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Rihanna cancels concert over Thursday's incident.

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Rihanna, currently in Europe with her Anti tour, was in Nice at the time of the attack but was said to be "safe" by her representative. The makers of the sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey - which had been filming on location in the south of France - also said everyone working on the film had been accounted for and was "safe and sound". Producer Dana Brunetti circulated the statement on Facebook, saying it was "another sad day for France and the world". Boy George tweeted his "heart breaks for France", while Cyndi Lauper said she was "so sad for the people of Nice". Comedian Amy Schumer, actress Mia Farrow and TV personality Kim Kardashian West are among others to express their sympathies. At least 84 people were killed when a lorry ploughed through a crowd during Bastille Day celebrations in Nice on Thursday evening. The driver drove 2km down the city's Promenade des Anglais at about 23:00 local time, before being shot dead by po...

EFCC interrogates ex- minister's wife over alleged N4.745bn fraud

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 Operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) on Thursday, July 14, captured Hajiya Morufat Obanikoro, spouse of previous Pastor of Barrier Musiliu Obanikoro's taking after knowledge reports, The Country reports. She was said to have been gotten in association with the defilement claims against her better half, who is needed for addressing over the N4.745 billion assets he apparently got from the Workplace of the National Security Guide (ONSA). The ex-priest's better half was however discharged on safeguard after she was exchanged to the DSS exchanged her to the Monetary Budgetary Violations Commission (EFCC) - her global travel permit was reallocated and requested that arrival on Monday, July 18, for cross examination. The DSS, concurring report, moved to capture Mrs. Obanikoro taking after data that she "unobtrusively" touched base in the nation a weekend ago from the Joined States. "We got a report that Mrs. Ob...

Selena Gomez becomes most followed on Instagram with the highest likes on a photo

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A sweet snap of Selena Gomez has now supplanted hers and artist ex, Justin Bieber's photograph as the most liked on Instagram. The 23-year-old pop star's snap has now earned 4.2 million preferences instead of the 3.7 million likes her photograph with Bieber got. The charming snap demonstrates Gomez tasting on a Coke, with the verses from one of her tunes, "You're the sparkle," composed on the wrap. Bieber's snap with Gomez from back when their relationship was at its crest, demonstrating the pair kissing, was formally exposed by her sweet snap which she inscribed, "When your verses are on the jug." With her 89.2 million supporters on Instagram, Gomez is likewise the big name with the most noteworthy number of supporters on the online networking stage.

Latest updates on the Nice Attack, Death toll hits 80, dozens wounded

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An attacker murdered up to 80 individuals and harmed scores when he drove an overwhelming truck at rapid into a group observing Bastille Day firecrackers in the French Riviera city of Pleasant late on Thursday, authorities said. Counter-terrorist agents were trying to recognize the driver, who a neighborhood government official said opened shoot before police shot him dead. The authority said weapons and explosives were found inside the 25-ton, unmarked truck. The assault, which came eight months and a day after Islamic State shooters and suicide planes executed 130 individuals in Paris, showed up so far to be the work of a solitary aggressor. Daily paper Decent Matin cited unidentified sources as saying the driver was a 31-year-old nearby of Tunisian root. The truck careered for several meters (yards) along the celebrated internationally Promenade des Anglais seafront, pummeling into observers viewing the firecrackers, listening to an ensemble...

Pokemon Go Developers works hard to Fix Big Privacy issues

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Days after Pokemon Go sent Nintendo offers taking off in Tokyo, the diversion's engineers were scrambling to close a huge security opening. The iOS form of the versatile amusement - which superimposes figures onto genuine situations through expanded reality innovation - clearly had a default setting that obliged clients to allow wide authorizations to access their Google accounts. Alerts The blockbuster amusement allegedly had been downloaded more than 15 million times from the Application Store and Google Play as of Wednesday, and alerts over the information presentation drew the consideration of Sen. Al Franken, positioning Democrat on the Senate Protection and Innovation Subcommittee. Franken on Tuesday shot a letter to Niantec President John Hanke, asking pointed inquiries about the application's consents and accumulation of information, especially from kids, who are a noteworthy portion of Pokemon Go's fan base. "While t...

Facebook to begin testing messenger secret conversation technology

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Facebook a week ago said it would start testing since a long time ago expected end-to-end encryption abilities in its messanger application, empowering clients to have mystery discussions. The new level of security implies that a message will be unmistakable just to the sender and the beneficiary - Facebook won't have the capacity to peruse it. Clients can set a clock to constrain the measure of time that a message stays unmistakable amid the discussion. Facebook has utilized Open Whisper Frameworks' Sign Convention innovation to give the encryption. One noteworthy proviso is that a conclusion to-end scrambled discussion can not be seen on various versatile frameworks in the meantime - be that as it may, the encryption is a discretionary component. Numerous clients need to have the capacity to switch gadgets amid a discussion - for instance, move from a cellular telephone to a tablet or desktop PC. With the present innovation, mystery dis...

Federico Rosa charged by Kenyan Anti-Doping authority

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Italian games specialist Federico Rosa, who overseen disfavored previous Kenyan Olympic competitor Rita Jeptoo, has been charged in Kenya with doping offenses. Mr Rosa prevented six include from claiming doping competitors court in Nairobi. They incorporate Jeptoo, who was banned for two a long time in 2014 in the wake of testing positive for blood- boosting drug EPO. Kenya passed crisis new hostile to doping measures in May to maintain a strategic distance from a restriction on its competitors going to the Olympic Recreations in Rio. Mr Rosa, who is an executive of Italy-based games administration organization Rosa and Associati, was remanded in police authority until Monday, when the court will govern on his safeguard application. It will likewise choose whether he ought to be given back his international ID so he can go with his competitors to Europe and Latin America. However the Italian has been protected by one of his competitors, Asbel Kip...

No talks with Russia about resigning from office, AL Asad

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said Russia has never conversed with him about clearing out power. "They never said a solitary word with respect to this," Mr Assad said , alluding to discussions with President Vladimir Putin and authorities. He said "just the Syrian individuals" would choose "at the point when to come and when to go". The US, which blames Syria's pioneer for obligation regarding monstrosities, says he should go as part of a political move to end the contention there. Russia has given the Syrian government solid strategic and military support in its battle against radicals, however Mr Putin has said just a political arrangement can resolve the contention. Mr Assad's remarks came as US Secretary of State John Kerry arranged to travel to Moscow for new discusses Syria. The Syrian pioneer said he was not concerned about the likelihood of Washington and Moscow concurring an arrangement th...

Theresa May names new cabinet after major government reshuffling

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Newly appointed British Leader Theresa May has divulged a totally new bureau, in a noteworthy takeoff from antecedent David Cameron's top group. George Osborne, Michael Gove, John Whittingdale, Nicky Morgan and Oliver Letwin have all been sacked by Mrs May. Liz Truss is equity secretary, Justine Greening takes instruction and Tory initiative contender Andrea Leadsom has been elevated to environment secretary. Boris Johnson got to be remote secretary. Philip Hammond was made chancellor. Eurosceptic David Davis, in the interim, will take charge of arranging England's way out from the European Union, in a recently made post of Brexit secretary. In another new post reported on Wednesday, Liam Fox was named as the new global exchange secretary. Golden Rudd - once in the past the vitality secretary - assumed control Mrs May's previous part as home secretary. The present male-female proportion of the bureau remains generally the same - a...

Wales Rank higher than England in newly published Fifa rankings

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Wales have moved above Britain and up to eleventh in the Fifa world rankings after their rushed to the semi-finals of Euro 2016. Chris Coleman's men have hopped 15 places and are two above managerless Britain, who dropped two spots subsequent to losing to Iceland in the last 16. Northern Ireland fell two spots to 28th in spite of an amazing Euros crusade, while Scotland tumbled to 50th in the wake of neglecting to qualify. Republic of Ireland climbed to 31st. Martin O'Neill's side beat Italy amid the competition before losing to France in the last 16. Ridges' crusade was their best execution at a noteworthy worldwide competition, despite the fact that they really achieved a higher position in the rankings - eighth - in October 2015, as they edged closer to Euro 2016 capability. Kindred Euro 2016 amazement bundle Iceland rise to their most noteworthy positioning in the wake of coming to the quarter-finals of Euro 2016, climbing 1...

In US, president Obama insists reconciliation between police and civilians is necessary

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President Barack Obama has said the US is "definitely not indeed, even close" to where it should be in crossing over the separation amongst police and the groups they serve. He said more should be done to construct trust among dark and Hispanic individuals that police savagery would be explored appropriately. Mr Obama was talking in Washington after meeting activists, government officials and law implementation officers. It takes after late killings of dark men by officers in Louisiana and Minnesota. The killings set off a requital assault by a dark armed force veteran who shot dead five cops in the city of Dallas a week ago. "We must accomplish more cooperate in pondering how we can construct certainty that after cops have utilized power, especially fatal power, that there is trust in how the examination happens and that equity is done," Mr Obama said. He recommended an arrangement of practices may must be built up to gua...