Michael Smith, a 52-year-old from Cornelius, North Carolina, has been indicted for orchestrating a significant fraud involving AI-generated music, leading to federal charges for wire fraud and money laundering. Smith allegedly used artificial intelligence to create hundreds of thousands of songs. These songs were not genuine musical creations but rather generated by AI to mimic real music. The 52-year-old employed bots to artificially inflate the streaming numbers of these AI-generated songs on various platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music, thereby generating royalties fraudulently, with the streams reaching into the billions. He is accused of fraudulently obtaining...
A Cut-Off Finger Ended Her Comfortable Family Life. Now She’s Hiding From US Officials
She had promised her daughter a trip to Disney World in Florida – but what had originally been planned as a holiday became an escape route from “terror”. Gabriela, not her real name, is from Guayaquil, Ecuador, where she led what she calls a “normal middle-class life”: she worked at a television channel for 15 years, she had a mortgage and her daughter attended private school. When she read headlines about violence rising in Ecuador – gangs battling over cocaine trafficking routes, homicides soaring, and extortions spreading – she assumed the extortions were aimed at “millionaires”. Then came the first threat:...
“India Will Buy Oil From Wherever It Gets “Best Deal” -Indian Envoy To Russia, Vinay Kumar Declines US Pressure
Indian envoy to Russia Vinay Kumar boldly affirm that, India will buy oil from wherever it gets ‘best deal’, rejecting US pressure; describing U.S tariffs as ‘unfair, unjustified’ Kumar’s statement comes days before US President Donald Trump’s 50% tariffs on India, including a 25% penalty for buying Russian oil and weapons, are set to kick in. On Sunday, US Vice-President JD Vance said that Trump had announced secondary tariffs on India to apply “aggressive economic leverage” on Russia and force it to stop the war in Ukraine. Kumar had told Russia’s TASS news agency that India’s trade was based on market factors and that...
Lagos State Commissioner Of Police Directs Investigation Into Harassment Of A Comedian And His Lawyer, PRO defends officers Moves.
The lagos state commissioner of Police CP Olohundare Jimoh has directed full investigation into a viral video of officers harassing Comedian Makanjuola and his lawyer friend. the Lagos state PRO Benjamin Hundeyin, revealed this under a comment section of the video posted online, promising updates as the video generated anger and condemnation of the entire police unit from the citizens. The event which happened on Sunday at Ajah axis in Lagos state shows how police officers brutally assaulted its citizens during stop-and-search operation. However, Hundeyin on the other hand cautioned citizens against assaulting officers with video recording while in the...
The late Comptroller General of Customs Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko Inde once came to pray in a mosque in Kaduna. After the prayers, he was stopped by a group of youths. He dipped his hand in his pocket and wanted to give them money. The youths said they don’t want money they need jobs. He asked them of their educational qualifications and was told they were all graduates. He promised to get back to them after collecting the number of one of them.
Upon his return to Abuja, months later, he called that number and requested that they should all forward their CVs. They compiled their CVs and included those of their friends who were all graduates, numbering forty. Weeks later, all the forty of them received text messages of invitation for interview and screening. Today many of them have become officers and family men. May his soul Rest In peace. Amin 🤲 Use the opportunity at your disposal today to help others so that tomorrow can speaks for you. May God guide and provide for us. Amen.
Nigeria’s gold rush is paying off.
Thor Explorations, the company behind Nigeria’s first commercial-scale gold mine, has seen its shares surge nearly 270% in the past year, lifting the fortunes of its founder, Segun Lawson, and his Nigerian partners. Together, Lawson, Chief Kayode Aderinokun, and Folorunso “Folli” Adeoye now hold stakes worth close to $40 million in Thor. Their flagship Segilola mine in Osun State has become Nigeria’s most valuable gold project, producing consistently since 2021 and putting the country on the global mining map. With record profits and expansion into Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire, Thor is positioning itself as one of West Africa’s rising gold...
Fenerbahce Announce Edson Álvarez as New Signing
Fenerbahce have announced the signing of Edson Álvarez on loan, with an option to buy. The buy option is reportedly worth around €22 million. The Turkish side beat competition from clubs like Borussia Dortmund, Ajax, and Porto to secure the player’s signature. Álvarez joined West Ham in 2023 from Dutch powerhouse Ajax for a £35 million fee. He made 73 appearances for the club, scoring two goals and providing three assists. The Mexico international primarily plays as a defensive midfielder but is also capable of operating as a centre-back or central midfielder when needed. Álvarez is the captain of the...