California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed sweeping new legislation that prohibits most local and federal law enforcement officers, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), from wearing face masks while on duty. The measure, which will take effect on January 1, 2026, is aimed at curbing what Newsom has called “secret police” tactics and ensuring greater accountability in law enforcement.
The ban follows a series of controversial immigration raids in Los Angeles, where federal agents wore masks while detaining residents. Those raids sparked violent protests earlier this year and prompted President Donald Trump to deploy 700 US Marines and 4,000 National …
Nigerian internet fraudster and social media sensation, Ramon Abbass, popularly known as Hushpuppi, is set to be sentenced on September 21, 2022, according to the The United States Attorney’s Office for Central District of California, Los Angeles.
This was made known to newsmen yesterday by the court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mroze.
Africa Daily News, New York reports that the Nigerian, who had defrauded many people of their hard earned money before now, running into millions of dollars, has had his sentence moved three times since getting convicted in 2021.
The first came on February 14, then postponed …
The global acceptance of the Afrobeat genre has made music one of Nigeria’s biggest exports as artistes from the country consistently garner praises, accolades and features on top music charts across the world.
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Nigerian artistes have also successfully performed and conquered some of the biggest music locations in the world.
Listed below are the three most iconic:
Wizkid at the O2 Arena | Photo MTC
The O2 Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the centre of The O2 entertainment complex on the Greenwich Peninsula in southeast …
California ordered some bars to close on Sunday, the first major rollback of efforts to reopen the economy in the most populous U.S. state as novel coronavirus cases nationwide soar to record levels day after day.
Governor Gavin Newsom’s order for bars to close in Los Angeles and six other counties followed moves by Texas and Florida to shut all their bars on Friday.
Public health officials in California and throughout the United States have identified bars as the riskiest non-essential businesses currently open.
Consuming alcohol reduces inhibitions, which leads to less mask-wearing and social distancing, health officials warn.
Patrons …
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The controversial app was allowing users to delete Chinese apps from their phones.
“Remove China Apps” was top trending free app on Google’s app store in India with more than five million downloads since late May.
On deletion, a message popped up saying “You are awesome, no China app found’’.
It became popular after calls for a boycott of Chinese apps in India over the Himalayan
New York, the Big Apple City, has joined California in imposing tough new restrictions, limiting the activity of 60 million people in the two states to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Only essential workers are allowed to leave their homes.
In announcing Friday’s action, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo pleaded for more medical personnel and supplies to treat coronavirus cases that could overwhelm the hospitals in his state of nearly 20 million.
“This is the most drastic action we can take,” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said in announcing he would issue an executive order to mandate that 100% …
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker announced the measure on Friday.
New York, Illinois and Calfiornia – which include the three largest cities in the US, respectively New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles have all ordered their residents to stay home unless they have essential reasons to go out.
Pritzker explained during a news conference on Friday that experts recommended an urgent, statewide stay-at-home order in order to save lives.
“Left unchecked, cases in Illinois will …
A California energy supplier has reached a nearly $1.7 billion settlement with regulators for its role in causing devastating wildfires in 2017 and 2018 that killed more than 100 people in total.
Faulty Pacific Gas and Electric power lines were blamed for sparking last year’s so-called Camp Fire in northern California, the deadliest in the state’s modern history.
Under the draft deal published Tuesday, PG&E shareholders will foot the bill for wildfire-related costs, as well as forest fire-fighting measures and the upkeep of electrical equipment blamed for causing several fatal blazes.
It cannot pass the costs on to ratepayers.
PG&E …
California’s Pacific Gas and Electric will pay $13.5 billion to settle lawsuits over its role in a series of wildfires that killed scores of people and destroyed thousands of homes, the utility giant said Friday.
Faulty PG&E powerlines were blamed for sparking last year’s so-called Camp Fire in northern California — the deadliest in the state’s history — that left 86 people dead.
Outdated facilities including vulnerable wooden poles and failure to deforest land surrounding high-voltage transmission lines were blamed for the inferno, prompting accusations the San Francisco-based firm had put profit before safety.
The company filed for bankruptcy …
Power cuts expected to affect more than two million people have begun in California as fires continue to surge.
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) initiated the precautionary blackout – expected to be the largest in state history – due to forecasts of extreme winds, which it said could damage facilities and cause new fires.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said the outages were “unacceptable”.
Some 90,000 people have been ordered to evacuate towns in northern California.
The new evacuation order encompasses a huge area of Sonoma County, where the Kincade Fire has already burned through 25,455 acres (10,300 hectares) of land.…
