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Valentines Day: Osun State Workers Get Free Condoms As Gift
Participants at Valentine’s Day celebration organised by the Osun State Civil Service Union got free condoms as gifts distributed by the officials of the Ministry of Health.
The workers, who showed enthusiasm when the items were distributed, received both male and female condoms.
Speaking with journalists, the State Family Planning Coordinator, Ololade Abatan, said condoms were distributed at the event as part of strategies to prevent sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies.
Abatan said, “For the grace that God has given us to witness this year’s Valentine’s Day, we have to protect ourselves from sexually transmitted diseases and that is why we are here to distribute both male and female condoms to everyone.
“Let’s start using condoms for adequate protection from sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies. It is all for the good of all of us. Both young and old people, we have to protect ourselves from sexually transmitted infections.”
Meanwhile, Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, while speaking at the event, harped on the need for peace and unity among all strata of the society and government in the spirit of Valentine’s Day celebrations.
Adeleke, who was represented by the Head of Service, Ayanleye Aina, in a statement by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, further said, “We have all come a long way as a family of change makers. In our common family, love rules and transcends any other impediments.
“With love, we overlook mistakes, forgive wrongs and embrace united living. With love, we contemplate the past of joy and peace. We enjoy the positive and negative circumstances of the moment and hope for the healing of wounds for a mutually and collectively beneficial future.
“On this day of love, we all know the history of the day we are celebrating, how love led to overruling of all considerations. We remember the sacrifice simply because of heart-to-heart consideration. We must, therefore, ruminate over what we have achieved and what we have lost.”
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VIDEO: Beauty Tukura confirms break up with Neo
Big Brother Naija reality show star, Beauty Tukura has confirmed her break up with colleague, Neo Akpofure.
Beauty made this known amid the breakup rumors between her and Neo after unfollowing each other on Instagram.
Speaking in a red carpet interview, she shed light on her current relationship status .
While addressing her relationship status, the reality star emphasized the importance of faith, security, and support.
The interviewer asked; “Are you in a relationship?”
She responded; “It is complicated and I’m not seeing anybody. I love a God fearing man who can make me feel secure, encourage me and support me to fly.”
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One Billion Users, But Controversies Mount Up For TikTok
TikTok’s breakneck rise from a niche video-sharing app to a global social media behemoth has drawn intense scrutiny, particularly over its links to China.
In Washington, the platform has been accused of espionage.
The European Union suspects it was used to sway Romania’s presidential election in favour of a far-right candidate.
And now Albania has banned it for a year, Prime Minister Edi Rama calling it the “thug of the neigbourhood”.
Here are the main controversies surrounding TikTok:
Albania: minimum one-year ban
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Saturday the government would shut down social network TikTok for at least a year from 2025.
The move came less than a month after a 14-year-old student was killed and another injured in a fight near a school in Tirana.
The fight had developed from an online confrontation on social media.
Romania: suspected influence campaign
The EU is probing whether far-right presidential candidate Calin Georgescu’s surprise victory in the first round of Romania’s presidential election was aided by Russian meddling and “preferential treatment” by TikTok.
It is the third investigation the commission has launched against TikTok, which risks fines of up to six percent of its global turnover.
The platform said it had taken “robust actions” to tackle election-related misinformation. Russia has denied interfering in the vote.
US: sell-off pressure
The United States in April passed a law obliging TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to sell off the platform by January 19 on the grounds it allowed China to access data on US users.
If not, the platform would be banned in the United States — denying TikTok its claimed 170 million users in the countries.
TikTok admitted ByteDance employees in China had accessed Americans’ data but it has denied giving data to the Chinese authorities.
To protect data, the US government, the European Commission and Britain’s government had already banned TikTok from their employees’ work devices in 2023.
Australia: teenage ban
TikTok was among the many platforms targeted by a landmark law passed in Australia in November banning under-16s from accessing social media.
Social media firms that fail to comply with the law face fines of up to Aus$50 million (US$32.5 million) for “systemic breaches”.
TikTok said it was “disappointed” by the Australian legislation, claiming it could push young people to the “darker corners of the internet”.
Nearly a third of TikTok users are between 10 and 19 years old, according to the Wallaroo agency.
EU: engagement feature ditched
In August, the company, under pressure from EU regulators, was forced to ditch a feature in its TikTok Lite spinoff in France and Spain rewarding users for time spent in front of their screens.
In that rewards programme, users aged 18 and over could earn points to exchange for goods like vouchers or gift cards by liking and watching videos.
It was accused by the EU of potentially having “very addictive consequences”.
TikTok’s editing features and powerful algorithm have kept it ahead of the game, attracting an army of creators and influencers as well as creating many of its own.
TikTok and ByteDance employees also manually increase the number of views on certain content, according to a report in Forbes.
TikTok has said manual promotion only affects a tiny fraction of recommended videos.
Disinformation
The app is regularly accused of putting users in danger with the spread of hazardous “challenge” videos.
Several children have reportedly died while trying to replicate the so-called blackout challenge, which involves users holding their breath until they pass out.
And around one-fifth of videos on topical issues such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine were found to be fake or misleading in a study by misinformation group NewsGuard.
AFP, along with more than a dozen fact-checking organisations, is paid by TikTok in several countries in Asia and Oceania, Europe, the Middle East and Spanish-speaking Latin America to verify for internal moderation videos that potentially contain false information. The videos are removed by TikTok if the information is shown to be false by AFP teams.
AFP
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I’m convinced all men cheat – Rapper Sexyy Red
American rapper, Sexyy Red, has said marriage is just “ceremonial” because of men’s cheating nature.
The ‘Rich Baby Daddy’ crooner said she would get married but would never trust her partner.
She said she is convinced that all men cheat.
Speaking in a recent interview with Angel Reese, Red said, “I’m going to get married but I think that marriage is fake. I think all men cheat.
“Even if I’m not dating, I know that men cheat. That’s why I got no hope. I’ve never met a man who doesn’t cheat.
“Even if a man tells me he won’t cheat on me, I won’t believe it. We can get married but at the end of the day, it’s just a ceremony. I don’t have faith in men.”
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