were employed between March and July, 2020, assumed duty without delay, but they started receiving salary about six to…

A bid to get five elephants released from a US zoo has failed after judges ruled the animals are not people so laws on unlawful imprisonment do not apply. Animal rights campaigners acting on behalf of elderly African elephants Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo wanted a court to free them from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo…

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has validated its National Biosafety Guidelines on Low-Level Presence (LLP) to ensure that only approved Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are safely imported into the country. Speaking during the presentation and validation of the guidelines on Wednesday in Abuja, the Director-General of NBMA, Dr Agnes Asagbra, emphasised the agency’s commitment…