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The Real threat is the pandemic of the unvaccinated.. President Joe Biden President Biden is urging state and local governments to give $100 to anyone newly vaccinated against the coronavirus, part of a push to boost immunisations as infections and hospitalisations rise with the swift spread of the delta variant of the virus.                      Cities and states have already turned to multimillion-dollar lotteries, free food and other incentives to sway the millions of Americans who remain hesitant about or outright opposed to highly effective vaccines. With the country now facing what the Biden administration calls a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” — and the highly contagious delta variant spurring some renewed restrictions — governments are under new pressure to get shots into the arms of the reluctant. A slew of announcements Thursday signaled Biden’s more aggressive approach, as he said all federal employe...

UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said it was a "good idea" for companies to insist staff are completely vaccinated, but pledged that legislation would not be passed to make it mandatory. The British government is under growing pressure to outlaw so-called "no jab, no job" policies by companies, amid reports of possible legal actions against firms' efforts to make sure staff are double-vaccinated. The government is facing criticism over encouraging the idea of mandatory vaccination for office staff after Transport Secretary Grant Shapps described companies' drive to prod staff to be double-jabbed as a "good idea". The UK professional association Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) was quick to warn that mandatory vaccination would be "an intrusion on an employee's body and may discriminate on the basis of disability, or religious or philosophical belief". In advice to its over 160,000 members, CIPD insisted...

Tesla Inc has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle claims a software update temporarily reduced maximum battery voltage in 1,743 Model S sedans, court documents show. Owners of the vehicles will get $625 each, which is "many times the prorated value of the temporarily reduced maximum voltage," according to the proposed settlement documents filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco. Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Lawyers for the owners who sued said the "voltage limitation was temporary, with a 10% reduction lasting about 3 months, and a smaller 7% reduction lasting another 7 months before the corrective update was released in March 2020." A U.S. judge set a Dec. 9 hearing on the proposed settlement. The suit filed in August 2019 alleged Tesla released an over-the-air software update that reduced the maximum voltage to which batteries on some Tesla Model S vehicles could be charged. A subsequent update restored about...

Blessing Okagbare has been  provisionally suspended hours before she was due to run in the semi-finals of the women’s 100 metres. Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has been provisionally suspended for doping just hours before the former World Championships silver medallist was due to run in Saturday’s semi-finals of the women’s 100 metres at the Olympics. Okagbare tested positive for human growth hormone in an out-of-competition test on July 19, four days before the Olympics opened, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said, prompting a mandatory provisional suspension. The results of that test were received by the track and field’s anti-doping body only late on Friday and after Okagbare had already run in the 100 metres heats on the opening day of track competition at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, the AIU said. The AIU informed Okagbare of her suspension on Saturday morning, it said, ruling her out of the 100 metres and likely ending her Olympic campaign. Under doping re...

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba received the officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI) to discuss the extradition of DCP Abba Kyari over his involvement in a fraud scheme with disgraced fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa Abbas a.k.a Hushpuppi who according court document has agreed to a deal for a  guilty plea. (read Here ) Kyari, one of Nigeria’s most decorated officers made headlines on Thursday after a US district court in California issued an arrest warrant for the officer over his involvement in Hushpuppi’s fraudulent activities. He reportedly received bribes from the con artist to arrest and detain another fraudster he(hushpuppi) had a fall out with. According to Sahara Reporters, four FBI agents met with the IGP on Thursday asking that Nigeria’s celebrated cop, Kyari be taken to the United States for interrogation over his role in the activities of suspected serial internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, more commonly known as Hushpuppi. The source stat...

Disney’s decision to release “Black Widow” on Disney Plus at the same time it hit theatres has sparked a legal battle with Scarlett Johansson, the actress tasked with playing the Marvel superhero. Marvels Black Widow In a lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, attorneys for Johansson allege that the star’s contract was breached when the studio opted not to debut the film exclusively in theaters, a move they claim depressed ticket sales for the Avengers spinoff. Much of Johansson’s compensation was tied to the box office performance of “Black Widow” — if it hit certain benchmarks, bonuses would kick in. “Disney intentionally induced Marvel’s breach of the agreement, without justification, in order to prevent Ms. Johansson from realising the full benefit of her bargain with Marvel,” the suit reads. Disney announced in March that “Black Widow”  would premiere simultaneously on the studio’s subscription-based streaming service, for a premium $30 price, as well as o...

Ramon Olorunwa Abbas aka Ray Hushpuppi has struck a plea bargain deal with the United States Attorney’s office for the Central District of California over his cybercrime and money laundering charge. According to the agreement courtesy P.M.News, Hushpuppi will change his not guilty plea to plead guilty in federal court. You can download the agreement below for personal reading... Download Document He will plead guilty to conspiracy to engage in money laundering, of funds from business email compromise scams and other online heists. The document was signed 4 July 2021 by Hushpuppi, his lawyer Louis J. Shapiro and assistant U.S. attorney, Anil J. Antony. His trial was initially scheduled for 27 July. It has now been postponed to a date to be determined later. A Twitter post by Evan Ratliff, a journalist with Bloomberg first drew attention to the heavily redacted 29 page document, which also disclosed some of the uses Hushpuppi deployed the proceeds of crime. In one instance, he ...

Edge prospective:  We @edge believe in justice and fairness for all…. while some other news outlets/blogs are busy making jest of the arrest order of a Nigerian Deputy Commissioner of Police by a United State District court, We find it absurd and laughable. Ramon Abbas a.k.a Hushpuppi has pleaded guilty to a criminal  he committed, good for him.. let him serve his time according to his crime. To order an arrest of a serving Law enforcement agent from another country base solely the FBI finding please.. Nigeria is sovereign country we can not be handing over our citizens like lab rats because an organisation or law enforcement agency of another countries demand for it.. Hell No..  The question you all should be asking is :  Can the United Stated of American hand over its citizen to be trialed in Nigeria? Since we all know the answer to that.. then I don’t see any reason why we should hand over our Deputy Commissioner of Police to any country or anyone. They (F...

Earlier this month, lawyers representing the nine families of victims from the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting claimed that, after seven years of litigation, US gun manufacturer Remington was deliberately slowing the discovery process by submitting over 18,400 unrelated emojis and images, as well as some 15,000 additional image files. A Tuesday issuance from the legal team of both Remington Arms Co. LLC and Remington Outdoors Co. Inc. detailed that the twice-bankrupt company would be offering each family $3.66 million to "settle all claims inclusive of any fees and costs."  Lawyers for the family have said that they will "consider the next steps in moving forward" with the trial, which accuses the weapons manufacturer of engaging in shady marketing practices that praised the qualities of their rifles - one of which was used by the 20-year-old gunman in the 2012 Newtown, Connecticut, shooting.  The massacre left 20 children and six adults dead. ...

New Bond Street in central London contains some of the most expensive jewellery shops in Europe and has been the target of a number of raids over the years. But in March 2016, a gang got away with £4.2 million in diamonds using a magic trick. A Romanian woman who switched a bag with £4.2 million diamonds in it for one with seven worthless garden pebbles has been jailed by a court in London. Lulu Lakatos, 60, posed as a gemologist called "Anna", working for a wealthy Russian investor called "Alexander" and arranged a deal after a lunch meeting at the exclusive Hotel Metropole in Monaco with Nicholas Wainwright, the owner of the Boodles jewellery store in London. But when she went to collect the diamonds from Boodles’ store in London’s New Bond Street in March 2016 she played a trick on the owners. The gems were put in a padlocked purse and were to be held in the jewellers’ vault until the money was transferred electronically but, as Mr Wainwright talked to “Alexand...

Zakzaky and his wife were in detention since 2015 following a clash in which the army is said to have killed 350 people. A Nigerian court has acquitted the leader of a banned Shia group Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) of all eight criminal charges against him, defence and prosecution lawyers said. Ibrahim el-Zakzaky had been in detention since 2015 when he was arrested after a clash in which the army killed an estimated 350 people at an IMN compound and a nearby mosque and burial ground in northern Kaduna state. El-Zakzaky and his wife, who was also arrested in 2015, had been facing a range of charges filed by the state government in 2018, including aiding and abetting homicide, unlawful assembly and disruption of public peace. “None of the 15 prosecution witnesses proved they committed the offence,” lawyer Sadau Garba told the AFP news agency after Wednesday’s hearing, adding that the couple had been acquitted and “regained their freedom today”. Lead prosecutor Dari Bayer...

The ex-England striker and current Derby County manager found himself in hot water after photos showing him partying emerged on Sunday. One of the pictures, captioned "Mooney Rooney", shows him asleep, while semi-naked party girls posed right next to him. Football star Wayne Rooney has publicly apologised to his family and his club after he was busted partying and falling asleep in a hotel room with several young women he had met in a nightclub. "I went to a private party with two of my friends and from me, I'd like to apologise to my family and the club for the images which were going round and I want to move forward on this... I'm grateful to Derby County for giving me this opportunity to get this club back to where it belongs, and I'll do everything in my power to make sure I do that", he said, adding that he is looking forward to moving on. According to Rooney's spokesman, the football manager was blackmailed over the photos of him with the ...

The ban on sales of dollars to Bureau de Change (BDC) operators in the country by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has heaped pres­sure on the foreign exchange market as Naira recorded its highest drop in history. At the parallel market, the Naira went down by 3.35 percent to a dollar when it traded for N522 to a dollar as against N505 recorded on Tuesday, while BDCs rate changed by 3.84 percent from N500 per dollar on Tuesday to N522 to a dollar on Wednesday. CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, during a media briefing at the end of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on Tuesday in Abuja, announced the im­mediate discontinuation of the sale of foreign exchange to BDC operators, saying they have become a conduit for il­legal financial flows working with corrupt people to con­duct money laundering in Nigeria. The CBN also suspended the issuance of new licences to money changers across the country with immediate effect and henceforth the apex bank would sell forex to deservin...

Toke’s show tagged: BBN S6: The Buzz. scheduled to start airing on 3 August 2021, its exclusive on ShowMax Yes we @edge could have used another picture, but this one shows off Toke's power and confidence pouring out of the picture....She killed it...💋😍💪🔥🔥🔥 A statement by ShowMax Nigeria Public Relations Consultant, Onna Okafor, reality show fans can expect an exciting BBNaija scoop with Toke from August 3, 2021. The programme streaming on ShowMax Tuesdays and Saturdays from 7pm will see the media personality share her no-holds-barred opinion on happenings in the BBNaija house. Fans were also informed to expect a Secret Diary room rant session from the housemates, which is exclusive to ShowMax. Speaking on what to expect on BBN S6: The Buzz, Toke, who currently hosts The Late Morning Show on Rhythm 93.7 said: “I am unfiltered. “This is almost like the unfiltered version of Big Brother where we bring you weekly highlights so I’m looking forward to them messing up, I’m ...

The Prime Minister Naftali Bennett  proposed , 200,000 new vaccine doses will be delivered to Israel on 1 August. That batch will only be given to the elderly, and there are fears that the country will be drawn into another crisis if the jabs are not supplied on time.  Prime Minister Naftali Bennett Despite having almost freed itself of COVID-19, Israel seems to be going through a third wave of the virus. More than 2,000 new coronavirus cases were registered in Israel on Tuesday, the highest number so far since the beginning of the wave that erupted at the end of June. The number of patients now stands at nearly 13,750, pushing the overall tally of those who have contracted the virus since the beginning of the pandemic to 864,000 people. 138 of the new patients are in severe condition, and 26 are on ventilators. Experts believe that the reason for the new eruption is the spread of the Delta variant, which is thought to be 70 percent more contagious than the or...