Nicki Minaj’s husband arrested for failing to register as a sex offender

Nicki Minaj’s husband Kenneth Petty has been arrested by U.S. Marshals for failing to register as a sex offender.

Petty was in federal court on Wednesday after turning himself into the Marshals and is set to face a judge later today, according to TMZ.

Petty, who moved to California over the summer, was arrested in November during a traffic stop after police determined he was a registered sex offender in the state of New York but not in California.

He was subsequently arrested, released on a $20,000 bond, and charged for failing to register as a sex offender.

It appears as though he still had not registered, and has been indicted in federal court for failing to register.

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Twitter tests vanishing tweets to keep up with Snapchat, Facebook

Twitter said Wednesday it is testing a way for users to “think aloud” with tweets that vanish after a day instead of having posts linger.

The ability to send ephemeral tweets called “Fleets” is being tried out in Brazil, according to the San Francisco-based social media platform.

If more widely implemented, Twitter would match the disappearing posts first made popular by Snapchat and later adopted by Facebook and other platforms.

“We are experimenting with a new way for you to ‘think aloud’ on Twitter, with no likes, retweets or public comments,” the company said in a message posted from its @TwitterBrasil account.

“The name of this is Fleets. Want to know the best? They disappear after 24 hours.”

Twitter product lead Kayvon Beykpour said the new format could encourage people to share thoughts they might not have expressed in a permanent tweet.

“This is a substantial change to Twitter, so we’re excited to learn by testing it (starting with the rollout today in Brazil) and seeing how our customers use it,” Beykpour tweeted.

Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams, launched in July of that year. The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity. ( Vanguard)

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South Korea declares ‘war’ on coronavirus as cases exceed 5,000

South Korean President Moon Jae-in declared “war” against the coronavirus on Tuesday, as the country reported its biggest daily case increase to date, sending its total past 5,000 — the largest in the world outside China.

South Korea has seen a rapid rise in infections in recent days and scores of events — from K-pop concerts to sports seasons — have been cancelled or postponed over the contagion, with school and kindergarten breaks extended by three weeks nationwide.

The central bank has warned of a contraction in the first quarter for the world’s 12th-largest economy, noting the epidemic will hit both consumption and exports.

Moon said the government will inject more than 30 trillion won ($25 billion) into the economy to address the “grave” situation brought on by the outbreak.

“The entire country has entered a war with the infectious disease,” Moon said, ordering all government agencies to operate around the clock.

South Korea confirmed 851 new cases Tuesday, taking the national total to 5,186, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, adding that two more people had died, raising the toll to 28.

More than half of the cases have been linked to the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a secretive religious group often described as a cult.

A 61-year-old female Shincheonji member developed a fever on February 10 but attended at least four services in Daegu — the country’s fourth-largest city with a population of 2.5 million and the centre of the outbreak — before being diagnosed.

Authorities said more than 190,000 members had been checked as of Tuesday.

Lee Man-hee, the 88-year-old founder of the sect, apologised for the outbreak on Monday — twice bowing his head to the ground at a televised press conference — insisting his organisation was cooperating with the government’s containment efforts.

Seoul city authorities have filed a complaint with prosecutors seeking to have him and other Shincheonji leaders charged with murder and other offences.

Around 90 percent of the cases have been in Daegu and the neighbouring province of North Gyeongsang, the KCDC said.

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Blackmagic, Blaqjerzee get Dapper music distribution boost

Fast-rising digital distribution company, Dapper Music has given a big boost to the latest projects of Nigerian artists, Blackmagic and Blaqjerzee by expanding their digital footprint.

Considering the shift of music consumption to digital, they teamed up with Dapper Music to help amplify their sound by aggregating it on multiple platforms, and with their latest offerings in the highly saturated Afrobeat music space, the artists’ projects for a big impact.

Blackmagic made a big comeback with the release of his third body of work titled ‘Blackmagic Version 3.0 (Starving Artists)’.

The singer who has garnered praise as one of the leaders of the new school Alternative Sound understood he needed to make a splash on digital with his 13-track album.

For Blaqjerzee on the other hand, it was important to make a mark with his collaboration with music star, Wizkid on his new single, Arizona.

Speaking on Dapper Music’s partnership with the artists, founder, Damilola Akinwunmi revealed:

“The dynamics of the industry is changing with the latest tech algorithms and incursions of more streaming platforms.

It is important for every content producer to align with the right team in order to tap into the unfolding digital goldmine.

It is this understanding we brought into Blackmagic and Blaqjerzee’s projects.

The power of collaboration is very key to getting results. Within a week, Blaqjerzee’s song has notched one million streams and hit no 47 on Apple Music Top 100, while Blackmagic’s songs have been on a steady rise”.

Dapper Music is a music distribution cum Artist and Repertoire maven which has been instrumental to the successful distribution of some of Nigeria’s household names. The firm has worked with the likes of Ice Prince, Teni, Mr. Real, Sean Tizzle and Orezi among others. (Vanguard)

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Malaysia now has 36 confirmed corona virus cases

There are seven new cases of novel coronavirus confirmed in Malaysia, bringing the country’s total to 36, Noor Hisham Abdullah, the director general of Health Malaysia, announced on Twitter Tuesday.

Also read: Pope Francis tested for corona virus after falling ill

The director general said all the new cases are close contacts of a patient who previously contracted the virus and they are currently in a stable condition. (CNN)

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