KATSINA WOMAN REWARDED WITH N500, 000 FOR DISPLAY OF HONESTY. (PHOTO).

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 Katsina woman rewarded with N500,000 for display of honesty A woman identified as Malama Amina Abdulkadir-Yanmaman has been rewarded with N500,000 and certificate of commendation for returning N748,320 wrongly credited to her account to the coffers of Katsina state government. Abdulkadir-Yanmaman was wrongly credited with N748,320 meant for the Federal Government’s Home Grown School feeding programme in the state, according to Executive Director, Katsina State Social Investment Programme Agency (KASIPA), Dr Mudassir Nasir. Nasir presented the reward to Abdulkadir-Yanmaman on behalf of Katsina State government. “She told us that she received alert with a narration titled payment for vendors who were providing primary school pupils with free food. “The woman decided to come to our office because she was not on the register for vendors who provide food for our pupils and she was not part of such a programme. “We requested for her bank statement and the office of the auditor-general v...

BRAZIL FINES ELON MUSK'S X, STARLINK $920, 000 PER DAY OVER BRIEF RESTORATION OF X PLATFORM AMID BAN. (PHOTO).


 Brazil Fines Elon Musk’s X, Starlink $920,000 Per Day Over Brief Restoration Of X Platform Amid Ban


A Brazilian court has imposed a fine of five million reais ($920,000; £695,000) on Elon Musk’s companies, X (formerly Twitter) and Starlink, after users in the country briefly accessed the social media platform X, despite a ban imposed last month.


The unexpected access happened on Wednesday after the company updated its server configurations, but the platform was quickly blocked again.


According to reports, X switched its network provider within Brazil, which inadvertently allowed the platform to be accessed again. In a statement, the company acknowledged the error, explaining that “a change of network providers resulted in an inadvertent and temporary service restoration to Brazilian users.”


Despite X’s explanation, the incident prompted Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes to accuse the company of a deliberate “trick” to bypass the ban. He fined X and Musk’s satellite company, Starlink, more than $920,000 for each day the platform remained accessible in Brazil.


Judge de Moraes has had a long-standing feud with X, which began in April when he ordered the suspension of several X accounts for allegedly spreading disinformation. However, the platform was originally banned in August after it failed to meet a court-mandated deadline to appoint a legal representative in the country.


Observers in Brazil are sceptical about X’s claim of inadvertent access. Basílio Rodriguez Pérez, an advisor to ABRINT, Brazil’s leading trade group for Internet Service Providers (ISP), suggested that the move seemed deliberate. “Everything that happened during the day led us to believe that it was on purpose,” Pérez remarked.


ABRINT’s tests revealed that X had shifted to Cloudflare-hosted servers and was using dynamic IP addresses, making it harder for the government to block the platform effectively.


“Many of these IP [addresses] are shared with other legitimate services, such as banks and large internet platforms, making it impossible to block an IP [address] without affecting other services,” Pérez explained.


The conflict with Musk’s companies extends beyond X. Earlier this year, Starlink, Musk’s satellite internet company, suggested it would allow Brazilian users to access X through its satellite service. However, the company backed down after Brazil’s telecommunications regulator threatened to revoke its operating licence.

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